Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	c Younis Khan b Umar Gul	4	5	4	1	0	80.00

Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	92	168	257	12	1	54.76

Kumar Sangakkara	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	144	344	487	13	2	41.86

Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Junaid Khan	39	108	145	2	0	36.11

Angelo Mathews	c †Adnan Akmal b Abdur Rehman	17	70	77	1	0	24.28

Kaushal Silva †	c Azhar Ali b Saeed Ajmal	39	124	171	2	0	31.45

Kosala Kulasekara	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	15	28	44	2	0	53.57

Suraj Randiv	lbw b Umar Gul	1	6	6	0	0	16.66

Dhammika Prasad	c †Adnan Akmal b Junaid Khan	17	36	56	3	0	47.22

Rangana Herath	not out	34	35	52	4	1	97.14
Chanaka Welegedara	b Umar Gul	0	3	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 5, nb 6)	11
Total	153.3 Ov (RR: 2.69)	413
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 0.5 ov), 2-177 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 60.1 ov), 3-261 (Mahela Jayawardene, 93.5 ov), 4-300 (Angelo Mathews, 113.2 ov), 5-304 (Kumar Sangakkara, 116.5 ov), 6-330 (Kosala Kulasekara, 128.3 ov), 7-331 (Suraj Randiv, 129.4 ov), 8-359 (Dhammika Prasad, 141.5 ov), 9-413 (Kaushal Silva, 152.6 ov), 10-413 (Chanaka Welegedara, 153.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umar Gul	29.3	10	76	3	2.57	143	11	0	0	3
0.5 to NT Paranavitana, the drop makes no difference, Gul charges in next ball and bowls a brute of an away going delivery, pitches leg and rears up as it swerves across a squared-up Para, outside edge goes screaming high to Younis Khan at second slip, he holds on to the missile, top-class stuff from Gul, truly top-class. 4/1 129.4 to S Randiv, another one goes! Gul gets the reverse swing going, hurls it full outside off, it starts moving in sharply, Randiv is moving across and has no chance of getting leg out of the way as the ball crashes low into the pad just beside the bat, looked like taking leg. 331/7 153.3 to UWMBCA Welegedara, Gul strikes on the third attempt, going full at the stumps all the time, Welegedara backs away once again, no clue what he was hoping to achieve, the ball swerves in late and disturbs off stump. 413/10
Junaid Khan	27	4	94	2	3.48	122	11	2	0	2
93.5 to DPMD Jayawardene, Simon Taufel has given Mahela out leg-before, that looked high in real time, Mahela was hit on the right thigh pad as he missed the pull to a short one that was coming in from round the wicket, the ball was still rising as it struck the pad right on the crease, that looked like going over. 261/3 141.5 to KTGD Prasad, another wicket in the last over of a session, Junaid bowls it outside off on a length, and it moves away now, Prasad is in the mood to have a push at it and gets a faint edge on its way to Adnan, they check whether it is a no-ball, tight call, but Junaid has just a bit of boot behind the landing crease. 359/8
Saeed Ajmal	51	4	132	4	2.58	223	9	0	0	0
60.1 to TM Dilshan, gone! Ajmal gets the breakthrough, and roars, he has got the doosra working from round the stumps all along, and beaten Dilshan's outside edge, this time he finds it as Dilshan pushes with a slightly open face, the edge carries very low to Younis Khan at first slip who takes it neatly. 177/2 116.5 to KC Sangakkara, oh dear, Sanga has fallen to the pull, he has been undone by the bounce on this short ball, he had seen the length early and rocked back for the pull, but it gripped, spun, and bounced awkwardly away from him, and he skied it straight up off the toe end of the bat for Younis to settle under it at slip, Sanga cannot believe what has happened, he swore as soon as he saw it flying straight up. 304/5 128.3 to CKB Kulasekara, even umpire Tarapore has no problems with this one, he sends Kosala back as he is rapped on the pads deep in the crease with a big offbreak, he had almost started to walk away, it was that plumb, spun in a long way, he brought his bat down well outside the line and it was too late. 330/6 152.6 to JK Silva, Silva is gone this time, to the sweep, it is the doosra that takes the top edge and goes towards square leg, Azhar runs to his left from short fine leg and takes a superb sliding catch, he hasn't done anything wrong on the field today. 413/9
Abdur Rehman	45	14	103	1	2.28	212	9	2	0	1
113.2 to AD Mathews, Angelo was possibly playing for lunch, cannot justify his crawl otherwise, but he has edged this one to Adnan in the last over before lunch, some spin and bounce for Rehman as he flights it on a length close to off, Angelo wasn't exactly fully forward, the ball took the outside edge and Adnan snapped it up. 300/4
Mohammad Hafeez	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

