Sri Lanka set Pakistan 255-run target

SHARJAH: Sri Lanka set Pakistan a target of 255 runs to win the third and final Test after declaring their second innings at 181-6 on the fifth and final day at Sharjah stadium here on Monday.

No play was possible in the pre-lunch session due to rain. Sri Lanka batted for 3.2 overs after resuming the day at 164-5.

Pakistan were needed to get the target in 61 overs.

Pakistan lead the three-Test series 1-0 on account of winning the second Test by nine wickets in Dubai. The first Test in Abu Dhabi ended in a draw.

Test scoreboard:
Sri Lanka 1st innings 413 (K. Sangakkara 144, T. Dilshan 92; Saeed Ajmal 4-132)

Pakistan 1st innings 340 (Younis Khan 122, Misbah-ul Haq 89, Azhar Ali 53; C. Welegedara 5-87)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings (overnight 164-5)
T. Paranavitana not out 76
T. Dilshan c Hafeez b Gul 4
K. Sangakkara c Shafiq b Hafeez 51
M. Jayawardene lbw b Gul 20
A. Mathews lbw b Ajmal 13
K. Silva lbw b Ajmal 0
K. Kulasekara b Ajmal 7
R. Herath not out 1

Extras: (lb6, nb2, w1) 9
Total: (for six wkts dec) 181

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Dilshan), 2-80 (Sangakkara), 3-127 (Jayawardene), 4-155 (Mathews), 5-155 (Silva), 6-178 (Kulasekara)

Bowling: Gul 15-1-44-2, Khan 5-3-9-0, Rehman 12-1-38-0, Hafeez 10-1-34-1, Ajmal 16-2-50-3
Overs: 58
Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Simon Taufel (NZL) and Shahvir Tarapore (IND)
TV umpire: Shozaib Raza (PAK)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
(AFP)