Manzoor and Yousuf lead recovery

Jul 20, 2009

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Chaminda Vaas came out to play his final Test•AFP

Three balls later he bowled Pakistan captain Younis Khan for 2•AFP

Manzoor reached his second Test fifty off 85 balls•Getty Images

Yousuf was run-out almost immediately after for 90•Associated Press

But Pakistan lost three wickets in quick succession. Thushara ended their 75-run stand when he trapped Malik leg before for 45•AFP

But it was Thilan Thushara who gave Sri Lanka the early breakthroughs. He had Fawad Alam caught behind for 16•AFP

Opener Khurram Manzoor batted solidly•Associated Press

Their century-partnership took Pakistan to 187 for 2 at tea•Associated Press

Misbah-ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik consolidated •Associated Press

Pakistan ended the day on 289 for 7. Thushara had taken 3 for 77 from 19 overs•AFP

And along with Mohammad Yousuf, he began a Pakistan recovery•Associated Press

The partnership ended when Vaas removed Manzoor just seven runs short of his century•Associated Press

Misbah and Umar Gull fell in the next over to Nuwan Kulasekara•AFP