Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 1st Test at Galle, Jul 04 2009, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka

RESULT
1st Test, Galle, July 04 - 07, 2009, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka
292 & 217
(T:168) 342 & 117

Sri Lanka won by 50 runs

Player Of The Match
20*, 1/52 & 4/15
rangana-herath
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Pakistan 1st Innings
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
Pakistan 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
b Mohammad Amir2890025.00
c Misbah-ul-Haq b Abdur Rauf7212518211057.60
c Shoaib Malik b Mohammad Amir991710100.00
c †Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rauf3048826062.50
c †Kamran Akmal b Younis Khan3167983046.26
c Shoaib Malik b Mohammad Amir2843594065.11
c †Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul4257786073.68
c †Kamran Akmal b Younis Khan3862925161.29
not out 2049682040.81
c Khurram Manzoor b Saeed Ajmal1011131090.90
st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal54710125.00
Extras(b 1, lb 3, nb 1)5
TOTAL80.2 Ov (RR: 3.63, 353 Mins)292
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Malinda Warnapura, 1.6 ov), 2-21 (Kumar Sangakkara, 5.1 ov), 3-96 (Mahela Jayawardene, 21.6 ov), 4-139 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 39.4 ov), 5-160 (Thilan Samaraweera, 45.2 ov), 6-194 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 54.1 ov), 7-241 (Angelo Mathews, 64.2 ov), 8-271 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 75.3 ov), 9-282 (Thilan Thushara, 78.5 ov), 10-292 (Ajantha Mendis, 80.2 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1434513.21646001
64.2 to AD Mathews, very unfortunate end to a promising innings, Gul bangs it in short down the leg side and Mathew shapes to pull, he goes through with the shot too early and ends up gloving it, the ball balloons off hus gloves and Akmal is alert enough to change direction and take the catch jumping to his right. 241/7
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1.6 to SM Warnapura, he knocks him out in his first over! He bangs it in short of a length outside off and gets it to swerve back in sharply with the angle, Warnapura is completely cramped for room as he shapes to cut and chops the ball onto the stumps. 3/1
5.1 to KC Sangakkara, This time the fielders make no mistake! Aamer bowls it short of a length and gets the ball to straighten outside off, a tentative Sanga pokes his bat out and gets a thick outside edge which settles in malik's palms at third slip, waist high, he didn't have to move an inch. 21/2
54.1 to TM Dilshan, straightaway! Aamer feeds him a gift by pitching it up wide outside off, Dilshan falls for the bait and slices it straight down Malik's throat at gully. 194/6
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21.6 to DPMD Jayawardene, sudden loss of concentration! Rauf pitches it uo a bit outside off and gets the ball to hold its line, Mahela gets forward and tentatively places his bat forward to defend but the ball takes a thick outside edge, Akmal will be a relieved man after dropping Mahela earlier this morning. 96/3
39.4 to NT Paranavitana, and they lose a wicket against the run of play! Rauf bowls it a fraction short outside off and gets it to rise up, Tharanga is rooted to the crease as he tries to steer it to the off side and he manages a thick outside edge to Misbah at first slip, the ball carries through almost at chest height. 139/4
722323.28312000
45.2 to TT Samaraweera, oh and he's struck second ball, would you believe! Younis delivers the breakthrough with another delivery pitched up right on the upright seam, it deviates and an unsure Samaraweera feebly has a push and Akmal accepts the thick outside edge, cuing a big celebration from Younis. 160/5
75.3 to KMDN Kulasekara, Kula's neat little innings comes to an end, Younis isn't afraid to pitch it up again after being hit for a boundary, Kulasekara goes for a flashy square drive and gets a thin edge to the keeper. 271/8
23.247923.381019100
78.5 to T Thushara, that's nine down! Thushara prids forward to defend but gets a leading edge which balloons to Manzoor at silly point, he takes a sharp catch one-handed but releases the ball very quickly before the celebration, brought back memories of Gibbs and Waugh in the 1999 World Cup. 282/9
80.2 to BAW Mendis, he sees the batsman making the advance down the wicket and drops the ball short, Mendis has a heave and he's stumped by a kilometer. 292/10
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Pakistan 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Thushara212160016.66
b Kulasekara011000.00
c †Dilshan b Mathews2555902045.45
c †Dilshan b Kulasekara3151544060.78
run out (†Dilshan)11218627510060.21
c Jayawardene b Herath561281609043.75
b Kulasekara38711014053.52
run out (Mathews)3135446088.57
b Kulasekara79170177.77
c Paranavitana b Thushara421240019.04
not out 12110050.00
Extras(b 12, lb 15, nb 7, w 1)35
TOTAL94 Ov (RR: 3.63, 402 Mins)342
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Salman Butt, 0.2 ov), 2-5 (Khurram Manzoor, 3.5 ov), 3-55 (Abdur Rauf, 16.4 ov), 4-80 (Younis Khan, 20.6 ov), 5-219 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 59.2 ov), 6-294 (Mohammad Yousuf, 81.6 ov), 7-303 (Shoaib Malik, 84.6 ov), 8-329 (Umar Gul, 88.4 ov), 9-339 (Kamran Akmal, 91.1 ov), 10-342 (Mohammad Amir, 93.6 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2437142.951074100
