GALLE: Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 50 runs in the first cricket Test here on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.Pakistan, chasing a modest target of 168, collapsed from their overnight total of 71-2 to 117 all out just before lunch on the fourth day at the Galle International Stadium.
Asked to bat first, Sri Lanka made 292 runs in its first innings and Pakistan replied with 342, a 50-run lead.
The hosts were dismissed for 217 in their second innings leaving Pakistan with 168-run target to win with two days to spare. But the visitors capitulated Tuesday to be dismissed for 117 runs on the fourth day.
The second Test starts at the P. Sara stadium in Colombo on July 12.
Scores: Sri Lanka 292 (Tharanga Paranavitana 72, Anjelo Mathews 42;Mohammad Aamer 3-74, Younis Khan 2-23) and 217 (TharangaParanavitana 49; Saeed Ajmal 3-34, Mohammad Aamer 3-38)
Pakistan 342 (Mohammad Yousuf 112; Nuwan Kulasekera 4-71, ThilanThushara 2-77) and 117 (Salman Butt 28; Rangana Herath 4-50).
