Sanga helps Lanka to force a draw and take the series 2-0: 3rd Test total match (SSC)

The only match in the series to go the full distance ended in a draw when the captains shook hands in the last session on the 5th day at the SSC. In reply to Pakistan's 299 and 425 for 9 dec Sri Lanka were 233 and 391 for 4 Sangakkara 130 Mathews 64 at close.In the end neither team wanted it badly enough. Sri Lanka couldn't quite summon up the courage in the absence of Dilshan for one final dash and Pakistan spent much of the final afternoon merely going through the motions.