Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023

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Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023
 
  Sri Lanka Pakistan
Dates 16 – 28 July 2023
Captains Dimuth Karunaratne Babar Azam
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Dhananjaya de Silva (271) Saud Shakeel (295)
Most wickets Prabath Jayasuriya (9) Nauman Ali (10)
Abrar Ahmed (10)
Player of the series Salman Ali Agha (Pak)

The Pakistan men's cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July 2023 to play two Test matches.[1] The series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.[2] In August 2022, the International Cricket Council in a press release confirmed the bilateral series.[3] On 20 June 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the schedule of the tour.[4]

Squads

 Sri Lanka[5]  Pakistan[6]

Asitha Fernando was added to Sri Lanka's squad before the start of the second Test.[7]

Tour match

11–12 July 2023
Scorecard
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196 (46.3 overs)
Oshada Fernando 113 (127)
Hasan Ali 3/22 (7.3 overs)
342 (78.3 overs)
Shan Masood 83 (69)
Lakshitha Manasinghe 4/82 (18.3 overs)
88/4 (30 overs)
Nuwanidu Fernando 31* (42)
Salman Ali Agha 2/18 (6.5 overs)
Match drawn
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Sanjeewa Fernando (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
  • Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

16–20 July 2023
Scorecard
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312 (95.2 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 122 (214)
Abrar Ahmad 3/68 (31.2 overs)
461 (121.2 overs)
Saud Shakeel 208* (361)
Ramesh Mendis 5/136 (42.2 overs)
279 (83.1 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 82 (118)
Abrar Ahmed 3/68 (24.1 overs)
133/6 (32.5 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 50* (84)
Prabath Jayasuriya 4/56 (14.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Rod Tucker (Aus) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Saud Shakeel (Pak)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 24.2 overs, 13 overs and 7.2 overs of play was lost on Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 respectively due to rain.
  • Shaheen Afridi (Pak) took his 100th wicket in Tests.[8][9]
  • Abdullah Shafique (Pak) scored his 1000th run in Tests.[10]
  • Saud Shakeel become the first Pakistani to score double hundred in Sri Lanka.[11]
  • World Test Championship points: Pakistan 12, Sri Lanka 0.

2nd Test

24–27 July 2023
Scorecard
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166 (48.4 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 57 (68)
Abrar Ahmed 4/69 (20.4 overs)
576/5d (134 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 201 (326)
Asitha Fernando 3/133 (25 overs)
188 (67.4 overs)
Angelo Mathews 63 * (127)
Nauman Ali 7/70 (23 overs)
Pakistan won by an innings and 222 runs
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ)[n 1] and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Abdullah Shafique (Pak)

Notes

  1. ^ Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) replaced Chris Gaffaney as the on-field umpire on the second day.

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan to host 10 Test playing nations between 2023 and 2027". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "FTP 2023-27: Pakistan likely to host NZ, SA for tri-series in 2025". Geo Super.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka's FTP announced". International Cricket Council.
  4. ^ "Pakistan Test series dates announced". Sri Lanka Cricket. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka squad for First Test against Pakistan". Sri Lanka Cricket. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Shaheen Afridi returns to Test side for Sri Lanka tour". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Asitha Fernando added to squad for 2nd Pakistan Test". ThePapare. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi completes 100 Test wicket". The Times of India. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi completes 100 wickets in Test cricket". ANI News. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Abdullah Shafique joins Javed Miandad, Attains a unique Test batting Feat". OneCricket. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Saud Shakeel becomes first Pakistan to score double hundred at Sri Lankan soil". OneCricket. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Sarfaraz ruled out of second Test with concussion, Rizwan comes in as substitute". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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