Pakistan's Abid Ali, Shan Masood flay Sri Lanka in second Test

Abid Ali and Shan Masood became only third opening pair for Pakistan to hit centuries in same innings as hosts dominated Sri Lanka in second and final Test in Karachi on Saturday. right-left duo put on 278 for opening wicket before Masood was dismissed by paceman Lahiru Kumara, five minutes before tea on day three. At break, Pakistan had reached 282-1 with Abid on 137 and skipper Azhar Ali four t out.

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Masood battered for nearly five hours for his 135, which included three sixes and seven fours. Abid struck 18 fours and a six. two punished a hapless Sri Lankan attack on a dry National Stadium pitch, but fell 20 short of equalling highest opening stand for Pakistan of 298, set by Amir Sohail and Ijaz Ahmed against West Indies at same venue in 1997. openers helped Pakistan overturn a first-innings deficit after Sri Lanka scored 271 in reply to home side's 191.

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Abid has been in sublime form recently, becoming first Pakistani to join eight or players in an elite club of batsmen who have hit hundreds in ir first two Tests. 32-year-old completed his century with a sweep off-spinner Lasith Embuldeniya for two to follow his 109 in drawn first Test in Rawalpindi -- his debut. Rawalpindi century made Abid first batsman ever to score hundreds in both Test and one-day debuts.

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He had scored 112 in his first ODI, against Australia in Dubai earlier this year. Abid and Masood were unperturbed in first session after hosts resumed day at 57-0, with Sri Lanka needing early wickets. re was only one chance for Sri Lanka when Abid survived a confident leg-before shout off paceman Kumara on 61 but tourists lost referral with replays showing ball would have missed stumps. Masood, playing his 19th Test, completed 1,000 Test runs when he reached 46. current series -- part of ongoing World Test championship -- is first in Pakistan since a militant attack on Sri Lankan team bus in 2009 which suspended international cricket in country. 

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