PAK vs SL, Asian Test Championship 1998/99, Final at Dhaka, March 12 - 15, 1999

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Russel Arnold	b Shoaib Akhtar	10	13	20	2	0	76.92
Avishka Gunawardene	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Wasim Akram	4	6	11	1	0	66.66
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Wasim Akram	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Marvan Atapattu	lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq	36	59	82	5	0	61.01
Aravinda de Silva (c)	lbw b Arshad Khan	72	164	263	10	0	43.90
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Arshad Khan	15	59	82	1	0	25.42
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c Yousuf Youhana b Arshad Khan	9	25	29	1	0	36.00
Upul Chandana	c †Moin Khan b Shoaib Akhtar	15	44	44	3	0	34.09
Chaminda Vaas	not out	20	78	90	0	0	25.64
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Arshad Khan	2	17	37	0	0	11.76
Sajeewa de Silva	c †Moin Khan b Arshad Khan	11	17	20	2	0	64.70
Extras	(b 12, lb 9, nb 16)	37
TOTAL	78 Ov (RR: 2.96)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Avishka Gunawardene, 2.1 ov), 2-16 (Mahela Jayawardene, 2.2 ov), 3-19 (Russel Arnold, 3.3 ov), 4-84 (Marvan Atapattu, 19.1 ov), 5-119 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 38.3 ov), 6-135 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 46.2 ov), 7-177 (Upul Chandana, 56.5 ov), 8-201 (Aravinda de Silva, 63.4 ov), 9-208 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 71.5 ov), 10-231 (Sajeewa de Silva, 77.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Wasim Akram	14	2	45	2	3.21	-	-	-	3
Shoaib Akhtar	13	3	36	2	2.76	-	-	-	9
Saqlain Mushtaq	29	7	76	1	2.62	-	-	-	2
Shahid Afridi	2	0	15	0	7.50	-	-	-	1
Arshad Khan	20	5	38	5	1.90	-	-	-	0

Pakistan 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Saeed Anwar	c & b Arnold	57	113	171	7	0	50.44
Wajahatullah Wasti	c Jayawardene b KSC de Silva	22	87	123	2	0	25.28
Ijaz Ahmed	st †Tillakaratne b Chandana	211	372	519	23	1	56.72
Inzamam-ul-Haq	not out	200	397	535	23	2	50.37
Mohammad Yousuf	c sub (UC Hathurusingha) b Chandana	19	42	52	2	0	45.23
Shahid Afridi	c & b Chandana	21	29	26	3	1	72.41
Moin Khan †	c KSC de Silva b Arnold	10	20	30	0	0	50.00
Wasim Akram (c)	c Vaas b Chandana	8	14	11	0	1	57.14
Saqlain Mushtaq	run out (†Tillakaratne/Gunawardene)	4	16	22	0	0	25.00
Arshad Khan	c †Tillakaratne b Chandana	3	15	19	0	0	20.00
Shoaib Akhtar	st †Tillakaratne b Chandana	4	12	31	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 13, lb 14, nb 8)	35
TOTAL	184.5 Ov (RR: 3.21)	594
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Wajahatullah Wasti, 25.4 ov), 2-117 (Saeed Anwar, 37.3 ov), 2-469, 3-483 (Ijaz Ahmed, 152.6 ov), 4-515 (Shahid Afridi, 159.6 ov), 5-518 (Mohammad Yousuf, 161.2 ov), 6-532 (Wasim Akram, 165.6 ov), 7-540 (Moin Khan, 168.3 ov), 8-555 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 173.6 ov), 9-560 (Arshad Khan, 177.4 ov), 10-594 (Shoaib Akhtar, 184.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	32	4	101	0	3.15	-	-	-	3
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	20	3	53	0	2.65	-	-	-	1
Sajeewa de Silva	25.4	3	75	1	2.92	-	-	-	4
Upul Chandana	47.5	7	179	6	3.74	-	-	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	12	0	44	0	3.66	-	-	-	0
Russel Arnold	37.2	7	80	2	2.14	-	-	-	0
Mahela Jayawardene	10	1	35	0	3.50	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Russel Arnold	c Wasim Akram b Arshad Khan	30	50	85	4	0	60.00
Avishka Gunawardene	c Shahid Afridi b Wasim Akram	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Chaminda Vaas	b Wasim Akram	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mahela Jayawardene	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Wasim Akram	1	5	8	0	0	20.00
Marvan Atapattu	run out (Wasim Akram)	22	40	46	1	0	55.00
Aravinda de Silva (c)	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Saqlain Mushtaq	6	18	30	1	0	33.33
Hashan Tillakaratne	not out	55	152	173	10	0	36.18
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c & b Saqlain Mushtaq	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Upul Chandana	lbw b Shahid Afridi	28	58	73	3	1	48.27
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	b Shahid Afridi	7	19	19	1	0	36.84
Sajeewa de Silva	b Saqlain Mushtaq	27	47	66	4	1	57.44
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 1)	12
TOTAL	65.3 Ov (RR: 2.87)	188
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Avishka Gunawardene, 0.5 ov), 2-5 (Chaminda Vaas, 0.6 ov), 3-9 (Mahela Jayawardene, 2.1 ov), 4-48 (Marvan Atapattu, 12.6 ov), 5-59 (Russel Arnold, 18.1 ov), 6-59 (Aravinda de Silva, 19.6 ov), 7-61 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 21.3 ov), 8-101 (Upul Chandana, 40.6 ov), 9-115 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 46.3 ov), 10-188 (Sajeewa de Silva, 65.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Wasim Akram	7	0	33	3	4.71	-	-	-	0
Shoaib Akhtar	10.4	3	26	0	2.43	-	-	-	1
Saqlain Mushtaq	28.5	15	46	3	1.59	-	-	-	0
Arshad Khan	12	3	41	1	3.41	-	-	-	0
Shahid Afridi	7	1	31	2	4.42	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 12 Mar - day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 33/0 (Saeed Anwar 16*, Wajahatullah Wasti 7*, 10 ov)

Sat, 13 Mar - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 299/2 (Ijaz Ahmed 118*, Inzamam-ul-Haq 77*, 100 ov)

Sun, 14 Mar - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 9/3 (Russel Arnold 8*, 2.1 ov)

Mon, 15 Mar - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 188 (65.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Inzamam-ul-Haq (1) retired hurt on 156* from 469/2 to 532/6
HP Tillakaratne kept wicket from 117/2 (39 ov) until the end of the innings because Kaluwitharana was unfit with a fever

MATCH DETAILS

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	Asian Test Championship Pakistan tour of Bangladesh
Season	1998/99
Player Of The Match	Ijaz Ahmed
Player Of The Series	Wasim Akram
Series result	Pakistan won the 1998/99 Asian Test Championship
Match number	Test no. 1450
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Upul Chandana
Umpires	David Shepherd Doug Cowie
TV Umpire	V.K.Ramaswamy
Match Referee	Cammie Smith

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Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1998-99

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
Wasim Akram	7	0	33	3	4.71
Shoaib Akhtar	10.4	3	26	0	2.43 (1 nb)
Saqlain Mushtaq	28.5	15	46	3	1.59
Arshad Khan	12	3	41	1	3.41
Shahid Afridi	7	1	31	2	4.42

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