Sri Lanka v Afghanistan Only Test

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 2024 (2023/24) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 2 February 2024

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets. Angelo Mathews top-scored with 141 for Sri Lanka. Prabath Jayasuriya took 5/107.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 2024 (2023/24)
Ground: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Dates: 2 February 2024 to 5 February 2024
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to field
Result: Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Player of the match: Prabath Jayasuriya
Captains: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan), Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Debuts: Noor Ali Zadran (Afghanistan), Zia-ur-Rehman (Afghanistan), Naveed Zadran (Afghanistan), Mohammad Saleem (Afghanistan), Chamika Gunasekara (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: CM Brown and MA Gough
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Noor Ali Zadran, Zia-ur-Rehman, Naveed Zadran, Mohammad Saleem and Chamika Gunasekara played their first Tests.

Afghanistan batted first and made 198 all out. Rahmat Shah top-scored with 91 off 139 balls. Vishwa Fernando took 4 for 51 for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka replied with 439 for 8. Angelo Mathews top-scored with 141 off 259 balls, and Dinesh Chandimal made 107. Naveed Zadran took 4 for 83 for Afghanistan. The innings was built on a 232-run stand for the fourth wicket between Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal, 53% of the total. Sri Lanka led by 241 on first innings.

Afghanistan made 296 all out in their second innings. Ibrahim Zadran top-scored with 114 off 259 balls, and Rahmat Shah made 54. Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 for 107 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 108-run stand for the second wicket between Rahmat Shah and Ibrahim Zadran. From 237 for 3 they lost 4 wickets for 13 runs, to 250 for 7.

Set 56 to win, Sri Lanka made 56 for 0. Dimuth Karunaratne top-scored with 32 not out off 22 balls.

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets.

AFGHANISTAN, FIRST INNINGS: 198 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Ibrahim Zadran	lbw b Asitha Fernando	0	2
Noor Ali Zadran	c & b Vishwa Fernando	31	46
Rahmat Shah	c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Prabath Jayasuriya	91	139
Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Vishwa Fernando	17	45
Nasir Jamal	b Prabath Jayasuriya	0	7
Ikram Alikhil	c Nishan Madushka b Vishwa Fernando	21	50
Qais Ahmad	lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya	21	44
Zia-ur-Rehman	lbw b Vishwa Fernando	4	11
Nijat Masood	c & b Asitha Fernando	12	24
Naveed Zadran	not out	0	6
Mohammad Saleem	b Asitha Fernando	0	2

Extras 1 · Total 198 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Asitha Fernando	14.4	1	24	3
Vishwa Fernando	12	1	51	4
Chamika Gunasekara	9	1	50	0
Prabath Jayasuriya	25	7	67	3
Dhananjaya de Silva	2	0	6	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Ibrahim Zadran, 0.2 ov), 2-57 (Noor Ali Zadran, 14.3 ov), 3-109 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 32.2 ov), 4-110 (Nasir Jamal, 33.5 ov), 5-155 (Rahmat Shah, 45.1 ov), 6-169 (Ikram Alikhil, 50.5 ov), 7-182 (Zia-ur-Rehman, 54.3 ov), 8-190 (Qais Ahmad, 59.4 ov), 9-198 (Nijat Masood, 62.2 ov), 10-198 (Mohammad Saleem, 62.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Noor Ali Zadran (0) and Ibrahim Zadran (0)	0	2
second	Noor Ali Zadran (31) and Rahmat Shah (26)	57	85
third	Hashmatullah Shahidi (17) and Rahmat Shah (35)	52	107
fourth	Nasir Jamal (0) and Rahmat Shah (1)	1	9
fifth	Rahmat Shah (29) and Ikram Alikhil (16)	45	68
sixth	Qais Ahmad (9) and Ikram Alikhil (5)	14	34
seventh	Zia-ur-Rehman (4) and Qais Ahmad (8)	13	22
eighth	Nijat Masood (4) and Qais Ahmad (4)	8	31
ninth	Nijat Masood (8) and Naveed Zadran (0)	8	16
tenth	Mohammad Saleem (0) and Naveed Zadran (0)	0	2

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 439 FOR 8

Batter	How out	R	B
Nishan Madushka	c Noor Ali Zadran b Naveed Zadran	37	53
Dimuth Karunaratne	c Ibrahim Zadran b Qais Ahmad	77	72
Kusal Mendis	c Zia-ur-Rehman b Nijat Masood	10	22
Angelo Mathews	hit wicket b Qais Ahmad	141	259
Dinesh Chandimal	c Ikram Alikhil b Naveed Zadran	107	181
Dhananjaya de Silva	run out (Hashmatullah Shahidi)	0	1
Sadeera Samarawickrama	c Rahmat Shah b Naveed Zadran	27	33
Chamika Gunasekara	retired not out	16	27
Prabath Jayasuriya	b Naveed Zadran	2	8
Vishwa Fernando	not out	0	2

