Test # 1499
Pakistan in Sri Lanka, 2000, 1st Test
Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
14,15,16,17 June 2000 (5-day match)

Result: Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Series: Pakistan leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and BC Cooray
TV Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Test Debut: CRD Fernando (SL).
Man of the Match: Wasim Akram

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lanka 115/3 (Atapattu 50*, Jayawardene 2*, 42 overs)
  • Day 2: Sri Lanka 273, Pakistan 130/3 (Saeed Anwar 56*, Moin Khan 31*, 47 overs)
  • Day 3: Pakistan 266, Sri Lanka 53/2 (Atapattu 33*, de Silva 10*, 19 overs) 
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MS Atapattu           c Mohammad Wasim   b Arshad Khan         73 276 219  9 0
*ST Jayasuriya        c Younis Khan      b Waqar Younis        26  75  35  3 0
RP Arnold                                b Waqar Younis         4  12   8  0 0
PA de Silva           c Wasim Akram      b Arshad Khan         30  75  48  4 0
DPMD Jayawardene      c Moin Khan        b Wasim Akram         77 222 145  6 0
A Ranatunga           run out (Mushtaq Ahmed)                   6  15  10  1 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Mohammad Wasim   b Arshad Khan          4   7   7  0 0
WPUJC Vaas                               b Mushtaq Ahmed        3  27  21  0 0
DNT Zoysa             st Moin Khan       b Arshad Khan         17  37  37  0 0
M Muralitharan        c Wasim Akram      b Waqar Younis        18  47  37  2 0
CRD Fernando          not out                                   5  27  21  0 0
Extras                (b 5, lb 1, nb 4)                        10
Total                 (all out, 97.2 overs, 418 mins)         273

FoW: 1-52 (Jayasuriya, 16.1 ov), 2-56 (Arnold, 18.5 ov),
     3-109 (de Silva, 37.1 ov), 4-176 (Atapattu, 63.2 ov),
     5-187 (Ranatunga, 66.2 ov), 6-193 (Kaluwitharana, 67.6 ov),
     7-206 (Vaas, 74.6 ov), 8-245 (Zoysa, 85.4 ov),
     9-257 (Jayawardene, 90.3 ov), 10-273 (Muralitharan, 97.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wasim Akram                 20      6     55      1 (3nb)
Waqar Younis                14.2    0     50      3
Abdul Razzaq                18      1     58      0
Mushtaq Ahmed               14      1     42      1
Arshad Khan                 31      8     62      4 (1nb)

Pakistan 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
Saeed Anwar           c Ranatunga        b Muralitharan        56 200 136  8 0
Mohammad Wasim        c Arnold           b Fernando             8  39  34  0 0
Younis Khan           c Fernando         b Muralitharan        23  76  59  2 0
Yousuf Youhana        c Jayawardene      b Muralitharan         2   8   6  0 0
*+Moin Khan           c Fernando         b Zoysa               47 162 116  5 1
Inzamam-ul-Haq        c Jayawardene      b Zoysa               12  61  52  0 0
Abdul Razzaq          run out (Fernando)                        0   8   4  0 0
Wasim Akram                              b Fernando            78 245 204  6 2
Waqar Younis          c Zoysa            b Muralitharan         4  11  10  1 0
Mushtaq Ahmed         c Arnold           b Muralitharan         2  24  27  0 0
Arshad Khan           not out                                   9 184  95  1 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 3, nb 18)                       25
Total                 (all out, 120.5 overs, 519 mins)        266

FoW: 1-16 (Mohammad Wasim, 9.4 ov), 2-67 (Younis Khan, 27.4 ov),
     3-75 (Yousuf Youhana, 29.1 ov), 4-130 (Saeed Anwar, 47.2 ov),
     5-159 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 62.2 ov), 6-160 (Abdul Razzaq, 63.6 ov),
     7-165 (Moin Khan, 68.5 ov), 8-173 (Waqar Younis, 71.5 ov),
     9-176 (Mushtaq Ahmed, 77.6 ov), 10-266 (Wasim Akram, 120.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        29      7     52      0 (3nb)
Zoysa                       19      4     30      2
de Silva                     3      1      4      0
Fernando                    15.5    1     53      2 (6nb, 3w)
Muralitharan                47     12    115      5 (9nb)
Jayawardene                  2      1      2      0
Jayasuriya                   4      3      6      0
Ranatunga                    1      1      0      0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MS Atapattu           c Saeed Anwar      b Arshad Khan         40 138  96  6 0
*ST Jayasuriya        lbw                b Waqar Younis         8  35  22  1 0
RP Arnold             c Mohammad Wasim   b Wasim Akram          1  21  13  0 0
PA de Silva           c Inzamam-ul-Haq   b Abdul Razzaq        21 114  81  2 0
DPMD Jayawardene      c Mohammad Wasim   b Arshad Khan          1  21  12  0 0
A Ranatunga           c Saeed Anwar      b Wasim Akram          7  41  20  0 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Younis Khan      b Arshad Khan          6  14   9  1 0
WPUJC Vaas                           c & b Wasim Akram         20  74  57  0 0
DNT Zoysa             c Inzamam-ul-Haq   b Wasim Akram         13  61  47  1 0
CRD Fernando                             b Wasim Akram          0  11   4  0 0
M Muralitharan        not out                                   3   8   9  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 1, nb 1)                         3
Total                 (all out, 61.3 overs, 278 mins)         123

