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Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
Venue:
R.Premadasa Stadium,
Colombo
Date & Time:
Apr 19
-
Apr 23
,
05:30 AM
LOCAL
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Match drawn
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
330-10 (122.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sanath Jayasuriya
b Mushtaq Ahmed
31
65
4
0
47.69
Russel Arnold
b Mushtaq Ahmed
24
82
0
1
29.27
Marvan Atapattu
c Saleem Elahi b Saqlain Mushtaq
0
8
0
0
0.00
Aravinda de Silva
st Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed
23
31
4
0
74.19
Arjuna Ranatunga
c Saleem Elahi b Asif Mujtaba
49
131
5
0
37.40
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Asif Mujtaba b Saqlain Mushtaq
103
228
10
0
45.18
Romesh Kaluwitharana
b Saqlain Mushtaq
57
89
8
0
64.04
Kumar Dharmasena
b Saqlain Mushtaq
1
22
0
0
4.55
Chaminda Vaas
c Moin Khan b Mohammad Zahid
17
59
1
0
28.81
Nuwan Zoysa
lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq
0
6
0
0
0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan
not out
8
5
1
0
160.00
Extras
17
(b 3, lb 9, w 1, nb 4, p 0)
Total
330
(10 wkts, 122.2 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
61-1 (
S Jayasuriya
, 0),
62-2 (
R Arnold
, 0),
64-3 (
M Atapattu
, 0),
90-4 (
A Silva
, 0),
179-5 (
A Ranatunga
, 0),
268-6 (
Romesh Kaluwitharana
, 0),
280-7 (
K Dharmasena
, 0),
322-8 (
H Tillakaratne
, 0),
322-9 (
C Vaas
, 0),
330-10 (
N Zoysa
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Mohammad Zahid
17
2
44
1
0
0
2.59
Shahid Nazir
18
6
37
0
0
0
2.06
Saqlain Mushtaq
44.2
10
89
5
0
0
2.01
Mushtaq Ahmed
34
2
123
3
0
0
3.62
Asif Mujtaba
9
2
25
1
0
0
2.78
Pakistan 1st Innings
378-10 (159.5 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Saleem Elahi
lbw b Vaas
0
1
0
0
0.00
Ramiz Raja
c Ranatunga b Dharmasena
50
85
3
0
58.82
Ijaz Ahmed
c Dharmasena b Muralitharan
113
245
11
0
46.12
Saleem Malik
run out (Ranatunga)
58
115
3
0
50.43
Inzamam-ul-Haq
c sub (RS Kalpage) b Muralitharan
12
41
1
0
29.27
Asif Mujtaba
c & b Muralitharan
21
97
2
0
21.65
Moin Khan
b Muralitharan
0
2
0
0
0.00
Saqlain Mushtaq
run out
58
248
5
0
23.39
Mushtaq Ahmed
b Muralitharan
26
54
2
0
48.15
Shahid Nazir
c Ranatunga b Muralitharan
2
26
0
0
7.69
Mohammad Zahid
not out
6
64
1
0
9.38
Extras
32
(b 11, lb 7, w 0, nb 14, p 0)
Total
378
(10 wkts, 159.5 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
0-1 (
S Elahi
, 0),
102-2 (
R Raja
, 0),
219-3 (
S Malik
, 0),
247-4 (
Inzamam-ul-Haq
, 0),
248-5 (
I Ahmed
, 0),
248-6 (
M Khan
, 0),
298-7 (
A Mujtaba
, 0),
336-8 (
M Ahmed
, 0),
349-9 (
S Nazir
, 0),
378-10 (
S Mushtaq
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Chaminda Vaas
32
6
75
1
0
0
2.34
Nuwan Zoysa
10
0
55
0
0
0
5.50
Kumar Dharmasena
52.5
19
93
1
0
0
1.77
Muttiah Muralitharan
53
19
98
6
0
0
1.85
Sanath Jayasuriya
3
0
15
0
0
0
5.00
Aravinda de Silva
4
0
16
0
0
0
4.00
Arjuna Ranatunga
3
1
5
0
0
0
1.67
Russel Arnold
2
1
3
0
0
0
1.50
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
423-8 d (155.1 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Marvan Atapattu
c Shahid Nazir b Saqlain Mushtaq
25
69
3
0
36.23
Russel Arnold
c Shahid Nazir b Saqlain Mushtaq
15
36
1
0
41.67
Aravinda de Silva
c Saqlain Mushtaq b Mushtaq Ahmed
168
383
14
1
43.86
Arjuna Ranatunga
c Rameez Raja b Mushtaq Ahmed
58
165
5
0
35.15
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Rameez Raja b Saqlain Mushtaq
54
95
5
0
56.84
Romesh Kaluwitharana
c Moin Khan b Shahid Nazir
17
54
0
0
31.48
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Saleem Elahi b Saqlain Mushtaq
62
84
7
1
73.81
Kumar Dharmasena
not out
11
52
0
0
21.15
Chaminda Vaas
c sub (Mohammad Hussain) b Mushtaq Ahmed
1
7
0
0
14.29
Extras
12
(b 3, lb 4, w 0, nb 5, p 0)
Total
423
(8 wkts, 155.1 Ov)
Did not Bat
Nuwan Zoysa
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
Fall of Wickets
38-1 (
R Arnold
, 0),
53-2 (
M Atapattu
, 0),
182-3 (
A Ranatunga
, 0),
265-4 (
H Tillakaratne
, 0),
315-5 (
Romesh Kaluwitharana
, 0),
390-6 (
A Silva
, 0),
420-7 (
S Jayasuriya
, 0),
423-8 (
C Vaas
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Mohammad Zahid
11
1
60
0
0
0
5.45
Shahid Nazir
12
0
61
1
0
0
5.08
Saqlain Mushtaq
63
13
137
4
0
0
2.17
Mushtaq Ahmed
39.1
9
94
3
0
0
2.40
Asif Mujtaba
30
5
64
0
0
0
2.13
Match Info
Match
SL vs PAK, 1st Test, Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
Date
-
Time
Venue
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires
David Shepherd, Udaya Wickramasinghe
Third Umpire
K.T.Francis
Match Referee
John Reid
Sri Lanka Squad
Playing
Sanath Jayasuriya
,
Russel Arnold
,
Marvan Atapattu
,
Aravinda de Silva
,
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
,
Hashan Tillakaratne
,
Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
,
Kumar Dharmasena
,
Chaminda Vaas
,
Nuwan Zoysa
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
Bench
Support Staff
Pakistan Squad
Playing
Saleem Elahi
,
Ramiz Raja (c)
,
Ijaz Ahmed
,
Saleem Malik
,
Inzamam-ul-Haq
,
Asif Mujtaba
,
Moin Khan (wk)
,
Saqlain Mushtaq
,
Mushtaq Ahmed
,
Shahid Nazir
,
Mohammad Zahid
Bench
Support Staff
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