Cricket : Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2009 2nd Test Day 1 Highlights [part 2]video
Scoreline (at tea) : Pakistan 90 all out Shoaib Malik 39 n.o. Kulasekara 4 wickets, Mendis 3
Sri Lanka 49/1
Pakistan gave in to the perceived popular opinion dropping Salman Butt and playing Alam in his place. Oddly, the person who seemed the most likely drop for the game Shoaib Malik looked the most comfortable today on a pitch that didnt pose too many real issues. Not to say that Pakistan may not have been bowled under 100 if Salman had played, but to drop him and have two inexperienced openers seemed a hasty decision after the 1st Test loss.
In any case, SL needed to bowl well to take advantage of Pakistans messup and thats pretty much what they did, with Kulasekaras stock incoming deliveries deviating quite a lot today. We can now expect SL to pile on the misery over the next couple of days without any intention of batting again in this game and that would be that, barring some miraculous stuff from Aamer-Gul.
