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Test No. 2511

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2023
2023 season
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - 1st Test
16-20 July, 2023 (5-day match)

Pakistan led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Pakistan won by 4 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Nishan Madushka c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Shaheen Afridi
4 
9 
0 
0
44.44 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Shaheen Afridi
29 
43 
6 
0
67.44 
»
 Kusal Mendis c Agha Salman b Shaheen Afridi
12 
14 
3 
0
85.71 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Abrar Ahmed
64 
109 
9 
0
58.72 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Babar Azam b Naseem Shah
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Shan Masood b Naseem Shah
122 
214 
12 
3
57.01 
»
 Sadeera Samarawickrama c Imam-ul-Haq b Agha Salman
36 
57 
5 
0
63.16 
»
 Ramesh Mendis c Babar Azam b Abrar Ahmed
5 
40 
1 
0
12.50 
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Naseem Shah
4 
29 
0 
0
13.79 
»
 Kasun Rajitha c Abdullah Shafique b Abrar Ahmed
8 
24 
1 
0
33.33 
»
 Vishwa Fernando Not Out
21 
28 
2 
1
75.00 
Extras B 4, LB 1, N 1
6
Total : (all out in 95.2 overs)
312
 RR : 3.27

Fall of wickets : 1-6 (Nishan Madushka, 2.2 ov), 2-22 (Kusal Mendis, 6.4 ov), 3-53 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 14.2 ov), 4-54 (Dinesh Chandimal, 15.2 ov), 5-185 (Angelo Mathews, 48.1 ov), 6-242 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 65.4 ov), 7-257 (Ramesh Mendis, 76.6 ov), 8-282 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 85.6 ov), 9-283 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 87.1 ov), 10-312 (Kasun Rajitha, 95.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Shaheen Shah Afridi
24
3 
86 
3
3.58
1
0
»
 Naseem Shah
22
2 
90 
3
4.09
0
0
»
 Abrar Ahmed
31
 .2
9 
68 
3
2.17
0
0
»
 Agha Salman
5
1 
18 
1
3.60
0
0
»
 Noman Ali
13
2 
45 
0
3.46
0
0

Pakistan 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Abdullah Shafique c de Silva b Jayasuriya
19 
28 
3 
0
67.86 
»
 Imam-ul-Haq c sub b Rajitha
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Shan Masood lbw b R Mendis
39 
30 
5 
1
130.00 
»
 Babar Azam c Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya
13 
16 
2 
0
81.25 
»
 Saud Shakeel Not Out
208 
361 
19 
0
57.62 
»
 Sarfaraz Ahmed lbw b Jayasuriya
17 
15 
3 
0
113.33 
»
 Agha Salman st Samarawickrama b R Mendis
83 
113 
9 
1
73.45 
»
 Noman Ali lbw b R Mendis
25 
57 
5 
0
43.86 
»
 Shaheen Shah Afridi lbw b V Fernando
9 
14 
2 
0
64.29 
»
 Naseem Shah b R Mendis
6 
78 
1 
0
7.69 
»
 Abrar Ahmed c Mathews b R Mendis
10 
12 
1 
1
83.33 
Extras B 9, LB 8, W 8, N 6
31
Total : (all out in 121.2 overs)
461
 RR : 3.80

Fall of wickets : 1-3 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.6 ov), 2-47 (Abdullah Shafique, 10.2 ov), 3-67 (Shan Masood, 11.6 ov), 4-73 (Babar Azam, 14.4 ov), 5-101 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 20.2 ov), 6-278 (Agha Salman, 55.6 ov), 7-330 (Noman Ali, 73.2 ov), 8-346 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 76.3 ov), 9-440 (Naseem Shah, 116.5 ov), 10-461 (Abrar Ahmed, 121.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vishwa Fernando
18
1 
69 
1
3.83
0
3
»
 Kasun Rajitha
19
1 
77 
1
4.05
6
1
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya
35
3 
145 
3
4.14
0
0
»
 Ramesh Mendis
42
 .2
2 
136 
5
3.21
0
0
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
7
1 
17 
0
2.43
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Nishan Madushka c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Noman Ali
52 
115 
7 
1
45.22 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c Agha Salman b Abrar Ahmed
20 
27 
4 
0
74.07 
»
 Kusal Mendis lbw b Noman Ali
18 
45 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Babar Azam b Noman Ali
7 
21 
1 
0
33.33 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Imam-ul-Haq b Agha Salman
28 
64 
3 
0
43.75 
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Shaheen Afridi
82 
118 
10 
2
69.49 
»
 Sadeera Samarawickrama c Abdullah Shafique b Agha Salman
11 
11 
2 
0
100.00 
»
 Ramesh Mendis lbw b Abrar Ahmed
42 
79 
3 
1
53.16 
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya c Shan Masood b Shaheen Afridi
10 
11 
2 
0
90.91 
»
 Vishwa Fernando Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kasun Rajitha c Shan Masood b Abrar Ahmed
5 
3 
1 
0
166.67 
Extras LB 1, W 2, N 1
4
Total : (all out in 83.1 overs)
279
 RR : 3.35

