Kumar Sangakkara notched his 37th test century and Mahela Jayawardene grafted a fine fifty in his last series as Sri Lanka moved to a solid 252-2 at tea on the third day of the first test against Pakistan on Friday.
Sangakkara was batting on 102 and Jayawardene, who will be retiring after the second test, was not out on 55 after Pakistan had scored a healthy 451.
Rain disrupted the post-lunch session but both batsmen batted out solidly and had added 108 runs for the third-wicket stand.
Pakistan’s lone success came in the first session when Mohammad Talha induced a thick outside edge of Kaushal Silva’s bat after Sri Lanka resumed at 99-1.
Silva, 38 overnight, scored 64 off 147 balls with 11 fours and added 120 runs with Sangakkara.