0.2 to Salman Butt, timber! He is after all the No.1 bowler in ODIs at the moment, he gets the ball to straighten and Butt is all at sea as he shapes to leave the ball, the ball clips the top of the off stump and the Sri Lankans can't believe it. 1/1
16.4 to Abdur Rauf, and finally Kulasekara and Sri Lanka strike, he lands the ball very close to the off stump and draws Rauf to play at it, the ball straightens, there's a faint trickle to the keeper and the umpire raises the finger after a few anxious seconds. 55/3
84.6 to Shoaib Malik, a sight to behold for any fast bowler! Kulasekara probes on the corridor of uncertainty outside the off stump, Malik is all at sea as the ball straightens and clips the side of the off stump, Kulasekara will want to see that replay a 100 times. 303/7
88.4 to Umar Gul, timber again! That stump to stump line gets him another wicket, he pitches it on the off stump line and Gul plays down the wrong line and exposes the woodwork, the ball hits the top of the off stump. 329/8
2137723.669310003
3.5 to Khurram Manzoor, Thushara lands it just on the line of leg stump, manzoor shuffles too far across and tries to glance it down but he's trapped on the pads, the question was the height but the umpire was convinced, that would have clipped the top of leg stump. 5/2
93.6 to Mohammad Amir, edged and taken, he pitched it up outside off and Aamer goes for the drive but gets a thick outside edge, Tharanga Paranavitana takes a sharp low catch falling forward at first slip. 342/10
2528903.5610611004
822613.25364010
20.6 to Younis Khan, and for the second time in this match a debutant takes a wicket in the first over! Mathews pitches it up outside off and the ball holds its line, Younis is forced to play at it but he fails to cover the line, the outside edge challenges Dilshan but he shows excellent reflexes to dive to his right and take the catch with both hands. 80/4
1625213.25676000
59.2 to Misbah-ul-Haq, relief all around for the Sri Lankans, Herath flights it outside off and Misbah is undecided on what shot to play, he lunges forward and ends up getting a leading edge straight to Jayawardene at first slip. 219/5
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Younis Khan1560891025.00
c Younis Khan b Umar Gul028000.00
c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir49581075084.48
c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir1431501045.16
c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir049000.00
c Misbah-ul-Haq b Saeed Ajmal3467937050.74
c Khurram Manzoor b Younis Khan2227504081.48
c Salman Butt b Abdur Rauf2734743079.41
lbw b Saeed Ajmal2547604053.19
not out 15102130150.00
b Saeed Ajmal1580020.00
Extras(lb 7, nb 7, w 1)15
TOTAL56.2 Ov (RR: 3.85, 281 Mins)217
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Malinda Warnapura, 1.2 ov), 2-68 (Rangana Herath, 16.5 ov), 3-86 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 21.3 ov), 4-88 (Mahela Jayawardene, 23.1 ov), 5-101 (Kumar Sangakkara, 25.6 ov), 6-138 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 36.1 ov), 7-156 (Thilan Samaraweera, 41.2 ov), 8-191 (Angelo Mathews, 51.6 ov), 9-211 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 54.5 ov), 10-217 (Ajantha Mendis, 56.2 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1123833.45465000
21.3 to NT Paranavitana, gone! A peach of a delivery that, the ball was consistently moving in but he got this one to swing the other way, landed just slightly short of a good length on the off, but fuller than the previous two, Paranavitana tried to defend it playing half-forward, got a thick edge straight to Akmal. 86/3
23.1 to DPMD Jayawardene, Aamer is bowling a dream spell here, Sri Lanka are in trouble now. Poor shot, there was no need to hang his bat to a slightly wide one, landed on a good length and moved away and Jayawardene prodded at it, the swing produced a thick edge and Kamran Akmal dived to his right to complete a good catch. 88/4
25.6 to KC Sangakkara, he's snared another one! Aamer takes three, Sangakkara is sucked into the drive, it's an overpitched delivery outside off but with the ball swinging, the shot was a touch too risky, it moved away to catch the outside edge and Akmal dived well to his right to snap a sharp one. 101/5
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1.2 to SM Warnapura, gone! What a start. Gul lands it in the corridor just slightly short of a good length, Warnapura, with hardly any foot movement, pushes at it from the crease, gets a thick edge and Younis Khan at second slip bends low to take a sharp catch. 0/1
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51.6 to AD Mathews, he's gone! Short and wide, there to cut and Mathews tried to do exactly that, it swung away, flew off the outside edge and Salman Butt at third man took a well judged catch bending forward just inches from the ground. 191/8
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16.5 to HMRKB Herath, wicket at the brink of lunch! full and swinging into the pads, landed on middle and struck him low in line with leg stump as he tried to push it through midwicket, Harper thought hard about it and raised his finger but we need replays to confirm if that would not have slid down the leg side. 68/2
