Sri Lanka 204 and 420/5 (Mathews 116*, Chandimal 89) Pakistan 383 SL lead by 241 runs.
Angelo Mathews scored a career-best 116 to fashion a remarkable turnaround for Sri Lanka in the Abu Dhabi Test after they had conceded a 179-run lead to Pakistan in the first innings. He added 138 for the fifth wicket with Dinesh Chandimal, who missed out on his third Test century, and a further unbeaten 96 with Prasanna Jayawardene to transform a delicate situation on the fourth morning into, possibly, a match-winning one. Only thrice before have Pakistan been able to chase down a target in excess of 241, Sri Lanka's current lead.
The Pakistan bowlers managed a solitary wicket in the entire day and, for most parts, appeared innocuous with the pitch hardly providing assistance to seamers or spinners. Saeed Ajmal's figures of 42-10-96-0 - the most overs he has bowled without picking up a wicket - highlighted the bowlers' misery.

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