GALLE, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by seven wickets on the fifth day to win the first test and go 1-0 up in the two-test series.

Scores: Pakistan 451 (Younus Khan 177, Asad Shafiq 75, Sarfraz Ahmed 55, Abdur Rehman 50; D. Perera 5-137) and 180 (Sarfraz Ahmed 52 not out; R Herath 6-48) v Sri Lanka 533-9 decl (K. Sangakkara 221, A. Mathews 91, K. Silva 64, M Jayawardene 59; Saeed Ajmal 5-166) and 99-3.