BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	6	29	42	0	0	20.68

Lahiru Thirimanne	lbw b Umar Gul	1	3	11	0	0	33.33

Kumar Sangakkara	c Asad Shafiq b Abdur Rehman	78	122	195	11	0	63.93

Mahela Jayawardene	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	6	4	3	1	0	150.00

Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Junaid Khan	7	8	13	1	0	87.50

Angelo Mathews	c †Adnan Akmal b Junaid Khan	19	42	52	3	0	45.23

Kaushal Silva †	lbw b Abdur Rehman	20	36	46	2	0	55.55

Dhammika Prasad	c †Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	7	29	35	1	0	24.13

Rangana Herath	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	29	67	112	2	0	43.28

Chanaka Welegedara	st †Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	48	127	129	4	2	37.79

Suranga Lakmal	not out	0	13	16	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 6)	18
TOTAL	79 Ov (RR: 3.02, 327 Mins)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 2.2 ov), 2-24 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 8.2 ov), 3-30 (Mahela Jayawardene, 8.6 ov), 4-45 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 11.6 ov), 5-73 (Angelo Mathews, 24.2 ov), 6-127 (Kaushal Silva, 35.5 ov), 7-154 (Dhammika Prasad, 44.6 ov), 8-154 (Kumar Sangakkara, 45.1 ov), 9-229 (Rangana Herath, 74.1 ov), 10-239 (Chanaka Welegedara, 78.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umar Gul	19	2	78	3	4.10	83	9	1	0	4
2.2 to HDRL Thirimanne, this time Tarapore gives him, Gul has struck with the new ball early once again, pitches leg on a good length, going across and rapping him in front as he pushes outside the line, that looked like hitting off, it straightened a shade and hit him below the knee roll. 3/1 8.2 to NT Paranavitana, jeez, that is an extremely poor shot, Para has gone after a short and widish ball without much foot movement, the thick edge flies to Misbah who takes it cleanly chest-high, openers gone inside ten overs on a batting surface, not the start Dilshan wanted. 24/2 8.6 to DPMD Jayawardene, Gul is all over Sri Lanka at the moment! Mahela's tendency to push at deliveries close to off stump has done it for him, length ball straightening a shade in the channel, but it is the nip off the wicket that produces the outside edge which goes low to Misbah at first slip, captain shows the way, doesn't deny his persevering bowler, he put in a lot in this delivery. 30/3
Junaid Khan	15	2	57	2	3.80	67	9	0	0	1
11.6 to TM Dilshan, horrible shot, really with three wickets down early, Sri Lanka have every right to expect better from their captain than a loose forcing shot from the crease (the kind which he plays effectively in ODIs) to a relatively harmless short of a length ball, thick edge is gobbled up by you-know-who at first slip. 45/4 24.2 to AD Mathews, it was coming, it was coming, the only question was when, Angelo feathers this length ball on its way to Adnan, he had been batting from outside the crease all the time, this one was close enough to be pushed at, but his position down the track meant he ended up having a jab at it as it came on quickly, Sri Lanka slip further. 73/5
Saeed Ajmal	26	9	45	3	1.73	129	5	0	0	0
44.6 to KTGD Prasad, Ajmal has got Prasad eventually, he had not been reading him at all, Ajmal darted it across the right hander from round the stumps, Prasad pushed forward, and got the edge through to Adnan who took a fine catch moving to his right. 154/7 74.1 to HMRKB Herath, gone this time, Younis holds on at slip, Ajmal tossed it up from round the stumps, Herath was looking to work it with the angle towards midwicket, it turned across, took the outside edge and flew straight to Younis at slip, end of a fighting stand. 229/9 78.6 to UWMBCA Welegedara, Saeed Ajmal finally gets his man, after an age of beating the outside edge with doosras, he floats it up and lures Welegedara outside his crease for the big shot, turns past the outside edge, and Adnan does the rest. 239/10
Abdur Rehman	17	5	40	2	2.35	78	1	1	0	1
35.5 to JK Silva, appeal for lbw and Tony Hill sends Silva back, that is gone, Silva had been looking for runs throughout his innings, he went down for the sweep, Rehman, who has been getting some turn, got it this time as well, and struck Silva in front of middle, that would have taken middle and off. 127/6 45.1 to KC Sangakkara, oh dear, Sanga has thrown it away, with mid on deep enough, he took on Rehman, looking to loft him wide of the fielder but ended up chipping it straight to him, he didn't drop it as well, the catching has largely been satisfactory from Pakistan today, but this was a bonus wicket. 154/8
Mohammad Hafeez	2	0	7	0	3.50	9	1	0	0	0

