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Sat, 19 Apr - Wed, 23 Apr 1997 - 00:00 – 1st Test • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match drawn
Sri Lanka
586/10 (31.10) & 423/8 (155.1)
Pakistan
515/1 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Sri Lanka innigs
586/10 (31.10)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
b Mushtaq Ahmed
31
65
112
4
0
47.69
In 1997
Career
Russel Arnold
b Mushtaq Ahmed
24
82
118
0
1
29.26
In 1997
Career
Marvan Atapattu
c Saleem Elahi b Saqlain Mushtaq
0
8
6
0
0
0.00
In 1997
Career
Aravinda de Silva
st †Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed
23
31
46
4
0
74.19
In 1997
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Saleem Elahi b Asif Mujtaba
49
131
168
5
0
37.40
In 1997
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Asif Mujtaba b Saqlain Mushtaq
103
228
349
10
0
45.17
In 1997
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
b Saqlain Mushtaq
57
89
106
8
0
64.04
In 1997
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
b Saqlain Mushtaq
1
22
27
0
0
4.54
In 1997
Career
Chaminda Vaas
c †Moin Khan b Mohammad Zahid
17
59
90
1
0
28.81
In 1997
Career
Nuwan Zoysa
lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq
0
6
12
0
0
0.00
In 1997
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
not out
8
5
6
1
0
160.00
In 1997
Career
Extras
(b 3, lb 9, nb 4, w 1)
17
Total
330 122.2 Ov (RR: 2.69)
6270
13794
0
627
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Mohammad Zahid
17.00
2
44
1
2.58
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Shahid Nazir
18.00
6
37
0
2.05
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Saqlain Mushtaq
44.20
10
89
5
2.00
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Mushtaq Ahmed
34.00
2
123
3
3.61
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Asif Mujtaba
9.00
2
25
1
2.77
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Pakistan innigs
515/1 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Saleem Elahi
lbw b Vaas
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1997
Career
Ramiz Raja (c)
c Ranatunga b Dharmasena
50
85
121
3
0
58.82
In 1997
Career
Ijaz Ahmed
c Dharmasena b Muralidaran
113
245
324
11
0
46.12
In 1997
Career
Saleem Malik
run out (Ranatunga)
58
115
144
3
0
50.43
In 1997
Career
Inzamam-ul-Haq
c sub (RS Kalpage) b Muralidaran
12
41
50
1
0
29.26
In 1997
Career
Asif Mujtaba
c & b Muralidaran
21
97
118
2
0
21.64
In 1997
Career
Moin Khan (WK)
b Muralidaran
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
In 1997
Career
Saqlain Mushtaq
run out
58
248
301
5
0
23.38
In 1997
Career
Mushtaq Ahmed
b Muralidaran
26
54
58
2
0
48.14
In 1997
Career
Shahid Nazir
c Ranatunga b Muralidaran
2
26
37
0
0
7.69
In 1997
Career
Mohammad Zahid
not out
6
64
97
1
0
9.37
In 1997
Career
Extras
(b 11, lb 7, nb 14)
32
Total
378 159.5 Ov (RR: 2.36)
7182
18582
0
532
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Chaminda Vaas
32.00
6
75
1
2.34
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Nuwan Zoysa
10.00
0
55
0
5.50
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
52.50
19
93
1
1.76
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
53.00
19
98
6
1.84
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
3.00
0
15
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Aravinda de Silva
4.00
0
16
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga
3.00
1
5
0
1.66
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Russel Arnold
2.00
1
3
0
1.50
0
0
0
In 1997
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
423/8 (155.1)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Marvan Atapattu
c Shahid Nazir b Saqlain Mushtaq
25
69
99
3
0
36.23
In 1997
Career
Russel Arnold
c Shahid Nazir b Saqlain Mushtaq
15
36
64
1
0
41.66
In 1997
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Saqlain Mushtaq b Mushtaq Ahmed
168
383
508
14
1
43.86
In 1997
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Ramiz Raja b Mushtaq Ahmed
58
165
206
5
0
35.15
In 1997
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Ramiz Raja b Saqlain Mushtaq
54
95
105
5
0
56.84
In 1997
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c †Moin Khan b Shahid Nazir
17
54
78
0
0
31.48
In 1997
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Saleem Elahi b Saqlain Mushtaq
62
84
126
7
1
73.80
In 1997
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
not out
11
52
54
0
0
21.15
In 1997
Career
Chaminda Vaas
c sub (Mohammad Hussain) b Mushtaq Ahmed
1
7
14
0
0
14.28
In 1997
Career
Extras
(b 3, lb 4, nb 5)
12
Total
423/8d 155.1 Ov (RR: 2.72)
8037
17955
0
665
38
0.00
Pakistan innigs
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