Sat, 26 February 2011
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Herath gets Akmal stumped!

That dismissal was a superb example of bowling on Sri Lankan wickets, and also of Pakistan's rustiness at the top of the order, despite their nitro-booster fitted lower order.

The Lankans had tied up Misbah-Akmal and Herath came on and tossed one up. There was a bit of drift on the ball too as Akmal, dancing down, missed the line and took a huge a swipe at fistful of the Colombo air. Sanga did the rest.

Now Younis Khan has joined Misbah, and Pakistan need these two to take them to the 35th over, after which their boom-boomers can take over.

Image: Muttiah Muralitharan runs out Mohammad Hafeez. (Reuters)