Pakistan, Sri Lanka Test
\nA scintillating onslaught from the weather proved yet again to be the definitive performance in the Test
\nour correspondent
\nRAWALPINDI
\nOvernight rain and poor light continued to mar Pakistan\u2019s first home Test in a decade on Saturday, with officials calling the fourth day off before play had begun.
\nGroundsmen wiped water from the pitch covers and rolled out a super sopper, but overcast conditions and poor light forced umpires Richard Kettleborough and Michael Gough to call off play at 12:00 local time.
\nBoth the Pakistan and Sri Lanka teams remained in their hotel in Islamabad.
\nSri Lanka had won the toss and opted to bat on the first day, but play was called off after 68.1 overs due to bad light. Only 18.2 overs were possible on day two and 5.2 on the third.
\nOnly 27 minutes of play was possible before the players walked off with umpires calling off play, after only 91 overs of play in three days.
\nSri Lanka were 282-6 in their first innings with Dhananjaya de Silva unbeaten on 87 and Dilruwan Perera not out on six.
\nFor Pakistan, 16-year-old pacer Naseem Shah (2-83) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-58) were the stand-out bowlers.
\nThere is a clear forecast for Sunday but with so many overs lost over the four days, there is little chance of a result in the match.
\nThe second Test is in Karachi from December 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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