Pakistan 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	c Jayawardene b Welegedara	6	19	24	0	0	31.57

Taufeeq Umar	st †Silva b Herath	19	40	64	2	0	47.50

Azhar Ali	b Kulasekara	53	164	195	6	0	32.31

Younis Khan	b Welegedara	122	211	288	12	2	57.81

Misbah-ul-Haq (c)	c Dilshan b Randiv	89	261	333	7	1	34.09

Asad Shafiq	c †Silva b Welegedara	16	39	57	1	0	41.02

Adnan Akmal †	lbw b Herath	7	19	23	1	0	36.84

Abdur Rehman	c Paranavitana b Welegedara	3	13	11	0	0	23.07

Umar Gul	c Mathews b Herath	5	22	24	0	0	22.72

Saeed Ajmal	not out	12	39	90	1	0	30.76
Junaid Khan	b Welegedara	0	6	11	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 2, nb 3, w 3)	8
Total	138.2 Ov (RR: 2.45)	340
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Mohammad Hafeez, 4.4 ov), 2-35 (Taufeeq Umar, 14.4 ov), 3-133 (Azhar Ali, 57.1 ov), 4-233 (Younis Khan, 90.1 ov), 5-258 (Asad Shafiq, 100.6 ov), 6-277 (Adnan Akmal, 107.3 ov), 7-282 (Abdur Rehman, 110.6 ov), 8-289 (Umar Gul, 117.4 ov), 9-336 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 135.2 ov), 10-340 (Junaid Khan, 138.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chanaka Welegedara	35.2	10	87	5	2.46	172	9	1	1	0
4.4 to Mohammad Hafeez, another blinder, and this is off the bat, Hafeez has to go, he pushed away from the body to a fuller length delivery going across, thick edge was flying to the third man boundary before Mahela got in the way with a big dive to his right at third slip to pouch it with both hands, he is engulfed by his team-mates, outstanding catching. 8/1 90.1 to Younis Khan, He's done the trick with the new ball! Similar delivery to the one that knocked off Azhar Ali, just a different bowler with a different bowling hand, landed around the off stump, nipped back in sharply and Younis was caught on the crease and played late on that one, tried to defend him off the back foot but was beaten through the gate and the stumps were knocked back!. 233/4 100.6 to Asad Shafiq, Welegedera's struck again with the new ball, Shafiq was drawn forward once again with a lovely, tempting slower delivery that landed on a length and then cut away, got a thin edge as he reached forward to defend and the keeper made no mistake. 258/5 110.6 to Abdur Rehman, Welegedera has broken through in the first over, angled in towards middle and just nipped away, Rehman was squared up and tried to fend it into the off side, got a thick edge to second slip where Jayawardene, moving to his right, dropped it but it landed in Paranavitana's lap at first slip and he ensured there was no more fumbling, an ideal start for Sri Lanka, this. 282/7 138.2 to Junaid Khan, Let's see if that happens now, Welegedara has taken his fifth wicket! His first five-for in Tests, came round the wicket for this one, angled in and then got it to nip away a hint, Junaid tried to close the face on that one, missed and was cleaned up. Welegedera is ecstatic, he's worked hard, bowled an especially long spell today. 340/10
Dhammika Prasad	4	0	9	0	2.25	17	0	0	0	0
Kosala Kulasekara	25	7	65	1	2.60	117	5	0	1	3
57.1 to Azhar Ali, Kulasekara gets his first Test wicket, bowled'im! Just short of a good length and it nipped back in sharply, landed on the off and zipped in further after reversing, Azhar Ali tried to play that off the back foot, trying to turn it into the leg side, couldn't quite handle the movement and his middle stump was pegged back, Kulasekara opens his Test account. 133/3
Rangana Herath	42	14	85	3	2.02	205	8	1	1	0
14.4 to Taufeeq Umar, Sri Lanka have another one, Silva whipped off the bails and immediately started celebrating, Taufeeq was drawn forward with the flight again, this one went straight past the push and Silva had the bails off with Taufeeq's back foot on the line. 35/2 107.3 to Adnan Akmal, Sri Lanka have edged ahead, that one went on straight, the previous one turned sharply, this one forced Adnan to play for the turn but it held its line, struck plumb in front of leg stump, the umpire had no doubts. 277/6 117.4 to Umar Gul, he was testing Gul's patience and tempted him with a flighted lolly and predictably, the tailender was enticed, tried to clear mid-off but didn't time it well at all and Angelo Mathews judged it to perfection. 289/8
Suraj Randiv	25	5	74	1	2.96	108	7	1	0	0
135.2 to Misbah-ul-Haq, Sri Lanka get rid of Misbah, finally! Went for the slog-sweep, was aiming at midwicket, but got a top edge, it appeared to hold its line that ball, Dilshan was at backward short leg and he judged it well, diving to his left and holding it close to chest to ensure it didn't pop out. 336/9
Tillakaratne Dilshan	7	1	18	0	2.57	27	1	0	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	not out	76	168	259	5	1	45.23
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	c Mohammad Hafeez b Umar Gul	4	3	3	1	0	133.33

