- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR30.1 that should be it, and is given! Given out leg before, to a full ball that seemed headed for the base of middle. Karunaratne has reviewed this. Bowled from fairly close to the stumps, and had the pace to beat the inside edge, as Karunaratne fell over, as he has a tendency to do, when flicking. That is hitting the base of leg stump, and Pakistan have that breakthrough 96/135.3 got him this time! Naseem has threatened with this ball a few times this session, and finally he strikes. Gets a ball to pitch on a good length, and just a touch of movement takes it away from Fernando, who gets drawn into poking his bat at it. Travels low to the right of Haris Sohail at first slip, and he moves swiftly to complete the catch. The two set batsmen have been dismissed 109/241.6 got him! Top-class bowling! I said two balls ago that Mendis dug deep into the crease to protect himself from edging the outgoing delivery. This time he goes fishing away from his body on the front. Length ball again, marginally fuller, and draws Mendis into the drive. Late movement away and then off the seam as well. Foot nowhere close for the drive and the edge carries nicely through to the keeper 120/363.4 taken at second slip! The first real attempt at a hard hit from Mathews, and he's lost his shape and just had a hack at a very wide length ball. Wanted to slap that through the covers, it absolutely flies to Shafiq's left at slip and he takes a very good reflex catch. That ball was travelling 189/544.2 what a ball! Oh this is sensational! Pakistan have figured this pitch out and completely tied Sri Lanka up this session. This is classic Abbas - signs of maybe a comeback from his form slump. Slams it in at a length on a middle and off line, jags it away off the pitch and clips the top of off stump as Chandimal gets back in the crease to defend. It was a scrambled seam. Past the outside edge and cleaned up. Superb, just superb 127/484.3 taken at gully! He's kept on pushing away from the body and this time he pays for it. Length ball outside off, got the front leg half a stride across and jabbed at it away from the body. It sliced low to Babar at gully and he does well to get his fingers under that 256/6Extras15 (b 5, lb 7, nb 3)TOTAL308/6d (97 Overs, RR: 3.17)Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 30.1 ov), 2-109 (Oshada Fernando, 35.3 ov), 3-120 (Kusal Mendis, 41.6 ov), 4-127 (Dinesh Chandimal, 44.2 ov), 5-189 (Angelo Mathews, 63.4 ov), 6-256 (Niroshan Dickwella, 84.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Abbas 27 9 72 1 2.66 0 0 Shaheen Shah Afridi 22 7 58 2 2.63 0 3 Usman Shinwari 15 4 54 1 3.60 0 0 Naseem Shah 27 5 92 2 3.40 0 0 Haris Sohail 3 0 12 0 4.00 0 0 Shan Masood 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 Asad Shafiq 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 taps a full toss straight to mid-off! Yikes. I suppose you can put that down to a groggy mind from four days of gloom. It's a knee height full toss just outside off, all he has to do is caress that through the covers. He ends up simulating a catching practice session, straight into the body of the fielder 3/131.5 GONE! A soft dismissal for the captain, as he chips a short-of-a-length ball that stops a bit on him. Angled in from wide of the crease, and he ends up playing a check-drive straight into the midriff of short mid-wicket. Due reward for Kumara, who has looked threatening right from his first over! 90/2Extras5 (b 2, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL252/2 (70 Overs, RR: 3.6)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Shan Masood, 2.5 ov), 2-90 (Azhar Ali, 31.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CAK Rajitha 6 2 5 1 0.83 0 1 MVT Fernando 13 1 49 0 3.76 1 0 CBRLS Kumara 14 4 46 1 3.28 0 0 MDK Perera 24 0 85 0 3.54 0 0 DM de Silva 11 0 48 0 4.36 0 1 BOP Fernando 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0 BKG Mendis 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
2-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
11,12,13,14,15 December 2019 (5-day match)
Test debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 20, Sri Lanka 20
Close of Play
- Wed, 11 Dec - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 202/5 (DM de Silva 38*, N Dickwella 11*, 68.1 ov)
- Thu, 12 Dec - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 263/6 (DM de Silva 72*, MDK Perera 2*, 86.3 ov)
- Fri, 13 Dec - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 282/6 (DM de Silva 87*, MDK Perera 6*, 91.5 ov)
- Sat, 14 Dec - day 4 - no play
- Sun, 15 Dec - day 5 - Pakistan 1st innings 252/2 (70 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 94.5 overs (572 balls), Extras 14
