Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 04 wickets with a courageous & successful run chase, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
ICC World Test Championship – Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – 01st Test – Galle, Southern Province
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 222 all out – ( 66.1 Overs ) Dinesh Chandimal 76, Maheesh Theekshana 38 – career best – Oshada Fernando 35, Kusal Mendis 21, Dhananjaya De Silva 14, Kasun Rajitha 12no, Ramesh Mendis 11 – recovered from 133 / 8 – Oshada / Kusal put on 49 runs for the 02nd wicket, Dinesh / Maheesh added 44 runs for the 09th wicket, Maheesh / Kasun involved in a 45 run partnership for the last wicket – Shaheen Afridi 4 / 58, Hasan Ali 2 / 23, Yasir Shah 2 / 66, Mohammad Rizwan 04 victims & 337 all out – ( 100 Overs ) Dinesh Chandimal 94no ( 2×6, 5×4, 139 balls ), Kusal Mendis 76, Oshada Fernando 64, Ramesh Mendis 22, Dhananjaya De Silva 20 – 05 batters were dismissed bowled – Oshada / Kusal added 91 runs for the 03rd wicket, Dinesh / Dhananjaya put on 40 runs for the 06th wicket, Dinesh / Maheesh associated in a 41 run partnership for the 09th wicket – Mohammad Nawaz 5 / 82, Yasir Shah 3 / 122, Babar Azam 02 catches.
Pakistan in reply, 218 all out – ( 90.5 Overs ) Skipper Babar Azam 119 ( 2×6, 11×4, 244 balls ), Mohammad Rizwan 19, Yasir Shah 18, Hasan Ali 17, Abdullah Shafique 13, Extras 12 – 06 batters dismissed lbw – recovered from 112 / 8 – Azam / Rizwan added 40 runs for the 04th wicket, Azam / Shah put on 27 runs for the 08th wicket, Azam / Ali involved in a 36 run partnership for the 09th wicket, Azam / Shah associated in a 70 run stand for the last wicket, Naseem Shah’s contribution was 05no – Prabath Jayasuriya 5 / 82 – the third bowler in the history of test cricket to capture a five wicket haul, in the first three consecutive innings since debut – Ramesh Mendis 2 / 18, Maheesh Theekshana 2 / 68 & 344 / 6 – ( 127.2 Overs ) Abdullah Shafique 160no ( 1×6, 7×4, 408 balls ) – career best – opened batting & hit the winning runs too,having carried his bat through the inning – Skipper Babar Azam 55, Mohammad Rizwan 40, Imam -ul-Haq 35, Mohammad Nawaz 19no, Prabath Jayasuriya 4 / 135, Niroshan Dickwella 02 victims.
Player of the Match : Abdullah Shafique – Pakistan
Photos courtesy Sri Lanka Cricket Media