Younis 171* gives Pakistan series in record chase

Younis Khan's epic, unbeaten 171 led Pakistan to their highest successful chase, the second highest in Asia for any side, and the sixth-highest in all Test cricket

Younis and Pakistan break fourth-innings records

Stats highlights from Pakistan's record chase to win the Pallekele Test and the series against Sri Lanka

Pakistan soar to No. 3 in Tests

Pakistan jumped from sixth place to third in the ICC Test rankings after wrapping up the series against Sri Lanka 2-1

Younis special steers Pakistan to 2-1 series win

Series win 'a dream come true' - Misbah

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said the 2-1 series win against Sri Lanka, which ended a nine-year drought for the team in the country, was a "dream come true"

'Defeat will take a lot of time to digest' - Mathews

Sri Lanka felt their commanding lead of 376 should provide a straightforward victory, but a combination of the pitch flattening out, an inexperienced spin bowler and Younis Khan pulled the rug from under their feet

Younis, Masood tons put Pakistan ahead

Shan Masood and Younis Khan came together at 13 for 2 in a chase of 377, and responded with the highest fourth-innings partnership ever for Pakistan, leaving the visitors 147 runs adrift of achieving the highest successful chase ever in Sri Lanka

Younis notches up fourth-innings record

Stats highlights from the fourth day's play of the third Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Pallekele

Masood makes opportunity count

Drafted in as a replacement for Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood produced a match-turning and potentially match-winning fourth-innings century in Pallekele

Defiant Pakistan put Sri Lanka under pressure

Mathews builds commanding position for Sri Lanka

Angelo Mathews was the rock in Sri Lanka's middle order once again, soaking up all the pressure Pakistan created, and rebuilding from 35 for 3 to take the hosts to a commanding position

Mathews steers SL into strong position

Mathews' mopping act salvages Sri Lanka again

This was almost as timely a knock for Angelo Mathews as it was for his team, because in comparison to his mind-melting 2014, his returns across formats this year had been a little underwhelming

I now know my game inside out - Mubarak

Jehan Mubarak expressed disappointment at squandering two starts in his first Test in more than seven years, but said he has refined his game enough to now belong at Test level

Pakistan left to ponder another batting failure

Pakistan's series began with a batting fightback in Galle to win the Test. In the third match, inconsistency has left them scrambling to save the series

Sarfraz fights as Pakistan crumble against seamers

The discipline of Sri Lanka's seamers bore down heavily upon Pakistan, and Sarfraz Ahmed was left conjuring another revival act after another collective batting failure

Tectonic shift in Sri Lanka's gameplan?

Sri Lanka's quicks have now taken 24 wickets in this series, to the spinners' combined tally of 13. Is a little revolution taking place in Sri Lanka's Test cricket? Is their gameplan fundamentally changing?

Azhar extends his golden run

Stats highlights from the second day of the Pallekele Test

Azhar rues batting 'misjudgment'

Batting collapses aren't new to Pakistan cricket, but after falling from 32 for 1 to 152 for 7 in 37 overs on the second day in Pallekele, even Azhar Ali, the team's vice-captain, could not offer an explanation

Sri Lanka reclaim honours on wicket-day

Sri Lanka crumble to legspin again

Sri Lanka succumbed to legspin yet again in the series, losing six wickets to the variety, and four of them to their tormentor Yasir Shah to crumble from a strong 106 for 1

Mubarak returns, Younis goes past Miandad

Stats analysis from the first day of the third Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan

Pakistan's new go-to bowler

Yasir Shah is only in his tenth Test match, but is already becoming Misbah-ul-Haq's man for all situations

Karunaratne's lone march leaves SL with deja vu

A Sri Lankan left-hand batsman made a big score amid a batting collapse, and at the end of the day, his team was somehow still heading towards an underwhelming total. Sounds familiar?

Pakistan's day after late wickets

Pakistan minus that old, eerie panic

After years of skipped heartbeats and sweaty palms, just how does one reconcile with a nerveless Pakistan as they waltz through a tall chase?

'Our best chance to beat SL at home' - Misbah

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes the Pallekele Test is his team's best chance to beat Sri Lanka in their backyard, since the hosts will be without both Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara

Injured Chameera out of Pallekele Test

Sri Lanka's new fast-bowling find Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of the third Test against Pakistan because of a side strain

Karunaratne relishes 'batting under pressure'

Dimuth Karunaratne, on debut, scored 0 in the first innings and 60 in the second. Sixteen Tests on, he averages 23.58 in the first innings but 47.35 in the second dig