- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR59.3 what a catch! It was angled into the pads, and Tharanga flicked that, he middled that flick, and Azhar Ali reacts like a flash to grab that while falling to his right. Didn't have too far to move, but he had no time to get his hands in position. Ah. It lodged in his midriff, but still, had to react quickly to make sure it didn't slip out 177/432.5 here's the first one! The classic ploy. A bouncer followed by a fuller one. Well, it wasn't exactly full, more like on a length.. But what did Silva here was the slight away movement. He was pushing from the crease anyway, without getting forward, and gets a thick edge to the keeper. Superb stuff there by the bowler 79/147.5 bowled him! All those bouncers, followed by a full-length ball that snaked in extremely late to dip into the gap between bat and pad and crash into the top of off stump, after a bit of a deflection off the back thigh. Super bowling. They check for a no-ball, and he's juust about landed his heel behind the crease 144/254.6 HE'S GONE! Sharp turn again from outside off, but the length was the key here, and Mahela was caught on the crease as the ball rapped his front pad just in line with off stump, I think. The umpire's finger went up immediately. Hawkeye suggests it's flicking the leg bail 167/385.1 and that's that for Mathews. It's a short ball, and he shuffles across and looks to pull. Goes through to the keeper with some sound on the way. Not sure what it touched. He was given out and he reviewed... and yes, it certainly kissed his glove 261/874.3 edged, and this time it's a straightforward catch to the keeper. It was back of a length, just outside off, and it straightened a touch. That one ball that came back in has been playing on Thirimanne's mind, perhaps, and he hung his bat out and got a tickle through to Sarfraz. This is superb bowling from Junaid 215/582.2 how's that? That was full, angling in, and Dickwella's head falls over as he tries to work that leg side, and is pinged on the front pad in front of the stumps. The finger goes up, and Dickwella decides to review... Looks like it's angling down... but it's just clipping leg stump, according to Hawkeye, and that means it's the umpire's call, and that means it's out. Junaid has three now 249/682.5 very full now, and it's another loud appeal as Dilruwan gets his front pad across and is struck low down looking to work around it. Not given, and Pakistan review. Whoa. It's pitched in line, Hawkeye says, and it's smashing into the inside of the leg stump. No edge either, and Dilruwan has to go 249/792.5 this one's out, for sure, and the umpire agrees. It's full and angled in and Prasad was struck on the back pad in front of middle, stuck on the crease. He's not been coming forward to the full ball all morning, and it needed one well-directed full ball to get him in trouble. Junaid's produced it and he now has a five-for. Hawkeye says this one was also flicking the leg bail, closer to the corner of the stumps. For some reason, this looked more out than the previous one at first viewing 284/999.3 and that is that. Herath pushes forward to defend outside off, playing for turn, and it goes pretty much straight on and takes an outside edge through to first slip. Simple catch for Younis Khan, who becomes the first Pakistan cricketer to take 100 Test catches 320/10Extras21 (b 8, lb 7, nb 6)TOTAL320 all out (99.3 Overs, RR: 3.21, 461 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Kaushal Silva, 32.5 ov), 2-144 (Kumar Sangakkara, 47.5 ov), 3-167 (Mahela Jayawardene, 54.6 ov), 4-177 (Upul Tharanga, 59.3 ov), 5-215 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 74.3 ov), 6-249 (Niroshan Dickwella, 82.2 ov), 7-249 (Dilruwan Perera, 82.5 ov), 8-261 (Angelo Mathews, 85.1 ov), 9-284 (Dhammika Prasad, 92.5 ov), 10-320 (Rangana Herath, 99.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Junaid Khan 27 6 87 5 3.22 0 0 Wahab Riaz 20 3 88 3 4.4 0 6 Abdur Rehman 19.3 4 53 1 2.71 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 33 5 77 1 2.33 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.4 super delivery! Khurram was drawn forward by the flight, and it dipped and turned a long way from outside off and took his outside edge as he looked to defend. He had no need to play at that so far outside off if he was only looking to defend, but he did, and Dickwella is ecstatic after taking a smart catch to his right 47/134.5 down the leg side again and that's a terrific catch from Dickwella. That was a poor