Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • Mahela under the microscope after horror Test

    Twin failures in the Abu Dhabi Test left Mahela Jayawardene without a half-century in his last 14 innings. At 36, he finds his place in Sri Lanka's team under question for the first time

  • Resilient Sri Lanka overcome Test layoff

    Sri Lanka will be pleased at having yielded no ground to Pakistan, after having been dormant in this format for so long. The pitch may have had the final say, but Sri Lanka were the more satisfied side in the end

  • Pakistan take top-order pluses from draw

    In the second innings in Abu Dhabi, albeit on a tame pitch, Mohammad Hafeez brought his ODI form into Tests and Ahmed Shehzad scored a half-century on debut - signs that have pleased Pakistan and Misbah-ul-Haq

  • Hafeez helps Pakistan earn draw

    Mohammad Hafeez made the most of his good batting form, and a benign pitch, to score a fluent half-century that helped Pakistan earn a comfortable draw in Abu Dhabi after being set a target of 302 from 67 overs

  • Mathews' high, and Ajmal's low

    Stats highlights from the fourth day's play in Abu Dhabi, when Sri Lanka staged a magnificent fightback