Seam bowlers Nuwan Kulasekera and Thilan Thushara shared five wickets to leave Pakistan reeling at 74-6 at lunch on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
The Pakistan batsmen batsmen struggled against the new ball on a seaming pitch after captain Younis Khan won the toss and elected to bat first at P Sara-Oval.
Kulasekera first dismissed Khurram Manzoor for three when the opener pushed at an inswinger and was caught by wicketkeeper Tillakaratne Dilshan with the total on four.
Khan was out for a duck off a ball from left-arm seamer Thushara, while Mohammad Yousuf reached 10 before playing a square-drive against Kulasekera only to be caught at cover-point by Rangana Herath.
Misbah-ul-Haq edged a Kulasekera delivery to Dilshan without scoring as Pakistan collapsed to 19-4. Rookie opener Fawad Alam and former captain Shoaib Malik tried to resurrect the innings with a 32-run, fifth wicket stand, before seamer Anjelo Mathews trapped Alam (16) lbw.
Malik was 27 not out at the break with Abdur Rauf, who was yet to score.
{{/usCountry}}Malik was 27 not out at the break with Abdur Rauf, who was yet to score.
{{/usCountry}}Kulasekera returned the best bowling figures 3-17 while Thushara took 2-23.
Sri Lanka, which leads the three-match series 1-0, fielded an unchanged side from the 1st Test. Pakistan dropped regular opener Salman Butt for Alam, who has a first-class average of more than 56 runs.
Pakistan squad: Younis Khan (capt), Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Yousuf, Fawad Alam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wk), Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf
Sri Lanka squad: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Malinda Warnapura, Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Angelo Mathews, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara