Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Galle

Sri Lanka 312/10 & 279/10

Pakistan 461/10 & 133/6

Pakistan won by 4 wickets

Pakistan v Sri Lanka 2023 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 16–20 Jul 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.11× +11%

Pakistan

0.89× -11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Pakistan led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Saud Shakeel Pakistan

238 +486

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

204 +328

Agha Salman Pakistan

89 +122

Imam-ul-Haq Pakistan

51 +92

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

71 +75

Best bowling

Top match figures

RTM Mendis5/136

NGRP Jayasuriya4/56

Abrar Ahmed3/68

Top score

208*

Saud Shakeel · Pakistan

Biggest stand

177

6th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–28

3 wkts for 28 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultPakistan won by 4 wickets

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

312 /10 (95.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KNM Fernando	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	9	0	0	44.44
FDM Karunaratne	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi	29	43	6	0	67.44
BKG Mendis	c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	12	14	3	0	85.71
AD Mathews	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Abrar Ahmed	64	109	9	0	58.72
LD Chandimal	c Babar Azam b Naseem Shah	1	6	0	0	16.67
DM de Silva	c Shan Masood b Naseem Shah	122	214	12	3	57.01
S Samarawickrama	c Imam-ul-Haq b Agha Salman	36	57	5	0	63.16
RTM Mendis	c Babar Azam b Abrar Ahmed	5	40	1	0	12.50
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Naseem Shah	4	29	0	0	13.79
CAK Rajitha	c Abdullah Shafique b Abrar Ahmed	8	24	1	0	33.33
MVT Fernando*	not out	21	28	2	1	75.00

Extras 6 (b 4, lb 1, nb 1)

Total 312/10 (95.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	24.0	3	86	3	3.58
Naseem Shah	22.0	2	90	3	4.09
Abrar Ahmed	31.2	10	68	3	2.17
Agha Salman	5.0	1	18	1	3.60
Nauman Ali	13.0	2	45	0	3.46

Fall of wickets

1-6 (KNM Fernando, 2.2)·2-22 (BKG Mendis, 6.4)·3-53 (FDM Karunaratne, 14.2)·4-54 (LD Chandimal, 15.2)·5-185 (AD Mathews, 48.1)·6-242 (S Samarawickrama, 65.4)·7-257 (RTM Mendis, 76.6)·8-282 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 85.6)·9-283 (DM de Silva, 87.1)·10-312 (CAK Rajitha, 95.2)

Pakistan

461 /10 (121.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	19	28	3	0	67.86
Imam-ul-Haq	c PHKD Mendis b CAK Rajitha	1	10	0	0	10.00
Shan Masood	lbw b RTM Mendis	39	30	5	1	130.00
Babar Azam	c S Samarawickrama b NGRP Jayasuriya	13	16	2	0	81.25
Saud Shakeel*	not out	208	361	19	0	57.62
Sarfraz Ahmed	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	17	15	3	0	113.33
Agha Salman	st S Samarawickrama b RTM Mendis	83	113	9	1	73.45
Nauman Ali	lbw b RTM Mendis	25	57	4	0	43.86
Shaheen Shah Afridi	lbw b MVT Fernando	9	14	2	0	64.29
Naseem Shah	b RTM Mendis	6	78	1	0	7.69
Abrar Ahmed	c AD Mathews b RTM Mendis	10	12	1	1	83.33

Extras 31 (b 9, lb 8, w 8, nb 6)

Total 461/10 (121.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	18.0	1	69	1	3.83
CAK Rajitha	19.0	1	77	1	4.05
NGRP Jayasuriya	35.0	3	145	3	4.14
RTM Mendis	42.2	2	136	5	3.21
DM de Silva	7.0	1	17	0	2.43

Fall of wickets

1-3 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.7)·2-47 (Abdullah Shafique, 10.2)·3-67 (Shan Masood, 11.6)·4-73 (Babar Azam, 14.4)·5-101 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 20.2)·6-278 (Agha Salman, 55.6)·7-330 (Nauman Ali, 73.2)·8-346 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 76.4)·9-440 (Naseem Shah, 116.5)·10-461 (Abrar Ahmed, 121.2)

Sri Lanka

279 /10 (83.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KNM Fernando	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Nauman Ali	52	115	7	1	45.22
FDM Karunaratne	c Agha Salman b Abrar Ahmed	20	27	4	0	74.07
BKG Mendis	lbw b Nauman Ali	18	45	2	0	40.00
AD Mathews	c Babar Azam b Nauman Ali	7	21	1	0	33.33
LD Chandimal	c Imam-ul-Haq b Agha Salman	28	64	3	0	43.75
DM de Silva	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi	82	118	10	2	69.49
S Samarawickrama	c Abdullah Shafique b Agha Salman	11	11	2	0	100.00
RTM Mendis	lbw b Abrar Ahmed	42	79	3	1	53.16
NGRP Jayasuriya	c Shan Masood b Shaheen Shah Afridi	10	11	2	0	90.91
MVT Fernando*	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
CAK Rajitha	c Shan Masood b Abrar Ahmed	5	3	1	0	166.67

Extras 4 (lb 1, w 2, nb 1)

Total 279/10 (83.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	13.0	0	64	2	4.92
Naseem Shah	12.0	2	32	0	2.67
Agha Salman	9.0	0	39	2	4.33
Abrar Ahmed	24.1	6	68	3	2.81
Nauman Ali	25.0	5	75	3	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-42 (FDM Karunaratne, 11.1)·2-79 (BKG Mendis, 24.6)·3-91 (AD Mathews, 32.1)·4-99 (KNM Fernando, 36.6)·5-159 (LD Chandimal, 53.1)·6-175 (S Samarawickrama, 55.5)·7-251 (RTM Mendis, 78.1)·8-269 (DM de Silva, 80.7)·9-274 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 82.3)·10-279 (CAK Rajitha, 83.1)

Pakistan

133 /6 (32.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c S Samarawickrama b NGRP Jayasuriya	8	18	1	0	44.44
Imam-ul-Haq*	not out	50	84	4	1	59.52
Shan Masood	c KNM Fernando b NGRP Jayasuriya	7	11	1	0	63.64
Nauman Ali	run out (RTM Mendis)	0	7	0	0	0.00
Babar Azam	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	24	28	5	0	85.71
Saud Shakeel	c S Samarawickrama b RTM Mendis	30	38	6	0	78.95
Sarfraz Ahmed	c BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	1	10	0	0	10.00
Agha Salman*	not out	6	1	0	1	600.00

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 3)

Total 133/6 (32.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	2.0	1	6	0	3.00
RTM Mendis	14.0	1	62	1	4.43
NGRP Jayasuriya	14.5	0	56	4	3.78
DM de Silva	2.0	1	2	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-16 (Abdullah Shafique, 6.4)·2-36 (Shan Masood, 10.4)·3-38 (Nauman Ali, 12.6)·4-79 (Babar Azam, 20.3)·5-122 (Saud Shakeel, 29.4)·6-127 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 32.4)