Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014

Pakistan in Sri Lanka in 2014

	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Dates	6 August – 30 August 2014
Captains	Angelo Mathews	Misbah-ul-Haq
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (323)	Sarfraz Ahmed (265)
Most wickets	Rangana Herath (23)	Junaid Khan(9)
Player of the series	Rangana Herath (SL)
One Day International series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Angelo Mathews (182)	Fawad Alam (130)
Most wickets	Thisara Perera (9)	Wahab Riaz (8)
Player of the series	Thisara Perera (SL)

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2014 to play a two-match Test series against the Sri Lankan national cricket team followed by a three-match series of One Day Internationals (ODI).^[1] Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1.

The Test series was the final Test series for Sri Lankan batsmen Mahela Jayawardene after he announced his retirement from Test cricket in order to focus on One Day cricket until the 2015 Cricket World Cup.<ref name=Jayawardene'sRetirement>"Jayawardene to retire from Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2014. </ref>

In the first innings of the second Test, Sri Lankan bowler Rangana Herath took nine wickets for 127 runs, the best figures for a left-arm bowler in Test cricket.^[2]

Squads

Tests		ODIs
Sri Lanka^[3]	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Angelo Mathews (c) Lahiru Thirimanne (vc) Upul Tharanga Kaushal Silva Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene Niroshan Dickwella Kithuruwan Vithanage Rangana Herath Dilruwan Perera Suranga Lakmal (withdrawn)^[4] Shaminda Eranga Dhammika Prasad Chanaka Welagedara Nuwan Pradeep Dimuth Karunaratne^[5] Binura Fernando	Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Ahmed Shehzad Khurram Manzoor Shan Masood Azhar Ali Younis Khan Asad Shafiq Umar Akmal Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) Saeed Ajmal Abdul Rehman Mohammad Talha Junaid Khan Rahat Ali Wahab Riaz	Angelo Mathews (C) Lahiru Thirimanne (VC) Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Tharanga Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Mahela Jayawardena Dinesh Chandimal Ashan Priyanjan Lasith Malinga Nuwan Kulasekara Dhammika Prasad Rangana Herath Seekkuge Prasanna Suraj Randiv Thisara Perera	Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Ahmed Shehzad Sharjeel Khan Mohammad Hafeez Sohaib Maqsood Younis Khan Shahid Afridi Umar Akmal Fawad Alam Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) Saeed Ajmal Anwar Ali Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Talha Junaid Khan Zulfiqar Babar Wahab Riaz

Tour matches

One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI v Pakistanis

20 August 2014
10:00
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI 325/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistanis 290/8 (46.2 overs)
Ashan Priyanjan 65 (65) Mohammad Hafeez 4/44 (10 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 54 (60) Thisara Perera 2/51 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI won by 13 runs (D/L method)
Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)

Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI won the toss and elected to bat
Pakistani innings stopped at 46.2 overs due to bad light

Test series

1st Test

6–10 August 2014
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Sri Lanka
451 (140.5 overs) Younis Khan 177 (331) Dilruwan Perera 5/137 (31.5 overs)		533/9d (163.4 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 221 (425) Saeed Ajmal 5/166 (59.1 overs)
180 (80.2 overs) Sarfraz Ahmed 52* Rangana Herath 6/48 (30.2 overs)		99/3 (16.2 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 26 (35) Junaid Khan 2/55 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
Rain reduced day 3 to 46 overs

2nd Test

14–18 August 2014
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Pakistan
320 (98 overs) Upul Tharanga 92 (179) Junaid Khan 4/69 (21 overs)		332 (97 overs) Sarfraz Ahmed 103 (197) Rangana Herath 9/127(48 overs)
282 (109 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 59 (130) Riaz 3/76 (25 ov), Ajmal 3/89 (46 ov)		165 (52.1 overs) Sarfraz Ahmed 55 (89) Rangana Herath 5/57 (22.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 105 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

23 August 2014
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 275/7 (45 overs)	v	Pakistan 277/6 (44.5 overs)
Angelo Mathews 89 (85) Wahab Riaz 3/50 (9 overs)		Sohaib Maqsood 89* (73) Thisara Perera 2/43 (7 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets (D/L)
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and S. Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Pak)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Rain reduced match to 45 overs

2nd ODI

26 August 2014
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 310/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 233 (43.5 overs)
Angelo Mathews 93 (115) Wahab Riaz 4/65 (10 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 63 (49) Thisara Perera 3/19 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka win by 77 runs
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Thisara Perera (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

30 August 2014
Scorecard

Pakistan 102 (32.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 104/3 (18.2 overs)
Fawad Alam 38* (73) Thisara Perera 4/34 (8 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 50* (55) Saeed Ajmal 1/10 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (D/L)
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and S. Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Thisara Perera (SL)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain. Sri Lanka set a target of 101 to win.

References

↑ "Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
↑ "Sri Lanka v Pakistan: Rangana Herath takes nine wickets". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
↑ ESPN Cricinfo, Staff. "Chandimal, Mendis dropped for Pakistan Tests". www.espncricinfo.com. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
↑ Fidel Fernando, Andrew. "Lakmal out of Pakistan Tests". www.espncricinfo.com. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
↑ Staff, ESPNCricinfo. "Karunaratne returns to Test squad". www.espncricinfo.com. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

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International cricket in 2014

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June 2014	World Cricket League Division Four India in Bangladesh India in England

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