SL vs PAK Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2023

1st Test • Galle International Stadium • Galle

Sri Lanka

312 & 279/10 (83.1)

Pakistan

461 & 133/6 (32.5)

PAK won by 4 wickets

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Player of the Match Saud Shakeel

208(361) & 30(38)

Player of the Series Agha Salman

SL 1st

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SL 2nd

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Sri Lanka 1st Innings

312/10 (95.2)

Batters

Nishan Madushka

44.44

c Ahmed b Afridi

Dimuth Karunaratne

67.44

c Ahmed b Afridi

Kusal Mendis

85.71

c Salman b Afridi

Angelo Mathews

109

58.72

c Ahmed b Ahmed

Dinesh Chandimal

16.67

c Azam b Shah

Dhananjaya de Silva

122

214

57.01

c Khan b Shah

Sadeera Samarawickrama

63.16

c Haq b Salman

Ramesh Mendis

12.50

c Azam b Ahmed

Prabath Jayasuriya

13.79

c Ahmed b Shah

Kasun Rajitha

33.33

c Shafique b Ahmed

Vishwa Fernando

75.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(95.2 Ov, RR: 3.27)

312/10

Bowlers

EXT

Shaheen Afridi

3.58

Naseem Shah

4.09

Abrar Ahmed

31.2

2.17

Agha Salman

3.60

Noman Ali

3.46

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Nishan Madushka

c Ahmed b Afridi

1-6

2.2

Kusal Mendis

c Salman b Afridi

2-22

6.4

Dimuth Karunaratne

c Ahmed b Afridi

3-53

14.2

Dinesh Chandimal

c Azam b Shah

4-54

15.2

Angelo Mathews

c Ahmed b Ahmed

5-185

48.1

Sadeera Samarawickrama

c Haq b Salman

6-242

65.4

Ramesh Mendis

c Azam b Ahmed

7-257

76.6

Prabath Jayasuriya

c Ahmed b Shah

8-282

85.6

Dhananjaya de Silva

c Khan b Shah

9-283

87.1

Kasun Rajitha

c Shafique b Ahmed

10-312

95.2

Pakistan 1st Innings

461/10 (121.2)

Batters

Abdullah Shafique

67.86

c Silva b Jayasuriya

Imam ul Haq

10.00

c (sub Mendis) b Rajitha

Shan Masood

130.00

lbw b Mendis

Babar Azam

81.25

c Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya

Saud Shakeel

208

361

57.62

Not out

Sarfaraz Ahmed

113.33

lbw b Jayasuriya

Agha Salman

113

73.45

st Samarawickrama b Mendis

Noman Ali

43.86

lbw b Mendis

Shaheen Afridi

64.29

lbw b Fernando

Naseem Shah

7.69

b Mendis

Abrar Ahmed

83.33

c Mathews b Mendis

Extras

(B: 9, LB: 8, NB: 6, W: 8)

TOTAL

(121.2 Ov, RR: 3.8)

461/10

Bowlers

EXT

Vishwa Fernando

3.83

Kasun Rajitha

4.05

Prabath Jayasuriya

145

4.14

Ramesh Mendis

42.2

136

3.21

Dhananjaya de Silva

2.43

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Imam ul Haq

c (sub Mendis) b Rajitha

1-3

1.6

Abdullah Shafique

c Silva b Jayasuriya

2-47

10.2

Shan Masood

lbw b Mendis

3-67

11.6

Babar Azam

c Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya

4-73

14.4

Sarfaraz Ahmed

lbw b Jayasuriya

5-101

20.2

Agha Salman

st Samarawickrama b Mendis

6-278

55.6

Noman Ali

lbw b Mendis

7-330

73.2

Shaheen Afridi

lbw b Fernando

8-346

76.3

Naseem Shah

b Mendis

9-440

116.5

Abrar Ahmed

c Mathews b Mendis

10-461

121.2

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

279/10 (83.1)

