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Lanka clinch a cliff-hanger

Resolute Ranatunga reigns
RAWALPINDI.Pakistan. Mar 1: A valiant ninth wicket stand between Arjuna Ra-L- - -• natunga and Rom-
-ii Kaluwitharana helped Sri Hika down Pakistan by two wickets in the first cricket Test Wednesday, reports AFP.
The seasoned pair put on a lighting 43 to help outlast the home team In a nerve-wracking finish with close shaves ana tantalising efforts for each run.
Kaluwitharana. who finished with 36 not out. hit two boundaries off Waqar Younis to bring Sri Lanka's eighth win in ■ hr last 18 Tests.
Ranatunga. batting with a broken left thumb, finished with a battling 29 not out as Sri Lanka achieved their victory target of 220 with 9.1 overs to go in the match.
The home team put up a remarkable fight and though reduced to Just three bowlers made a match of it but in the end were left to rue a low score in the first innings and missed chances.
With 77 needed at tea and six wickets intact Sri Lanka held Ihe advantage but pacer Abdur Razzak snared two wickets off two balls to set a nerve wracking finish.
Twenty-year-old Razzak had Nuwan Zoysa caught in the second slip by Wajahatullah Wasti and yorked Pramodya Wickre-masinghe next ball to send the 12.000-strong crowd to their feet sensing a home win.
Sri Lanka lost four wickets for 34 runs after tea. leaving all the guesses open.
Zoysa helped Kaluwitharana add a valuable 25 runs for the seventh wicket
But Pakistan missed a golden opportunity when Kaluwitharana was let off by Waqar at mid-on off Razzak at 172-6 and then failed to run out Arjuna Ranatunga with 40 to get.
Al 146-5 Ranatunga had to retire after hr was hit on the left thumb by Waqar. The diminutive Ranatunga returned back at 177-8. his team still 43 away from victory.
Il was a tense finish but 1 think our boys did well to pull oft this win. Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya, who came from series wins over Australia and Zimbabwe last year, said.
Pakisi.iq continued their remarkable fightback in the match, claiming three wickets in the first session of the day to hold the slight advantage for the first time in the match.
Resuming at 11 -0. Sri Lanka added 66 runs in the first session losing opener Marvan Ata-patlu (10) Russel Arnold (6) and Aravinda de Silva (21).
Waqar forced Atapattu to edge an outgoing delivery in the second over ol the day to first slip where Saqlaln Mushtaq held an easy catch.
Saqlain. who recovered in time to take the field after having dehydration problems on Day Four, held his second c tch off Waqar when Arnold failed to draw his bat away.
Sri Lanka lost their second wicket at 34.
De Silva survived a confident leg before shout on the first ball off Waqar and a run out.
He hit four well-timed boundaries before snicking to wicketkeeper Moin Kharr off Razzak.
Sri Lanka went into lunch struggling at 77-3. still needing 143 to win.
"It could have gone either way but we missed a number of chances and scored just 182 in the first innings which led to our failure." Pakistan captain Saeed Anwar said.
Jayasuriya remained subdued throughout the session and completed his 15th half century in Test cricket, his first fifty as captain in seven Tests hitting six boundaries.
Razzak got the prized s alp of Jayasuriya when his outgoing delivery got the edge which Aamir Sohail took low to his left.
Jayasuriya made 56 in his innings lasting 191 minutes.
Experienced Ranatunga and vice-captain Mahela Jayawar-dene took the Sri Lankan score to 143-4 at tea, frustrating the Pakistan attack with resolute batting, needing another 77 runs.
Saqlain struck with the third ball after tea when he had Jayawardene caught bat-pad at silly mid-on by Yousuf Youhana.
Umpire Athar Zaidi, doubt ing it a bump catch, referred to leg umpire South African Dave Orchard and he finally declared the batsman out after consulting the TV umpire.
Jayawardene made 35 with five lours and in the course completed his 1.000 runs in his 16th Test.
Chaminda Vaas was run out without scoring when he failed to beat a Saqlain throw from fine leg. Sri Lanka lost their sixth wicket at 152.
Pakistan made 390 In the second innings with debutant Younis Khan hitting a polished 107 to set a target of 220 to Ihe visitors.
The second of the three Tests will commence at Peshawar.