Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2015: 1st Test, Day 1 - Rain washes out opening day at Galle

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Even the toss didn’t take place at Galle

It's raining everywhere in the subcontinent as the opening day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle was washed out because of rain. Not a single ball was bowled, even the toss couldn't happen.

The whole ground was under covers right from the morning and the umpires officially took the decision to called off day's play. Next four days, the match will begin 30 minutes early. Pakistan are scheduled to play 3 Tests, 5 One Day Internationals and 2 Twenty20 matches.

Sri Lanka team:

AD Mathews (Captain), HDRL Thirimanne, PVD Chameera, LD Chandimal (Wicket-keeper), N Pradeep, HMRKB Herath, FDM Karunaratne, PHT Kaushal, RAS Lakmal, J Mubarak, MDK Perera, MDKJ Perera, KTGD Prasad, KC Sangakkara, JK Silva†, KDK Vithanage

Pakistan team:

Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Haris Sohail, Imran Khan, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed (Wicket-keeper), Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan, Zulfiqar Babar

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