Sri Lanka's lead grows in Galle

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne battled through injury to assist the hosts with extending their general lead to 323 runs and lift their possibilities of a series-evening-out triumph in the second Test against Pakistan on Tuesday. The hosts were 176-5 when terrible light halted play on day three with Karunaratne on 27 and Dhananjaya de Silva on 30.

Sri Lanka earlier bowled out Pakistan for 231 to get a huge lead. Naseem sent back the in-form Dinesh Chandimal (21) not long after the Tea break keeping Sri Lanka to 117-5 yet de Silva and Karunaratne looked to a great extent untroubled. Pakistan pulled off an exhilarating 342-run pursuit in the initial match to snatch a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.