06/10Result
2nd Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Dubai, Oct 6-10 2017
Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
Player of the Match
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dimuth KarunaratneSri Lanka
06/10Result
2nd Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Dubai, Oct 6-10 2017
Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
Player of the Match
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dimuth KarunaratneSri Lanka

7.48pm Some respite for Pakistan as they finish off the innings, but they have bowled close to 160 overs in the Dubai heat. Sri Lanka have managed a fine 482 runs, and runs on the board could be decisive in these conditions. Herath made a nice cameo, but Pakistan will be hoping that's him done for the Test. I highly doubt that. We'll be back soon for Pakistan's reply.

159.2
W
Yasir Shah to Pradeep, OUT, edged and gone. All over for Sri Lanka, six for Yasir. Generous loop and flight on off, full, Pradeep tries to play the line but the ball spins and takes the outside edge, gully is well-positioned and he gobbles it up.

N Pradeep c Asad Shafiq b Yasir Shah 0 (14m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Nilakshan: "After a horrifying home series lost against india, srilankans shows a good recovery away from home. Way to go lions."

159.1
1
Yasir Shah to Herath, 1 run, plenty of flight outside off, a nailed sweep to deep square leg

END OF OVER:
159 | 1 Run | SL: 481/9

  • Nuwan Pradeep0 (7b)
  • Rangana Herath26 (71b)
  • Mohammad Abbas33-9-100-2
  • Yasir Shah55.3-9-183-5
158.6
0
Mohammad Abbas to Pradeep, no run, full again outside off, 125 kph, Pradeep is not going fishing in the heat
158.5
0
Mohammad Abbas to Pradeep, no run, full outside off, fourth-stump line. Pradeep covers the line of off and is gratefully beaten
158.4
0
Mohammad Abbas to Pradeep, no run, good length on off, Pradeep jumps out of the way as he tries to defend, squirted to point

Saleem: "Three tabs open, only to see, Bang 7 down, Aussies 8 down & SL 9 down"

158.3
0
Mohammad Abbas to Pradeep, no run, full and straight, well blocked by Pradeep, watchful

Ali Hashmi: "What was the last team apart from Pakistan themselves who played with 4 prime bowlers, 3 of which were fast bowlers and 1 spinner in the UAE? "

158.2
1
Mohammad Abbas to Herath, 1 run, short again on middle, a swivel-pull down to fine leg. Herath has contributed a nice, little 26 already
158.1
0
Mohammad Abbas to Herath, no run, short outside off, Herath gets out of the way in time, swaying, not ducking

END OF OVER:
158 | 5 Runs | SL: 480/9

  • Nuwan Pradeep0 (3b)
  • Rangana Herath25 (69b)
  • Yasir Shah55.3-9-183-5
  • Mohammad Abbas32-9-99-2
157.6
0
Yasir Shah to Pradeep, no run, 90 kph, kept out, quick on off, played out

Dani: "Another day, another 5-fer for Yasir Shah. 13th of his career. If we had had another spinner. SL wouldn't have scored this much. This is so frustrating now. SL has already done the damage."

157.5
1b
Yasir Shah to Herath, 1 bye, another reverse sweep attempt, flat outside off, Herath misses, Sarfraz does too. A bye towards fine leg
157.4
0
Yasir Shah to Herath, no run, swept to square leg with the spin
157.3
0
Yasir Shah to Herath, no run, the googly outside off, Herath misses the sweep and the ball bounces prodigiously, taking a bit of the pitch with it. Sarfraz collects well
157.2
4
Yasir Shah to Herath, FOUR, oh nice from Herath. Quick outside off, he gets low and nails his reverse sweep past backward point. Fine enough to beat the man
157.1
0
Yasir Shah to Herath, no run, flat down leg, Herath is no position to reach that, spun way down leg

Match Coverage

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End of an era

0

No. of Test series lost by Pakistan in the UAE since they started playing their home games there in 2010, before this. They had won five and drew four of the nine series.

Strong comeback

17.20

Asad Shafiq's average in 10 Test innings this year, before this century in the fourth innings. His highest score in those innings was only 39.

Biggest turnaround?

243

Most runs added by the last 5 wickets in a successful chase, by Australia against Pakistan in Hobart in 1999-00. If Pakistan wins this Test, they would have added 265 runs for the last 5 wkts and will be a record.

Big difference

386

Difference in Sri Lanka's totals in this match - 482 & 96 - their highest ever in a Test. Previous highest was 383 v Australia at SSC in 1992.

Contrasting innings

34

Score at which Sri Lanka lost their 5th wicket in the second innings. They were at 370 when the fifth wicket fell in the first innings.

Yasir's hot streak

5

No. of consecutive Tests in which Yasir Shah has picked at least one five-wicket haul. He's the first spinner to do so.

Going on and on

4

No. of times in last 3 years Karunaratne has played innings of 300+ balls in Tests - most among all openers. Cook and Azhar Ali have batted 3 such innings.

Only the third

3000+

Runs for Karunaratne as opener in Tests. He's only the third Sri Lanka opener to do so after Jayasuriya (5932) and Atapattu (5317).

Karunratne-Chandimal show

2

No. of 100+ partnerships for the fourth-wicket for Sri Lanka in this series, both between Karunaratne and Chandimal. In the home series against India they could add only a total of 77 runs from six fourth-wicket stands.

Openers' high

2012

Last time a Sri Lanka openers scored 3 or more Test 100s in a year, before Karunaratne this time. Dilshan had hit 3 in 2012. Only Elgar (5) has scored more 100s than Karunaratne in 2017.

Bumper year

6

No. of 50+ scores by Dimuth Karunaratne in Tests this year - the most among all Sri Lanka players. Among all players, only Elgar, Rahul, Pujara and Root have more such scores.

Strong start

81.20

Samarawickrama's strike rate in his first-class career, before making his Test debut in this match. He's striking at over 100 in his debut innings. He averaged 63.63 in 2016-17 season with 4 centuries in 21 innings.

Day/Night debut

1

Sri Lanka are playing their maiden Day/Night Test while Pakistan are playing their third.