FoW: 1-14 (Jayasuriya, 6.6 ov), 2-25 (Arnold, 11.2 ov),
     3-67 (Atapattu, 30.3 ov), 4-71 (Jayawardene, 34.6 ov),
     5-73 (de Silva, 37.2 ov), 6-82 (Kaluwitharana, 40.3 ov),
     7-88 (Ranatunga, 43.5 ov), 8-120 (Vaas, 59.1 ov),
     9-120 (Zoysa, 59.2 ov), 10-123 (Fernando, 61.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Waqar Younis                 9      3     21      1
Wasim Akram                 15.3    1     45      5 (1nb, 1w)
Abdul Razzaq                14      6     23      1
Arshad Khan                 22      8     30      3
Mushtaq Ahmed                1      0      3      0

Pakistan 2nd innings (target: 131 runs)                         R   M   B  4 6
Saeed Anwar           c Fernando         b Zoysa                6  34  23  0 0
Mohammad Wasim        lbw                b Muralitharan        30  80  60  1 0
Yousuf Youhana                           b Muralitharan        11  42  24  1 0
Inzamam-ul-Haq        c Arnold           b Muralitharan        13  19  15  2 0
Wasim Akram           not out                                  20 105  63  2 0
*+Moin Khan           lbw                b Zoysa               11  26  24  2 0
Younis Khan           not out                                  32  58  47  2 2
Extras                (b 4, nb 4)                               8
Total                 (5 wickets, 42 overs, 186 mins)         131

DNB: Abdul Razzaq, Arshad Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis.

FoW: 1-19 (Saeed Anwar, 7.6 ov), 2-51 (Yousuf Youhana, 17.4 ov),
     3-52 (Mohammad Wasim, 17.6 ov), 4-66 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 21.5 ov),
     5-89 (Moin Khan, 28.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                         8      3     20      0
Zoysa                       13      1     38      2
Muralitharan                17      3     53      3 (3nb)
Fernando                     3      0     14      0 (1nb)
Arnold                       1      0      2      0

      Day 1

    • Play started only at 15:00 hours because of wet outfield conditions
    • 48 overs to be bowled for the day
    • Tea: Sri Lanka 30/0 (Atapattu 6*, Jayasuriya 22*, 9 overs)
    • 50 in 14.5 overs, 66 minutes
    • 100 in 33.2 overs, 147 minutes
    • MS Atapattu 50 in 146 balls, 179 mins, 7x4
    • Play called off due to bad light after 42 overs, 18:30 hours

      Day 2

    • 150 in 53.3 overs, 235 minutes
    • DPMdeS Jayawardene 50 in 93 balls, 148 min, 6x4
    • 200 in 70.3 overs, 315 minutes
    • Lunch: Sri Lanka 207/7 (Jayawardene 55*, Zoysa 0*, 76 overs)
    • Tea: Pakistan 9/0 (Saeed Anwar 5*, Mohammad Wasim 4*, 6 overs)
    • Pakistan: 50 in 24.2 overs, 107 minutes
    • 100 in 36 overs, 156 minutes
    • Saeed Anwar 50 in 107 balls, 160 mins, 8x4

      Day 3

    • 150 runs in 55.2 overs, 235 minutes
    • Lunch: Pakistan 189/9 (Wasim Akram 14*, Arshad Khan 2*, 82 overs)
    • 200 runs in 83.4 overs, 358 minutes
    • Wasim Akram 50 runs in 118 balls, 150 mins, 4x4, 1x6
    • 250 in 106.3 overs, 463 minutes
    • Tea: Pakistan 263/9 (Wasim Akram 77*, Arshad Khan 7*, 71 overs)
    • Pakistan's highest partnership for the 10th wicket: 90 runs, 265 balls
    • Wasim Akram took his 400th wicket in Tests when he got the wicket of Arnold
    • Sri Lanka: 50 in 18.5 overs, 96 minutes
    • Play called off due to bad light after 95 overs, 18:05 hours

      Day 4

    • 100 runs in 46.4 overs, 220 minutes
    • Lunch: Sri Lanka 117/7 (Vaas 19*, Zoysa 11*, 54 overs)
    • Pakistan: 50 in 16.5 overs, 75 minutes
    • Tea: Pakistan 50/1 (Mohammad Wasim 29*, Yousuf Youhana 11*, 17 overs)
    • 100 in 31.1 overs, 141 minutes



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