Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015

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Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015
  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Flag of Pakistan.svg
  Sri Lanka Pakistan
Dates 11 June 2015 – 1 August 2015
Captains Angelo Mathews (Tests, ODIs)
Lasith Malinga (T20Is)		 Misbah-ul-Haq (Tests)
Azhar Ali (ODIs)
Shahid Afridi (T20Is)
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Dimuth Karunaratne (318) Younis Khan (267)
Most wickets Dhammika Prasad (14) Yasir Shah (24)
Player of the series Yasir Shah (Pak)
One Day International series
Results Pakistan won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Kusal Perera (230) Mohammad Hafeez (273)
Most wickets Lasith Malinga (4) Rahat Ali (9)
Player of the series Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
Twenty20 International series
Results Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Chamara Kapugedera (79) Shoaib Malik (54)
Most wickets Thisara Perera (3)
Binura Fernando (3)		 Sohail Tanvir (4)
Player of the series Shoaib Malik (Pak)

The Pakistan cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 11 June to 1 August 2015. [1] The tour consisted of a three-day tour match against a SLCB President's XI, three Test matches, five One Day International and two Twenty20 International matches. [2] [3] [4] The third Test was originally scheduled to be played at the R Premadasa Stadium, but was changed to the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in early May. [5]

Contents

Pakistan outplayed the hosts in all forms of the game by winning the Test series 2–1, the ODI series 3–2 and the T20I series 2–0.

Squads

TestsODIsT20I
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Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz injured his hand during the first day of the second Test and was ruled out of the rest of the series. [12] Riaz was originally named in the T20I squad, but was replaced by Zia-ul-Haq as his injury did not fully heal. [13] Sri Lankan batsman Upul Tharanga replaced Kumar Sangakkara for the third Test due to Sangakkara's commitments with Surrey. [14] On 2 July Sri Lankan bowler Dushmantha Chameera was ruled out of the third Test due to injury and was replaced by Lahiru Gamage. [15] Lahiru Gamage replaced injured Nuwan Pradeep in the fifth ODI. [16]

Tour Match

SLCB President's XI vs Pakistanis

11 - 13 June 2015
Scorecard
v
SLCB President's XI
247 (73.3 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 82 (144)
Jeffrey Vandersay 5/73 (19.3 overs)
241 (89.1 overs)
Kaushal Silva 101 (222)
Zulfiqar Babar 2/45 (23.1 overs)
257/7d (69.4 overs)
Shan Masood 69 (122)
Jeffrey Vandersay 3/94 (18.4 overs)
129/3 (27 overs)
Dimuth Karunaratne 54 (69)
Ehsan Adil 1/24 (9 overs)
  • Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Both teams were able to name up to 14 players (11 batting, 11 fielding).

Test series

1st Test

17 - 21 June 2015
Scorecard
v
500 (109.3 overs)
Kaushal Silva 225 (300)
Zulfiqar Babar 3/64 (27 overs)
817 (113.1 overs)
Asad Shafiq 131 (256)
Dilruwan Perera 4/122 (31.1 overs)
406 (77.1 overs)
Dimuth Karunaratne 179 (173)
Yasir Shah 7/76 (30.1 overs)
92/0 (11.2 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 46* (33)
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on day 1 due to rain. The start of day 2 was delayed due to a wet outfield and play finished early at 17:30 due to bad light. Rain ended played early on day 3.
  • With their 123rd win, Pakistan became Asia's most successful Test team. [17]

2nd Test

25 - 29 June 2015
Scorecard
v
138 (42.5 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 42 (75)
Tharindu Kaushal 5/42 (10.5 overs)
315 (121.3 overs)
Kaushal Silva 80 (218)
Yasir Shah 6/96 (41.3 overs)
329 (118.2 overs)
Azhar Ali 117 (308)
Dhammika Prasad 4/92 (29.3 overs)
153/3 (26.3 overs)
Dimuth Karunaratne 50 (57)
Yasir Shah 2/55 (10.3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
P Sara Oval, Colombo
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Dhammika Prasad (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
  • On day 1, rain stopped play at 1:20 for 55 minutes. On day 2, rain stopped play in last 10 minutes of the day's play. On day 3 rain delayed the start of play by 15 minutes. Rain stopped play just before tea on day 4, with no further play possible.
  • Dushmantha Chameera (SL) made his Test debut.
  • This was Sri Lanka's 50th Test victory on home soil. [18]
  • Tharindu Kaushal (SL) took his first 5-wicket haul. [19]
  • Younis Khan (Pak) played in his 100th Test. [19]
  • After dismissing Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews in the first innings, Yasir Shah became the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 50 wickets.

3rd Test

3 - 7 July 2015
Scorecard
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378 (89.5 overs)
Dimuth Karunaratne 130 (230)
Yasir Shah 5/78 (31.5 overs)
115 (66 overs)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 78* (104)
Nuwan Pradeep 3/29 (15 overs)
313 (95.4 overs)
Angelo Mathews 122 (252)
Imran Khan 5/58 (20.4 overs)
582/3 (103.1 overs)
Younis Khan 371* (271)
Suranga Lakmal 1/248 (19 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • On day 2, rain interrupted two times after lunch and play delayed one and half hours. Rain again delayed played in last 15 minutes of the day's play. Bad light finished play early on day 3.
  • This was Pakistan's highest successful chase in Test cricket. [20]
  • With this victory Pakistan moved from sixth to third in the Test rankings. [21]

ODI series

1st ODI

11 July 2015
10:00
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
255/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
259/4 (45.2 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 65* (68)
Mohammad Hafeez 4/41 (10 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 103 (95)
Suranga Lakmal 1/21 (5 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)

2nd ODI

15 July 2015
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
287/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
288/8 (48.1 overs)
Azhar Ali 79 (104)
Lasith Malinga 2/64 (10 overs)
Kusal Perera 68 (25)
Rahat Ali 3/73 (9.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Kusal Perera (SL)

3rd ODI

19 July 2015
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
316/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
181 (41.1 overs)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 77 (74)
Sachith Pathirana 1/49 (10 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 56 (67)
Yasir Shah 4/29 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 135 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain stopped play for 15 minutes during Pakistan's innings.
  • Imad Wasim (Pak) made his ODI debut.
  • Play was suspended for 30 minutes during Sri Lanka's run-chase due to crowd trouble. [24]

4th ODI

22 July 2015
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
256/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
257/3 (40.5 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 90 (126)
Mohammad Irfan 3/50 (10 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 95 (90)
Milinda Siriwardana 1/28 (5.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Rod Tucker (Aus) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Pak)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

26 July 2015
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
368/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
203 (37.2 overs)
Kusal Perera 116 (109)
Rahat Ali 2/74 (10 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 37 (37)
Sachithra Senanayake 3/39 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 165 runs
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Kusal Perera (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Dinesh Chandimal (SL) played in his 100th ODI game.
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) passed 10,000 ODI runs, becoming the fourth Sri Lankan and eleventh overall to achieve the mark. [25]

T20I series

1st T20I

30 July 2015
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
175/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
146/7 (20 overs)
Umar Akmal 46 (24)
Thisara Perera 2/30 (4 overs)
Milinda Siriwardana 35 (18)
Sohail Tanvir 3/29 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 29 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Pak)

2nd T20I

1 August 2015
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
172/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
174/9 (19.2 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 48* (25)
Shoaib Malik 2/16 (3 overs)
Anwar Ali 46 (17)
Binura Fernando 2/33 (3.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 1 wicket
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Anwar Ali (Pak)

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