• BATSMEN
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    2.2 Manzoor is gone, nicks it through to the keeper, the previous delivery had come into the batsman, and he was looking to cover for that movement again, to a delivery that pitched just outside off, but the ball held it's line and a thin outside edge gives Sri Lanka the early breakthrough 4/1
    14.6 Alam's big early move toward the offstump costs him, he is way across to a ball that pitched on middle stump and held it's line, he misses as he tries to defend, and is rapped in front, Simon Taufel sends Alam on his way, no doubt about that one 51/5
    3.1 big blow for Pakistan, Younis Khan chops it on to his stumps, it was a short ball and the angle was taking it across the batsman, who tries to cut it but gets a bottom edge, one bounce and it rattles the stumps, a duck for Younis 6/2
    4.4 Kulasekara strikes, Yousuf is gone, Pakistan in disarray here, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Yousuf bends his knee as he drives it gracefully, but straight to the fielder at point, Rangana Herath, who takes a good, low catch 17/3
    6.4 Kulasekara is on fire here, he gets rid of Misbah with a ripper of a delivery, Kulasekara keeps probing away around that offstump, this time the ball swerves sharply in towards the batsman, Misbah doesn't adjust for the movement as he defends off the front foot, an inside-edge results, and Dilshan dives to his left to pouch it 19/4
    not out
    39
    88
    131
    5
    0
    44.31
    18.2 a nothing delivery from Thushara gets him a wicket, it was a back of a length and wide outside off, Akmal moved across his stumps a long way reducing the room for the cut, gets a thin top edge, Dilshan gets another catch, poor batting that 67/6
    27.4 Rauf long scoreless vigil ends, he played down the wrong line there, back of a length ball, pitching outside off, hits Rauf just below the knee roll in front of middle, that would have crashed into legstump, Kulasekara's day continues to get better 74/7
    31.4 a full toss gives Mendis his first wicket of the day, very soft dismissal that, Gul wanted to loft that delivery from off and middle over cover, but can't clear the man 80/8
    35.5 quicker delivery from Mendis, Aamer is hit on the pads in front of legstump and umpire Harper rules that lbw, replays show the ball pitched outside leg though 90/9
    35.6 Two-in-two for Mendis, another lbw, Ajmal gets a golden duck, a full toss strikes Ajmal low in front of middle and leg, the umpire has no hesitation in ruling that one out 90/10
    Extras
    10 (b 4, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)
    TOTAL
    90 all out (36 Overs, RR: 2.5, 167 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Khurram Manzoor, 2.2 ov), 2-6 (Younis Khan, 3.1 ov), 3-17 (Mohammad Yousuf, 4.4 ov), 4-19 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 6.4 ov), 5-51 (Fawad Alam, 14.6 ov), 6-67 (Kamran Akmal, 18.2 ov), 7-74 (Abdur Rauf, 27.4 ov), 8-80 (Umar Gul, 31.4 ov), 9-90 (Mohammad Amir, 35.5 ov), 10-90 (Saeed Ajmal, 35.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    KMDN Kulasekara932142.3320
    T Thushara832322.8702
    BAW Mendis1032032.0000
    AD Mathews301515.0000
    HMRKB Herath63500.8300
  • BATSMEN
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    6.5 this time Gul strikes, Pakistan get their first wicket, Warnapura is gone lbw, he's hit on leg stump line on the knee roll, it would have gone on to hit the stumps, but replays show the ball pitched marginally outside the leg stump 28/1
    21.5 Ajmal has struck, getting rid of Paranavitana, a shortish ball outside off, Paranavitana wanted to cut that powerfully, only manages to get a bottom-edge, Kamran Akmal fumbles it on the first attempt, but the ball pops up off the pads and he gets a second chance to hang on to it 82/2
    56.2 Sangakkara is bowled, this is huge for Pakistan, short of a length ball, nipped in to beat Sangakkara's defence which was offered a little late, huge gap between bat and ball, and the offstump is knocked back 188/5
    39.4 Jayawardene is gone, much-needed wicket for Pakistan, good turn for Ajmal after pitching around offstump, Jayawardene looked to defend, got an inside edge onto the pads, the ball loops up and Khurram Manzoor at forward short leg moves quickly to his right to pluck the catch, Jayawardene walks 133/3
    53.5 Mohammad Aamer's direct hit gets rid of Samaraweera, it was a flighted delivery from Ajmal, Samaraweera played it inside-out and with some power towards Aamer at mid-off, Aamer return breaks the stumps at the non-striker's end catching Samaraweera short 177/4
    63.5 Ajmal gets Pakistan another breakthrough, Dilshan goes, he's unhappy with decision, the ball was flighted by Ajmal, pitching on a length outside off, Dilshan was looking to defend towards the covers, there was a sound as the ball passed the bat, but it was probably that of bat hitting the ground, Akmal appeals for caught behind and umpire Harper raises his finger 203/6
    79.6 Mathews is undone by the doosra, he was looking to get a single towards the leg side to retain the strike, but the turn away from him results in a leading edge towards cover, simple catch for the fielder brings Sri Lanka's innings to an end 240/10