Kumar Sangakkara	c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Hafeez	51	91	122	2	2	56.04

Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Umar Gul	20	30	60	2	0	66.66

Angelo Mathews	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	13	27	35	2	0	48.14

Kaushal Silva †	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	0	4	2	0	0	0.00

Kosala Kulasekara	b Saeed Ajmal	7	22	17	0	0	31.81

Rangana Herath	not out	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	9
Total	58 Ov (RR: 3.12, 259 Mins)	181/6d
Did not bat: Suraj Randiv, Dhammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedara
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 0.5 ov), 2-80 (Kumar Sangakkara, 29.6 ov), 3-127 (Mahela Jayawardene, 42.1 ov), 4-155 (Angelo Mathews, 50.1 ov), 5-155 (Kaushal Silva, 50.5 ov), 6-178 (Kosala Kulasekara, 56.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umar Gul	15	1	44	2	2.93	63	5	0	1	0
0.5 to TM Dilshan, Gul has struck in the first over yet again, he gets the big wicket of Dilshan, short of length ball that holds it line just outside off, hangs his bat outside off, nicks it to Hafeez at third slip. 5/1 42.1 to DPMD Jayawardene, trapped in front, Mahela goes, nipped back in sharply from a good length outside off, shuffled across to play it into the leg side, struck on the back pad in front of middle and leg, looked out to me and to Simon Taufel. 127/3
Junaid Khan	5	3	9	0	1.80	28	1	0	0	2
Abdur Rehman	12	1	38	0	3.16	47	2	1	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez	10	1	34	1	3.40	37	2	1	0	0
29.6 to KC Sangakkara, Sanga goes! There are three fielders inside the circle on the off side, that was pitched slightly short outside off and it turned away slightly, Sanga went for the cut, he plays that shot well, but could not keep it down, played it straight into the hands of point. 80/2
Saeed Ajmal	16	2	50	3	3.12	61	2	1	0	0
50.1 to AD Mathews, Taufel's given him, looped in towards off stump, turned in just a hint and struck Angelo in line with middle and off as he tried to close the face on it, struck him in line and the umpire had no doubts about that one. 155/4 50.5 to JK Silva, Ajmal strikes, Kaushal Silva has no answers against him, this one was the conventional offspinner, landed on middle and off and turned in to strike him in front of middle and leg as he tried to play forward, the bat was nowhere near the ball as he tried to defend, that's how flummoxed he was. 155/5 56.3 to CKB Kulasekara, Kosala is gone, he was at least trying to make something happen there. Doosra from round the stumps, lands short on middle and drifts along. He backed away and looked to cut it, but ended up bottom edging it onto the stumps.. 178/6

Pakistan 2nd Innings (T: 255 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	run out (sub [HDRL Thirimanne])	13	20	20	2	0	65.00