Fall of wickets : 1-42 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 11.1 ov), 2-79 (Kusal Mendis, 24.6 ov), 3-91 (Angelo Mathews, 32.1 ov), 4-99 (Nishan Madushka, 36.6 ov), 5-159 (Dinesh Chandimal, 53.1 ov), 6-175 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 55.5 ov), 7-251 (Ramesh Mendis, 78.1 ov), 8-269 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 80.6 ov), 9-274 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 82.3 ov), 10-279 (Kasun Rajitha, 83.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Shaheen Shah Afridi
13
0 
64 
2
4.92
0
1
»
 Naseem Shah
12
2 
32 
0
2.67
0
1
»
 Agha Salman
9
0 
39 
2
4.33
0
0
»
 Abrar Ahmed
24
 .1
5 
68 
3
2.81
0
0
»
 Noman Ali
25
5 
75 
3
3.00
1
0

Pakistan 2nd Innings
(Target: 131 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Abdullah Shafique c Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya
8 
18 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Imam-ul-Haq Not Out
50 
84 
4 
1
59.52 
»
 Shan Masood c Madushka b Jayasuriya
7 
11 
1 
0
63.64 
»
 Noman Ali run out
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Babar Azam lbw b Jayasuriya
24 
28 
5 
0
85.71 
»
 Saud Shakeel c Samarawickrama b R Mendis
30 
38 
6 
0
78.95 
»
 Sarfaraz Ahmed c K Mendis b Jayawickrama
1 
10 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Agha Salman Not Out
6 
1 
0 
1
600.00 
Extras B 4, LB 3
7
Total : (6 wickets in 32.5 overs)
133
 RR : 4.05

did not bat: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed

Fall of wickets : 1-16 (Abdullah Shafique, 6.4 ov), 2-36 (Shan Masood, 10.4 ov), 3-38 (Noman Ali, 12.6 ov), 4-79 (Babar Azam, 20.3 ov), 5-122 (Saud Shakeel, 29.4 ov), 6-127 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 32.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vishwa Fernando
2
1 
6 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Ramesh Mendis
14
1 
62 
1
4.43
0
0
»
 Prabath Jayasuriya
14
 .5
0 
56 
4
3.78
0
0
»
 Dhananjaya de Silva
2
1 
2 
0
1.00
0
0

Match details
Points: Pakistan 12, Sri Lanka 0
Man of the Match: Saud Shakeel (Pakistan)
Umpires : Alex Wharf (England) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : David Boon (Australia)
Reserve Umpire: Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sun Jul 16 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 242/6 (Dhananjaya de Silva 94*, 65.4 ov)
Day 2 : Mon Jul 17 - Pakistan 1st innings 221/5 (Saud Shakeel 69*, Agha Salman 61*, 45 ov)
Day 3 : Tue Jul 18 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 14/0 (Nishan Madushka 8*, Dimuth Karunaratne 6*, 3.4 ov)
Day 4 : Wed Jul 19 - Pakistan 2nd innings 48/3 (Imam-ul-Haq 25*, Babar Azam 6*, 15 ov)
Day 5 : Thu Jul 20 - Pakistan 2nd innings 133/6 (Imam-ul-Haq 50*, Agha Salman 6*, 32.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Vishwa Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis, Kasun Rajitha, Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne (Capt.), Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews
Pakistan Noman Ali, Shan Masood, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Naseem Shah, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (Capt.), Agha Salman, Abrar Ahmed, Abdullah Shafique
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