Pakistan, Sri Lanka want improvement in 2nd Test

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DUBAI, Oct 25 (AFP): Rival captains Tillakaratne Dilshan and Misbah-ul Haq have different concerns going into the second of three Tests between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Dubai cricket stadium from Wednesday. Dilshan hopes his batsmen pull up their socks and score big in the first innings after being bowled out for a mere 197 in the first Test which ended in a draw at Abu Dhabi last week. It needed Kumar Sangakkara's brilliant 211 and Prasanna Jayawardene's fighting 120 to save Sri Lanka from defeat, but not before Pakistani's fielders dropped as many as seven catches. Dilshan said he hopes for a better batting show. "We had discussions on which area to improve and did that in training sessions. As a batting unit we are fully prepared to do well in this Test," said Dilshan, whose team has drawn nine and lost three of their last 12 Tests.