Times of Islamabad

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in Karachi Test to clinch series 1 – 0

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in Karachi Test to clinch series 1 – 0

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 263 runs in the second and finalcricket Test in Karachi today and won the series by one-nil.

On the last day of the Test, chasing a victory target of 476 runs, SriLanka were bowled out for 212.

Scores: Pakistan 191 and 555 for three declared

Sri Lanka 271 and 212 runs.

Pakistani batsmen made record in the Test as it only the second time whenthe top four batsmen have scored hundreds in a single innings of a Test.

Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Azhar Ali and Abid Ali each scored hundreds in thesecond innings against Sri Lanka.

Abid Ali was declared as the man of the match and the man of the series.