A look at Pakistan - Sri Lanka Test matches

The Sri Lankan's are in Pakistan and it's their seventh tour to Pakistan since the first, way back during the 1981-82 season. They have also toured Pakistan in between, for World Cup games and for some other ODI engagements. This time they are scheduled to play the final of 2001-02 Asian Test Championship starting 6th of March.

Following is a statistical summary of Pakistan - Sri Lanka previous Test matches.

Summary of all Series (11)
Series   Host          Tests  Pak  SL  Draw  Series
1981-82  Pakistan      3      2    -   1     Pakistan
1985-86  Pakistan      3      2    -   1     Pakistan
1985-86  Sri Lanka     3      1    1   1     drawn
1991-92  Pakistan      3      1    -   2     Pakistan
1994-95  Sri Lanka     2      2    -   -     Pakistan
1995-96  Pakistan      3      1    2   -     Sri Lanka
1996-97  Sri Lanka     2      -    -   2     drawn
1998-99  Pakistan      1      -    -   1     Pakistan (ATC)
1998-99  Bangladesh    1      1    -   -     Pakistan (ATC)
1999-00  Pakistan      3      1    2   -     Sri Lanka
1999-00  Sri Lanka     3      2    -   1     Pakistan
In Pakistan  16      7    4   5
In Sri Lanka 10      5    1   4
Neutral       1      1    -   -
Overall      27     13    5   9

Highest innings totals Pakistan: 600-8 dec at Galle in 1999-00 Sri Lanka: 479 at Faisalabad in 1985-86

Lowest innings totals Pakistan: 132 at Colombo (CCC) in 1985-86 Sri Lanka: 71 at Kandy in 1994-95

Individual hundreds (42) Pakistan (23) Batsmen Score Venue Season Ijaz Ahmed 211 Dhaka 1998-99 Qasim Umar 206 Faisalabad 1985-86 Javed Miandad 203* Faisalabad 1985-86 Inzamam-ul-Haq 200* Dhaka 1998-99 Saleem Malik 155 Colombo (SSC) 1996-97 Haroon Rashid 153 Karachi 1981-82 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138 Karachi 1999-00 Saeed Anwar 136 Colombo (PSS) 1994-95 Zaheer Abbas 134 Lahore 1981-82 Wajahatullah Wasti 133 Lahore 1998-99 Mohsin Khan 129 Lahore 1981-82 Saeed Anwar 123 Galle 1999-00 Rameez Raja 122 Colombo (PSS) 1985-86 Wajahatullah Wasti 121* Lahore 1998-99 Moin Khan 117* Sialkot 1995-96 Younis Khan 116 Galle 1999-00 Ijaz Ahmed 113 Colombo (RPS) 1996-97 Inzamam-ul-Haq 112 Galle 1999-00 Younis Khan 107 Rawalpindi 1999-00 Saleem Malik 101 Sialkot 1991-92 Saleem Malik 100* Karachi 1981-82 Inzamam-ul-Haq 100* Kandy 1994-95 Wasim Akram 100 Galle 1999-00

Sri Lanka (19) Batsmen Score Venue Season MS Atapattu 207* Kandy 1999-00 ST Jayasuriya 188 Kandy 1999-00 PA de Silva 168 Colombo (RPS) 1996-97 S Wettimuny 157 Faisalabad 1981-82 PA de Silva 138* Colombo (SSC) 1996-97 A Ranatunga 135* Colombo (PSS) 1985-86 PA de Silva 127 Colombo (PSS) 1994-95 RP Arnold 123 Lahore 1998-99 PA de Silva 122 Faisalabad 1985-86 AP Gurusinha 116* Colombo (PSS) 1985-86 HP Tillakaratne 115 Faisalabad 1995-96 ST Jayasuriya 113 Colombo (SSC) 1996-97 PA de Silva 112 Rawalpindi 1999-00 RL Dias 109 Lahore 1981-82 PA de Silva 105 Karachi 1985-86 PA de Silva 105 Faisalabad 1995-96 HP Tillakaratne 103 Colombo (RPS) 1996-97 PA de Silva 103* Colombo (SSC) 1996-97 RS Kaluwitharana 100 Lahore 1998-99

Best bowling in an innings Pakistan: Imran Khan (8-58) at Lahore 1981-82 Sri Lanka: JR Ratnayeke (8-83) at Sialkot 1985-86

Best bowling in a match Pakistan: Imran Khan (14-116) at Lahore in 1981-82 Sri Lanka: M Muralitharan (10-148) at Peshawar in 1999-00

Highest partnership for each wicket Pakistan Wkt Runs Batsmen Venue Season 1st 156 Wajahatullah Wasti & Shahid Lahore 1998-99 Afridi 2nd 151 Mohsin Khan & Majid Khan Lahore 1981-82 3rd 397 Qasim Umar & Javed Miandad Faisalabad 1985-86 4th 178 Wajahatullah Wasti & Yousuf Lahore 1998-99 Youhana 5th 132 Saleem Malik & Imran Khan Sialkot 1991-92 6th 124 Inzamam-ul-Haq & Younis Khan Karachi 1999-00 7th 120 Younis Khan & Wasim Akram Galle 1999-00 8th 88 Moin Khan & Waqar Younis Karachi 1999-00 9th 145 Younis Khan & Wasim Akram Rawalpindi 1999-00 10th 90 Wasim Akram & Arshad Khan Colombo (SSC) 1999-00

Sri Lanka Wkt Runs Batsmen Venue Season 1st 335 MS Atapattu & ST Jayasuriya Kandy 1999-00 2nd 217 S Wettimuny & RL Dias Faisalabad 1981-82 3rd 176 UC Hathurusingha & PA de Silva Faisalabad 1995-96 4th 240* AP Gurusinha & A Ranatunga Colombo (PSS) 1985-86 5th 143 RP Arnold & RS Kaluwitharana Lahore 1998-99 6th 121 A Ranatunga & PA de Silva Faisalabad 1985-86 7th 131 HP Tillakaratne & RS Kalpage Kandy 1994-95 8th 76 PA de Silva & WPUJC Vaas Colombo (SSC) 1996-97 9th 52 PA de Silva & RJ Ratnayake Faisalabad 1985-86 10th 73 HP Tillakaratne & KSC de Silva Dhaka 1998-99