ball, should have been hit for four, but he only managed a little tickle with the inside edge and Dickwella ghosts to his left to intercept. Shehzad didn't even look at the umpire, just walked off as soon as it lodged in the keeper's gloves 122/331.3 oh man. What has he done here? That was a horrific shot. Down the track, didn't reach the pitch of the ball, and was he foxed by the arm ball? Was looking to hit down the ground, ended up pulling it much wider than he would have wanted, straight into the hands of Mathews at an unorthodox short mid-on. Rush of blood ends what was looking like a solid innings 110/238.6 what a catch, but is that out? The umpire's gone to the third umpire for this. That was full, outside off, and Younis pushed forward to defend and he played that down into his boot. It went straight up off his boot and Silva dived forward from silly point, caught it one-handed, and flung it immediately to the keeper. Given! Amazing work from the silly point fielder, but the catch will go down as Dickwella's, I think 131/442.1 and Misbah's gone! Lovely delivery from Herath. Dipped on the batsman, turned away sharply, and took the outside edge through to Dickwella as Misbah poked forward to defend 140/566.6 bowled him, through the gate, and that's five for Herath! What a delivery that was. Having spun the last two away from Shafiq, this one goes with the angle, and it finds the gap between pad and bat, which pushes out looking for turn, and crashes into the top of off stump 233/689.4 lovely, lovely bowling to get his eighth. It's tossed up a bit more, and dips on Sarfraz as he pushes forward to drive through cover. Doesn't get to the pitch, and he gets an outside edge through to Dickwella, who takes it on the second attempt. End of a superb innings from Sarfraz 315/978.4 that was beautifully bowled. Created the angle across the left-hander by going around the wicket, and slanted that across fairly flat and full. Rehman followed it and played for turn. There wasn't any, and the edge settles nicely in Mahela's hands at slip 273/785.6 and Herath has seven! Wahab goes for the sweep, doesn't quite get over the ball, and hits it high in the air and down into Welegedara's hands at deep backward square leg 301/893.1 well, we won't. Herath gets nine, and Ajmal is bowled as he tries to give himself room for the cut. It's the slider, and the batsman swishes at thin air and the ball crashes into leg stump 332/10Extras6 (lb 3, nb 3)TOTAL332 all out (93.1 Overs, RR: 3.56, 427 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Khurram Manzoor, 8.4 ov), 2-110 (Azhar Ali, 31.3 ov), 3-122 (Ahmed Shehzad, 34.5 ov), 4-131 (Younis Khan, 38.6 ov), 5-140 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 42.1 ov), 6-233 (Asad Shafiq, 66.6 ov), 7-273 (Abdur Rehman, 78.4 ov), 8-301 (Wahab Riaz, 85.6 ov), 9-315 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 89.4 ov), 10-332 (Saeed Ajmal, 93.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KTGD Prasad 16 4 53 0 3.31 0 3 UWMBCA Welegedara 18 2 65 0 3.61 0 0 HMRKB Herath 33.1 3 127 9 3.82 0 0 AD Mathews 9 1 21 0 2.33 0 0 MDK Perera 17 1 63 1 3.7 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR20.2 got him! Midwicket was left open, and it was a short ball that didn't quite bounce. It turned from outside off and he bottom-edged it onto his stumps as he looked to pull it. Went very hard at it 54/124.2 taken! What a catch by Younis, diving low to his left. Silva jumps down the track, and doesn't quite get to the pitch. Goes for a big drive, but it spun hard and he gets a thick outside edge that goes past the right glove of Sarfraz and into Younis' hands inches above the grass. The umpires have a look at whether it was a clean take, and it definitely was 79/266.2 got him! That's a difficult ball to play, turns and bounces from middle and leg, and he's opened up slightly as he pushes out in front of his body and gloves it to silly point, who stays in his crouch and takes a good catch low to his right 186/368.2 and that is that. Mahela ends with 11814 Test runs, as he comes down the pitch, looks to go over mid-on, but doesn't reach the pitch of the ball and skies it really high. Shehzad runs back and to his left from midwicket and takes a good tumbling catch, and Mahela walks off, raising his bat to the crowd, big smile on his face 189/482.3 what a delivery! That's the doosra, bowled slow outside off, and he went on the back foot, looking for the offbreak to cut or punch through the off side. Came in instead, and went between bat and pad and crashed