Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 2026
🗓️ · 📍 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Pakistan won by 4 wkts
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| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lahiru Udara (wk) c Hasan Nawaz b Naseem Shah | 91 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 165.45 |
Kusal Mendis (c) c Mohammad Imran Randhawa b Naseem Shah | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
c Fakhar Zaman b Mohammad Imran Randhawa | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 |
c Fakhar Zaman b Saim Ayub | 23 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 127.78 |
c Shadab Khan b Mohammad Imran Randhawa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
c Fakhar Zaman b Shadab Khan | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 120.00 |
b Naseem Shah | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
c and b Razaullah | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
not out | 6* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
not out | 1* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extras (b 7, lb 3, w 18, nb 1, p 0) | 29 | ||||
| Total (8 wkts, 20 Ov, RR 9.10) | 182 | ||||
Did not bat: Nuwan Thushara
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naseem Shah | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9.00 |
| Mohammad Imran Randhawa | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 |
| Razaullah | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.67 |
| Abrar Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Shadab Khan | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Saim Ayub | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sahibzada Farhan (c) c Sahan Arachchige b Nuwan Thushara | 89 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 167.92 |
c Kusal Mendis b Eshan Malinga | 21 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 161.54 |
lbw b Maheesh Theekshana | 50 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 172.41 |
c Kusal Mendis b Dushmantha Chameera | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
b Maheesh Theekshana | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160.00 |
Khawaja Nafay (wk) not out | 12* | 7 | 0 | 1 | 171.43 |
c Nuwan Thushara b Eshan Malinga | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
not out | 0* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 0, p 0) | 6 | ||||
| Total (6 wkts, 18.5 Ov, RR 9.93) | 187 | ||||
Did not bat: Razaullah, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuwan Thushara | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.67 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 3 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| Eshan Malinga | 3.5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.61 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Dunith Wellalage | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.67 |
Sahibzada Farhan (c)Batter
Fakhar ZamanBatter
Maaz SadaqatBatting Allrounder
Hasan NawazBatter
Saim AyubBatting Allrounder
Shadab KhanBowling Allrounder
Khawaja Nafay (wk)WK-Batter
Mohammad Imran RandhawaBowling Allrounder
RazaullahBowling Allrounder
Naseem ShahBowler
Abrar AhmedBowler
Abdul SamadBatter
Arafat MinhasBowler
Mohammad Salman MirzaBowler
Sufyan MoqimBowler
Kusal Mendis (c & wk)WK-Batter
Lahiru UdaraWK-Batter
Kamil MisharaWK-Batter
Kamindu MendisBatting Allrounder
Sahan ArachchigeBatting Allrounder
Dasun ShanakaBatting Allrounder
Dunith WellalageBowling Allrounder
Maheesh TheekshanaBowler
Dushmantha ChameeraBowler
Nuwan ThusharaBowler
Eshan MalingaBowler
Sineth JayawardenaBatter
Binura FernandoBowler
Vijayakanth ViyaskanthBowler
