- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.6 lovely nipbacker, and it finally produces a wicket! He'd been bright in this spell, and it's a superb setup before he lands the variation. Awais' eyes lit up as he eyed another drive, but this time it was coming back in. It takes the inner edge, and the captain takes a sharp catch behind the stumps. You'd say Sri Lanka have probably deserved it. 86/116.4 Edged and both openers are gone! This was nearly identical to the last delivery, but here a thick outside edge is taken and Kusal gobbles up another. Quality from Asitha, just testing the green Tayyab in that channel outside off, and the young man unwisely pushes a touch away from his body 90/255.1 Taha falls to the spinner! He'd smeared at a couple in the previous over. Once more, he heaves across the line and gets a top edge that Dananjaya makes short work of. Not the way a fighting innings on debut deserved to end, but poor selection will be punished in Test cricket 227/434.5 and the wicket comes! Babar has fallen just after getting a half-century again. It was a lovely, probing delivery, shaping away from the outside edge after landing on off-stump. Babar tried to drive it back down the ground, but gets a feather on it, and Mendis takes a comfortable catch 159/3100.2 Saud has thrown it away, oh dear! And it's 100 wickets for Asitha! This was a nothing ball really, short down leg, and Saud has conspired to nick this attempted hook down leg. Kusal springs to his right and takes good catch with both hands 393/763.2 Asitha gets Agha with a corker! This was short of a length and it reared up sharply, certainly more than Agha was expecting. Agha initially looks to play at this, before belatedly deciding to drop his hands. But it's too late and the ball takes the edge off the shoulder of the bat for Kusal to complete a simple take behind the stumps 253/588.1 Perhaps a lapse in concentration but Ghazi gives away his wicket after building such a good innings. Madushanka lands it away from his off stump on good length and the batter dabs it to the left of the gully fielder while attempting to run him down to third. Sharp catch with both hands while diving brings an end to Ghazi's innings. Falls two short of what would have been his maidn Test half-century. 349/6105.1 High and holes out! This was always coming. Arafat gets under this fuller delivery, but it's more height that distance. Dhananjaya settles under it at long-on and makes no mistake 434/8106.3 And now Razaullah goes! Full outside off, and looks to go big. Gets under it and goes hard. It's high to the left of long-off, and this time Asitha makes no mistake, holding on well falling to his left. And at the fall of that wicket Babar signals for the declaration! 434/9Extras27 (b 15, lb 3, nb 6, w 3)TOTAL434/9d (106.3 Overs, RR: 4.07)Did not bat: Mohammad AbbasFall of wickets: 1-86 (Azan Awais, 15.6 ov), 2-90 (Tayyab Arif, 16.4 ov), 3-159 (Babar Azam, 34.5 ov), 4-227 (Mohammad Taha, 55.1 ov), 5-253 (Salman Agha, 63.2 ov), 6-349 (Ghazi Ghori, 88.1 ov), 7-393 (Saud Shakeel, 100.2 ov), 8-434 (Arafat Minhas, 105.1 ov), 9-434 (Razaullah, 106.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AM Fernando 26 2 107 3 4.11 1 2 D Madushanka 23 3 108 3 4.69 0 1 CBRLS Kumara 23.3 1 104 1 4.42 1 0 RMMP Rathnayaka 25 2 72 1 2.88 1 3 DM de Silva 3 1 2 0 0.66 0 0 GS Dinusha 6 0 23 1 3.83 0 0
Current Run Rate
CRR
4.19
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
48/0 (4.8)
Current Run Rate
CRR
4.19
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
48/0 (4.8)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR16.5 This time the edge is taken! Poor from Udara, this. And the drop doesn't cost Pakistan anything. Good length, around a sixth stump line, and seaming away. Udara with a fairly loose drive and he gets a thin edge through to the keeper. 65/32.2 Squares him up with a jaffa! Hits the hard length around the off stump line and jags it away from Pasindu who is forced to play and ends up edging it to the keeper who takes a brilliant catch diving to his right. 7/13.3 The debutant gets experienced Chandimal with a peach! Goes wide of the crease to angle it in and curves it away after landing it on good length right in front of the middle stump. Chandimal closes the face of his bat as he looks to work the ball in the midwicket region but it takes leading edge and flies to the second slip. 12/2Extras9 (b 4, nb 5)TOTAL114/3 (27.1 Overs, RR: 4.19)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Pasindu Sooriyabandara, 2.2 ov), 2-12 (Dinesh Chandimal, 3.3 ov), 3-65 (Lahiru Udara, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Abbas 9 4 23 1 2.55 0 2 Saqib Khan 10.1 1 54 2 5.31 0 1 Razaullah 7 1 32 0 4.57 0 2 Arafat Minhas 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.54
Match days
9,10,11,12,13 November 2026 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 281/5 (Saud Shakeel 57*, Ghazi Ghori 7*, 67.2 ov)
- day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 114/3 (PHKD Mendis 40*, DM de Silva 22*, 27.1 ov)
Match Notes
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 71.1 overs (431 balls), Extras 13
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (Saud Shakeel 31, Ghazi Ghori 18, Ex 1)
- Over 74.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - Ghazi Ghori (Struck down)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Drinks: Pakistan - 340/5 in 84.0 overs (Saud Shakeel 79, Ghazi Ghori 44)
- Pakistan: 350 runs in 89.1 overs (539 balls), Extras 14
- Lunch: Pakistan - 390/6 in 99.0 overs (Saud Shakeel 91, Arafat Minhas 27)
- Pakistan: 400 runs in 100.5 overs (611 balls), Extras 23
- Arafat Minhas: 50 off 70 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 434/9 in 106.3 overs (Saqib Khan 0)
- Over 8.6: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - PHKD Mendis (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 42/2 in 12.0 overs (Lahiru Udara 29, PHKD Mendis 8)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 13.6 overs (89 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (Lahiru Udara 32, PHKD Mendis 12, Ex 7)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (142 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 100/3 in 22.5 overs (PHKD Mendis 31, DM de Silva 17)
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 114/3 in 27.1 overs (PHKD Mendis 40, DM de Silva 22)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 114/3 in 27.1 overs (PHKD Mendis 40, DM de Silva 22)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (Azan Awais 20, Tayyab Arif 32, Ex 1)
- Tayyab Arif: 50 off 46 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 86/1 in 16.0 overs (Tayyab Arif 53)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 20.1 overs (122 balls), Extras 3
- Over 23.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - Mohammad Taha (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 137/2 in 30.0 overs (Mohammad Taha 15, Babar Azam 31)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls (Mohammad Taha 15, Babar Azam 35, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 30.6 overs (188 balls), Extras 4
- Babar Azam: 50 off 54 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 178/3 in 41.0 overs (Mohammad Taha 31, Saud Shakeel 4)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 48.2 overs (293 balls), Extras 11
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (Mohammad Taha 21, Saud Shakeel 21, Ex 8)
- Tea: Pakistan - 214/3 in 53.0 overs (Mohammad Taha 41, Saud Shakeel 24)
- Mohammad Taha: 50 off 101 balls (6 x 4)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 61.4 overs (374 balls), Extras 12
- Over 63.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - Ghazi Ghori (Struck down)
- Saud Shakeel: 50 off 103 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 268/5 in 65.0 overs (Saud Shakeel 50, Ghazi Ghori 2)
- Bad Light: Pakistan - 281/5 in 67.2 overs (Saud Shakeel 57, Ghazi Ghori 7)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 281/5 in 67.2 overs (Saud Shakeel 57, Ghazi Ghori 7)
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