Sri Lankan spinner Muttia Murlitharan (R) celebrates with wicketkeeper Romesh Kaluwitharana after taking his fourth wicket of the inning in Karachi 12 March 2000 during the first day of the third Test against Pakistan. Murlitharan took 4-89 in the first inning.© AFP
Pakistani debutant paceman Irfan Fazil (C) is greeted by other teammates on his first wicket as Sri Lankan batsman Russel Arnold (R) leaves ground on the second day of the third and final cricket Test in Karachi, 13 March 2000. Sri Lanka were 201-7 at tea in reply of Pakistan's first inning total of 256 all out.© AFP
Man of the match, Pakistani batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq (R) along with his team skipper Moin Khan (L) and newly appointed coach Javed Miandad after receival of the man-of-the-match award at the end of the third and final cricket Test in Karachi, 15 March 2000. Haq hit a brilliant 138 to build the cornerstone of Pakistan highest score in the series. Pakistan downed Sri Lanka by an emphatic 222-run margin to restore some of their damaged pride, but the tourists clinched the Test series by 2-1.© AFP