Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 10 Wickets with a day to spare, Sri Lanka now the only Nation to record outright victories against all other Test Playing Nations
Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 – Only / Maiden Test – Maitland Place ( SSC ), Colombo – concluded on 04th day
Afghanistan put into bat, 198 all out – ( 62.4 Overs ) Rahmat Shah 91, Noor Zadran 31 – on debut – Ikram Alikhil 21, Qais Ahmad 21 – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Noor Zadran / Rahmat Shah 57 runs for the 02nd wicket, Rahmat Shah / Hashmatullah Shahidi 52 runs for the 03rd wicket, Rahmat Shah / Ikram Alikhil 45 runs for the 05th wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 43 runs – Vishwa Fernando 4 / 51, Asitha Fernando 3 / 24, Prabath Jayasuriya 3 / 67, Sadeera Samarawickrama 02 victims & 296 all out – ( 112.3 Overs ) Ibrahim Zadran 114 ( 12×4, 259 balls ) – career best, maiden century, Rahmat Shah 54, Noor Zadran 47 – on debut – Nasir Jamal 41no, Extras 14 – Ibrahim Zadran / Noor Zadran 106 run opening stand, Ibrahim Zadran / Rahmat Shah 108 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the next 06 wickets for the addition of 36 runs, the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 25 runs – Prabath Jayasuriya 5 / 107, Asitha Fernando 3 / 63, Kasun Rajitha 2 / 59, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 02 catches, Sadeera Samarawickrama 03 victims.
Sri Lanka in reply, 439 all out – ( 109.2 Overs ) Angelo Mathews 141 ( 3×6, 14×4, 259 balls ), Dinesh Chandimal 107 ( 1×6, 10×4, 181 balls ), Dimuth Karunaratne 77, Nishan Madushka 37, Sadeera samarawickrama 27, Extras 22 – Nishan Madushka / Dimuth Karunaratne 93 run opening stand – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 55 runs – Angelo Mathews / Dinesh Chandimal 232 runs for the 04th wicket – the last 07 wickets fell for the addition of 59 runs – Naveed Zadran 4 / 83 – on debut – Nijat Masood 2 / 76, Qais Ahmad 2 / 98 & 56 for no loss – ( 7.2 Overs ) Dimuth Karunaratne 32no, Nishan Madushka 22no.
Player of the Match : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka
Chamika Gunasekera on debut was hit on the helmet whilst batting. He was replaced by Kasun Rajitha as the concussion substitute.
Report assisted by srilankacricket.lk
Photos courtesy SLC Media