Sri Lanka whitewash Pakistan by 2-0 in Test series !!!

Sri Lanka went on to win the final of the two-match Test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 68 runs.

Perera figures of 5-98 , Pakistan chasing a tough 317 to win, were bowled out for 248 in the second hour of fifth and final day at Dubai stadium.



Asad work hard during his 112-run innings -- his eleventh Test hundred -- and together with his skipper Sarfraz Ahmed (68) added 173 for the sixth wicket.But once their partnership was broken Srilanka, having already won the first Test by 21 runs in Abu Dhabi, quickly closed in on the victory.

This is Pakistan s first series defeat at their adopted home of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in seven years. They won five of the previous nine, with four match  drawn.



Pakistan previously suffered a 3-0 defeat against Australia, a series also played at neutral venues in Colombo and UAE in 2002.



Shafiq was the ninth man out when he edged paceman Suranga Lakmal to slip where Kusal Mendis took a low diving catch to end all Pakistan s hopes of an upset win.Shafiq s 253-minute knock had 10 boundaries but he again failed to help Pakistan cross the line, just like his 137 in the lost cause against Australia at Brisbane last year.




Shafiq brought up his hundred with a paddled sweep single off Perera and was reprived on the same score when Dimuth Karunaratne dropped a low catch of the same bowler.

Perera completed his 5-wicket haul when he took wicket of  Amir -- unable to bowl in the second innings with a shin injury -- leg before for four, bringing Srilanka within three wickets of victory.



Yasir  was cleaned up by  Herath while the victory was brought up when Herath had number 10 Wahab  caught by skipper Chandimal for one.