Sri Lanka will hope their left-arm spinner Rangana Herath maintains pressure on Pakistan when the second and final Test — a day-night affair with pink ball — starts at Dubai stadium tomorrow
Sri Lanka will hope their left-arm spinner Rangana Herath maintains pressure on Pakistan when the second and final Test — a day-night affair with pink ball — starts at Dubai stadium tomorrow. Herath, 39, took 6-43 on the final day to fail Pakistan's modest 136-run chase in the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The narrow 21-run win gives Sri Lanka a unique chance for a series win over Pakistan on their neutral venues of United Arab Emirates where they have never lost a series in nine attempts. They have won five and drawn four series in the UAE ever since the 2009 terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus forced them to play home matches out of Pakistan.
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Rangana Herath
Herath exposed the new batting line up of Pakistan, playing without their batting greats Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq for the time since they retired in May this year. Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal described Herath as "a team man and an asset." "He is a team man and an asset. We need to be at our best again and can't underestimate Pakistan because we know they are a good team," said Chandimal whose team will rise one spot to replace Pakistan on sixth, even with a 1-0 result. Sarfraz Ahmed hopes Pakistan team moves on from the defeat in his first Test as captain.
"We will do our best to be more positive against Herath," said Ahmed. "We have never lost in UAE so it's also important to keep that record intact."
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