Taufeeq Umar	c Sangakkara b Randiv	39	121	144	4	0	32.23

Azhar Ali	lbw b Herath	7	25	27	1	0	28.00

Younis Khan	c sub (HDRL Thirimanne) b Welegedara	11	35	42	0	0	31.42

Misbah-ul-Haq (c)	not out	9	86	97	1	0	10.46
Asad Shafiq	not out	7	55	49	0	0	12.72
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	57 Ov (RR: 1.52)	87/4
Did not bat: Adnan Akmal †, Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mohammad Hafeez, 4.6 ov), 2-30 (Azhar Ali, 13.2 ov), 3-57 (Younis Khan, 26.5 ov), 4-77 (Taufeeq Umar, 41.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chanaka Welegedara	9	3	19	1	2.11	46	3	0	0	0
26.5 to Younis Khan, how did that happen?! Younis has conjured up a dismissal out of nowhere. It is a mundane length ball landing on middle and leg and holdings its line. Younis just played the check-drive early and ended up scooping it straight to mid-on.. 57/3
Kosala Kulasekara	3	0	15	0	5.00	11	2	0	0	0
Rangana Herath	22	14	19	1	0.86	118	0	0	0	0
13.2 to Azhar Ali, Is that lbw? Is that caught? One way or the other, it is out. Stunning ball from Herath, and Sri Lanka are on the job now. Some needless defensiveness from Pak has contributed to the pressure, and this wicket. SL could place as many fielders as they wanted in catching positions and attack. This one from Herath curved in from round the stumps, landed on leg and turned away sharply. Azhar was well back on the crease, looking to turn it square, but missed. The ball kissed the right pad in front of off, en route Mahela's hands at slip. He appealed for the catch first, and then pointed to the batsman to show he was appealing for the lbw too, as did all his team-mates. The umpire agreed.. 30/2
Suraj Randiv	19	9	21	1	1.10	99	1	0	0	0
41.1 to Taufeeq Umar, oh well, don't expect a boring finish when Pakistan are involved. Taufeeq has given Randiv an Eid gift, and it happens to be his wicket. Short ball landed well outside off and turning away, it was so wide of Randiv that there was no way he could have been in control of the cut. And that's exactly what happened. He lobs it gently to the right of point, lovely bit of catching practice.. 77/4
Tillakaratne Dilshan	4	0	12	0	3.00	19	2	0	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 03 Nov - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 245/2 (Kumar Sangakkara 112*, Mahela Jayawardene 32*, 86 ov)

Fri, 04 Nov - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 35/2 (Azhar Ali 10*, Younis Khan 0*, 20 ov)

Sat, 05 Nov - day 3 - Pakistan 1st innings 282/6 (Misbah-ul-Haq 50*, Abdur Rehman 3*, 110 ov)

Sun, 06 Nov - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 164/5 (Tharanga Paranavitana 66*, Kosala Kulasekara 4*, 53.4 ov)

Mon, 07 Nov - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 87/4 (57 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st innings
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 42/1 in 12.0 overs (TM Dilshan 23, KC Sangakkara 14)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (TM Dilshan 24, KC Sangakkara 25, Ex 1)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 75/1 in 25.0 overs (TM Dilshan 33, KC Sangakkara 35)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 32.2 overs (196 balls), Extras 4
KC Sangakkara: 50 off 112 balls (6 x 4)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 207 balls (TM Dilshan 43, KC Sangakkara 53, Ex 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 117/1 in 36.2 overs (TM Dilshan 48, KC Sangakkara 61)
TM Dilshan: 50 off 91 balls (8 x 4)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 46.6 overs (284 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 287 balls (TM Dilshan 77, KC Sangakkara 69, Ex 4)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 170/1 in 54.0 overs (TM Dilshan 90, KC Sangakkara 72)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 198/2 in 69.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 86, DPMD Jayawardene 12)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 70.1 overs (423 balls), Extras 4
KC Sangakkara: 100 off 232 balls (11 x 4, 2 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (KC Sangakkara 29, DPMD Jayawardene 21, Ex 0)
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 235/2 after 82.1 overs (KC Sangakkara 109, DPMD Jayawardene 26)
Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 245/2 in 86.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 112, DPMD Jayawardene 32)
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 245/2 in 86.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 112, DPMD Jayawardene 32)

Day 2

Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 88.1 overs (531 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 270/3 in 98.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 120, AD Mathews 8)
Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 113.1 overs (683 balls), Extras 8
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 300/4 in 113.2 overs (KC Sangakkara 140)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 330/6 in 128.3 overs (JK Silva 11)
Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 139.4 overs (842 balls), Extras 9
Tea: Sri Lanka - 359/8 in 141.5 overs (JK Silva 21)
Sri Lanka: 400 runs in 150.2 overs (908 balls), Extras 11
9th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (JK Silva 17, HMRKB Herath 33, Ex 2)
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 413/10 in 153.3 overs (HMRKB Herath 34)
Pakistan 1st innings
End Of Day: Pakistan - 35/2 in 20.0 overs (Azhar Ali 10, Younis Khan 0)

