Check out the state of play ahead of the crucial final days of the third Test.
Sri Lanka lost opener Dimuth Karunaratne before reaching 19-1 at lunch on the fourth day of the third and final Test against Pakistan on Sunday, a lead of 106.
Kaushal Silva was unbeaten on six and Kumar Sangakkara on five, with five sessions left in the match at Sharjah.
Earlier Sunday Pakistan were bowled out for 341 in their first innings, 87 short of Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 428 for nine declared.
Skipper Misbah-ul Haq scored 63 to notch up his 24th Test half-century before holing out to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath who finished with 5-125.
But it was paceman Shaminda Eranga who brought Sri Lanka early success after Pakistan resumed on 291-6 and looked for quick runs to force a result and level the series.
Eranga removed Abdul Rehman (two) and then Mohammad Talha (two) in successive overs to finish with a Test-best 4-60, improving on his 4-65 against Australia in Colombo in 2011.
Misbah struck Herath for a six and then took a single to complete his fifty off 86 balls. He hit three sixes and a four before being caught at long-on.
Junaid Khan also struck two boundaries to reduce the deficit before he too was caught in the deep off Herath.
Sri Lanka lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the second Test in Dubai by nine wickets.
The first Test in Abu Dhabi ended in a draw.
Lunch scores on the fourth day of the third and final Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka played at Sharjah Stadium on Sunday:
Sri Lanka 1st innings 428-9 dec (D. Perera 95, A. Mathews 91, K. Sangakkara 52; Junaid Khan 3-81, Mohammad Talha 3-99)
Pakistan 1st innings (overnight 291-6)
Khurram Manzoor c Prasanna b Eranga 52
Ahmed Shehzad b Herath 147
Azhar Ali c Mathews b Perera 8
Younis Khan c Prasanna b Herath 17
Misbah-ul Haq c Chandimal b Herath 63
Asad Shafiq lbw b Eranga 18
Sarfraz Ahmed c Prasanna b Herath 5
Abdul Rehman c Prasanna b Eranga 2
Mohammad Talha lbw b Eranga 2
Saeed Ajmal not out 0
Junaid Khan c Chandimal b Herath 16
Extras: (b3, lb6, nb1, w1) 11
Total: (all out; 109.1 overs) 341
Fall of wickets: 1-114 (Manzoor), 2-149 (Azhar), 3-189 (Younis), 4-245 (Shehzad), 5-274 (Shafiq), 6-291 (Sarfraz), 7-294 (Rehman), 8-300 (Talha), 9-325 (Misbah)
Bowling: Herath 38.1-8-125-5 (1w), Lakmal 23-4-61-0, Perera 17-1-71-1, Eranga 24-5-60-4 (1nb), Mathews 7-3-15-0
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
D. Karunaratne b Talha 8
K. Silva not out 6
K. Sangakkara not out 5
Total: (for one wkt; 8 overs) 19
To bat: M. Jayawardene, D. Chandimal, A. Mathews, P. Jayawardene, D. Perera, R. Herath, S. Eranga, S. Lakmal
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Karunaratne)
Bowling: Junaid 4-1-11-0, Talha 3-1-7-1, Rehman 1-0-1-0
Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Sundaram Ravi (IND)
Tv umpire: Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
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