- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras21 (lb 2, nb 19)TOTAL256 all out (85.5 Overs, RR: 2.98)Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Naved Ashraf, 12.3 ov), 2-82 (Ijaz Ahmed, 18.4 ov), 3-111 (Shahid Afridi, 27.6 ov), 4-135 (Mohammad Yousuf, 39.1 ov), 5-152 (Younis Khan, 47.3 ov), 6-164 (Moin Khan, 55.4 ov), 7-197 (Waqar Younis, 64.1 ov), 8-247 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 78.1 ov), 9-255 (Shoaib Akhtar, 80.5 ov), 10-256 (Mohammad Akram, 85.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 18 4 49 2 2.72 0 11 KR Pushpakumara 16 4 37 1 2.31 0 5 GP Wickramasinghe 13 2 64 1 4.92 0 3 M Muralidaran 32 10 89 4 2.78 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 6.5 2 15 1 2.19 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras33 (b 10, lb 2, nb 21)TOTAL227 all out (58.1 Overs, RR: 3.9)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.4 ov), 2-41 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 8.4 ov), 3-46 (Mahela Jayawardene, 11.4 ov), 4-100 (Russel Arnold, 24.4 ov), 5-154 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 32.2 ov), 6-164 (Indika de Saram, 38.3 ov), 7-188 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 46.2 ov), 8-206 (Ravindra Pushpakumara, 53.1 ov), 9-206 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 53.4 ov), 10-227 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 58.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Waqar Younis 10 2 39 2 3.9 0 0 Shoaib Akhtar 18 4 52 3 2.88 0 4 Mohammad Akram 14.1 2 49 1 3.45 0 9 Irfan Fazil 4 0 35 1 8.75 0 4 Shahid Afridi 12 3 40 2 3.33 0 4
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras34 (lb 16, nb 18)TOTAL421 all out (133.5 Overs, RR: 3.14)Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Shahid Afridi, 18.3 ov), 2-70 (Naved Ashraf, 19.4 ov), 3-84 (Ijaz Ahmed, 27.3 ov), 4-106 (Shoaib Akhtar, 38.6 ov), 5-159 (Mohammad Yousuf, 58.4 ov), 6-283 (Younis Khan, 91.5 ov), 7-320 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 99.4 ov), 8-408 (Moin Khan, 129.4 ov), 9-419 (Waqar Younis, 132.2 ov), 10-421 (Irfan Fazil, 133.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 34 8 107 1 3.14 0 9 KR Pushpakumara 20.5 3 66 4 3.16 0 4 GP Wickramasinghe 26 7 82 1 3.15 0 5 M Muralidaran 40 5 107 4 2.67 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 9 1 28 0 3.11 0 0 RP Arnold 4 0 15 0 3.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras25 (b 1, lb 7, nb 17)TOTAL228 all out (46 Overs, RR: 4.95)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.2 ov), 2-41 (Marvan Atapattu, 11.5 ov), 3-41 (Russel Arnold, 12.4 ov), 4-59 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 17.6 ov), 5-86 (Mahela Jayawardene, 21.5 ov), 6-121 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 26.6 ov), 7-145 (Indika de Saram, 32.6 ov), 8-191 (Chaminda Vaas, 39.5 ov), 9-199 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 41.5 ov), 10-228 (Ravindra Pushpakumara, 45.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Waqar Younis 11 4 32 2 2.9 0 0 Shoaib Akhtar 13 1 64 1 4.92 0 1 Mohammad Akram 10 1 44 1 4.4 0 8 Irfan Fazil 4 0 30 1 7.5 0 4 Shahid Afridi 8 1 50 3 6.25 0 4
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Close of Play
- Sun, 12 Mar - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 10/0 (MS Atapattu 1*, ST Jayasuriya 5*, 2 ov)
- Mon, 13 Mar - day 2 - Pakistan 2nd innings 88/3 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 12*, Shoaib Akhtar 0*, 31 ov)
- Tue, 14 Mar - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 375/7 (Moin Khan 51*, Waqar Younis 18*, 121 ov)
- Wed, 15 Mar - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 228 (46 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Pakistan all out for 256 in 85,5 overs
- Lunch: Sri Lanka100 for the loss of 4 wickets
- 100 for Sri Lanka in 24.3 overs for the loss of 3 wickets
- 18 runs in 4th over of Irfan Fazil, 29th of the innings
- 14 runs in 8th over of Waqar Younis, 31st of the innings
- New ball taken after 82 overs
- Pakistan all out for 421 in 133.5 overs
- Sri Lanka needs 451 to win the 3rd test match
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 37 for the loss of Jayasuriya
Match Coverage
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