into off stump as he tried hurriedly to bring his bat down to defend 212/595.1 well bowled! It was a good length ball, moved in a touch, and it caught Dickwella on the crease, shuffling across, and hit him on the back pad in front of off and middle. Finger immediately went up, and Dickwella didn't review 247/695.3 that's plumb, and Dilruwan bags a pair! Angled in again, full, and he's hit in front of middle, trying to work across the line, after planting his front pad in front of the stumps, and Hawkeye shows it's clipping leg stump, after the batsman made a late decision to review 247/7106.2 oho, here's a third umpire call. Back of a length now, turns and bounces sharply, and he inside-edges that onto thigh pad, and it bounces just past short leg. They take off for a run, and it wasn't the best idea, since Prasad was well short as Ajmal collected Umar Akmal's throw from midwicket. He didn't collect cleanly, and the ball deflected off his hands into the stumps. Bit of time taken to establish that the ball disturbed the bails and not Ajmal's hands, which followed through and hit the stumps themselves, and the third umpire is satisfied it was okay. 278/8107.4 bowled him! That's the old reverse-swinging yorker, hits the base of the stumps on the full, actually, sneaks in between Herath's bat and rapidly retreating pad. They check for a no-ball, but his front foot is totally fine 282/9108.6 short, a bit of width, and he cuts this to point. Another run-out appeal as they run the quick single and Wahab fires in a low, flat throw to the keeper. Welegedara's bat is definitely a few inches short of the crease as Sarfraz whips off the bails 282/10Extras14 (b 10, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL282 all out (109 Overs, RR: 2.58, 482 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Upul Tharanga, 20.2 ov), 2-79 (Kaushal Silva, 24.2 ov), 3-186 (Kumar Sangakkara, 66.2 ov), 4-189 (Mahela Jayawardene, 68.2 ov), 5-212 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 82.3 ov), 6-247 (Niroshan Dickwella, 95.1 ov), 7-247 (Dilruwan Perera, 95.3 ov), 8-278 (Dhammika Prasad, 106.2 ov), 9-282 (Rangana Herath, 107.4 ov), 10-282 (Chanaka Welegedara, 108.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Wahab Riaz 25 3 76 3 3.04 1 1 Abdur Rehman 35 3 97 2 2.77 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 46 10 89 3 1.93 0 0 Ahmed Shehzad 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.4 and he's gone! Poor shot from Khurram. It was wide outside off, not quite up there to drive, but he went hard at it with an angled bat and got a little tickle through to Dickwella 17/15.5 good ball, and he's caught on the shuffle! That came in sharply off the seam, from just outside off, and he shuffled across, looking to work into the leg side, and was hit on the pads in front of off and middle, I think. He thinks a long time about reviewing, asks Azhar, finally decides to go for it, and the umpires tell him he's taken too long. Once again, the Shehzad-Azhar pair provide some pure DRS comedy! 21/210.2 and Herath has struck! Simple catch to Mahela at slip after Azhar pushes forward, opened up by the inward angle, and gets a thick outside edge 31/318.1 huge lbw appeal, Dickwella goes crazy, and goes even crazier as the finger goes up. Younis looked to sweep that from middle stump, missed completely, and the ball hit him on the back thigh (he was down on his knee) in front of middle. He reviews it, and they're looking to see if he got an inside edge as his bat swept across the ball. No sign of any defection. Ball pitched in line with off, went straight on with the angle, and that was hitting the stumps two-thirds of the way up 50/514.3 Pakistan are in all kinds of trouble now. That was fired in with a lower trajectory, with that round-arm action, and it spun sharply from middle stump, took the outside edge as he looked to defend, and Mahela at slip takes number 205 39/434.4 gone! This was always going to be a danger when you keep running at the bowler on a turning track. This is a lovely length by Herath, slow and turning, dips just in front of the advancing Shafiq then grips and slips past the blade. Dickwella does some sharp work behind the stumps. 105/649.1 and that, I suppose, is that. It's angled across, wide of off, and Sarfraz goes for the sweep. Hits it uppishly, and straight into the hands of Sangakkara at deep square leg 151/837.5 gone! Rehman makes a poor choice to leave one that seemed to be heading for the stumps. This is fired in a little flatter on about off stump, would have gone on to hit the wickets at first glance. Doesn't matter where it's hit him, because he had not played a shot, but it seemed to hit him in line anyway. 