- DM de Silva: 100 off 165 balls (15 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (DM de Silva 33, MDK Perera 16, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 308/6 in 97.0 overs (DM de Silva 102, MDK Perera 16)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Drinks: Pakistan - 15/1 in 10.0 overs (Abid Ali 7, Azhar Ali 6)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (Abid Ali 29, Azhar Ali 20, Ex 1)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 54/1 in 19.0 overs (Abid Ali 31, Azhar Ali 21)
- Abid Ali: 50 off 86 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 87/1 in 30.0 overs (Abid Ali 50, Azhar Ali 35)
- Abid Ali: 50 off 95 balls (7 x 4)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 34.5 overs (210 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Pakistan - 117/2 in 41.0 overs (Abid Ali 68, Babar Azam 10)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (Abid Ali 28, Babar Azam 23, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 45.2 overs (273 balls), Extras 3
- Tea: Pakistan - 177/2 in 53.0 overs (Abid Ali 91, Babar Azam 47)
- Babar Azam: 50 off 70 balls (7 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 147 balls (Abid Ali 40, Babar Azam 61, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 59.1 overs (356 balls), Extras 3
- Abid Ali: 100 off 183 balls (11 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 208 balls (Abid Ali 54, Babar Azam 94, Ex 2)
- Babar Azam: 100 off 118 balls (14 x 4)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 68.4 overs (413 balls), Extras 4
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 282/6 in 91.5 overs (DM de Silva 87, MDK Perera 6)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 282/6 in 91.5 overs (DM de Silva 87, MDK Perera 6)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 282/6 in 91.5 overs (DM de Silva 87, MDK Perera 6)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 263/6 in 86.3 overs (DM de Silva 72, MDK Perera 2)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 263/6 in 86.3 overs (DM de Silva 72, MDK Perera 2)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 263/6 in 86.3 overs (DM de Silva 72, MDK Perera 2)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 263/6 in 86.3 overs (DM de Silva 72, MDK Perera 2)
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 282/6 in 91.5 overs (DM de Silva 87, MDK Perera 6)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 282/6 in 91.5 overs (DM de Silva 87, MDK Perera 6)
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 282/6 in 91.5 overs (DM de Silva 87, MDK Perera 6)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 282/6 in 91.5 overs (DM de Silva 87, MDK Perera 6)
- DM de Silva: 50 off 94 balls (7 x 4)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 222/5 in 76.0 overs (DM de Silva 54, N Dickwella 15)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 222/5 in 76.0 overs (DM de Silva 54, N Dickwella 15)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 222/5 in 76.0 overs (DM de Silva 54, N Dickwella 15)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 222/5 in 76.0 overs (DM de Silva 54, N Dickwella 15)
- New ball taken after 80.1 overs
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (DM de Silva 27, N Dickwella 24, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 82.6 overs (501 balls), Extras 13
- Over 84.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - MDK Perera (Struck down)
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 263/6 in 86.3 overs (DM de Silva 72, MDK Perera 2)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 263/6 in 86.3 overs (DM de Silva 72, MDK Perera 2)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 38/0 in 14.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 32, BOP Fernando 1)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (FDM Karunaratne 37, BOP Fernando 7, Ex 6)
- FDM Karunaratne: 50 off 90 balls (8 x 4)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 89/0 in 26.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 57, BOP Fernando 26)
- Over 30.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 32.1 overs (193 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 116/2 in 39.0 overs (BKG Mendis 8, AD Mathews 1)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 137/4 in 50.0 overs (AD Mathews 14, DM de Silva 3)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 55.2 overs (335 balls), Extras 11
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (AD Mathews 20, DM de Silva 30, Ex 3)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 189/4 in 63.0 overs (AD Mathews 31, DM de Silva 36)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 65.4 overs (397 balls), Extras 11
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 202/5 in 68.1 overs (DM de Silva 38, N Dickwella 11)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 202/5 in 68.1 overs (DM de Silva 38, N Dickwella 11)
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