- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 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 4/114.6 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 51/53.1 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 6/24.4 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 17/36.4 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 19/418.2 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 67/627.4 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 74/731.4 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 80/835.5 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 90/935.6 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 90/10Extras10 (b 4, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL90 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KMDN Kulasekara 9 3 21 4 2.33 2 0 T Thushara 8 3 23 2 2.87 0 2 BAW Mendis 10 3 20 3 2.00 0 0 AD Mathews 3 0 15 1 5.00 0 0 HMRKB Herath 6 3 5 0 0.83 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.5 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 28/121.5 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 82/256.2 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 188/539.4 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 133/353.5 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 177/463.5 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 203/679.6 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 240/1070.4 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 220/770.5 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 220/874.6 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 227/9Extras17 (b 8, lb 1, nb 8)TOTAL240 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Umar Gul 18 1 43 4 2.38 0 4 Mohammad Amir 13 2 36 0 2.76 0 0 Abdur Rauf 11 1 38 1 3.45 0 3 Saeed Ajmal 31 5 87 4 2.80 0 0 Younis Khan 7 1 27 0 3.85 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR24.4 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 85/187.2 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 303/578.1 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 285/281.2 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 294/386.5 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 303/489.2 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 312/788.3 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 306/690.2 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 316/895.4 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 319/996.4 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 320/10Extras11 (b 8, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL320 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KMDN Kulasekara 19.4 6 37 4 1.88 1 0 T Thushara 13 0 48 0 3.69 0 0 AD Mathews 6 0 20 0 3.33 0 0 BAW Mendis 17 0 81 0 4.76 0 1 HMRKB Herath 35 5 99 5 2.82 0 0 NT Paranavitana 6 0 26 1 4.33 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR20.1 Rauf strikes first ball after drinks, extra bounce from back of a length, Warnapura looks to cut, tries to get the bat out of the way at the last moment, gets a top edge to the keeper 100/29.6 is he bowled here? Pakistan think so after Paranavitana misses the sweep off a doosra, third umpire is asked to adjudicate, the replays show the ball went straight onto off stump, Paranavitana has to go 60/129.4 Sangakkara's gone, Malik had hit a six and got out next ball earlier in the day, now it's Sangakkara, the ball turns sharply after pitching outside off, Sangakkara looks to defend, gets an outside edge resulting in a simple catch for Misbah at first slip 160/3Extras11 (lb 7, nb 4)TOTAL171/3 (31.5 Overs, RR: 5.37, 146 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 9.6 ov), 2-100 (Malinda Warnapura, 20.1 ov), 3-160 (Kumar Sangakkara, 29.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Umar Gul 6 0 38 0 6.33 0 4 Mohammad Amir 6 0 33 0 5.50 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 12 1 56 1 4.66 0 0 Abdur Rauf 4 1 13 1 3.25 0 0 Younis Khan 2 0 11 0 5.50 0 0 Shoaib Malik 1.5 0 13 1 7.09 0 0
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- 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
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 183 balls (Fawad Alam 63, Younis Khan 37, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 56.4 overs (341 balls), Extras 3
- Younis Khan: 50 off 93 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 228/1 in 67.0 overs (Fawad Alam 128, Younis Khan 58)
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 262 balls (Fawad Alam 90, Younis Khan 60, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 69.6 overs (421 balls), Extras 4
- Fawad Alam: 150 off 224 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 200 runs in 320 balls (Fawad Alam 117, Younis Khan 82, Ex 1)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 294/2 in 81.0 overs (Fawad Alam 164, Mohammad Yousuf 6)
- New Ball Taken: Pakistan 294/2 after 81.1 overs (Fawad Alam 164, Mohammad Yousuf 6)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 83.4 overs (503 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Pakistan - 319/8 in 94.0 overs (Umar Gul 2, Mohammad Amir 0)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 41/0 in 6.0 overs (SM Warnapura 25, NT Paranavitana 11)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (45 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (SM Warnapura 33, NT Paranavitana 12, Ex 5)
- BSM Warnapura: 50 off 44 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 19.6 overs (124 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 100/1 in 20.0 overs (SM Warnapura 54, KC Sangakkara 20)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 27.5 overs (171 balls), Extras 11
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (KC Sangakkara 20, DPMD Jayawardene 28, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 60.1 overs (367 balls), Extras 15
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 200/5 in 61.0 overs (TM Dilshan 20, AD Mathews 1)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 226/8 in 74.0 overs (AD Mathews 14, T Thushara 1)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 240/10 in 80.0 overs (BAW Mendis 0)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Drinks: Pakistan - 27/0 in 8.0 overs (Khurram Manzoor 12, Fawad Alam 15)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (Khurram Manzoor 26, Fawad Alam 24, Ex 1)
- Tea: Pakistan - 61/0 in 18.0 overs (Khurram Manzoor 29, Fawad Alam 30)
- Fawad Alam: 50 off 67 balls (2 x 4)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (183 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Pakistan - 113/1 in 36.0 overs (Fawad Alam 61, Younis Khan 11)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (Fawad Alam 25, Younis Khan 26, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 44.5 overs (270 balls), Extras 3
- Fawad Alam: 100 off 151 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 178/1 in 53.0 overs (Fawad Alam 102, Younis Khan 35)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Drinks: Pakistan - 40/4 in 12.0 overs (Fawad Alam 9, Shoaib Malik 13)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (91 balls), Extras 7
- Lunch: Pakistan - 74/6 in 25.0 overs (Shoaib Malik 27, Abdur Rauf 0)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 90/10 in 36.0 overs (Shoaib Malik 39)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 49/1 in 12.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 19, KC Sangakkara 12)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (81 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (NT Paranavitana 14, KC Sangakkara 35, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 29.2 overs (179 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 100/2 in 31.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 48, DPMD Jayawardene 7)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 76 balls (6 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 106 balls (KC Sangakkara 27, DPMD Jayawardene 19, Ex 5)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 43.3 overs (266 balls), Extras 14
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 164/3 in 48.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 81, TT Samaraweera 13)
Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2009 News
Aamer's career hampered by stress fractures - Nazar
Mudassar Nazar, the former Pakistan batsman, has revealed that three stress fractures to the back nearly derailed Mohammad Aamer's career even before it started
Time to set the record straight
The last time New Zealand visited Sri Lanka, both Tests were drawn. This is an opportunity to learn from that experience and put things right
Murali was interested in my doosra - Ajmal
Pakistan offspinner Saeed Ajmal has said he exchanged tips with Muttiah Muralitharan on bowling the doosra during the tour of Sri Lanka which just concluded
Poor shot selection cost us - Intikhab
The Pakistan coach has blamed his batsmen for the Test and ODI series defeats in Sri Lanka
We played mature cricket to win - Afridi
Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's captain for the one-off Twenty20, believes his team played 'mature cricket' to beat Sri Lanka and end their six-week tour on a winning note