28/09Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Sep 28-Oct 2 2017
Sri Lanka won by 21 runs
Player of the Match
Rangana Herath
Rangana HerathSri Lanka
28/09Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Sep 28-Oct 2 2017
Sri Lanka won by 21 runs
Player of the Match
Rangana Herath
Rangana HerathSri Lanka

Best performances - Batsmen

LD Chandimal
LD Chandimal
155(372) 14x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 40 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 8 26 17 47 12 6 35
FDM Karunaratne
FDM Karunaratne
93(205) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 26 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
2 5 14 12 34 12 0 14

Best performances - Bowlers

HMRKB Herath
HMRKB Herath
O21.4
M4
R43
W6
Eco1.98
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W
Yasir Shah
Yasir Shah
O27
M5
R51
W5
Eco1.88
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Partnerships

  • SL - 1st
  • PAK - 1st
  • SL - 2nd
  • PAK - 2nd

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

34
JK Silva12 (58)
FDM Karunaratne19 (47)
1
FDM Karunaratne1 (1)
HDRL Thirimanne0 (7)
26
FDM Karunaratne12 (31)
BKG Mendis10 (25)
100
FDM Karunaratne61 (126)
LD Chandimal37 (122)
134
LD Chandimal49 (135)
N Dickwella83 (117)
92
MDK Perera33 (117)
LD Chandimal59 (89)
9
HMRKB Herath4 (10)
LD Chandimal3 (7)
12
RAS Lakmal7 (14)
LD Chandimal5 (12)
11
LD Chandimal2 (7)
PADLR Sandakan8 (6)
0
LD Chandimal0 (0)
N Pradeep0 (1)

Pakistan - 1st - Innings

114
Shan Masood58 (137)
Sami Aslam51 (130)
2
Azhar Ali1 (9)
Shan Masood1 (11)
79
Azhar Ali36 (105)
Asad Shafiq39 (119)
71
Azhar Ali37 (86)
Babar Azam28 (81)
28
Azhar Ali11 (26)
Haris Sohail16 (37)
22
Sarfaraz Ahmed18 (21)
Haris Sohail3 (17)
10
Mohammad Amir4 (19)
Haris Sohail6 (7)
14
Yasir Shah8 (19)
Haris Sohail6 (19)
50
Haris Sohail19 (25)
Hasan Ali29 (25)
32
Haris Sohail26 (56)
Mohammad Abbas1 (34)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

20
JK Silva9 (36)
FDM Karunaratne10 (23)
13
JK Silva6 (30)
HDRL Thirimanne7 (25)
18
JK Silva10 (21)
BKG Mendis7 (18)
14
LD Chandimal7 (30)
BKG Mendis7 (33)
8
RAS Lakmal4 (22)
BKG Mendis4 (21)
13
RAS Lakmal9 (25)
N Dickwella3 (9)
15
MDK Perera6 (21)
N Dickwella8 (21)
0
HMRKB Herath0 (1)
N Dickwella0 (0)
34
PADLR Sandakan8 (19)
N Dickwella26 (42)
3
N Pradeep0 (1)
N Dickwella3 (4)

Pakistan - 2nd - Innings

4
Shan Masood2 (8)
Sami Aslam2 (16)
3
Azhar Ali0 (2)
Shan Masood3 (1)
9
Shan Masood2 (17)
Asad Shafiq7 (20)
16
Asad Shafiq11 (20)
Babar Azam3 (16)
4
Asad Shafiq2 (4)
Haris Sohail1 (3)
42
Sarfaraz Ahmed19 (44)
Haris Sohail23 (49)
20
Haris Sohail10 (17)
Hasan Ali8 (12)
2
Mohammad Amir2 (5)
Hasan Ali0 (3)
11
Yasir Shah4 (22)
Mohammad Amir7 (13)
3
Yasir Shah2 (7)
Mohammad Abbas0 (8)

SL in UAE and PAK 2017-18 News

Target possible?

146

The lowest target not successfully chased (lost) by Pakistan, against SA in Faisalabad in 1997. They have been set 136 to win this Test.

Azhar's milestone

5000

Runs completed by Azhar Ali in Tests. He has taken 115 innings to do so and is the fourth quickest among eight Pakistan batsmen.

The Abu Dhabi grind

1.90

Scoring rate in the first session of the third day. Only 57 runs were scored from 30 overs, the last-ten before lunch producing just 8 runs.

First in three years

2014

Last time before Chandimal in this Test, a Sri Lanka batsman faced than more than 60 overs (360 balls) in a Test innings - Karunaratne v NZ, Christchurch.

Yasir on top

0

Spinners to take 150 wickets in fewer Test matches than Yasir Shah. Clarrie Grimmett was the previous fastest having taken 28 matches. Yasir is playing his 27th.

Important toss?

1

No. of times teams have lost after having batted first, out of the nine Tests before this in Abu Dhabhi. They have won 4 and drawn 4.