Legspinner Abrar Ahmed and fast bowler Naseem Shah shared seven wickets between them as Pakistan bowled Sri Lanka out for 166 on the first day of the second test on Monday.

Dhananjaya de Silva top-scored with 57 before Pakistan, who lead the two-match series 1-0, ended the innings in the second session after the hosts elected to bat in Colombo.

Sri Lanka, who trail the two-match series 1-0, took lunch at 79-4 after the start was pushed back by 30 minutes due to a wet field following overnight and early morning rain in Colombo.

Opener Nishan Madushka began with a four off Shaheen’s fourth ball off the opening over, but got run out on the same score after being called for a sharp single by skipper Dimuth Karunaratne.

Shaheen, a left-arm quick, soon removed Kusal Mendis for six before Naseem got rid of Sri Lanka’s two most experienced batsmen within the space of eight balls.

Naseem cut short a scratchy nine-run knock from Angelo Mathews after he got the former captain caught behind and then got the left-handed Karunaratne bowled, for 17, off an inside edge.

De Silva, who stood out for Sri Lanka in their previous loss with 122 and 82, batted with freedom and hit back with a string of boundaries including two straight fours off legspinner Abrar Ahmed.

Babar Azam’s Pakistan won the rain-hit opening test by four wickets in Galle.

PAKISTAN: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Babar Azam (captain), Shaud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Agha Salman, Noman Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka.

AFP