This afternoon, Misbah Ul Haq and Shoaib Malik inched Pakistan's lead towards 200 at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
From one end, Rangana Herath got the ball to loop and dip, and both batsmen played watchfully late. From the other, Chaminda Vaas, bowling in his last Test - left arm over, pitching middle and off, teasing the batsmen to reach out. No clouds, no swing; even so, 10-5-14-0.
Between deliveries, the TV cameras panned the crowd, contemplating the cricket as it consumed ice lollies.
A group of kids, led by Percy Abeysekara, Sri Lankan cricket's most exuberant fan, sang 'Happy birthday to you,' prompting Nuwan Kulasekara, 27 years and 0 days old, fielding on the boundary, to break into the biggest grin ever seen on a cricket field.
From one end, Rangana Herath got the ball to loop and dip, and both batsmen played watchfully late. From the other, Chaminda Vaas, bowling in his last Test - left arm over, pitching middle and off, teasing the batsmen to reach out. No clouds, no swing; even so, 10-5-14-0.
Between deliveries, the TV cameras panned the crowd, contemplating the cricket as it consumed ice lollies.
A group of kids, led by Percy Abeysekara, Sri Lankan cricket's most exuberant fan, sang 'Happy birthday to you,' prompting Nuwan Kulasekara, 27 years and 0 days old, fielding on the boundary, to break into the biggest grin ever seen on a cricket field.
