Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    60.5 gone! Sri Lanka have struck! Manzoor is absolutely distraught as he pokes at a full delivery outside off that leaves him at the last moment, it produces the outside edge and Jayawardene does the rest, taking a good low catch at first slip 203/3
    11.2 gone! Shot away from a good length just outside off, moved away just as he prodded at it from the crease, got a thin edge straight through to Dilshan 34/1
    11.5 He's dragged it on! Short outside off, good bounce, gets into good position to chop that through point, got the inside edge and it clipped the off stump 36/2
    63.3 run out, pushes it wide of mid-off to get a quick single and reaches his 7000th run, there's an overthrow towards deep square leg but there's plenty of hesitation out in the middle for the second run, Misbah is already halfway down the pitch and Yousuf has covered too much ground at the other end to make it back for the second run in time, an accurate throw to the keeper and Dilshan clips the bails to find him miles short 210/4
    84.2 Misbah goes! Sri Lanka have the edge now! Full outside off, Misbah leans into the drive, it moves back in sharply to catch a faint inside edge through to Dilshan who dives to his left to complete a sharp catch. 285/6
    83.5 Plumb! Darted back in from the off stump and Malik was rooted to the crease, kept a little low, he played down the wrong line and was caught right in front of middle 285/5
    87.2 Timber! Short outside off, the pull was on, Akmal went for it, trying to strike it in the direction of midwicket, got an inside edge straight into off stump, absolutely no resistance this morning from Pakistan 289/9
    84.6 here we go again! A hint of inward movement, but its a little too wide, Gul drives at it lethargically from the crease with little foot movement, gets the inside edge straight onto the stumps 287/7
    86.3 trapped in front! An outrageous shot from the batsman, darted back in from a good length outside off, Kaneria had a wild swing at it, hoping to clear midwicket, missed and was rapped in front of middle. Taufel had no doubt about that one, Sri Lanka have struck early 289/8
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    89.4 bowled'im! Thushara gets five. Short of a good length on middle and moving away a hint, Ajmal makes room to chop that behind point, gets an inside edge bang into middle stump to end the Pakistan innings 299/10
    Extras
    12 (b 10, nb 2)
    TOTAL
    299 all out (89.4 Overs, RR: 3.33, 404 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Fawad Alam, 11.2 ov), 2-36 (Younis Khan, 11.5 ov), 3-203 (Khurram Manzoor, 60.5 ov), 4-210 (Mohammad Yousuf, 63.3 ov), 5-285 (Shoaib Malik, 83.5 ov), 6-285 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 84.2 ov), 7-287 (Umar Gul, 84.6 ov), 8-289 (Danish Kaneria, 86.3 ov), 9-289 (Kamran Akmal, 87.2 ov), 10-299 (Saeed Ajmal, 89.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    WPUJC Vaas2064312.1500
    KMDN Kulasekara1624732.9300
    T Thushara20.428354.0102
    HMRKB Herath2347603.3000
    AD Mathews823103.8700
    DPMD Jayawardene20904.5000
  • BATSMEN
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    0.1 gone first ball! Warnapura has been cleaned up. Full on the off stump, a hint of inward movement, Warnapura steps out to drive that across the line through midwicket, audacious shot first up, he misses and the stumps are pegged back 0/1
    5.2 timber! Done in by the swing. Seamed in from well outside off, he misread the line as it landed on a good length on the off stump and tried to leave it, only to find his furniture pegged back 23/2
    17.6 he's given him! A flattish delivery, appeared to land just marginally outside leg stump and spun in to strike him in front as he went for the sweep, the fielders went up and the umpire, after much thought, raised his finger 63/3
    52.1 done in by the flipper! Quick on middle and Mahela was clueless, zipped through from a good length and beat him through the gate to crash into the stumps 174/7
    23.3 bowled'im! The conventional offspinner, but turned in prodigiously, taking Samaraweera by surprise, short on the off stump and ripped back in, he got onto the back foot totally unprepared to handle the turn and was bowled through the gate. In fact, it clipped the top of the pads on its way to the stumps. Bowled at 88 kmph. 82/4
    44.5 gone! Was testing his patience there, Mathews is sucked into prodding that one, much fuller than the previous one, gets forward to defend, it spins away to take the outside edge and Misbah cups it comfortably at slip 153/5
    50.6 that looked out! Fired in full on quick on middle and off, tried to swing it through square, more of a half-sweep, it didn't spin and caught him right in front. Taufel had no hesitation. 171/6
    68.3 edged and gone! Kaneria takes five. Short and wide, goes for the cut, thick edge straight to the keeper 233/10
    55.2 edged and gone! Appeared to be a doosra, but it went on straight, played for the turn, inside the line, got a thick edge straight to Misbah at slip 181/8
    60.5 caught in front! Bowled with a flat trajectory, landed on a good length on the off and spun in to rap Herath in front of middle and leg as he tried to play down the wrong line, looking to defend it on the off side 204/9
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    Extras
    6 (lb 2, nb 4)
    TOTAL
    233 all out (68.3 Overs, RR: 3.4, 303 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Malinda Warnapura, 0.1 ov), 2-23 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 5.2 ov), 3-63 (Kumar Sangakkara, 17.6 ov), 4-82 (Thilan Samaraweera, 23.3 ov), 5-153 (Angelo Mathews, 44.5 ov), 6-171 (Chaminda Vaas, 50.6 ov), 7-174 (Mahela Jayawardene, 52.1 ov), 8-181 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 55.2 ov), 9-204 (Rangana Herath, 60.5 ov), 10-233 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 68.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Umar Gul1005515.5004
    Mohammad Amir1023403.4000
    Younis Khan311013.3300
