Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 04 wickets with 02 sessions remaining, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
ICC Pakistan Men’s Cricket Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 01st Test – Galle, Southern Province – concluded on the 05th day
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 312 all out – ( 95.2 Overs ) Dhananjaya De Silva 122 ( 9×4, 214 balls ), Angelo Mathews 64, Sadeera Samarawickrama 36, Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 29, Vishwa Fernando 21no – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 48 runs – Angelo Mathews / Dhananjaya De Silva 131 runs for the 05th wicket, Dhananjaya De Silva / Sadeera Samarawickrama 57 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 55 runs – Abrar Ahmed 3 / 68, Shaheen Afridi 3 / 86, Naseem Shah 3 / 90, Sarfaraz Ahmed 04 victims, Skipper Babar Azam 02 catches & 279 all out – ( 83.1 Overs ) Dhananjaya De Silva 82, Nishan Madushka 52, Ramesh Mendis 42, Dinesh Chandimal 28, Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 20 – Nishan Madushka / Dimuth Karunaratne opening stand of 42 runs – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 57 runs Dinesh Chandimal / Dhananjaya De Silva 60 runs for the 05th wicket, Dhananjaya De Silva / Ramesh Mendis 76 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 28 runs – Abrar Ahmed 3 / 68, Noman Ali 3 / 75, Agha Salman 2 / 39, Shaheen Afridi 2 / 64, Sarfaraz Ahmed 02 victims, Shan Masood 02 catches.
Pakistan in reply, 461 all out – ( 121.2 Overs ) Saud Shakeel 208no ( 19×4, 361 balls ) – career best, first double century – Agha Salman 83, Shan Masood 39, Noman Ali 25, Extras 31 – recovered from 101 / 5 – Saud Shakeel / Agha Salman 177 runs for the 06th wicket – then lost 03 wickets for the addition of 68 runs – Saud Shakeel / Naseem Shah 94 runs for the 09th wicket – Ramesh Mendis 5 / 136, Prabath Jayasuriya 3 / 145, Sadeera Samarawickrama 02 victims & 133 / 6 – ( 32.5 Overs ) Imam ul Haq 50no, Saud Shakeel 30, Skipper Babar Azam 24, Prabath Jayasuriya 4 / 56, Sadeera Samarawickrama 02 victims.
Player of the Match : Saud Shakeel – Pakistan