122/752.1 whoa, ho! And that's the win for Sri Lanka. Looks to launch this over the leg side, and the top-edge goes flying way over the off side. Sanga ran to his right from point, Kaushal to his left from short cover, and they collided, but Sanga emerged with the ball in his hands 165/10Extras14 (b 4, lb 7, nb 3)TOTAL165 all out (52.1 Overs, RR: 3.16, 231 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Khurram Manzoor, 3.4 ov), 2-21 (Ahmed Shehzad, 5.5 ov), 3-31 (Azhar Ali, 10.2 ov), 4-39 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 14.3 ov), 5-50 (Younis Khan, 18.1 ov), 6-105 (Asad Shafiq, 34.4 ov), 7-122 (Abdur Rehman, 37.5 ov), 8-151 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 49.1 ov), 9-165 (Wahab Riaz, 52.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB UWMBCA Welegedara 9 4 22 1 2.44 0 0 KTGD Prasad 8 0 29 2 3.62 0 3 HMRKB Herath 22.1 2 57 5 2.57 0 0 MDK Perera 13 1 46 1 3.53 0 0
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- Thu, 14 Aug - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 261/8 (KTGD Prasad 4*, 85.1 ov)
- Fri, 15 Aug - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 244/6 (Sarfaraz Ahmed 66*, Abdur Rehman 1*, 70 ov)
- Sat, 16 Aug - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 177/2 (KC Sangakkara 54*, DPMD Jayawardene 49*, 63 ov)
- Sun, 17 Aug - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 127/7 (Sarfaraz Ahmed 38*, Wahab Riaz 2*, 40 ov)
- Mon, 18 Aug - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 165 (52.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Sarfraz Ahmed: 50 off 80 balls (2 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 47.6 overs (291 balls), Extras 13
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 235 balls (KC Sangakkara 44, DPMD Jayawardene 49, Ex 7)
- DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 128 balls (8 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 74.1 overs (446 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 202/4 in 76.0 overs (AD Mathews 10, HDRL Thirimanne 5)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 234/5 in 91.0 overs (AD Mathews 24, N Dickwella 13)
- Over 95.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - MDK Perera (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 96.3 overs (580 balls), Extras 13
- Over 98.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - KTGD Prasad (Struck down)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 262/7 in 104.0 overs (AD Mathews 37, KTGD Prasad 6)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 282/10 in 109.0 overs (AD Mathews 43)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Over 4.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - Azhar Ali (Struck down)
- Over 8.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - Azhar Ali (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 31/3 in 10.2 overs (Younis Khan 1)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 5
- Over 18.1: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - Younis Khan (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 72/5 in 26.0 overs (Asad Shafiq 13, Sarfraz Ahmed 11)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 33.2 overs (201 balls), Extras 9
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (Asad Shafiq 26, Sarfraz Ahmed 20, Ex 4)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 127/7 in 40 (Sarfraz Ahmed 38*, Wahab Riaz 2)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 71.4 overs (431 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Pakistan - 294/7 in 84.0 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 85, Wahab Riaz 15)
- Over 84.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - Wahab Riaz (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 85.4 overs (516 balls), Extras 5
- Sarfraz Ahmed: 100 off 109 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 332/10 in 93.1 overs (Junaid Khan 13)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 106 balls (WU Tharanga 42, JK Silva 9, Ex 0)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 86/2 in 28.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 17, DPMD Jayawardene 1)
- Over 30.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - KC Sangakkara (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 33.2 overs (200 balls), Extras 10
