Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Upul Tharanga	c Younis Khan b Mohammad Asif	10	22	36	1	0	45.45

Sanath Jayasuriya	b Mohammad Asif	14	39	47	1	1	35.89

Kumar Sangakkara †	c Faisal Iqbal b Danish Kaneria	79	98	157	15	0	80.61

Mahela Jayawardene (c)	c Imran Farhat b Mohammad Asif	4	23	42	0	0	17.39

Thilan Samaraweera	b Mohammad Asif	65	180	264	9	0	36.11

Tillakaratne Dilshan	c †Kamran Akmal b Danish Kaneria	22	41	54	4	0	53.65

Farveez Maharoof	c Younis Khan b Danish Kaneria	7	34	33	1	0	20.58

Malinga Bandara	c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif	43	61	88	6	0	70.49

Nuwan Kulasekara	b Mohammad Asif	13	27	40	2	0	48.14

Lasith Malinga	c Abdul Razzaq b Danish Kaneria	9	22	30	0	1	40.90

Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2, w 1, pen 5)	12
Total	91.2 Ov (RR: 3.05, 402 Mins)	279
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Upul Tharanga, 8.5 ov), 2-27 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 10.5 ov), 3-61 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.5 ov), 4-142 (Kumar Sangakkara, 41.3 ov), 5-178 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 55.1 ov), 6-193 (Farveez Maharoof, 63.5 ov), 7-238 (Thilan Samaraweera, 80.5 ov), 8-256 (Malinga Bandara, 84.2 ov), 9-271 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 90.1 ov), 10-279 (Lasith Malinga, 91.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Asif	23	7	44	6	1.91	114	6	0	0	0
8.5 to WU Tharanga, full length ball on the off stump, moving away, batsman drives and gets the edge, straight into Younis at second slip. 18/1 10.5 to ST Jayasuriya, Two down! pitched up on the off stump, shaping in a bit, Jayasuriya pushes on the front-foot, gets beaten and ball finds the gap, crashes into the off stump. 27/2 18.5 to DPMD Jayawardene, Three down! short of length ball around the off stump, shaping away, batsman defends on the back-foot and gets the outside edge, good low catch taken by Farhat at second slip. 61/3 80.5 to TT Samaraweera, full length ball swinging in, batsman pushes on the front-foot but completely beaten by the swing, ball finds the gap and crashes into the stumps, excellent bowling and the new ball provides the breakthrough. 238/7 84.2 to HMCM Bandara, short of length ball outside off stump, swinging away further, Bandara goes after it and gets the bottom edge, straight to Kamran Akmal, 5 wickets for Asif!. 256/8 90.1 to KMDN Kulasekara, good length ball on the off stump, nipping in, Kulasekara plays forward and gets the inside edge onto the stumps, excellent bowling frmo Asif, his 6th wicket!. 271/9
Umar Gul	23	3	83	0	3.60	102	12	1	1	1
Iftikhar Anjum	11	1	54	0	4.90	46	11	0	0	1
Danish Kaneria	23.2	6	53	4	2.27	112	4	1	0	0
41.3 to KC Sangakkara, flighted and full length ball on the off stump, batsman tries to on-drive, gets a big inside edge onto the pads and ball loops straight to Faisal at silly point. 142/4 55.1 to TM Dilshan, short ball outside off stump, turining away, batsman goes for the cut and gets a big edge, good low catch taken by Kamran Akmal. 178/5 63.5 to MF Maharoof, googly on the middle and leg stump, Maharoof tries to turn it away onside and gets an inside edge onto the pads, loops straight to Younis at silly point. 193/6 91.2 to SL Malinga, All out! flighted ball on the stumps, Maling looks to hit it over again, this time beaten by the flight and ball takes the outside edge, ball loops to Razzaq at cover. 279/10
Abdul Razzaq	11	1	36	0	3.27	49	6	0	0	0

Pakistan 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Imran Farhat	c Jayasuriya b Kulasekara	23	58	70	4	0	39.65

Kamran Akmal †	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	33	53	92	4	0	62.26