Pakistan 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b Prasad	33	63	112	4	0	52.38

Taufeeq Umar	c †Silva b Prasad	27	75	95	3	0	36.00

Azhar Ali	lbw b Dilshan	100	242	316	9	0	41.32

Younis Khan	b Dilshan	55	103	162	2	1	53.39

Misbah-ul-Haq (c)	c Jayawardene b Welegedara	41	113	150	2	1	36.28

Saeed Ajmal	c Mathews b Welegedara	20	51	79	1	0	39.21

Asad Shafiq	c Jayawardene b Prasad	59	101	136	4	1	58.41

Adnan Akmal †	c †Silva b Dilshan	41	80	105	4	0	51.25

Abdur Rehman	b Herath	0	12	13	0	0	0.00

Umar Gul	lbw b Herath	2	3	3	0	0	66.66

Junaid Khan	not out	0	7	15	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 10, nb 3, w 2)	25
TOTAL	141.1 Ov (RR: 2.85, 593 Mins)	403
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Taufeeq Umar, 21.1 ov), 2-64 (Mohammad Hafeez, 23.3 ov), 3-181 (Younis Khan, 63.2 ov), 4-275 (Azhar Ali, 97.5 ov), 5-283 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 100.4 ov), 6-324 (Saeed Ajmal, 114.2 ov), 7-394 (Asad Shafiq, 133.1 ov), 8-397 (Abdur Rehman, 136.2 ov), 9-399 (Umar Gul, 136.5 ov), 10-403 (Adnan Akmal, 141.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chanaka Welegedara	29	7	79	2	2.72	135	10	0	1	0
100.4 to Misbah-ul-Haq, oh well, Misbah is gone pretty early, he has had a quite needless poke at this one outside off after having left so many deliveries similar to this one, slightly fuller and going further away, Misbah goes after it feebly and a fine tumbling catch is taken in the slips, it is Mahela who holds on as he dives to his right at second slip. 283/5 114.2 to Saeed Ajmal, this time he is gone, and it is Angelo who makes up for his earlier drop, it was floated wide and full outside off, Ajmal had a go at it, the thick edge flew straight in to Angelo's hands, and he banged it in the ground after taking it. 324/6
Dhammika Prasad	32	2	104	3	3.25	134	9	0	0	3
21.1 to Taufeeq Umar, that is it for Taufeeq, he has gone for the drive to a full delivery going across him, and edged it for Kaushal to take a tumbling first catch in Test cricket, the runs had just not been coming for him, even as he was trying too hard. 63/1 23.3 to Mohammad Hafeez, they have created pressure all morning, and now they have got the big wicket of Hafeez, rapped on the pads with one that came back in a long way from outside off, would that angle have taken it down leg, umpire Hill did not think so, tight call, hit him above the knee roll as well, but Sri Lanka have sent the openers back. 64/2 133.1 to Asad Shafiq, Asad is gone to a pretty ordinary shot, it was short outside off, but he lazily steered it off the front foot straight to gully, even Hafeez would have taken this one. 394/7
Rangana Herath	37	5	89	2	2.40	171	5	1	0	0
136.2 to Abdur Rehman, Herath gets one past Rehman, who charges out for an attempted swing over midwicket as he sees flight from over the stumps, is beaten and the ball turns in to strike the stumps. 397/8 136.5 to Umar Gul, Herath now has two in the over, he catches Gul on the crease with the one that slides in with the angle from a length, this time umpire Tarapore upholds Sri Lanka's loud appeal, but there was too much angle on that one. 399/9
Suranga Lakmal	24	8	54	0	2.25	113	5	0	1	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	19.1	1	57	3	2.97	78	0	2	0	0
63.2 to Younis Khan, Dilshan strikes at the stroke of tea, Younis falls in a manner similar to how Mahela fell in Abu Dhabi, trying to cut a flighted and sharply spinning offbreak, and edges it on to the stumps. 181/3 97.5 to Azhar Ali, Dilshan strikes again, just as the day is about to end, Azhar went down to sweep a tossed up full delivery that turned in to strike him on the pad, would have gone on to hit middle and leg but did that hit him outside the line of off? It did strike him in line but replays show there was some bat on that, oh dear, what a way to bring an end to a break-through knock. 275/4 141.1 to Adnan Akmal, Dilshan ends the innings with some flight, drift and turn from outside off that produces an outside edge from Adnan as he pushes inside the line, Kaushal snaps up a fine catch. 403/10

