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Azam Fails Again with Pakistan 151-5 in First Sri Lanka Test
- Pakistan reached 151-5 at lunch on the fifth and final day in Rawalpindi, holding a 139-run lead over Sri Lanka with five wickets intact.
- Resuming on 57-1, Pakistan had a disastrous start when overnight batters Azan Awais and Mohammad Taha were dismissed without adding to their scores of 22 and 24 respectively.
- Skipper Babar Azam added 50 runs before falling for 34, caught off Milan Rathnayaka, extending his drought of test centuries to 42 innings.
- Salman Ali Agha also fell for 13, leaving Pakistan struggling on 125-5 after Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis implemented an innovative field setting.
- Bad light caused a 20-minute stoppage before Saud Shakeel, unbeaten on 23, and wicketkeeper-batter Ghazi Ghori, not out on 7, survived until lunch.
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Azam fails again with Pakistan 151-5 in first Sri Lanka Test
The tourists took four wickets in bad light in the morning as Pakistan reached 151-5 at lunch on the fifth and final day, leading by 139 runs with five wickets in hand. At the break Saud Shakeel was unbeaten on 23 and Ghazi Ghori seven not out after a 20-minute break due to bad light halted Sri Lanka's push for a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Azam fell to a leg-side trap, handing the short square-leg fielder a simple catch off fast bowler Mi…
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