Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Colombo

Sri Lanka 166/10 & 188/10

Pakistan 576/5

Pakistan won by 222 runs

Pakistan v Sri Lanka 2023 · 2nd Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Colombo 24–27 Jul 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.11× +12%

Pakistan

0.85× -15%

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

Abdullah Shafique Pakistan

201 +361

Agha Salman Pakistan

132 +187

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

72 +89

DM de Silva Sri Lanka

67 +87

Shan Masood Pakistan

51 +69

Best bowling

Top match figures

Nauman Ali7/70

Abrar Ahmed4/69

Naseem Shah3/41

Naseem Shah3/44

Top score

201

Abdullah Shafique · Pakistan

Biggest stand

149

5th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultPakistan won by 222 runs

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

166 /10 (48.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KNM Fernando	run out (Shan Masood)	4	9	1	0	44.44
FDM Karunaratne	b Naseem Shah	17	37	3	0	45.95
BKG Mendis	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	6	9	1	0	66.67
AD Mathews	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Naseem Shah	9	26	1	0	34.62
LD Chandimal	c Imam-ul-Haq b Naseem Shah	34	60	4	0	56.67
DM de Silva	c Saud Shakeel b Abrar Ahmed	57	68	9	1	83.82
S Samarawickrama	c Abdullah Shafique b Abrar Ahmed	0	4	0	0	0.00
RTM Mendis	c Saud Shakeel b Abrar Ahmed	27	44	3	0	61.36
NGRP Jayasuriya	run out (Shan Masood)	1	7	0	0	14.29
AM Fernando	b Abrar Ahmed	8	24	2	0	33.33
D Madushanka*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (b 2, nb 1)

Total 166/10 (48.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	11.0	1	44	1	4.00
Naseem Shah	14.0	3	41	3	2.93
Abrar Ahmed	20.4	4	69	4	3.34
Nauman Ali	3.0	1	10	0	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-9 (KNM Fernando, 2.4)·2-23 (BKG Mendis, 6.1)·3-35 (AD Mathews, 12.5)·4-36 (FDM Karunaratne, 14.1)·5-121 (LD Chandimal, 33.5)·6-122 (S Samarawickrama, 34.4)·7-133 (DM de Silva, 36.3)·8-136 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 38.6)·9-163 (AM Fernando, 46.2)·10-166 (RTM Mendis, 48.4)

Pakistan

576 /5 (134.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c D Madushanka b NGRP Jayasuriya	201	326	19	4	61.66
Imam-ul-Haq	c KNM Fernando b AM Fernando	6	6	1	0	100.00
Shan Masood	c BKG Mendis b AM Fernando	51	47	4	1	108.51
Babar Azam	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	39	75	4	1	52.00
Saud Shakeel	lbw b AM Fernando	57	110	6	0	51.82
Sarfraz Ahmed*	not out	14	22	3	0	63.64
Agha Salman*	not out	132	154	15	1	85.71
Mohammad Rizwan*	not out	50	67	4	1	74.63

Extras 26 (b 4, lb 16, w 3, nb 3)

Total 576/5 (134.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AM Fernando	25.0	1	133	3	5.32
D Madushanka	17.0	3	77	0	4.53
RTM Mendis	36.0	2	139	0	3.86
NGRP Jayasuriya	53.0	11	194	2	3.66
DM de Silva	3.0	1	13	0	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-13 (Imam-ul-Haq, 2.3)·2-121 (Shan Masood, 21.5)·3-210 (Babar Azam, 47.5)·4-319 (Saud Shakeel, 80.3)·5-468 (Abdullah Shafique, 113.2)

Sri Lanka

188 /10 (67.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KNM Fernando	b Nauman Ali	33	72	4	1	45.83
FDM Karunaratne	c Imam-ul-Haq b Nauman Ali	41	61	6	0	67.21
BKG Mendis	c Saud Shakeel b Nauman Ali	14	35	2	0	40.00
AD Mathews*	not out	63	127	7	2	49.61
LD Chandimal	c Imam-ul-Haq b Nauman Ali	1	11	0	0	9.09
DM de Silva	c Abrar Ahmed b Nauman Ali	10	38	2	0	26.32
S Samarawickrama	c Shan Masood b Nauman Ali	5	11	1	0	45.45
RTM Mendis	st Mohammad Rizwan b Nauman Ali	16	42	2	0	38.10
NGRP Jayasuriya	b Naseem Shah	0	4	0	0	0.00
AM Fernando	b Naseem Shah	0	2	0	0	0.00
D Madushanka	b Naseem Shah	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 4, w 1)

Total 188/10 (67.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	12.0	5	30	0	2.50
Naseem Shah	17.4	6	44	3	2.49
Abrar Ahmed	10.0	1	34	0	3.40
Nauman Ali	23.0	8	70	7	3.04
Agha Salman	5.0	1	6	0	1.20

Fall of wickets

1-69 (KNM Fernando, 18.1)·2-86 (FDM Karunaratne, 26.2)·3-99 (BKG Mendis, 30.2)·4-109 (LD Chandimal, 32.5)·5-131 (DM de Silva, 46.2)·6-141 (S Samarawickrama, 50.1)·7-177 (RTM Mendis, 64.3)·8-184 (NGRP Jayasuriya, 65.5)·9-188 (AM Fernando, 67.1)·10-188 (D Madushanka, 67.4)