Day 3

Pakistan: 50 runs in 26.6 overs (163 balls), Extras 1
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 119 balls (Azhar Ali 21, Younis Khan 27, Ex 2)
Drinks: Pakistan - 86/2 in 35.0 overs (Azhar Ali 31, Younis Khan 28)
Pakistan: 100 runs in 41.3 overs (251 balls), Extras 2
Lunch: Pakistan - 126/2 in 52.0 overs (Azhar Ali 48, Younis Khan 51)
Younis Khan: 50 off 108 balls (8 x 4)
Azhar Ali: 50 off 150 balls (6 x 4)
Drinks: Pakistan - 149/3 in 66.0 overs (Younis Khan 65, Misbah-ul-Haq 1)
Pakistan: 150 runs in 66.1 overs (400 balls), Extras 5
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (Younis Khan 41, Misbah-ul-Haq 7, Ex 2)
Younis Khan: 100 off 188 balls (11 x 4, 1 x 6)
Tea: Pakistan - 199/3 in 80.0 overs (Younis Khan 100, Misbah-ul-Haq 16)
Pakistan: 200 runs in 80.1 overs (484 balls), Extras 5
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 195 balls (Younis Khan 70, Misbah-ul-Haq 28, Ex 2)
New Ball Taken: Pakistan 233/3 after 90.1 overs (Younis Khan 122, Misbah-ul-Haq 28)
Drinks: Pakistan - 247/4 in 96.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 31, Asad Shafiq 11)
Pakistan: 250 runs in 97.1 overs (586 balls), Extras 5
Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 158 balls (4 x 4)
End Of Day: Pakistan - 282/6 in 110.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 50, Abdur Rehman 3)

Day 4

Pakistan: 300 runs in 124.2 overs (749 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Pakistan - 305/8 in 126.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 67, Saeed Ajmal 1)
Lunch: Pakistan - 340/10 in 138.2 overs (Saeed Ajmal 12)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 19/1 in 11.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 7, KC Sangakkara 6)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 19.1 overs (117 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 129 balls (NT Paranavitana 14, KC Sangakkara 34, Ex 2)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 68/1 in 27.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 19, KC Sangakkara 43)
KC Sangakkara: 50 off 89 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 36.3 overs (221 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 125/2 in 41.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 49, DPMD Jayawardene 19)
NT Paranavitana: 50 off 128 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 48.1 overs (291 balls), Extras 6
Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 164/5 in 53.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 66, CKB Kulasekara 4)
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 164/5 in 53.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 66, CKB Kulasekara 4)

Day 5

Rain: Sri Lanka - 164/5 in 53.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 66, CKB Kulasekara 4)
Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 164/5 in 53.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 66, CKB Kulasekara 4)
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 181/6 in 58.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 76, HMRKB Herath 1)
Pakistan 2nd innings
Drinks: Pakistan - 30/2 in 13.2 overs (Taufeeq Umar 10)
Pakistan: 50 runs in 24.5 overs (149 balls), Extras 0
Tea: Pakistan - 61/3 in 29.0 overs (Taufeeq Umar 26, Misbah-ul-Haq 4)
Drinks: Pakistan - 83/4 in 51.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 9, Asad Shafiq 3)
Bad Light: Pakistan - 87/4 in 57.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 9, Asad Shafiq 7)

Match Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2011/12
Player Of The Match	Kumar Sangakkara
Player Of The Series	Kumar Sangakkara Saeed Ajmal
Series result	Pakistan won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 2014
Hours of play (local time)	10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	3,4,5,6,7 November 2011 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Kosala Kulasekara
Umpires	Shavir Tarapore Simon Taufel
TV Umpire	Shozab Raza
Reserve Umpire	Zameer Haider
Match Referee	David Boon

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Pakistan Innings

Player Name		R	B
Mohammad Hafeez	run out	13	20
Taufeeq Umar	caught	39	121
Azhar Ali	lbw	7	25
Younis Khan	caught	11	35
Misbah-ul-Haq	not out	9	86
Asad Shafiq	not out	7	55
Extras	(lb 1)
Total	87(4 wkts; 57 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	9	3	19	1	2.11
CKB Kulasekara	3	0	15	0	5
HMRKB Herath	22	14	19	1	0.86
S Randiv	19	9	21	1	1.1
TM Dilshan	4	0	12	0	3

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Taufeeq Umar	Mohammad Hafeez
2nd	10	Taufeeq Umar	Azhar Ali
3rd	27	Taufeeq Umar	Younis Khan
4th	20	Taufeeq Umar	Misbah-ul-Haq
5th	10	Misbah-ul-Haq	Asad Shafiq

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