SECOND TEST
How off-spinner Perera headlined Sri Lanka's win
Dubai — Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera finished with five wickets to help Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 68 runs in the second Test in Dubai on Tuesday and take the series 2-0. Perera had figures of 5/98 as Pakistan, chasing a tough 317 to win, were bowled out for 248 in the second hour of the fifth and final day. Asad Shafiq fought hard during his 112-run knock — his 11th Test hundred — and with skipper Sarfraz Ahmed (68) added 173 for the sixth wicket. But once their partnership was broken, Sri Lanka, having already won the first Test by 21 runs in Abu Dhabi, quickly closed in on the victory. This is Pakistan’s first series defeat at their adopted home of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in seven years. They had won five of the previous nine, with four drawn. Pakistan were forced to play in the neutral venues of the UAE following the deadly terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in 2009. This is also Pakistan’s first home defeat since losing to SA 1-0 in 2007, a series held on their...
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