Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2022

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Pakistani cricket team in the Sri Lanka in 2022

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|  Sri Lanka|  Pakistan
Dates|  16 – 28 July 2022
Captains|  Dimuth Karunaratne|  Babar Azam
Test series
Result|  2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs|  Dinesh Chandimal (271)|  Babar Azam (271)
Most wickets|  Prabath Jayasuriya (17)|  Mohammad Nawaz (10)
Player of the series|  Prabath Jayasuriya (SL)

The Pakistan cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July 2022 to play two Test matches against the Sri Lankan cricket team.[1] The Test series formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[2][3] In April 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that the series would be taking place.[4][5] Originally, the tour was also going to include three One Day International (ODI) matches,[6] but these were cancelled in May 2022,[7] as they were not part of the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[8] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in June 2022.[9] Pakistan last toured Sri Lanka for a Test series in June and July 2015.[10] On 17 July 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket moved the second Test from the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to the Galle International Stadium due to the economic crisis in the country.[11]

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 Silva scoring a century.[14] Player of the series Prabath Jayasuriya took his fourth five-wicket haul in six innings.[15]

## Squads

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Tests

Sri Lanka[16] |  Pakistan[17]

* Dimuth Karunaratne (c)
* Dinesh Chandimal
* Dhananjaya de Silva
* Niroshan Dickwella (wk)
* Asitha Fernando
* Oshada Fernando
* Vishwa Fernando
* Prabath Jayasuriya
* Dilshan Madushanka
* Lakshitha Manasinghe
* Angelo Mathews
* Kamindu Mendis
* Kusal Mendis
* Ramesh Mendis
* Pathum Nissanka
* Kasun Rajitha
* Maheesh Theekshana
* Jeffrey Vandersay
* Dunith Wellalage

* Babar Azam (c)
* Mohammad Rizwan (vc, wk)
* Shaheen Afridi
* Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk)
* Azhar Ali
* Hasan Ali
* Nauman Ali
* Fawad Alam
* Faheem Ashraf
* Shan Masood
* Mohammad Nawaz
* Haris Rauf
* Agha Salman
* Abdullah Shafique
* Naseem Shah
* Yasir Shah
* Saud Shakeel
* Imam-ul-Haq

Lakshitha Manasinghe was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test, replacing Maheesh Theekshana who suffered a finger injury in the first Test.[18] Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi was ruled out of the second Test after he picked up a knee injury in the first Test.[19]

## Warm-up match

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11–13 July 2022
Scorecard

Pakistan

Sri Lanka Cricket XI

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323 (100 overs)
Babar Azam 88 (113)
Lakshitha Manasinghe 4/85 (24 overs)

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375/8d (99 overs)
Sadeera Samarawickrama 91 (99)
Mohammad Nawaz 2/24 (10 overs)

178/2 (50 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 63 (111)
Lakshitha Manasinghe 1/50 (13 overs)

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Match drawn
Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Keerthi Bandara (SL) and Deepal Gunawardene (SL)

* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series

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### 1st Test

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16–20 July 2022
Scorecard

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

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222 (66.1 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 76 (115)
Shaheen Afridi 4/58 (14.1 overs)

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218 (90.5 overs)
Babar Azam 119 (244)
Prabath Jayasuriya 5/82 (39 overs)

337 (100 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 94* (139)
Mohammad Nawaz 5/88 (28 overs)

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344/6 (127.2 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 160* (408)
Prabath Jayasuriya 4/135 (56.2 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Abdullah Shafique (Pak)

* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Agha Salman (Pak) made his Test debut.
* Babar Azam became the fastest batter for Pakistan to score 10,000 runs in international cricket, doing so in his 228th innings.[20]
* Mohammad Nawaz (Pak) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[21]
* Babar Azam (Pak) scored his 3,000th run in Tests.[22]
* World Test Championship Points: Pakistan 12, Sri Lanka 0.

### 2nd Test

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24–28 July 2022
Scorecard

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

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378 (103 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 80 (137)
Naseem Shah 3/58 (18 overs)

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231 (88.1 overs)
Agha Salman 62 (126)
Ramesh Mendis 5/47 (21.1 overs)

360/8d (91.5 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 109 (171)
Naseem Shah 2/44 (12.5 overs)

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261 (77 overs)
Babar Azam 81 (146)
Prabath Jayasuriya 5/117 (32 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 246 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Dhananjaya de Silva (SL)

* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dunith Wellalage (SL) made his Test debut.
* Angelo Mathews (SL) played in his 100th Test.[23]
* Dimuth Karunaratne scored his 6,000th run in Tests.[24]
* World Test Championship Points: Sri Lanka 12, Pakistan 0.

## References

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1. ^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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3. ^ "The SLC announces Sri Lanka's Cricketing Calendar for the year 2022". The Papare. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
4. ^ "England, New Zealand set to tour Pakistan in November-December". CricBuzz. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
5. ^ "Pakistan announce busy 12 months for national sides". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
6. ^ "Pakistan to Play Two Tests, Three ODIs in Sri Lanka". Sports NDTV. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
7. ^ "Pakistan to play only two tests in Sri Lanka as ODIs scrapped from tour". The Papare. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
8. ^ "ODIs scrapped from Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka in July 2022". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
9. ^ "Pakistan to tour Sri Lanka for two Tests in July". CricBuzz. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
10. ^ "Sri Lanka confirm itinerary for World Test Championship series against Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
11. ^ "2nd Test venue shift: Pakistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
12. ^ "Shafique's epic 160* leads Pakistan to fourth-innings glory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
13. ^ "Shafique's marathon knock, Pakistan's record chase, and Jayasuriya's dream start". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
14. ^ "Jayasuriya and Mendis spin Sri Lanka to a series-levelling win". The Papare. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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18. ^ "Nissanka returns, Manasinghe replaces injured Theekshana for the second Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
19. ^ "Knee injury rules Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi out of second Test against Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
20. ^ "Babar Azam completes 10000 international runs, surpasses Virat Kohli to achieve big milestone". My Khel. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
21. ^ "Fifties from Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal put Sri Lanka in command". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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24. ^ "De Silva, Karunaratne stretch Sri Lanka lead over Pakistan". France24. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

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