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 115 balls (KC Sangakkara 22, DPMD Jayawardene 23, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 132/2 in 46.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 35, DPMD Jayawardene 24)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 52.5 overs (318 balls), Extras 12
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 118 balls (4 x 4)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 177/2 in 63.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 54, DPMD Jayawardene 49)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 96.5 overs (587 balls), Extras 21
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 314/9 in 98.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 13, UWMBCA Welegedara 25)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 320/10 in 99.3 overs (UWMBCA Welegedara 27)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Lunch: Pakistan - 47/1 in 9.0 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 21, Azhar Ali 0)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (60 balls), Extras 3
- Over 16.5: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - Ahmed Shehzad (Upheld)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 83/1 in 23.0 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 44, Azhar Ali 13)
- Ahmed Shehzad: 50 off 68 balls (7 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 113 balls (Ahmed Shehzad 29, Azhar Ali 22, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 28.2 overs (171 balls), Extras 3
- Over 29.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - Azhar Ali (Struck down)
- Tea: Pakistan - 126/3 in 36.0 overs (Younis Khan 10, Misbah-ul-Haq 0)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 44.5 overs (270 balls), Extras 4
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (Asad Shafiq 20, Sarfraz Ahmed 30, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 192/5 in 53.0 overs (Asad Shafiq 26, Sarfraz Ahmed 31)
- Over 55.5: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - Sarfraz Ahmed (Upheld)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 56.4 overs (341 balls), Extras 4
- Sarfraz Ahmed: 50 off 64 balls (4 x 4)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 244/6 in 70.0 overs (Sarfraz Ahmed 66, Abdur Rehman 1)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 38/0 in 13.0 overs (WU Tharanga 14, JK Silva 21)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (99 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 99 balls (WU Tharanga 22, JK Silva 26, Ex 3)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 69/0 in 27.0 overs (WU Tharanga 28, JK Silva 38)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 38.1 overs (231 balls), Extras 4
- WU Tharanga: 50 off 114 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 117/1 in 42.0 overs (WU Tharanga 53, KC Sangakkara 17)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (WU Tharanga 28, KC Sangakkara 20, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 49.5 overs (303 balls), Extras 14
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 162/2 in 54.0 overs (WU Tharanga 81, DPMD Jayawardene 4)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 70.3 overs (428 balls), Extras 15
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 207/4 in 72.0 overs (AD Mathews 19, HDRL Thirimanne 14)
- Over 82.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - N Dickwella (Struck down)
- Over 82.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - MDK Perera (Upheld)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 83.1 overs (504 balls), Extras 15
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 261/8 in 85.1 overs (KTGD Prasad 4)
- Over 85.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - AD Mathews (Struck down)
Match Coverage
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Emotional Mahela remembers the good times
"It's been an emotional day but I promise I won't cry," were Mahela Jayawardene's first words when he took the podium following his final Test
'Got a move on again in Tests' - Mathews
Angelo Mathews credited Sri Lanka's performance in all forms of cricket, after they climbed to fourth in the Test rankings after a 2-0 win over Pakistan
The people's man bids them adieu
To the people who have loved him, Mahela Jayawardene has never seemed like an A-lister. Almost 20 years after he became a celebrity, he has remained, unmistakeably, a man of the people
Pakistan outplayed by Herath - Misbah
Misbah-ul-Haq said that Pakistan were mainly outplayed by the brilliance of Rangana Herath