    70.4 Kulasekara edges to Misbah at first slip, length ball outside the offstump, Kulasekara goes to drive, gets an outside edge towards first slip, simple catch for Misbah, Gul gets the breakthrough 220/7
    70.5 Herath is gone, golden duck for him, Gul is on a hat-trick, length ball on middle stump, Herath checks his drive, giving Gul an easy caught and bowled 220/8
    74.6 Thushara gone lbw, good bowling from Rauf, follows up the bouncer with a length delivery, it was heading for the leg stump, Thushara misses the ball as he attempts to defend, and Taufel sends him on his way 227/9
    not out
    0
    7
    20
    0
    0
    0.00
    Extras
    17 (b 8, lb 1, nb 8)
    TOTAL
    240 all out (80 Overs, RR: 3, 359 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Malinda Warnapura, 6.5 ov), 2-82 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 21.5 ov), 3-133 (Mahela Jayawardene, 39.4 ov), 4-177 (Thilan Samaraweera, 53.5 ov), 5-188 (Kumar Sangakkara, 56.2 ov), 6-203 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 63.5 ov), 7-220 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 70.4 ov), 8-220 (Rangana Herath, 70.5 ov), 9-227 (Thilan Thushara, 74.6 ov), 10-240 (Angelo Mathews, 79.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Umar Gul1814342.3804
    Mohammad Amir1323602.7600
    Abdur Rauf1113813.4503
    Saeed Ajmal3158742.8000
    Younis Khan712703.8501
  • BATSMEN
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    24.4 Herath makes the breakthrough, Manzoor is caught behind, this ball pitched on a length outside off, and didn't turn away as Manzoor expected, he went for the cut but only gets a bottom-edge which is well held by Tillakaratne Dilshan 85/1
    87.2 Alam is gone, his great innings is over, plays off the front foot to an outside off delivery, gets an inside-edge onto the pad and the ball pops up to forward short leg 303/5
    78.1 outrageous shot to get out, Paranavitana gets rid of Younis first ball, a full toss way down the leg side, Younis goes for the reverse-sweep, top-edges on to the batsman's shoulder, Dilshan snaps up the rebound 285/2
    81.2 Herath strikes with the new ball, the ball pitches just outside off and goes straight on, Yousuf was playing for the turn, the ball past the bat and hits him on the pad in front of middle, that would have hit the stump,s umpire Taufel raises his finger 294/3
    86.5 Misbah is gone lbw, is this game turning again? pitching just outside off, on a length and slanting in towards his pads, Misbah's defence is beaten by the angle and the slight movement in, he's struck in front of leg stump, was a bit unlucky there Misbah, that looked to be just sliding down leg 303/4
    89.2 What is going on here? Malik is bowled, straight delivery does the job for Herath, a bit of extra bounce as well, Malik was stretching forward to defend, the ball sneaks between bat and pad and dislodges the left bail 312/7
    88.3 Pakistan are doing a house-cards impersonation here, Akmal is gone lbw this time, Kulasekara is on fire here, that was short of a length pitching outside off, jags back sharply, Akmal is beaten by the movement, is struck between middle and off and Harper sends him on his way 306/6
    90.2 Kulasekara strikes again, yet another lbw, sensational session so far, the inswinger does the trick, again the ball pitches outside off and swerves past the bat to thud into the pads, umpire Harper raises his finger again, Rauf was struck on the knee roll, he was stuck on the crease 316/8
    95.4 yet another lbw, Herath gets a five-for, this was an arm ball, pitching on offstump, and goes straight on, Gul was again looking for the turn, rapped in front of off stump, Taufel has no hesitation lifting the finger 319/9
    not out
    1
    13
    29
    0
    0
    7.69
    96.4 Kulasekara picks up his fourth, umpire Harper deems it lbw again, another incutter after pitching back of a length, Ajmal was caught on the back foot, hits him above the knee roll in front of off 320/10
    Extras
    11 (b 8, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    320 all out (96.4 Overs, RR: 3.31, 431 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Khurram Manzoor, 24.4 ov), 2-285 (Younis Khan, 78.1 ov), 3-294 (Mohammad Yousuf, 81.2 ov), 4-303 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 86.5 ov), 5-303 (Fawad Alam, 87.2 ov), 6-306 (Kamran Akmal, 88.3 ov), 7-312 (Shoaib Malik, 89.2 ov), 8-316 (Abdur Rauf, 90.2 ov), 9-319 (Umar Gul, 95.4 ov), 10-320 (Saeed Ajmal, 96.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    KMDN Kulasekara19.463741.8810
    T Thushara1304803.6900
    AD Mathews602003.3300
    BAW Mendis1708104.7601
    HMRKB Herath3559952.8200
    NT Paranavitana602614.3300

Close of Play

  • Sun, 12 Jul - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 164/3 (KC Sangakkara 81*, TT Samaraweera 13*, 48 ov)
  • Mon, 13 Jul - day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 178/1 (Fawad Alam 102*, Younis Khan 35*, 53 ov)
  • Tue, 14 Jul - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 171/3 (31.5 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2009 News

Sri Lanka 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st60SM WarnapuraNT Paranavitana
2nd40KC SangakkaraSM Warnapura
3rd60DPMD JayawardeneKC Sangakkara
4th11DPMD JayawardeneTT Samaraweera