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In October 2019, the PCB proposed hosting the two Test matches in Pakistan, instead of the UAE, at venues in Rawalpindi and Karachi. [41] Sri Lanka Cricket said that they were "very positive" with regards to the progress of playing Test cricket in Pakistan. [42] In November 2019, the PCB confirmed the dates and venues for the Test series. [43]
The tour was the return tour of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09, where during the second test the match was abandoned due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team which injured seven players, three staff and killed six Pakistani policemen and two civilians.
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 ]
Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2012 Pakistan: Sri Lanka: Dates: 1 June – 12 July: Captains: Misbah-ul-Haq (Tests & ODIs) Mohammad Hafeez (T20Is) Mahela Jayawardene: Test series; Result: Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0: Most runs: Mohammad Hafeez (315) Kumar Sangakkara (490) Most wickets: Saeed Ajmal (15) Rangana Herath (15 ...
The tour also featured a T20I match in Pakistan, the first time that Sri Lanka had visited the country since 2009. [4] On 27 September 2017, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named umpires for the Test and ODI fixtures. [5] The second Test match was played as a day/night fixture, the first day/night Test for Sri Lanka. [6]
The last time an international cricket match was played at the venue in Karachi was in February 2009, when Sri Lanka toured Pakistan. That series was cut short, following a 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team. [21] It was the first tour in Pakistan of more than one match against another Test nation since Zimbabwe toured in May ...
Sri Lanka won the match by six wickets, [1] its first World Twenty20 victory, after being runners-up twice at 2009 and 2012. [2] [3] Sri Lanka became the 5th team to win this title after India, Pakistan, England, West Indies [4] This was the third time where both the finalists were Asian teams. [4] In the stadium, the match was watched by ...
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 ...