The Pakistan Cricket Team are scheduled to tour Sri Lanka from 11 June to 1 August 2015
Pakistan Will play 3 Tet Matches;5 ODI's and 2 T20's
Day One Wednesday June 17,2015 - Start of the Match Delayed by Rain
It rained heavily early this morning in Galle. The ground is under covers and the skies are dark
Rain washed out the opening day Wednesday June 17,2015 of the Test series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, without a ball bowled or even a coin tossed in Galle
Day Two Thursday June 18,2015
Pakistan won the toss and chose to field
Squads
Sri Lanka
1 Kaushal Silva, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Lahiru Thirimanne, 5 Angelo Mathews (capt.), 6 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 7 Kithuruwan Vithanage, 8 Dhammika Prasad, 9 Dilruwan Perera, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Nuwan Pradeep
Pakistan:
1 Ahmed Shehzad, 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt.), 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Junaid Khan, 10 Yasir Shah, 11 Zulfiqar Babar
Both sides went in with two seamers and two spinners, with Pakistan going with the expected spin pair of Yasir Shah and Zulfiqar Babar and Sri Lanka choosing Dilruwan Perera ahead of Tharindu Kaushal as Rangana Herath's slow-bowling partner
With clouds overhead and a pitch with a bit of moisture under the surface,Pakistan Captain Misbah ul Haq hoped his bowlers would be able to bowl Sri Lanka out early.
Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka captain, said he was "very happy" to be batting first, as he expected the pitch to turn later on in the match
At close of play on Day Two Thursday June 18,2015 Sri Lanka were178/3 in 64 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Sri Lanka scored 178/3 in 64 Overs
Dimuth Karunaratne 21(42 Balls 4x1)
Kumar Sangakkara 50(106 Balls 4x2 and 6x1)-52nd Test Fifty in 131 Tests(227 Innings)
Kausal Silva 80*(197 Balls 4x12)
Angelo Mathews 10*(26 Balls 4x1)
Kumar Sangakkara(50) and Kausal Silva(55) put on 112 Runs for the 2nd wicket in 37.1 Overs
Day Three Friday June 19,2015
At Lunch Sri Lanka were 273/6 in 95 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Angelo Mathews 19(40 Balls 4x1 and 6x1)
Dinesh Chandimal 23(59 Balls 4x4)
Kithuruwan Vithanage 18(21 Balls 4x2)
Kaushal Silva 113*
Sri Lanka were 300/10 in 109.3 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Dilruwan Perera 15(18 Balls 4x3)
Dhammika Prasad 00(23 Balls)
Kausal Silva 125(300 Balls 4x16)-2nd Test Match Ton in 17 Tests(32 Innings)
Nuwan Prdeep 04(25 Balls 4x1)
Rangana Herath 06*(10 Balls 4x1)
Wicket Takers(Pakistan)
Zulfiqar Babar 3/64(27 Overs)
Wahab Riaz 3/74(26 Overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 2/40(10 Overs)
Yasir Shah 2/79(30.3 Overs)
At close of play on Dat Three,Pakistan were 118/5 in 41.4 Overs
Fall of Wickets(Pakistan)
Mohammad Hafeez 02(6 Balls)
Ahmed Shehzad 09(10 Balls 4x2)
Azhar Ali 08(19 Balls)
Younis Khan 47(79 balls 4x6 and 6x1)
Misbah ul Haq 20(60 Ball 4x1 and 6x1)
Asad Shafiq 14*and Sarfraz Ahmed 15*were at the crease
Day Four Saturday June 20,2015
At Lunch Pakistan were 259/6 in 72 Overs with Asad Shafiq 64* and Wahab Riaz 08* at the crease
Fall of Wickets(Pakistan)
Sarfraz Ahmed 96(86 Balls 4x13)
Fall of Wickets(Pakistan)
Wahab Riaz 14(54 Balls 4x1)
Yasir Shah 23(29 Balls 4x4)
Pakistan 1st Inning Score 417/10 in 113.1 overs
Fall of Wickets(Pakistan)
Zulfiqar Babar 56(60 Balls 4x6 and 6x2)
Wicket Takers(SL)
Dilruwan Perera 4/122(31.1 Overs)
Dhammika Prasad 3/91(24 Overs)
Nuwan Pradeep 2/71(19 Overs)
Rangana Herath 1/99(30 Overs)
SL 2nd Innings 63/2 in 21 Overs
Fall of wickets(SL)
Kausal Silva 05(30 Balls 4x1)
Kumar Sangakkara 18(27 Balls 4x2)
Dimuth Karunaratne 36*(64 Balls 4x6)
Dilruwan Perera 00*(5 Balls)
Day Five Sunday June 21,2015
SL scored 206/10 in 77.1 Overs
Fall of wickets(SL)
Dilruwan Perera 00(6 Balls)
Lahiru Thirimanne 44(95 Balls 4x4)
Angelo Mathews 05(16 Balls 4x1)
Dimuth Karunaratne 79(173 Balls 4x10)-5th Test Fifty in 16 Tests(31 Innings)
Kithuruwan Vithanage 01(12 Balls)
Dhammika Prasad 02(19 Balls)
Rangana Herath 01(4 Balls)
Dinesh Chandimal 38(73 Balls 4x4)
Wicket Takers(Pakistan)
Yasir Shah 7/76(30.1 Overs)-Career Best Bowling in 8 Tests(15 Innings)
Wahab Riaz 2/46(16 Overs)
Zulfiqar Babar 1/31(14 Overs)
Pakistan scored 92/0 in 11.2 Overs(Target 90 Runs)
Mohammad Hafeez 46*(33 Balls 4x6 and 6x1)
Ahmed Shehzad 43*(35 Balls 4x6)
Match Result -Pakistan won by 10 Wickets
MOM - Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan)for his 96 Runs(86 Balls 4x13)
Series Result - Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0
3-Match Test Series Result
First Test @ Galle June 17 - 21,2015
Scorecard
SL 300 and 206
Pakistan 417 and 92/0
Match Result -Pakistan won by 10 Wickets
MOM - Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan)for his 96 Runs(86 Balls 4x13)
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