Sri Lanka crawl in dull first session:
On a dead Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch that brought back memories of Pakistan's drawn series against South Africa last year, Sri Lanka crawled at under two runs an over in a dull first session of the three-match Test series before Saeed Ajmal dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne on the stroke of lunch. Flat would be an understatement for the way the surface played given that it was the first morning of a Test. Though the three Pakistan fast bowlers, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema and Junaid Khan - surprisingly chosen ahead of the quicker and more experienced Wahab Riaz - ran in with heart, they were rendered ineffective by the lack of bite, and life, in the pitch.
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