Intro:

Sri Lanka's Lahiru Thirimanne and Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq look ahead to the decisive third test match between the nations in Pallekele.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Lahiru Thirimanne (on Upul Tharanga):

"Yes. Tharanga is a long term choice because we all know now Kumar will play another two test matches, so we have to look at the number three position. Hopefully, Tharanga will perform tomorrow and establish that position"

SOUNDBITE: (English) Misbah-ul-Haq (on Shan Masood):

"Shan is here, he's played for Pakistan A here. He scored a big century here so...he is also looking good in the nets. He is a good player so he might get a chance and hopefully he is good enough to perform at test level. I think everybody knows that we could not perform well with the bat, all these batsmen are experienced enough, they've been really performing well from the last three, four series. Almost every batsman has had a lot of runs under his belt. I think we are looking forward to just improve our performance with the bat."