Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Here's something to read on Javed Miandad's 60th birthday.

2.20pm Some typical Pakistani firepower with the ball leaves them with a great chance of qualifying for the semi-final. Of course it won't be a walk in the park for their batsmen, but this is well within the realms of possibility even with their methods. Mohammad Amir, who hadn't picked up a wicket in the two games so far, broke open the trunk with the wickets of Angelo Mathews and Dickwella in quick succession. Junaid Khan and Hasan Ali backed that up with some terrific swing bowling to dismantle the lower middle order. Asela Gunaratne did well to squeeze out some important runs, but I don't quite think Sri Lanka have enough. Join us in 20 minutes for the chase. Varun will be with you for the chase. You don't want to miss this

49.2
W
Faheem Ashraf to Pradeep, OUT, squared up by the length. Looks to work this skiddy short of length delivery from outside off towards midwicket but ends up getting a leading edge back to the bowler. As far as return catches go, it can't get simpler than that.

N Pradeep c & b Faheem Ashraf 1 (6m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

49.1
1
Faheem Ashraf to Malinga, 1 run, tails a full ball into middle and leg, squeezed to the man coming in from deep midwicket

END OF OVER:
49 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 235/9 | RR: 4.79

  • Nuwan Pradeep1 (2b)
  • Lasith Malinga8 (13b)
  • Hasan Ali10-0-43-3
  • Mohammad Amir10-0-53-2

Seventh three-wicket haul for Hasan Ali in 19 ODIs. Since his debut, only Rashid Khan has more such hauls. (eight in 18)

48.6
0
Hasan Ali to Pradeep, no run, right behind the line of that full-length delivery on middle
48.5
1
Hasan Ali to Malinga, 1 run, lobbed off the inner half of the bat towards midwicket. They scamper a quick single
48.4
0
Hasan Ali to Malinga, no run, swung through early, missed it completely. Looked to smack the slower ball over midwicket. He, of all people, should have known it was a slower delivery through the subtle change in action

Captain leads to victory

0

No. of instances of a Pakistan captain scoring 50+ in a successful chase in ICC ODI tournaments - Sarfraz is the first. Prev best: Imran Khan's 44 v NZ in 1992 SF.

Malik's milestone

250

No. of ODIs for Shoaib Malik. He becomes the 10th player to appear in 250 ODIs for Pakistan.

Pacers' day

5

Instances of Pak fast bowlers taking all 10 wickets in an ODI, including today. Also, this is the first time since 2013 4 Pak bowlers took 2+ wickets in an ODI.

Brilliant Junaid

2013

Last time a Pakistan bowler delivered 3 or more maidens in an ODI, before Junaid Khan in this game. Afridi had bowled that many in his figures of 7/12 against WI.

Quick wickets

6

Runs for which SL lost 4 wickets - 4th to 7th - from 161/3 to 167/7, for 23 balls. Earlier they had lost their 2nd and 3rd wickets in a span of 3 balls.

Consistent Dickwella

3

No. of fifties for Niroshan Dickwella in last six ODI innings, including today. He has gone scored 25 or more in 6 of his last 7 innings.

Looks promising

5/45

Faheem Ashraf's figures in his last list-A game, before making ODI debut today. Today he got Chandimal dismissed for duck in his 3rd over.

Advantage Pakistan

9-1

Pak's win-loss record against Sri Lanka in ICC ODI tournaments, before this game. The only time they lost was in 2002 Champions Trophy at Premadasa.

Long ago

2002

Last time Pakistan and Sri Lanka met in ODIs outside Asia, before today. Overall, Pak have a 14-3 win-loss record in the encounters outside Asia.

ICC Champions Trophy (ICC KnockOut)

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.045
BAN31130
AUS3012-0.992
NZ3021-1.058
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND32141.37
PAK3214-0.68
SA31220.167
SL3122-0.798