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	72	239	328	4	0	30.12

Lahiru Thirimanne	b Mohammad Hafeez	8	45	53	0	0	17.77

Kumar Sangakkara	lbw b Abdur Rehman	30	99	139	0	0	30.30

Mahela Jayawardene	b Saeed Ajmal	5	34	58	0	0	14.70

Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	lbw b Junaid Khan	3	5	5	0	0	60.00

Angelo Mathews	not out	52	143	200	5	1	36.36
Kaushal Silva †	c Saeed Ajmal b Junaid Khan	8	20	35	1	0	40.00

Dhammika Prasad	b Abdur Rehman	33	48	50	4	0	68.75

Rangana Herath	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Saeed Ajmal	15	15	18	2	0	100.00

Chanaka Welegedara	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	4	4	2	1	0	100.00

Suranga Lakmal	b Saeed Ajmal	8	9	16	2	0	88.88

Extras	(b 14, lb 3, nb 2)	19
TOTAL	109.5 Ov (RR: 2.33, 452 Mins)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 13.1 ov), 2-95 (Kumar Sangakkara, 48.6 ov), 3-113 (Mahela Jayawardene, 60.3 ov), 4-116 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 61.3 ov), 5-141 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 79.1 ov), 6-166 (Kaushal Silva, 86.6 ov), 7-222 (Dhammika Prasad, 100.3 ov), 8-243 (Rangana Herath, 105.1 ov), 9-247 (Chanaka Welegedara, 105.5 ov), 10-257 (Suranga Lakmal, 109.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umar Gul	15	3	39	0	2.60	67	3	0	0	1
Junaid Khan	17	4	38	2	2.23	84	4	0	0	1
61.3 to TM Dilshan, and another one goes, this is unravelling too quickly for Sri Lanka, Dilshan goes cheaply once again, caught on the pad just outside the crease with one that nips back in sharply from round the stumps, Junaid is pumped up as he gets the decision in his favour, that looked like it would have taken leg. 116/4 86.6 to JK Silva, the pull has consumed Kaushal, Junaid digs it in short from round the stumps and it climbs outside off on Kaushal, who drags the pull off the front foot in the air off the top edge, mid on picked it late, but settled under it eventually to take it. 166/6
Mohammad Hafeez	14	2	30	1	2.14	63	0	0	0	0
13.1 to HDRL Thirimanne, Hafeez has got the breakthrough! flight from round the wicket, pitches on a length on middle, draws him forward, and spins past the push to clip off stump, Hafeez is delighted. 22/1
Abdur Rehman	33	7	65	2	1.96	159	4	1	0	0
48.6 to KC Sangakkara, Sanga has been given this time by umpire Hill, he walks off in disgust, was he playing a shot as he pushed forward too far outside the line of one that broke back in, seems to have struck him just in line with off, but there was a lot of turn on it and it cannot be said without doubt whether it would have hit leg stump, Pakistan are celebrating, massive strike early in the morning for them. 95/2 100.3 to KTGD Prasad, he's bowled 'em! and taken down Adnan as well, it was the one that did not turn, drew him forward with a bit of flight and sneaked in through the gap between bat and pad to disturb the bails, the ball then carried on to hit Adnan in the jaw, he has not been wearing a helmet. 222/7
Saeed Ajmal	30.5	9	68	5	2.20	150	8	0	0	0
60.3 to DPMD Jayawardene, they have got the big one, Mahela has fallen on the sweep, he looked to fetch a flatter one from outside off stump, but missed it as it spun in sharply and struck leg stump. 113/3 79.1 to NT Paranavitana, Ajmal gets Paranavitana, with lots of flight from round the stumps, it dips full on Para, draws him forward, spins enough to take the edge and settles in to the hands of Younis Khan at slip, a screaming Ajmal rushes towards his team-mates. 141/5 105.1 to HMRKB Herath, he is gone now, similar to the first innings, he had got away earlier, but again he bends the knee and looks to go towards midwicket against the turn to one flighted from round the stumps, the ball flies in the air off the edge and goes straight to cover, Ajmal gives him an angry send-off. 243/8 105.5 to UWMBCA Welegedara, leg-before appeal given right away by umpire Tarapore, it spun in from outside off, Welegedara's bat was late in coming down, he was struck in front of off, the only doubt was whether all that turn would have taken it down leg. 247/9 109.5 to RAS Lakmal, Ajmal has his fifth to end the innings, the doosra lands on target now and takes off stump, it was angled in on a length, drew Lakmal forward who defended for the offbreak, but it spun and bounced past his push. 257/10

