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The ICC World Test Championship (WTC), is the biennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is played for 2 years. It is the premier championship for Test cricket. [1] Australia are the current champions, having defeated India in the 2023 final. India have played in each WTC final, finishing runners-up in ...
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 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]
Dushmantha Chameera (SL) made his Test debut. This was Sri Lanka's 50th Test victory on home soil. [18] Tharindu Kaushal (SL) took his first 5-wicket haul. [19] Younis Khan (Pak) played in his 100th Test. [19] After dismissing Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews in the first innings, Yasir Shah became the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 50 wickets.
The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2014 to play a two-match Test series against the Sri Lankan national cricket team followed by a three-match series of One Day Internationals (ODI). [1] Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1.
Pakistan won the first Test by four wickets after they were set a target of 342 runs to win the match. [12] It was Pakistan's second-highest successful run chase in Test cricket, and the highest successful run chase for any team playing a Test in Galle. [13] Sri Lanka won the second Test by 246 runs to draw the series 1–1, with Dhananjaya de ...
This is a list of Sri Lankan Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap. Where ...
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 ]