Younis Khan	c Samaraweera b Maharoof	35	57	65	7	0	61.40

Mohammad Yousuf	b Muralitharan	17	34	47	3	0	50.00

Inzamam-ul-Haq (c)	run out (sub [CK Kapugedera])	15	38	72	1	0	39.47

Faisal Iqbal	lbw b Muralitharan	5	22	24	1	0	22.72

Abdul Razzaq	b Muralitharan	4	7	13	1	0	57.14

Iftikhar Anjum	not out	9	39	46	2	0	23.07
Umar Gul	c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara	4	6	6	1	0	66.66

Mohammad Asif	run out (Malinga/†Sangakkara)	0	0	1	0	0	-

Danish Kaneria	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	4	8	9	0	0	50.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 7, w 1)	21
Total	52.4 Ov (RR: 3.22, 232 Mins)	170
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Imran Farhat, 15.2 ov), 2-71 (Kamran Akmal, 20.2 ov), 3-121 (Mohammad Yousuf, 32.3 ov), 4-125 (Younis Khan, 33.4 ov), 5-140 (Faisal Iqbal, 38.5 ov), 6-149 (Abdul Razzaq, 40.6 ov), 7-162 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 47.6 ov), 8-166 (Umar Gul, 49.6 ov), 9-166 (Mohammad Asif, 50.1 ov), 10-170 (Danish Kaneria, 52.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lasith Malinga	6	2	19	0	3.16	27	2	0	0	0
Farveez Maharoof	14	2	54	1	3.85	65	8	0	1	3
33.4 to Younis Khan, short ball around the off stump, swinging away, batsman moves back and pushes, ball takes the outside edge and straight to Samaraweera at wide first slip. 125/4
Nuwan Kulasekara	16	3	45	2	2.81	77	8	0	0	2
15.2 to Imran Farhat, Gone! full length ball swinging away outside off stump, batsman drives and gets a thick outside edge, ball goes straight to Jayasuriya at gully. 57/1 49.6 to Umar Gul, short of lenght ball around the off stump, swinging away a bit, Gul goes back and tries to push off the back-foot, gets the outside edge and Sangakkara does the rest. 166/8
Muthiah Muralidaran	16.4	4	39	5	2.34	81	6	0	0	1
20.2 to Kamran Akmal, flighted ball outside off stump, turning in, batsman defends on the front-foot and ball takes the inside edge onto the pads, ball loops to slip and good low catch taken by Jayawardene at slip. 71/2 32.3 to Mohammad Yousuf, fraction short around the off stump, not much of turn, Yousuf goes back and tries to push it away to point, ball beats the outside edge and crashes into the off stump. 121/3 38.5 to Faisal Iqbal, Murali strikes again! set the field for the off-spinner and pushed in the doosra, the one that goes straight on after pitching, Iqbal picks the wrong ball to sweep and gets hit on the pad in-line with the off stump, loud appeal and up goes the finger, Pakistan five down and in trouble here!. 140/5 40.6 to Abdul Razzaq, tossed up just outside off stump, turning in, Razzaq goes back and tries to cut it away, ball beats him and clips the off stump, poor shot from Razzaq. 149/6 52.4 to Danish Kaneria, flighted ball and fraction short outside off stump, batsman goes back to defend and gets the outside edge, Sangakkara catches it off the second attempt. 170/10

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Upul Tharanga	b Mohammad Asif	12	29	38	2	0	41.37

Kumar Sangakkara †	b Mohammad Asif	16	31	62	3	0	51.61

Mahela Jayawardene (c)	b Abdul Razzaq	15	29	50	2	0	51.72

Thilan Samaraweera	b Mohammad Asif	4	14	14	1	0	28.57

Tillakaratne Dilshan	c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif	11	12	27	2	0	91.66

Farveez Maharoof	lbw b Mohammad Asif	1	8	8	0	0	12.50

Malinga Bandara	c †Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq	4	13	23	0	0	30.76