    Saeed Ajmal2557032.8000
    Danish Kaneria20.336253.0200
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    8.5 bowled'im! Gone at the stroke of stumps! Drifted in towards off from round the wicket, Manzoor leaned forward to defend it towards silly point, it appeared to go straight on, got an inside edge onto his pads and then onto the stumps 16/1
    13.1 gone! Leapt off the pitch after landing short on the off stump, Alam didn't look to pull it, instead he attempted to turn it wristily off the back foot in front of midwicket, it came onto him quickly, caught the top-edge and lobbed up straight to the bowler who took it running a couple of yards to his right 22/2
    24.2 darted back in from a good length outside off, that's his trademark delivery, came forward to push it into the leg side, was beaten by the movement and was struck in line but fairly high on the pads, he was disappointed when Gould raised his finger 54/3
    31.3 Herath had been troubling him for quite some time and he gets him this time! Flighted on middle and it spun away sharply, Yousuf is half-forward and looks to defend with a slightly open face, it turns away to take a thin edge and Sangakkara makes no mistake, big wicket! 67/4
    71.5 edged and gone! Mathews gives them the breakthrough. Far quicker, and leapt off the pitch, Misbah had already given him the charge and tried to upper-cut it as it went away from him but a bit of extra bounce, got a thin edge straight to Sangakkara 186/5
    110.5 Malik's fine innings comes to an end! Flighted, comes down the track and tries to smash it inside out in the direction of wide long-off, does not connect it as well as he would have liked and fails to get the desired elevation, Suranga Lakmal, the substitute fielder for Kulasekara, runs in from long-off, dives forward and plucks it inches from the ground to complete a stunning catch 371/7
    98.5 edged and gone! Sri Lanka finally get the breakthrough. Length delivery just outside off and Akmal is sucked into the drive, not much movement there but it's enough to produce the outside edge and Mahela dives to his right at a widish slip to cup that superbly 319/6
    116.4 nope, it's tossed up this time, pitched up on middle and leg, goes for the slog-sweep once again, its spins away, takes the top edge and Vaas, running in from long leg, completes an excellent tumbling catch 399/8
    118.5 Herath picks five, flighted on middle, is tempted and attempts to smash him out of the ground, miscues it completely and it lands safely in the palms of Thushara at long-on 405/9
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    Extras
    16 (b 10, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)
    TOTAL
    425/9d (123 Overs, RR: 3.45, 561 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Khurram Manzoor, 8.5 ov), 2-22 (Fawad Alam, 13.1 ov), 3-54 (Younis Khan, 24.2 ov), 4-67 (Mohammad Yousuf, 31.3 ov), 5-186 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 71.5 ov), 6-319 (Kamran Akmal, 98.5 ov), 7-371 (Shoaib Malik, 110.5 ov), 8-399 (Umar Gul, 116.4 ov), 9-405 (Danish Kaneria, 118.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    KMDN Kulasekara2055522.7510
    T Thushara28212114.3212
    HMRKB Herath46615753.4100
    WPUJC Vaas1964702.4700
    AD Mathews1013313.3000
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    44.4 they've broken through! A wicket against the run of play with the way these two were going, bowled it slightly flatter and straight onto the pads, Paranavitana got forward and tried to work it square but did so a little uppishly and Alam was alert at short leg to snap a sharp one 139/2
    25.2 he's given him! Gould raises his finger immediately after Warnapura got front and across and tried to turn it fine, it clipped his pads and went through to Malik at leg slip. There didn't appear to be any contact with the bat there, the appeal was spontaneous and the umpire answered in the affirmative. Tough call. Clipped the back of the pads, and Malik took it really low down. 83/1
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    50.1 edged and gone! Tossed it up outside off and Mahela was drawn forward to defend, it turned away to produce a thick outside edge which crashed into Akmal''s gloves, popped out only for him to dive to his right and take it on the second attempt 155/3
    88.3 the doosra does the trick! Slower through the air, it landed just a little short outside off and moved away after pitching, keeping a little low, Samaraweera got forward to defend, played inside the line and got a thin edge through to Akmal 277/4
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    Extras
    18 (b 1, lb 7, nb 9, w 1)
    TOTAL
    391/4 (134 Overs, RR: 2.91, 586 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Malinda Warnapura, 25.2 ov), 2-139 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 44.4 ov), 3-155 (Mahela Jayawardene, 50.1 ov), 4-277 (Thilan Samaraweera, 88.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Umar Gul1206505.4105
    Mohammad Amir2154602.1901
    Younis Khan802503.1210
    Saeed Ajmal4399512.2000
    Shoaib Malik1413812.7103
    Danish Kaneria36311423.1600

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

20,21,22,23,24 July 2009 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Close of Play

  • Mon, 20 Jul - day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 289/7 (Kamran Akmal 1*, Danish Kaneria 1*, 86 ov)
  • Tue, 21 Jul - day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 16/1 (Fawad Alam 14*, Younis Khan 0*, 9 ov)
  • Wed, 22 Jul - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 300/5 (Shoaib Malik 106*, Kamran Akmal 60*, 95 ov)
  • Thu, 23 Jul - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 183/3 (KC Sangakkara 50*, TT Samaraweera 20*, 59 ov)
  • Fri, 24 Jul - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 391/4 (134 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st83SM WarnapuraNT Paranavitana
2nd56KC SangakkaraNT Paranavitana
3rd16DPMD JayawardeneKC Sangakkara
4th122TT SamaraweeraKC Sangakkara
5th114KC SangakkaraAD Mathews