[Watch] Noman Ali Knocks Over Nishan Madushka With A Dream Delivery
Nishan Madushka gets bowled by Noman Ali on Day 4 [Twitter]
The second Test between hosts Sri Lanka and Pakistan is considerably in favour of the visitors, who have wreaked havoc on Day 4 of the encounter. After gaining a massive 410-run lead, spinner Noman Ali toyed with Sri Lankan batters in the first session, getting crucial wickets of Nishan Madushka and Dimuth Karunaratne.
Both Lankan openers were off to a solid start adding 69 runs, before an absolute dream delivery by Noman, got the better of Madushka.
Madushka batting on 33, tried to fend off the ball, lunged forward, and missed the ball completely, which spun just enough to get the top of the off-stump.
Watch Dismissal here
Noman soon got Karunartane's wicket as well, who got caught as short-leg by Iman-Ul-Haq for a well-made 41. Post lunch, Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal also became the left-arm spinner's third and fourth victims in quick succession.
The 36-year-old capped off his fourth five-wicket haul in Tests by scalping Sri Lanka's in-form batter Dhananjaya de Silva.
In 15* Tests, Ali has claimed 45 wickets since making his debut in 2021. (*ongoing)
As of writing, Sri Lanka are 143 for 6, still trailing Pakistan by 267 runs, and have Angelo Mathews and Ramesh Mendis batting on 38* and 0*, respectively.
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