Saud Shakeel, left handed bat, comes to the crease
33.1
Pathirana to Shafique, out Caught by (sub)Hemantha!! Shafique stands in disbelief! A screamer from the sub fielder! The 176-run stand has been broken. It needed something speical to break this stand and Hemantha has produced one. Shafique c (sub)Hemantha b Pathirana 113(103) [4s-10 6s-3]
Pathirana to Shafique, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Matheesha Pathirana [5.0-0-42-0] is back into the attack
132 runs in 17 overs with eight wickets in hand on this pitch - Pakistan are surely the favourites at this moment
32.6
Theekshana to Rizwan, no run, carrom ball, Rizwan defends it into the off-side
32.5
Theekshana to Shafique, 1 run, square of the wicket
32.4
Theekshana to Shafique, FOUR, top shot! 102.3kph, full delivery on the stumps, Shafique moves across, gets low and brings his wrists into play to sweep it hard and flat over backward square leg.
32.3
Theekshana to Shafique, no run, 101.1kph, full delivery, Shafique clips it to mid-wicket off the inner half of the bat
32.2
Theekshana to Rizwan, 1 run, 96.6kph, shortened length, Rizwan crouches low to pull it to deep backward square leg
32.1
Theekshana to Rizwan, no run, fullish on off, driven to mid-off off the front foot
Maheesh Theekshana [5.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
Drinks are on the field now! Hasn't this partnership just turned it on in style?! Abdullah Shafique getting to his first ODI hundred and looking in imperious touch now, while Rizwan also raising the tempo. Sri Lanka look to be in big trouble now. Not only do they have the fifth bowler's quota to fill, even their main bowlers are going the distance.
31.6
Madushanka to Shafique, FOUR, to deep extra cover
31.5
Madushanka to Rizwan, 1 run, back of a length on off, Rizwan punches it to long-on
31.4
Madushanka to Rizwan, 2 runs, another short ball, Rizwan miscues the pull this time but it falls in the gap at deep midwicket
31.4
Madushanka to Rizwan, no ball, SIX, to deep square leg
31.3
Madushanka to Shafique, 1 run, to short mid-wicket