Samaraweera and Sangakkara make hay

Mar 01, 2009

Pakistan replaced Sohail Khan with the debutant Mohammad Talha for the second Test•AFP

He had Malinda Warnapura caught at slip for 8•AFP

Mahela contributed 30 to a third-wicket partnership of 61 ...•AFP

Thilan Samaraweera lent firm support and brought up his fifty off 85 balls•AFP

Sangakkara, however, fell just before the end of play, caught behind off Yasir Arafat. He added 204 with Samaraweera for the fourth wicket•AFP

But it was Umar Gul who once again provided the early wickets•AFP

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... before Gul had him caught behind•AFP

He went past Sangakkara to score his ninth Test hundred•AFP

Samaraweera and Tillakaratne Dilshan took Sri Lanka through to stumps at 317 for 4•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene rebuilt the innings•AFP

Sangakkara, however, remained firm and scored a half-century•AFP

Sangakkara reached three figures in the very next over•AFP