Rain continued to dog the series, delaying the start of play on the third day by half an hour AFP
It took Pakistan 15 minutes and 3.1 overs to wrap up Sri Lanka's innings, Yasir Shah picking up Dushmantha Chameera's wicket to finish with figures of 6 for 96. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 315 to finish with a first-innings lead of 177 AFP
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Pakistan had a shaky start, losing Mohammad Hafeez in the fourth over. However, Ahmed Shehzad scored a patient half-century, his third in Test cricket, after weathering a testing spell from Chameera AFP
Azhar Ali was solid, too, and gave Shehzad good support at the other end AFP
The pair carried on to bring the deficit under 50 as Pakistan went to tea on 129 for 1 AFP
However, Shehzad misjudged the length of Dhammika Prasad first ball after the break, top-edging a pull behind with Dinesh Chandimal settling under it AFP
Azhar Ali, in the company of Younis Khan, brought up a half-century of his own..... AFP
... before bad light forced a premature end on the third day, with Pakistan trailing Sri Lanka by only six runs AFP