36.1 to TM Dilshan, big wicket! Dilshan couldn't resist chasing a wide delivery, was full and he reached for it, slicing it straight to second slip to Khurram Manzoor who took an easy catch, Younis' golden arm has done the trick again. 138/6
12.203432.75534000
41.2 to TT Samaraweera, could that be the decisive blow? The doosra and Samaraweera failed to pick it, pitched it just right, on a good length just fractionally outside off, the batsman reached forward to defend, it spun away to take the outside edge safe into the palms of Misbah-ul-Haq at first slip. 156/7
54.5 to KMDN Kulasekara, he's given him! Bowled from wide of the crease, pitched short outside off and spun in sharply to strike him above the knee roll, looked high on first sight but Harper had no doubt. 211/9
56.2 to BAW Mendis, quicker one bowled flat, too quick for Mendis who fails to defend it as it zips through the gate to crash into middle. 217/10
Pakistan 2nd Innings (T: 168 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Jayawardene b Mendis1542531035.71
c Paranavitana b Herath2853994052.83
lbw b Mathews32600150.00
lbw b Herath1225371048.00
run out (†Dilshan)724410029.16
c †Dilshan b Thushara036000.00
lbw b Thushara612161050.00
c Jayawardene b Herath1354830024.07
b Mendis928350032.14
c †Dilshan b Herath616200037.50
not out 18130012.50
Extras(b 13, lb 3, w 1)17
TOTAL44.3 Ov (RR: 2.62, 202 Mins)117
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Khurram Manzoor, 11.1 ov), 2-39 (Younis Khan, 12.1 ov), 3-71 (Mohammad Yousuf, 20.1 ov), 4-72 (Salman Butt, 20.4 ov), 5-72 (Shoaib Malik, 21.3 ov), 6-80 (Kamran Akmal, 25.1 ov), 7-85 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 27.5 ov), 8-95 (Umar Gul, 35.1 ov), 9-110 (Mohammad Amir, 40.2 ov), 10-117 (Abdur Rauf, 44.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
712503.57271000
1242121.75602010
21.3 to Shoaib Malik, five down! Sri Lanka have edged ahead in a matter of overs, beautiful delivery, full outside off and leaving the right hander, Malik is sucked into the drive but the away movement produces a thin edge and Dilshan takes a dolly. 72/5
25.1 to Kamran Akmal, Sri Lanka are on top! Plumb! Landed on a good length on leg stump and moved towards middle and off, he was induced into playing the drive, tried to hit it on the rise but played inside the line, struck on the pads and right in front!. 80/6
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12.1 to Younis Khan, came back in to rap him on the pads, Sri Lanka are clawing back, swung in, he was half-forward and tried to defend it towards cover, was struck in line just under the knee-roll and Harper gave it out.. 39/2
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11.1 to Khurram Manzoor, first breakthrough! Flighted outside off, came from the back of the hand that one, Khurram got forward to defend it on the off side wide of silly point, it went away to take the outside edge straight to slip. 36/1
35.1 to Umar Gul, Not too well I'm afraid, this one spun away, landed on middle, he played across the line thinking it'll spin into him, it went the other way to crash into off. 95/8
11.351541.30601000
20.1 to Mohammad Yousuf, gone! Slips in the straighter one, tossed it up, drifted into middle and Yousuf, expecting it to spin away played down the wrong line and was trapped in front, Harper had no hesitation in giving that out and replays indicate he made the right decision. 71/3
20.4 to Salman Butt, Butt has holed out! Pakistan are in a spot of bother now, the pressure was on and Butt, who had played so well yesterday, heaved it straight down deep square leg's throat, unnecessary shot, he probably aimed to relieve some of the pressure but has ended up creating more. 72/4
40.2 to Mohammad Amir, Herath takes one more, the end is near for Pakistan now, went straight on, Aamer came forward to defend playing for the spin and it caught the edge, Dilshan, who has impressed with the gloves today, too a smart catch moving a hint to his left. 110/9
44.3 to Abdur Rauf, All over! Flighted on middle, Rauf's yes lit up, tried to drill it down the ground, it spun away to take the outside edge and Jayawardene took a sharp catch at slip to end the Test. 117/10
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Sat, 04 Jul - day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 15/2 (Younis Khan 7*, Abdur Rauf 0*, 7 ov)
Sun, 05 Jul - day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 0/0 (Rangana Herath 0*, Malinda Warnapura 0*, 1 ov)
Mon, 06 Jul - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 71/2 (Salman Butt 28*, Mohammad Yousuf 12*, 19 ov)
Tue, 07 Jul - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 117 (44.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
  • Drinks: Pakistan - 89/7 in 31.0 overs (Abdur Rauf 1, Umar Gul 4)
  • Pakistan: 100 runs in 36.2 overs (219 balls), Extras 14
MATCH DETAILS
Galle International Stadium
TossPakistan, elected to field first
Series
Season2009
Player Of The Match
Series resultSri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 1921
Hours of play (local time)10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days4,5,6,7 July 2009 - day (5-day match)
Test debut
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