Pakistan dismissed for 90 before tea in 2nd test

Seam bowler Nuwan Kulasekera claimed four wickets as Pakistan was bundled out for 90 runs before tea on the first day of the second test Sunday in its worst-ever test innings against Sri Lanka.

The Pakistan batsmen struggled against the new ball on a seaming pitch after captain Younis Khan won the toss and elected to bat first at P.Sara-Oval. The visitors compiled their worst total against Sri Lanka after their 117 in the first test at Galle last week.

Kulasekera first dismissed Khurram Manzoor for three when the opener pushed at an inswinger and was caught by wicketkeeper Tillakaratne Dilshan with the total on four.

Khan was out for a duck off a ball from left-arm seamer Thilan Thushara, while Mohammad Yousuf reached 10 before playing a square-drive against Kulasekera only to be caught at cover-point by Rangana Herath.

Misbah-ul-Haq edged a Kulasekera delivery to Dilshan without scoring as Pakistan collapsed to 19-4.

Rookie opener Fawad Alam and former captain Shoaib Malik tried briefly to resurrect the innings with a 32-run, fifth wicket stand, before seamer Anjelo Mathews trapped Alam lbw for 16.

Pakistan went for lunch at 74-6 with Malik batting on 27 with Abdur Rauf, who was yet to score, but Kulasekera struck soon after the interval without any addition to the total when he trapped Rauf lbw.

Spinner Ajantha Mendis took care of the tailenders, dispatching Umar Gul for 1, Mohammad Aamer for 2 and Saeed Ajmal for a duck.

Malik top scored for Pakistan, finishing the innings with an unbeaten 39 from 88 balls, including five boundaries.

Kulasekera returned the best bowling figures 4-21, while Mendis took 3-20 and Thushara had 2-23.

Sri Lanka, which leads the three-match series 1-0, fielded an unchanged side from the first test, which they won by 50-runs. Pakistan dropped regular opener Salman Butt for Alam, who has a first-class average of more than 56 runs.