Batters

Nishan Madushka

115

45.22

c Ahmed b Ali

Dimuth Karunaratne

74.07

c Salman b Ahmed

Kusal Mendis

40.00

lbw b Ali

Angelo Mathews

33.33

c Azam b Ali

Dinesh Chandimal

43.75

c Haq b Salman

Dhananjaya de Silva

118

69.49

c Ahmed b Afridi

Sadeera Samarawickrama

100.00

c Shafique b Salman

Ramesh Mendis

53.16

lbw b Ahmed

Prabath Jayasuriya

90.91

c Khan b Afridi

Vishwa Fernando

0.00

Not out

Kasun Rajitha

166.67

c Khan b Ahmed

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(83.1 Ov, RR: 3.35)

279/10

Bowlers

EXT

Shaheen Afridi

4.92

Naseem Shah

2.67

Agha Salman

4.33

Abrar Ahmed

24.1

2.81

Noman Ali

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dimuth Karunaratne

c Salman b Ahmed

1-42

11.1

Kusal Mendis

lbw b Ali

2-79

24.6

Angelo Mathews

c Azam b Ali

3-91

32.1

Nishan Madushka

c Ahmed b Ali

4-99

36.6

Dinesh Chandimal

c Haq b Salman

5-159

53.1

Sadeera Samarawickrama

c Shafique b Salman

6-175

55.5

Ramesh Mendis

lbw b Ahmed

7-251

78.1

Dhananjaya de Silva

c Ahmed b Afridi

8-269

80.6

Prabath Jayasuriya

c Khan b Afridi

9-274

82.3

Kasun Rajitha

c Khan b Ahmed

10-279

83.1

Pakistan 2nd Innings

133/6 (32.5)

Batters

Abdullah Shafique

44.44

c Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya

Imam ul Haq

59.52

Not out

Shan Masood

63.64

c Madushka b Jayasuriya

Noman Ali

0.00

runout (Jayasuriya / Mendis)

Babar Azam

85.71

lbw b Jayasuriya

Saud Shakeel

78.95

c Samarawickrama b Mendis

Sarfaraz Ahmed

10.00

c Mendis b Jayasuriya

Agha Salman

600.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(32.5 Ov, RR: 4.05)

133/6

Did not Bat

Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi

Bowlers

EXT

Vishwa Fernando

3.00

Ramesh Mendis

4.43

Prabath Jayasuriya

14.5

3.78

Dhananjaya de Silva

1.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Abdullah Shafique

c Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya

1-16

6.4

Shan Masood

c Madushka b Jayasuriya

2-36

10.4

Noman Ali

runout (Jayasuriya / Mendis)

3-38

12.6

Babar Azam

lbw b Jayasuriya

4-79

20.3

Saud Shakeel

c Samarawickrama b Mendis

5-122

29.4

Sarfaraz Ahmed

c Mendis b Jayasuriya

6-127

32.4

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jul, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

Galle International Stadium

Match

1st Test,

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Rod Tucker (Australia), Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

1 0 4 W 0 0

Over 30

Runs: 5

1 1 0 1 0 0

Over 31

Runs: 3

0 0 0 0 1 1lb

Over 32

Runs: 2

0 0 0 W 6

Over 33

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Saud Shakeel

208(361) & 30(38)

Player of the Series Agha Salman

Commentary

That will be all from our side of the coverage. Thank you for tuning in throughout the course of five days. We will be back for the second test starting on 24th July. Until then this is Raghav and Mohul signing off!

Babar Azam (Pakistan Captain): When you win the match, you grow in confidence. All credit to the boys, especially the youngsters. We lost early wickets but the way Saud and Agha played totally changed the game. Agha showed his talent and passion with both bat and ball. As a captain, I am impressed and happy with the performance. It's not easy to bat here but the way Saud played was outstanding.

Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka Captain): We needed to pass the first session because they have brilliant fast bowlers but we couldn't do so. We should have taken more responsibility and contributed more. We bowled well in patches but leaked runs as well that cost us the match. We need to work on certain areas and improve. DDS has been doing well for us consistently, we need other guys to step up as well.

Saud Shakeel, Player of the Match: Praise be to God. I tried to build partnerships and look for runs. I tried to keep it simple. We have been working on how to play the sweep and reverse sweep and fortunately, it paid off for us. Since I am from Karachi, I am used to playing spin. However, I have also worked hard towards playing it better.

