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Saud Shakeel became the first Pakistan batter to make a double hundred in Sri Lanka as the visitors took control of the first test after making 461 on Tuesday. Behind by 149 runs on the first ...
Following the first Test, Sri Lanka's captain Dimuth Karunaratne expressed his regret in not playing in the limited-overs matches, and said that "Pakistan is now safe for cricket". [19] Pakistan won the second Test match by 263 runs, to give them a 1–0 series win, and their first Test victory in Pakistan in ten years. [20]
The Sri Lankan cricket team was touring Pakistan in January and February 2009. The series was the first Test tour of Pakistan since South Africa visited in October 2007. [1] The tour was arranged as a replacement for the scheduled tour of India which was cancelled by BCCI following 2008 Mumbai attacks. [2] The tour included 3 ODIs and 2 Tests.
The Pakistan v Bangladesh and the concurrent Sri Lanka v India (3rd Test at Colombo) Test matches provided the unique feat of centuries on test debuts on successive days in two separate Test matches. Additionally, the Test match was the hottest ever, with temperatures in excess of 38 degrees Celsius (100 degree Fahrenheit) on each day.
Pakistan handed Sri Lanka its heaviest home test defeat on Thursday to wrap up the second match at Sinhalese Sports Club inside four days and sweep the series 2-0. Chasing a first-innings deficit ...
Opener Abdullah Shafique hit a career-best 201 as Pakistan built a huge 397-run lead over Sri Lanka on the third day of the second test. Pakistan was 563-5 in its first innings at stumps Wednesday ...
The Pakistan men's cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July 2023 to play two Test matches. [1] The series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [2] In August 2022, the International Cricket Council in a press release confirmed the bilateral series. [3] On 20 June 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the schedule of the ...
The second Test match was played as a day/night fixture, the first day/night Test for Sri Lanka. [6] Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0. It was Pakistan's first whitewash in the United Arab Emirates, and only their second whitewash in a home series, after losing 3–0 to Australia in October 2002. [7] Pakistan won the ODI series 5–0. [8]