12/06Result
12th Match Group B, ICC Champions Trophy at Cardiff, Jun 12 2017
Pakistan won by 3 wkts (31b rem)
Player of the Match
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Sarfaraz AhmedPakistan
12/06Result
12th Match Group B, ICC Champions Trophy at Cardiff, Jun 12 2017
Pakistan won by 3 wkts (31b rem)
Player of the Match
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Sarfaraz AhmedPakistan

Match Day

2751dJarrod Kimber

Degrees of unpredictability for Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Pakistan head into Monday's match with their tag of unpredictability the most predictable thing about them. Their opposition, Sri Lanka, have their own variable performances to contend with as they seek a spot in the semi-final

2750dJarrod Kimber in Cardiff

Panicstan embrace the chaos

Just as Pakistan and their fans seemed about to dissolve into a nerve-induced puddle, Sri Lanka decided to outdo them

2750dAlagappan Muthu

Amir pulls off double duty in style

He had bowled one of the spells of the tournament and then Pakistan stumbled so spectacularly that he had to pull off heroics with the bat too

2750dESPNcricinfo staff

Five drops that cost Sri Lanka

Fielding errors at crucial times were one of the major reasons Sri Lanka failed to make the knockout stage of the 2017 Champions Trophy

2751dAndrew McGlashan in Cardiff

'Soft dismissals a concern' - Sarfraz

Pakistan will find time to address concerns about their middle order despite the joy of overcoming Sri Lanka to progress to the knockout stage

Preview

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