Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HDRL Thirimanne
HDRL Thirimanne
42(73) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 0 6 2 9 3 5 17
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
37(57) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 0 4 0 9 6 0 14

Best performances - Bowlers

Mohammad Sami
Mohammad Sami
O6
M2
R19
W3
Eco3.16
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Umar Gul
Umar Gul
O9
M2
R24
W3
Eco2.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Pakistan led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

7 June 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: S Balasubramanian | Commentator: Sidharth Monga

That concludes our coverage for this game. do join us for the second game on Saturday. Cheers

"That run-out is part of the game, but the good thing is we have won the game" says Misbah-ul-Haq. "The conditions were really difficult for batting, but the way Hafeez and Umar played it was really handy. Lot of moisture in the wicket. Covers were on. I think a difficult decision for any captain to decide what to do. It was a good toss to lose. We have got world-class spinners, and whenever the fats bowlers get the conditions, they come good. We have to improve in these conditions - windy and open ground. Difficult to judge, so we have to work hard."

"It was important we put up a decent score," says Mahela Jayawardene. "190-200 would have been a decent score. But credit to Pakistan, they came strong at us. We faced two new balls in Australia as well, but they have got a quality attack, and we need to make sure we are careful."

Umar Gul is the Man of the Match. He says: "I am happy with my performance. I am coming back after a long time. My body needs to bowl as much as possible. I was talking with my colleagues that this is my lucky ground. I have taken wickets before too. It (extras and dropped catches) happened, but in the next match we will try to cut it down."

Comprehensive win for Pakistan. Handshakes all around. The tone of the match was set from the moment Dilshan got off to a poor start, playing shots that were not on even before he had got his eye in. After that Pakistan bowled brilliantly, and their charge was only interrupted by rain and Thirimanne. Gul and Sami took three each. Tanvir was unlucky he didn't get about as many himself. Hafeez took two too, and Pakistan faced a modest chase. We all know, though, that no chase is modest with Pakistan, especially with the ball jagging around as it did. After two early wickets, though, Hafeez and Misbah stabilised them, and their 51-run stand was enough to settle their nerves. Do stay back for the quotes from the presentation

34.1
1
Perera to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, short of a length, into the body, and he tips and runs to leg, and Pakistan take the lead

Two men on the fence still

END OF OVER:
34 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | PAK: 134/4 (1 run required from 48 balls, RR: 3.94, RRR: 0.12)

  • Umar Akmal36 (48b)
  • Shahid Afridi1 (3b)
  • Rangana Herath6-0-18-1
  • Thisara Perera6-0-30-0
33.6
0
Herath to Umar Akmal, no run, flighted on middle and leg, defended. So we have another over to come

Well we have a long-on in place with one run needed. That's an MS Dhoni moment

33.5
1
Herath to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, Afridi is down the wicket now, and smashes this to long-on
33.4
0
Herath to Shahid Afridi, no run, another big wind-up from Afridi, but this arm ball dips and then goes on with the angle to miss both the inside edge and the leg stump
33.3
0
Herath to Shahid Afridi, no run, Afridi wants to finish this first ball, but ends up mis-hitting it to cover

Afridi is the new batsman. How many balls will this take?

33.2
W
Herath to Misbah-ul-Haq, OUT, Oh we have a Misbah moment here. International cricket will be poorer without Misbah. He jumps out of the crease, gets to the pitch of the ball, drives it solidly to mid-off, wants a single, but Akmal sends him back because it has been hit straight to fielder. Caught well short there

Misbah-ul-Haq run out 30 (118m 79b 4x4 0x6) SR: 37.97

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2012 News

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11Azhar AliMohammad Hafeez
2nd16Younis KhanMohammad Hafeez
3rd51Misbah-ul-HaqMohammad Hafeez
4th55Misbah-ul-HaqUmar Akmal
5th2Shahid AfridiUmar Akmal