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets and go 1-0 up in the two-match test series.

Srilanka (1st innnings) -312 all out
Pakistan (1st innings) - 461 all out
Sri Lanka (2nd innings) - 279 all out
Pakistan (2nd innings) - 131/5
Imam ul Haq 50*(84) | Prabath Jayasuriya 3/56(14.5)

What a test match! Five days of competitive cricket between two sides finally comes to an end. Sri Lanka after opting to bat first might have felt that they fell short of a competitive total. However, they started really well with the ball and it felt like the hosts had enough on the board.

Saud Shakeel played a knock for the ages. He was well supported by the lower order, in particular Agha Salman. But, it was his double hundred that stole the show. At one point, Pakistan were 101/5, he dragged their total to a whooping 461 thereby seeking a mammoth 149-run lead for his side.

Sri Lanka could not do much in the next innings. Dhananjaya was once again the only big contributor while all Pakistani bowlers had a fair share of contribution. They could only manage to set up a mere target of 131 after falling to the visitors' spin web.

Chasing 131, Pakistan arrived with no pressure. However, three early wickets gave Sri Lanka some hope. But, Imam held his nerves from the other end. He allowed Babar and Shakeel to play freely from one end while anchoring from the other. Jayasuriya was the lone warrior for Sri Lanka with the ball as the first innings hero Ramesh Mendis did not have the best of the days today. Imam guided his side home with a hard-fought half-century.

Salman seals the deal in style! Comes out to bat, faces one ball and gets his side over the line!

33.0

32.5 Prabath Jayasuriya to Agha Salman, SIX! PAKISTAN WIN THIS GAME! What's the fuss all about, asks Salman. Tossed up outside off, turns away. Salman comes down the track and extends his hands beautifully through the line to send it over the long off fence for a maximum to seal the deal for his country!

Agha Salman, RHB, comes to the crease

Needless shot from Sarfaraz. He tries to finish things off in style but ends up gifting a wicket to Jayasuriya. Sri Lanka continue to delay the inevitable.

32.4 Prabath Jayasuriya to Sarfaraz Ahmed, TAKEN! THIS WAS ON THE CARDS! Sarfaraz was getting a little to anxious to score runs and falls as a result of his lapse in patience. Tossed up outside off, turns away. Sarfaraz sweeps it uppishly straight to the hands of the fielder at square leg for a simple catch!

32.3 Prabath Jayasuriya to Sarfaraz Ahmed, tossed up on off, turns away. Sarfaraz comes down the track and works it to mid on.

32.2 Prabath Jayasuriya to Sarfaraz Ahmed, fullish delivery outside off, turns away. Sarfaraz dances down the track and punches it to cover.

32.1 Prabath Jayasuriya to Sarfaraz Ahmed, flighted delivery on middle and leg. Sarfaraz sweeps it towards short leg, who does well to keep it out!

A bit of a friendly chatter between Sarfaraz and Samarawickrama there.

overs

127 /5 score

1lb

runs

Sarfaraz Ahmed *

1 (6)

Imam ul Haq

50 (84)

Ramesh Mendis

1 /62

31.6 Ramesh Mendis to Sarfaraz Ahmed, tossed up wide outside off, turns back in. Sarfaraz comes down the track and gets rapped on the pads outside the line. A leg bye taken as the ball goes towards point. Sri Lanka appeal for lbw but are turned down. They take the review. UltraEdge confirms that there is no bat involved. Ball tracker shows that the impact is outside off as well. Sarfaraz was also rapped outside the 3m mark.

50 for Imam ul Haq! Absolutely stunning innings on a very tough pitch. Has played a major role in this tricky run chase.

31.5 Ramesh Mendis to Imam Ul Haq, FIFTY FOR IMAM! Floated outside off, turns away. Imam comes down the track, eases it to wide of mid off and crosses over. Also brings up his half-century!

31.4 Ramesh Mendis to Imam Ul Haq, tossed up on off, turns away. Imam dances down the track and defends it.

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