Pakistan set Sri Lanka 492 to win final Test
 The highest successful fourth innings chase in history is by the West Indies, who scored 418-7 to beat Australia
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Sri Lanka faced a record chase of 492 runs after Pakistan declared their second innings at 425-9 soon after lunch on the fourth day of the third and final cricket Test here on Thursday. The highest successful fourth innings chase in history is by the West Indies, who scored 418-7 to beat Australia at St John's, Antigua in 2003. The most runs scored in the fourth innings to win a Test at the Sinhalese sports club here is 326-5 by Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 1998. The hosts are looking to sweep the series 3-0 after winning the first two Tests. | Pakistan 1st innings 299 | Khurram Manzoor 93, Mohammad Yousuf 90, T. Thushara 5-83 |
| Sri Lanka 1st innings 233 | K. Sangakkara 45, M. Jayawardene 79, D. Kaneria 5-62 |
| Khurram Manzoor | b Herath | 2 | | Fawad Alam | c and b Thushara | 16 | | Younus Khan | lbw b Kulasekera | 19 | | Mohammad Yousuf | c Sangakkara b Herath | 23 | | Misbah-ul Haq | c Sangakkara b Mathews | 65 | | Shoaib Malik | c sub (Lakmal) b Herath | 134 | | Kamran Akmal | c Jayawardene b Kulasekera | 74 | | Umar Gul | c Vaas b Herath | 46 | | Danish Kaneria | c Thushara b Herath | 5 | | Mohammad Aamer | not out | 22 | | Saeed Ajmal | not out | 3 | | Extras | b10, lb2, nb2, w2 | 16 | | Total | for 9 wkts decl | 425 |
| Fall of wkts | 1-16, 2-22, 3-54, 4-67, 5-186, 6-319, 7-371, 8-399, 9-405 |
| Kulasekera 20-5-55-2 (w1), Thushara 28-2-121-1 (nb2, w1), Herath 46-6-157-5, Vaas 19-6-47-0, Mathews 10-1-33-1 |
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