Nuwan Kulasekara	c Umar Gul b Abdul Razzaq	6	7	7	1	0	85.71

Lasith Malinga	not out	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Umar Gul b Abdul Razzaq	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Sanath Jayasuriya	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4
Total	24.5 Ov (RR: 2.93, 123 Mins)	73
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Upul Tharanga, 8.3 ov), 2-40 (Kumar Sangakkara, 13.1 ov), 3-46 (Thilan Samaraweera, 15.5 ov), 4-56 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.2 ov), 5-57 (Farveez Maharoof, 19.6 ov), 6-65 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 21.1 ov), 7-72 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 22.4 ov), 8-73 (Malinga Bandara, 24.4 ov), 9-73 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 24.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Asif	12	6	27	5	2.25	60	4	0	1	0
8.3 to WU Tharanga, short of length ball on the middle stump, nipping away and ball keeps a bit low, batsman beaten off the back-foot and ball kisses the off stump, excellent bowling once again from Asif!. 22/1 13.1 to KC Sangakkara, Bowled him! good length delivery outside the off stump and coming back in, Sangakkara gets forward and drives the ball, big inside edge and ball crashes into the timbers, Mohammad Asif takes the vital wicket. 40/2 15.5 to TT Samaraweera, One more wicket! good length delivery outside the off stump and cutting back in, Samaraweera misjudged the line and decided to leave the ball, ball hits the off stump, Mohammad Asif picks up his third victim. 46/3 19.6 to MF Maharoof, fraction short just outside off stump, nipping in, batsman tries to defend off the back-foot and gets beaten by the movement, gets stuck on the pads and plumb in front. 57/5 21.1 to TM Dilshan, short of length on the off stump, shaping away a bit, batsman tries to hit on the up and gets the outside edge and straight to Akmal , 5th wicket for Asif. 65/6
Iftikhar Anjum	3	0	8	0	2.66	14	1	0	0	0
Umar Gul	3	0	15	0	5.00	12	3	0	0	0
Abdul Razzaq	6.5	1	20	4	2.92	32	3	0	0	0
18.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, good length ball outside off stump, nipping in a long way, Jayawardene tries to defend on the front-foot, ball finds the gap and crashes into the stumps, wickets tumbling here!. 56/4 22.4 to KMDN Kulasekara, Seven down! pitched up on the off stump, nipping in, Kulasekara tries to loft over mid-on but ends up hitting right at the bottom off the bat, ball goes flat in the air to mid-on, Gul takes a low catch. 72/7 24.4 to HMCM Bandara, short ball banged in on the stumps, Bandara rocks back and tries to pull it away, gets a bit of glove and Akmal takes the catch moving down the legside. 73/8 24.5 to M Muralitharan, length ball on the off stump, Muralitharan tries to loft it over onside and gets the top edge, ball goes high in the air to mid-on, Gul gets underneath and takes an easy catch.. 73/9

Pakistan 2nd Innings (T: 183 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Imran Farhat	c Jayawardene b Kulasekara	65	109	148	11	0	59.63

Kamran Akmal †	c †Sangakkara b Malinga	24	26	36	5	0	92.30

Younis Khan	not out	73	98	163	12	0	74.48
Mohammad Yousuf	not out	14	31	41	1	0	45.16
Extras	(lb 3, nb 4)	7
Total	43.2 Ov (RR: 4.22, 190 Mins)	183/2
Did not bat: Inzamam-ul-Haq (c), Faisal Iqbal, Abdul Razzaq, Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Danish Kaneria
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Kamran Akmal, 7.5 ov), 2-152 (Imran Farhat, 34.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Farveez Maharoof	10	0	52	0	5.20	41	9	0	0	4
Nuwan Kulasekara	12	3	34	1	2.83	54	5	0	0	0
34.2 to Imran Farhat, short of length ball on the off stump, nipping away nicely off the wicket, batsman pushes and gets the outside edge, good sharp catch taken by Jayawardene at wide first slip. 152/2
Lasith Malinga	6.2	0	33	1	5.21	24	6	0	0	0
7.5 to Kamran Akmal, Breakthrough! short delivery on the off stump, shaping away, Akmal moves back and fishes at it, ball takes a thick outside edge and flies wide of the keeper, Sangakkara dives to his right and brings off an out-of-world catch. 38/1
Muthiah Muralidaran	13	3	46	0	3.53	56	6	0	0	0
Malinga Bandara	2	0	15	0	7.50	8	3	0	0	0

