Sri Lanka begins the second day of the second Test against Pakistan 68 runs behind but with nine wickets in hand at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo today (26). In reply to Pakistan’s first innings total of 138, Sri Lanka were 70 for the loss of one wicket when stumps were drawn on the first day. Off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul while opener Mohammad Hafeez top scored for Pakistan with 42 runs. As the second day is set to begin it was confirmed that fast bowler Wahab Riaz has been ruled out of this Test match due to an injury to his left hand. He was hit by a bouncer from Sri Lanka’s debutant paceman Dushmantha Chameera during Pakistan's innings and bowled with a lot of discomfort yesterday. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Pakistan fields an unchanged from the first Test, which they won at Galle by 10 wickets. Sri Lanka made two changes to the side that played at Galle, by bringing in debutant Chameera and Kaushal in place of Nuwan Pradeep and Dilruwan Perera. Pakistan 138 all out (42.5) (Mohammad Hafeez 42, Azhar Ali 26, Zulfiqar Babar 15, Tharindu Kaushal 5/42, Dhammika Prasad 3/43) Sri Lanka 70 for 1 wicket (32) at stumps on Day 1 (Kaushal Silva 21n.o, Dimuth Karunaratne 28, Kumar Sangakkara 18n.o.) To bat: Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews (Capt), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Kithruwan Vithanage, Dhammika Prasad, Tharindu Kaushal, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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