Miscellaneous

Sri Lanka makes a clean sweep

With Saturday's win, Sri Lanka have beaten Pakistan in a Limited Overs International series in Pakistan for the second time

Atul Kahate
21-Feb-2000
With Saturday's win, Sri Lanka have beaten Pakistan in a Limited Overs International series in Pakistan for the second time. The previous instance was when Sri Lanka won 2-1 after losing the opening match in late 1995. In fact, that was perhaps the beginning of Sri Lanka's winning streak, which climaxed with their World cup win.
The speciality of this series win, however, is that Sri Lanka have made a clean sweep of the series. They have not been able to win all matches in a LOI series in Pakistan before. Sanath Jayasuriya's team, thus, achieves a rare distinction with this win.
The following table summarizes Sri Lanka's performances in LOI matches in Pakistan.
Match No Ground       Date       Won By         T B Pak Score   SL Score
1/ 149 Karachi 12/03/1982 Pak 8 Wkts W L 174- 2 29.2 171- 3 33.0 2/ 150 Lahore 29/03/1982 SL > Run Rate L F 239- 4 40.0 227- 4 33.0 3/ 151 Karachi 31/03/1982 Pak 5 Wkts W L 222- 5 38.1 218-10 38.3 4/ 335 Peshawar 13/10/1985 Pak 8 Wkts W L 147- 2 32.5 145-10 39.2 5/ 336 Gujranwala 23/10/1985 Pak 15 Runs L F 224- 5 40.0 209- 7 40.0 6/ 337 Lahore 25/10/1985 Pak 5 Wkts W L 231- 5 36.3 228- 7 38.0 7/ 338 Hyderabad 03/11/1985 Pak 89 Runs L F 216- 7 39.0 127-10 37.2 8/ 451 Hyderabad 08/10/1987 Pak 15 Runs W F 267- 6 50.0 252-10 49.2 9/ 467 Faisalabad 25/10/1987 Pak 113 Runs W F 297- 7 50.0 184- 8 50.0 10/ 700 Sargodha 10/01/1992 Pak 8 Wkts W L 157- 2 36.5 155- 6 40.0 11/ 704 Karachi 13/01/1992 Pak 29 Runs L F 210- 5 40.0 181- 9 36.1 12/ 706 Hyderabad 15/01/1992 Pak 59 Runs L F 241- 3 40.0 182- 9 40.0 13/ 708 Multan 17/01/1992 SL 4 Wkts L F 205- 5 40.0 206- 6 39.4 14/ 710 Rawalpindi 19/01/1992 Pak 117 Runs L F 271- 4 40.0 154-10 38.4 15/1003 Gujranwala 29/09/1995 Pak 9 Wkts W L 234- 1 44.0 233- 5 50.0 16/1004 Faisalabad 01/10/1995 SL 49 Runs W L 208- 8 50.0 257- 7 50.0 17/1005 Rawalpindi 03/10/1995 SL 4 Wkts L F 183- 9 38.0 184- 6 37.4 18/1251 Lahore 05/11/1997 SL 8 Wkts L F 280-10 49.4 281- 2 40.0 19/1559 Karachi 13/02/2000 SL 29 Runs W L 274-8 50.0 245-10 48.0 20/1561 Gujranwala 16/02/2000 SL 34 Runs L L 229-10 45.1 263- 6 50.0 21/1566 Lahore 19/02/2000 SL 104 Runs W L 137-10 39.3 241- 9 50.0
Notes:
  1. Match number 1/149 means the first match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Pakistan and the 149th overall in LOI history.
  • T indicates Toss won by. A 'W' here means Pakistan won it, 'L' means Sri Lanka won it.
  • B indicates Batted First. A 'F' means Pakistan batted first, a 'L' means Sri Lanka batted first.