Pakistan 2nd Innings (T: 94 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	not out	59	64	83	5	2	92.18
Taufeeq Umar	b Herath	1	9	14	0	0	11.11

Azhar Ali	not out	29	72	67	0	1	40.27
Extras	(b 4, lb 1)	5
TOTAL	24.1 Ov (RR: 3.88, 83 Mins)	94/1
Did not bat: Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal †, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Abdur Rehman
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Taufeeq Umar, 4.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dhammika Prasad	3	0	23	0	7.66	8	3	0	0	0
Chanaka Welegedara	2	1	1	0	0.50	11	0	0	0	0
Rangana Herath	10.1	2	29	1	2.85	46	1	2	0	0
4.1 to Taufeeq Umar, whoops, what has happened, Taufeeq has been bowled off the pads, he was backing away initially towards leg as Herath floated it up with the angle from over the stumps, and then for some reason he shouldered arms, it carried on in towards the pads, hit the front pad on the inside, then carried on to hit the back leg and ricocheted on to the stumps, as strange as they come. 17/1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	9	0	36	0	4.00	33	1	1	0	0

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Wed, 26 Oct - day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 42/0 (Mohammad Hafeez 18*, Taufeeq Umar 20*, 9 ov)

Thu, 27 Oct - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 281/4 (Misbah-ul-Haq 40*, Saeed Ajmal 5*, 99 ov)

Fri, 28 Oct - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 88/1 (Tharanga Paranavitana 42*, Kumar Sangakkara 29*, 45 ov)

Sat, 29 Oct - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 94/1 (24.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st innings
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 45/4 in 12.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 21)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 4
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 78/5 in 25.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 29, JK Silva 1)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (189 balls), Extras 9
KC Sangakkara: 50 off 92 balls (8 x 4)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (KC Sangakkara 28, JK Silva 17, Ex 5)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 132/6 in 39.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 60, KTGD Prasad 3)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 44.2 overs (268 balls), Extras 10
Tea: Sri Lanka - 176/8 in 54.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 6, UWMBCA Welegedara 15)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 62.6 overs (382 balls), Extras 14
9th Wicket: 50 runs in 111 balls (HMRKB Herath 16, UWMBCA Welegedara 30, Ex 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 224/8 in 69.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 25, UWMBCA Welegedara 40)
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 239/10 in 79.0 overs (RAS Lakmal 0)
Pakistan 1st innings
End Of Day: Pakistan - 42/0 in 9.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 18, Taufeeq Umar 20)

