Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Karachi

Pakistan 191/10 & 555/3

Sri Lanka 271/10 & 212/10

Pakistan won by 263 runs

Pakistan v Sri Lanka 2019 · 2nd Test National Stadium, Karachi 19–23 Dec 2019

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.33× +33%

Sri Lanka

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Pakistan's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Abid Ali Pakistan

212 +192

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

76 +158

Babar Azam Pakistan

160 +133

BOP Fernando Sri Lanka

106 +132

Shan Masood Pakistan

140 +126

Best bowling

Top match figures

Naseem Shah5/31

Shaheen Shah Afridi5/77

CBRLS Kumara4/49

Mohammad Abbas4/55

Top score

174

Abid Ali · Pakistan

Biggest stand

278

1st wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–0

3 wkts for 0 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultPakistan won by 263 runs

Length5 days

Pakistan

191 /10 (59.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shan Masood	b MVT Fernando	5	15	1	0	33.33
Abid Ali	lbw b CBRLS Kumara	38	66	7	1	57.58
Azhar Ali	b MVT Fernando	0	2	0	0	0.00
Babar Azam	st N Dickwella b L Embuldeniya	60	96	8	1	62.50
Asad Shafiq	c MVT Fernando b CBRLS Kumara	63	126	6	0	50.00
Haris Sohail	lbw b L Embuldeniya	9	30	0	1	30.00
Mohammad Rizwan	b CBRLS Kumara	4	2	1	0	200.00
Yasir Shah	lbw b CBRLS Kumara	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Abbas	c DM de Silva b L Embuldeniya	0	9	0	0	0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c AD Mathews b L Embuldeniya	5	9	1	0	55.56
Naseem Shah*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras 6 (b 4, lb 2)

Total 191/10 (59.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	13.0	3	31	2	2.38
CBRLS Kumara	18.0	5	49	4	2.72
FDM Karunaratne	1.0	0	11	0	11.00
L Embuldeniya	20.3	3	71	4	3.46
MDK Perera	7.0	0	23	0	3.29

Fall of wickets

1-10 (Shan Masood, 6.1)·2-10 (Azhar Ali, 6.3)·3-65 (Abid Ali, 20.3)·4-127 (Babar Azam, 39.5)·5-167 (Haris Sohail, 51.5)·6-172 (Mohammad Rizwan, 52.2)·7-172 (Yasir Shah, 52.3)·8-179 (Mohammad Abbas, 55.5)·9-185 (Asad Shafiq, 58.1)·10-191 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 59.3)

Sri Lanka

271 /10 (85.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BOP Fernando	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	19	0	0	21.05
FDM Karunaratne	b Mohammad Abbas	25	42	4	0	59.52
BKG Mendis	c Haris Sohail b Mohammad Abbas	13	27	1	0	48.15
AD Mathews	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	13	44	1	0	29.55
L Embuldeniya	c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Abbas	13	34	1	0	38.24
LD Chandimal	c Shan Masood b Haris Sohail	74	143	10	0	51.75
DM de Silva	c Mohammad Abbas b Shaheen Shah Afridi	32	56	2	1	57.14
N Dickwella	b Mohammad Abbas	21	35	3	0	60.00
MDK Perera	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	48	84	6	1	57.14
MVT Fernando*	not out	5	32	0	0	15.62
CBRLS Kumara	b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 23 (b 4, lb 10, w 6, nb 3)

Total 271/10 (85.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	26.5	6	77	5	2.87
Mohammad Abbas	27.0	9	55	4	2.04
Naseem Shah	16.0	1	71	0	4.44
Yasir Shah	13.0	0	43	0	3.31
Haris Sohail	3.0	0	11	1	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-28 (BOP Fernando, 6.2)·2-39 (FDM Karunaratne, 12.2)·3-61 (BKG Mendis, 16.2)·4-78 (L Embuldeniya, 26.3)·5-80 (AD Mathews, 29.1)·6-147 (DM de Silva, 47.3)·7-184 (N Dickwella, 58.6)·8-235 (LD Chandimal, 72.5)·9-271 (MDK Perera, 85.3)·10-271 (CBRLS Kumara, 85.5)

Pakistan

555 /3 (131.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shan Masood	c BOP Fernando b CBRLS Kumara	135	198	7	3	68.18
Abid Ali	lbw b CBRLS Kumara	174	281	21	1	61.92
Azhar Ali	st N Dickwella b L Embuldeniya	118	157	13	0	75.16
Babar Azam*	not out	100	131	8	1	76.34
Mohammad Rizwan*	not out	21	19	2	0	110.53

Extras 7 (lb 5, w 2)

Total 555/3 (131.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	24.0	2	105	0	4.38
CBRLS Kumara	29.0	5	139	2	4.79
L Embuldeniya	50.0	4	193	1	3.86
MDK Perera	21.0	1	94	0	4.48
DM de Silva	7.0	0	19	0	2.71

Fall of wickets

1-278 (Shan Masood, 68.3)·2-355 (Abid Ali, 90.1)·3-503 (Azhar Ali, 123.1)

Sri Lanka

212 /10 (62.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas	16	28	2	57.14
BOP Fernando	c Asad Shafiq b Yasir Shah	102	180	13	56.67
BKG Mendis	c Babar Azam b Naseem Shah	0	4	0	0.00
AD Mathews	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	19	33	1	57.58
LD Chandimal	lbw b Naseem Shah	2	29	0	6.90
DM de Silva	b Yasir Shah	0	8	0	0.00
N Dickwella	b Haris Sohail	65	76	11	85.53
MDK Perera	c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah	5	8	1	62.50
L Embuldeniya	c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah	0	1	0	0.00
MVT Fernando	lbw b Naseem Shah	0	9	0	0.00
CBRLS Kumara*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 3 (lb 3)

Total 212/10 (62.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	14.0	3	51	1	3.64
Mohammad Abbas	12.0	2	33	1	2.75
Naseem Shah	12.5	5	31	5	2.42
Yasir Shah	20.0	3	84	2	4.20
Haris Sohail	4.0	0	10	1	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-39 (FDM Karunaratne, 9.4)·2-40 (BKG Mendis, 10.3)·3-70 (AD Mathews, 20.4)·4-96 (LD Chandimal, 30.1)·5-97 (DM de Silva, 31.5)·6-201 (N Dickwella, 57.3)·7-212 (MDK Perera, 60.1)·8-212 (L Embuldeniya, 60.2)·9-212 (BOP Fernando, 61.5)·10-212 (MVT Fernando, 62.5)