Did not bat: Kasun Rajitha

Extras 22 · Total 439 for 8

Bowler (Afghanistan)	O	M	R	W
Nijat Masood	19.2	3	76	2
Mohammad Saleem	12.1	0	57	0
Naveed Zadran	22.5	4	83	4
Zia-ur-Rehman	28	2	90	0
Qais Ahmad	22	2	98	2
Rahmat Shah	3	0	10	0
Hashmatullah Shahidi	2	0	11	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-93 (Nishan Madushka, 16.2 ov), 2-115 (Kusal Mendis, 21.1 ov), 3-148 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 29.1 ov), 4-380 (Dinesh Chandimal, 92.3 ov), 5-380 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 92.4 ov), 6-410 (Angelo Mathews, 101.2 ov), 7-427 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 106.1 ov), 8-435 (Prabath Jayasuriya, 108.4 ov), 8-439 (Chamika Gunasekara), 9-439 (Asitha Fernando, 109.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dimuth Karunaratne (54) and Nishan Madushka (37)	93	99
second	Dimuth Karunaratne (7) and Kusal Mendis (10)	22	29
third	Angelo Mathews (15) and Dimuth Karunaratne (16)	33	48
fourth	Angelo Mathews (117) and Dinesh Chandimal (107)	232	381
fifth	Angelo Mathews (0) and Dhananjaya de Silva (0)	0	1
sixth	Angelo Mathews (9) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (21)	30	52
seventh	Sadeera Samarawickrama (6) and Chamika Gunasekara (10)	17	30
eighth	Prabath Jayasuriya (2) and Chamika Gunasekara (2)	8	15
ninth	Vishwa Fernando (0) and Chamika Gunasekara (4)	4	3
tenth	Vishwa Fernando (0) and Asitha Fernando (0)	0	–

AFGHANISTAN, SECOND INNINGS: 296 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Ibrahim Zadran	b Prabath Jayasuriya	114	259
Noor Ali Zadran	lbw b Asitha Fernando	47	136
Rahmat Shah	c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Kasun Rajitha	54	119
Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Prabath Jayasuriya	18	37
Nasir Jamal	not out	41	67
Ikram Alikhil	c Kusal Mendis b Asitha Fernando	1	6
Qais Ahmad	c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya	1	3
Zia-ur-Rehman	b Prabath Jayasuriya	0	11
Naveed Zadran	b Prabath Jayasuriya	4	14
Nijat Masood	c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Kasun Rajitha	0	15
Mohammad Saleem	c Dhananjaya de Silva b Asitha Fernando	2	9

Extras 14 · Total 296 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Vishwa Fernando	14	3	37	0
Asitha Fernando	21.3	2	63	3
Kasun Rajitha	20	5	59	2
Prabath Jayasuriya	47	10	107	5
Dhananjaya de Silva	10	1	23	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-106 (Noor Ali Zadran, 42.5 ov), 2-214 (Rahmat Shah, 81.2 ov), 3-237 (Ibrahim Zadran, 89.5 ov), 4-246 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 93.2 ov), 5-247 (Ikram Alikhil, 94.4 ov), 6-248 (Qais Ahmad, 95.1 ov), 7-250 (Zia-ur-Rehman, 97.4 ov), 8-271 (Naveed Zadran, 103.3 ov), 9-284 (Nijat Masood, 108.6 ov), 10-296 (Mohammad Saleem, 112.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Noor Ali Zadran (47) and Ibrahim Zadran (55)	106	258
second	Rahmat Shah (54) and Ibrahim Zadran (53)	108	231
third	Hashmatullah Shahidi (13) and Ibrahim Zadran (6)	23	51
fourth	Hashmatullah Shahidi (5) and Nasir Jamal (4)	9	21
fifth	Nasir Jamal (0) and Ikram Alikhil (1)	1	8
sixth	Nasir Jamal (0) and Qais Ahmad (1)	1	3
seventh	Nasir Jamal (2) and Zia-ur-Rehman (0)	2	15
eighth	Nasir Jamal (12) and Naveed Zadran (4)	21	35
ninth	Nasir Jamal (13) and Nijat Masood (0)	13	33
tenth	Nasir Jamal (10) and Mohammad Saleem (2)	12	21

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 56 FOR 0

Batter	How out	R	B
Dimuth Karunaratne	not out	32	22
Nishan Madushka	not out	22	23

Did not bat: Chamika Gunasekara, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando

Extras 2 · Total 56 for 0

Bowler (Afghanistan)	O	R
Zia-ur-Rehman	3	12
Naveed Zadran	3	30
Nijat Masood	1	5
Qais Ahmad	0.2	8

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dimuth Karunaratne (32) and Nishan Madushka (22)	56	45

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