Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel shone on day two in their drawn two-day warm-up match against the SLC President’s XI concluded at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday.
The second day’s proceedings saw Pakistan resuming from their overnight score of 160 for 3 and overnight pair Azam cracking 79 in 113 balls with seven boundaries and a six, and Shakeel making 61 in 86 balls with six boundaries, sharing a stand of 130 runs stand for the fourth wicket. From there on they lost wickets cheaply and from a healthy position of 286 for 4 they slumped to a score of 342 as they lost the last six wickets for the addition of only 56 runs.
SLC President’s XI batting the second time ended the day on 88 for 4.
Result:
At Sooriyawewa – Match drawn
SLC President’s XI 196 (Oshada Fernando 113, Kamindu Mendis 21, Milan Ratnayake 15: Hassan Ali 3 for 22, Shaheen Afridi 3 for 37, Aamir Jamal 2 for 33, Abrar Ahmed 2 for 52)and 88 for 4 (Nuwanindu Fernando 31 n.o., Nipun Dhananjaya 26 n.o.: Hasan Ali 2 for 18)
Pakistan (160/3 overnight) 342 (Shan Masood 83, Babar Azam 78, Saud Shakeel 61, Imam ul Haq 36, Abdullah Shafique 25, Sarfaraz Ahmed 17 n.o.: Lakshitha Manasinghe 4 for 82, Praveen Jayawickrama 2 for 89)- MSA