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Mon, 03 Apr - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 267/8 (Nuwan Kulasekara 11*, Lasith Malinga 0*, 88 ov)

Tue, 04 Apr - day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 73/8 (Lasith Malinga 0*, 24.4 ov)

Wed, 05 Apr - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 183/2 (43.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Drinks: Sri Lanka - 33/2 in 13.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 7, DPMD Jayawardene 0)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 3
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 79/3 in 25.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 41, TT Samaraweera 6)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 29.6 overs (180 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 131/3 in 39.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 77, TT Samaraweera 21)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 43.6 overs (265 balls), Extras 5
Tea: Sri Lanka - 175/4 in 53.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 44, TM Dilshan 19)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 67.1 overs (406 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 210/6 in 72.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 59, HMCM Bandara 8)
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 237/6 after 80.1 overs (TT Samaraweera 65, HMCM Bandara 29)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 81.4 overs (493 balls), Extras 7
Penalty: 81.6 - Ball striking Fielding Team helmet
KC Sangakkara: 50 off 59 balls (10 x 4)
TT Samaraweera: 50 off 123 balls (9 x 4)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (KC Sangakkara 41, TT Samaraweera 10, Ex 1)

Day 2

Pakistan: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (72 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Pakistan - 51/0 in 12.0 overs (Imran Farhat 19, Kamran Akmal 25)
Pakistan: 100 runs in 25.6 overs (159 balls), Extras 15
Drinks: Pakistan - 133/4 in 36.0 overs (Inzamam-ul-Haq 4, Faisal Iqbal 1)
Pakistan: 150 runs in 41.2 overs (255 balls), Extras 21
Tea: Pakistan - 162/7 in 49.0 overs (Iftikhar Anjum 9, Umar Gul 0)
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (Imran Farhat 19, Kamran Akmal 25, Ex 6)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (Younis Khan 29, Mohammad Yousuf 17, Ex 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 37/1 in 11.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 16, DPMD Jayawardene 7)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 3
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 73/8 in 24.4 overs (SL Malinga 0)

Day 3

Pakistan: 50 runs in 10.0 overs (61 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: Pakistan - 53/1 in 11.0 overs (Imran Farhat 14, Younis Khan 11)
Lunch: Pakistan - 90/1 in 25.0 overs (Imran Farhat 29, Younis Khan 30)
Pakistan: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (164 balls), Extras 7
Pakistan: 150 runs in 34.1 overs (209 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: Pakistan - 167/2 in 40.0 overs (Younis Khan 62, Mohammad Yousuf 9)
Imran Farhat: 50 off 95 balls (9 x 4)
Younis Khan: 50 off 66 balls (9 x 4)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (Imran Farhat 17, Younis Khan 29, Ex 4)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 150 balls (Imran Farhat 41, Younis Khan 54, Ex 5)

Match Details

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss	Pakistan, elected to field first
Series	Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2005/06
Player Of The Match	Mohammad Asif
Player Of The Series	Mohammad Asif
Series result	Pakistan won the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1796
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Iftikhar Anjum
Umpires	Daryl Harper Steve Davis
TV Umpire	Asoka de Silva
Match Referee	Alan Hurst

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Pakistan Innings

Player Name		R	B
Imran Farhat	caught	65	109
Kamran Akmal	caught	24	26
Younis Khan	not out	73	98
Mohammad Yousuf	not out	14	31
Extras	(lb 3, nb 4)
Total	183(2 wkts; 43.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MF Maharoof	10	0	52	0	5.2 (4 nb)
KMDN Kulasekara	12	3	34	1	2.83
SL Malinga	6.2	0	33	1	5.21
M Muralitharan	13	3	46	0	3.53
HMCM Bandara	2	0	15	0	7.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	38	Kamran Akmal	Imran Farhat
2nd	114	Imran Farhat	Younis Khan
3rd	31	Mohammad Yousuf	Younis Khan

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