Colombo – Sri Lanka President’s XI scored 241 runs in their first inning of practice match against Pakistan at Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo.
Host team put 241 runs on the board in response of 247 runs. JK Silva played a great knock of 101 runs and remain top scorer from his side. J Mubarak contributed 28 runs for his team.
Zulfiqar Babar showed the magic of his spin and sent back six host batsmen to the pavilion. Leg spinner Yasir Shah took two wickets.
Pakistan cricket team put 247 runs on board in the first inning of practice match against Sri Lanka President XI.
During the first practice match of the tour, only Ahmed Shahzad and Younis Khan managed to score fifties. Middle order batsman Asad Shafiq scored 27 runs.
Ahmed Shehzad remain top scorer from Pakistan with 82 runs and Younis Khan scored the inning of 64 runs. TAM Siriwardana took two wickets from Lankan side.
Pakistan cricket team will play three tests, five ODIs and series of 2 T20 internationals during their 52 day stay in Sri Lanka.
Match Summary :
Day 2
| Pakistanis 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hafeez | lbw b Gamage | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Azhar Ali | c Tharanga b Siriwardana | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| Younis Khan | c †Chandimal b Siriwardana | 64 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 82.05 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq* | c Rajitha b Vandersay | 15 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| Asad Shafiq | st Dickwella b Vandersay | 27 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 45.76 | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed† | run out (Siriwardana) | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 92.30 | |
| Wahab Riaz | c Tharanga b Vandersay | 13 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 36.11 | |
| Yasir Shah | c †Chandimal b MVT Fernando | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Junaid Khan | c Mubarak b Vandersay | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Imran Khan | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 1) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 73.3 overs) | 165 | (2.24 runs per over) | ||||
Did not batShan Masood, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail, Ehsan Adil
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.3 ov), 2-39 (Azhar Ali, 13.2 ov), 3-152 (Younis Khan, 38.1 ov), 4-176 (Ahmed Shehzad, 49.1 ov), 5-189 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 55.1 ov), 6-205 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 58.4 ov), 7-232 (Asad Shafiq, 69.3 ov), 8-233 (Wahab Riaz, 69.6 ov), 9-243 (Yasir Shah, 72.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MVT Fernando | 14 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 3.07 | ||
| NT Gamage | 9 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3.22 | ||
| TAM Siriwardana | 17 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 3.70 | ||
| CAK Rajitha | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 3.30 | ||
| JDF Vandersay | 19.3 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 3.74 | ||
| B Fernando | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 | (1nb) |
| Sri Lanka Board President’s XI 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | lbw b Junaid Khan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JK Silva | c Younis Khan b Yasir Shah | 101 | 222 | 9 | 0 | 45.49 | |
| WU Tharanga | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz | 35 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| J Mubarak | b Zulfiqar Babar | 28 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 40.00 | |
| LD Chandimal*† | c Azhar Ali b Zulfiqar Babar | 22 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 68.75 | |
| TAM Siriwardana | c Younis Khan b Zulfiqar Babar | 26 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 41.26 | |
| N Dickwella | c Azhar Ali b Zulfiqar Babar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| NT Gamage | c Yasir Shah b Zulfiqar Babar | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| MVT Fernando | c Imran Khan b Zulfiqar Babar | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 12.90 | |
| JDF Vandersay | not out | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.52 | |
| CAK Rajitha | lbw b Yasir Shah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 1) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 89.1 overs) | 241 | (2.70 runs per over) | ||||
Did not batB Fernando, PM Pushpakumara, DM de Silva
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Karunaratne, 0.2 ov), 2-62 (Tharanga, 21.1 ov), 3-125 (Mubarak, 42.5 ov), 4-165 (Chandimal, 52.5 ov),5-217 (Siriwardana, 72.4 ov), 6-217 (Dickwella, 72.5 ov), 7-235 (Gamage, 80.1 ov), 8-235 (Silva, 81.1 ov), 9-241 (MVT Fernando, 88.4 ov), 10-241 (Rajitha, 89.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junaid Khan | 13 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 3.69 | (3w) | |
| Imran Khan | 12 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2.66 | (1w) | |
| Yasir Shah | 23.1 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 1.94 | ||
| Wahab Riaz | 11 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 4.45 | (1nb) | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3.33 | ||
| Zulfiqar Babar | 21 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 1.47 |
| Pakistanis 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hafeez | not out | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Shan Masood | not out | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (0 wickets; 2.2 overs) | 7 | (3.00 runs per over) | ||||
To batAzhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Junaid Khan, Imran Khan, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail, Ehsan Adil
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MVT Fernando | 1.2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| CAK Rajitha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
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