Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 246 runs to tie the 02 match series 1 – 1, Sri Lanka climb on the World Test rankings

ICC World Test Championship – Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – 02nd & Last Test – Galle, Southern Province

Sri Lanka electing to bat, 378 all out – ( 103 Overs ) Dinesh Chandimal 80, Niroshan Dickwella 51, Oshada Fernando 50, Angelo Mathews 42 – on his 100th test – Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 40, Ramesh Mendis 35, Dhananjaya De Silva 33, Dunith Wellalage 11 – on debut – Extras 21 – Naseem Shah 3 / 58, Yasir Shah 3 / 83, Mohammad Nawaz 2 / 80, Mohammad Rizwan 03 victims & 360 / 8 dec – ( 91.5 Overs ) Dhananjaya De Silva 109 ( 16×4, 171 balls ), Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 61, Angelo Mathews 35 – on his 100th test – Ramesh Mendis 45no, Dunith Wellalage 18 – on debut – Dinesh Chandimal 21, Extras 22 – recovered from 117 / 5 – Dimuth / Dhananjaya added 126 runs for the 06th wicket, Dhananjaya / Ramesh put on 82 runs for the 08th wicket – Naseem Shah 2 / 44, Mohammad Nawaz 2 / 75, Mohammad Rizwan 03 victims.

Pakistan in reply, 231 all out – ( 88.1 Overs ) Agha Salman 62 – maiden half century – Imam ul Haq 32,Yasir Shah 26, Mohammad Rizwan 24, Fawad Alam 24, Hasan Ali 21 – Imam / Babar put on 35 runs for the 02nd wicket, Agha / Yasir added 46 runs for the 07th wicket, Yasir / Hasan involved in a 32 run stand for the 08th wicket – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 88 runs, the last 04 wickets fell for 40 runs – 04 batters were dismissed bowled, 03 others were out lbw – Ramesh Mendis 5 / 47, Prabath Jayasuriya 3 / 80, Niroshan Dickwella 02 victims & 261 all out – ( 77 Overs ) Skipper Babar Azam 81, Imam-ul-Haq 49, Mohammad Rizwan 37, Yasir Shah 27 – ul Haq / Azam
added 55 runs for the 02nd wicket, Azam / Rizwan put on 79 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the last 08 wickets for the addition of 85 runs – Prabath Jayasuriya 5 / 117, Ramesh Mendis 4 / 101, Dunith Wellalage & Kusal Mendis 02 catches each.

Player of the Match : Dhananjaya De Silva – Sri Lanka
Player of the Series : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka

Angelo Mathews playing in his 100th Test together with Dunith Wellalage playing in his Maiden Test were in the winning team for Sri Lanka – a significant rarity for both of them.

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