Match : Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 4th of 5 ODI series on Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2012.
Venue/Date : RPS ground in Colombo, 16 June 2012.
Debut : none.
Toss : Sri Lanka, elected to bat.
Result : Sri Lanka won by 44 runs.
Man of the match : Thisara Perera.
Head to head
131st Pakistan v Sri Lanka ODI it was and now, Sri Lanka have 49 wins but Pakistan still lead at 77 victories with 1 tie and 4 no results. In Sri Lanka, two teams clashed for the 32nd time and home team now are marginally ahead with 15 wins while Pakistan have 14 wins except 3 no results. At the venue, RPS ground in Colombo, both teams have 6 wins with 2 no results.
Match summary
Once you have runs on board, Pakistani batsmen often fail under pressure and that's excatly what happened at RPS where rain gods finally let up play for 7 odd hours. Electing to bat first, Lankans started solidly with Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan but it wasn't untill Mahela Jayawardene that their innings got the momentum. Pakistan, despite bowling well in patches, allowed a defendable total on board thanks to Sangakkara's near century.
For the second time running, Azhar Ali played a lone battle, adding century stand with Misbah-ul-Haq but once these two were separated, visitor's challenge came crashing down. Thisara Perera ate up Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi and Sarfraz Ahmed off consecutive balls to complete a hat-trick, and seal the deal.
| Sri Lanka innings (elected to bat) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Upul Tharanga |
c Younis b Gul |
4 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
lbw b Hafeez |
24 |
47 |
2 |
0 |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
c Ali b Ajmal |
97 |
130 |
7 |
3 |
| Dinesh Chandimal |
b Hafeez |
18 |
30 |
2 |
0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene |
b Tanvir |
40 |
50 |
4 |
0 |
| Thisara Perera |
c Akmal b Ajmal |
8 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
| Angelo Mathews |
not out |
10 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne |
run out (Afridi) |
13 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
b Tanvir |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Lasith Malinga |
not out |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Sanjeewa Weerakoon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extra : |
26 (byes=5, lbyes=10, wides=11) |
| Total : |
243 runs in
50 overs for
8 wicket. RR = (
4.86 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-9 (Tharanga, 2.2 ov), 2-64 (Dilshan, 16.1 ov), 3-90 (Chandimal, 25.3 ov), 4-200 (Jayawardene, 43.4 ov), 5-204 (Sangakkara, 44.2 ov), 6-214 (Perera, 46.1 ov), 7-237 (Thirimanne, 48.3 ov), 8-243 (Kulasekara, 49.5 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Umar Gul |
8 |
1 |
51 |
1 |
3 wides |
| Sohail Tanvir |
10 |
2 |
43 |
2 |
3 wides |
| Shahid Afridi |
10 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Younis Khan |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
3 wides |
| Saeed Ajmal |
10 |
1 |
50 |
2 |
1 wide |
| Mohammad Hafeez |
10 |
0 |
37 |
2 |
|
| Pakistan innings (target = 244 runs from 50 overs) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Mohammad Hafeez |
c Kulasekara b Malinga |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Azhar Ali |
not out |
81 |
126 |
4 |
1 |
| Asad Shafiq |
lbw b Weerakoon |
25 |
34 |
2 |
0 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq |
c Kulasekara b Malinga |
57 |
77 |
4 |
0 |
| Umar Akmal |
c Sangakkara b Perera |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Younis Khan |
c Sangakkara b Perera |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Shahid Afridi |
c Chandimal b Perera |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Sarfraz Ahmed |
c Jayawardene b Perera |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Sohail Tanvir |
run out (Perera) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Umar Gul |
c Sangakkara b Mathews |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Saeed Ajmal |
c Thirimanne b Perera |
12 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
|
| Extra : |
23 (lbyes=9, wides=14) |
| Total : |
199 runs in
45 overs for
10 wicket. RR = (
4.42 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Hafeez, 0.5 ov), 2-53 (Shafiq, 13.4 ov), 3-166 (Misbah, 37.3 ov), 4-169 (Akmal, 38.4 ov), 5-176 (Khan, 40.2 ov), 6-176 (Afridi, 40.3 ov), 7-176 (Ahmed, 40.4 ov), 8-176 (Tanvir, 40.6 ov), 9-179 (Gul, 41.2 ov), 10-199 (Ajmal, 44.6 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Lasith Malinga |
7 |
0 |
30 |
2 |
2 wides |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
9 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
5 wides |
| Angelo Mathews |
9 |
0 |
33 |
1 |
2 wides |
| Sanjeewa Weerakoon |
10 |
0 |
49 |
1 |
1 wide |
| Thisara Perera |
10 |
1 |
42 |
4 |
1 wide |