Day 2

Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (78 balls), Extras 4
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 24, Taufeeq Umar 23, Ex 4)
Drinks: Pakistan - 63/1 in 22.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 32, Azhar Ali 0)
Lunch: Pakistan - 95/2 in 36.0 overs (Azhar Ali 17, Younis Khan 13)
Pakistan: 100 runs in 39.5 overs (242 balls), Extras 8
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 121 balls (Azhar Ali 24, Younis Khan 23, Ex 4)
Drinks: Pakistan - 139/2 in 51.0 overs (Azhar Ali 35, Younis Khan 36)
Pakistan: 150 runs in 54.1 overs (328 balls), Extras 8
Azhar Ali: 50 off 123 balls (6 x 4)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 209 balls (Azhar Ali 53, Younis Khan 44, Ex 4)
Younis Khan: 50 off 96 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: Pakistan - 182/3 in 65.0 overs (Azhar Ali 58, Misbah-ul-Haq 1)
Pakistan: 200 runs in 73.3 overs (444 balls), Extras 8
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (Azhar Ali 22, Misbah-ul-Haq 25, Ex 3)
New Ball Taken: Pakistan 231/3 after 80.1 overs (Azhar Ali 80, Misbah-ul-Haq 25)
Drinks: Pakistan - 241/3 in 81.0 overs (Azhar Ali 85, Misbah-ul-Haq 30)
Pakistan: 250 runs in 84.4 overs (511 balls), Extras 13
Azhar Ali: 100 off 229 balls (9 x 4)
End Of Day: Pakistan - 281/4 in 99.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 40, Saeed Ajmal 5)

Day 3

Pakistan: 300 runs in 108.1 overs (652 balls), Extras 25
Drinks: Pakistan - 312/5 in 112.0 overs (Saeed Ajmal 15, Asad Shafiq 16)
Pakistan: 350 runs in 120.3 overs (726 balls), Extras 25
Asad Shafiq: 50 off 77 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: Pakistan - 373/6 in 127.0 overs (Asad Shafiq 50, Adnan Akmal 22)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (Asad Shafiq 27, Adnan Akmal 23, Ex 0)
Pakistan: 400 runs in 137.5 overs (830 balls), Extras 25
Innings Break: Pakistan - 403/10 in 141.1 overs (Junaid Khan 0)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Tea: Sri Lanka - 17/0 in 11.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 10, HDRL Thirimanne 7)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 22.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 59/1 in 28.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 26, KC Sangakkara 18)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 160 balls (NT Paranavitana 20, KC Sangakkara 23, Ex 7)
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 88/1 in 45.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 42, KC Sangakkara 29)

Day 4

NT Paranavitana: 50 off 157 balls (4 x 4)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 50.2 overs (304 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 112/2 in 59.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 60, DPMD Jayawardene 4)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 125/4 in 72.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 64, AD Mathews 5)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 83.3 overs (503 balls), Extras 10
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 155/5 after 84.1 overs (AD Mathews 20, JK Silva 3)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 161/5 in 86.0 overs (AD Mathews 25, JK Silva 4)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 97.6 overs (590 balls), Extras 15
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (AD Mathews 16, KTGD Prasad 29, Ex 5)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 218/6 in 100.0 overs (AD Mathews 44, KTGD Prasad 29)
AD Mathews: 50 off 123 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 106.4 overs (642 balls), Extras 19
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 257/10 in 109.5 overs (AD Mathews 52)
Pakistan 2nd innings
Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Pakistan - 60/1 in 15.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 36, Azhar Ali 18)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 24, Azhar Ali 21, Ex 5)
Mohammad Hafeez: 50 off 55 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)

MATCH DETAILS

Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2011/12
Player Of The Match	Saeed Ajmal
Series result	Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 2011
Hours of play (local time)	10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	26,27,28,29 October 2011 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Kaushal Silva
Umpires	Shavir Tarapore Tony Hill
TV Umpire	Zameer Haider
Reserve Umpire	Shozab Raza
Match Referee	David Boon