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Pakistan crumble after Azhar ton

Younis Khan, who was tested by Dhammika Prasad, made a scratchy 40 before Angelo Mathews struck on the fourth morning, getting Younis caught behind  AFP
Azhar Ali was reprieved on 68, but he continued to bat solidly, building on Pakistan's lead  AFP
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He added 32 with Misbah-ul-Haq, who was pinned lbw four overs before lunch; Prasad reaping the reward for some probing bowling. By then, Pakistan's lead had crossed 50  AFP
Azhar went on steadily to bring up his fifth second-innings century  AFP
.. even as Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed threw their wickets away  AFP
Prasad then came back and yorked Yasir Shah for a duck, claiming a career-best match haul of seven wickets  AFP
Rangana Herath finally got on the wickets column when he undid Azhar through variation in length and good turn  AFP
Dushmantha Chameera wrapped up the innings when he dismissed the injured Wahab Riaz for six as Pakistan lost their last five wickets for only 28 runs. The final session was washed out after 40 minutes of heavy rain  AFP
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