Sri Lanka continued to maintain a vice-like grip on the
Galle Test on the third day, but instead of pushing for the kill after bowling
out Pakistan for 100, they inexplicably decided to bat again. Even a 372-run
first-innings lead, the forecast for rains over the next couple of days and a
relatively fresh bowling attack that had bowled for less than two sessions were
not enough to convince Mahela Jayawardene to enforce the follow-on.
They eventually declared after batting more than three
hours, stretching the advantage beyond 500. Then, in the hour or so they had at
Pakistan's batting in the second innings, they made big strides towards victory
by removing three top-order batsmen.
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