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Pakistan v Sri Lanka 2nd Test

Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan - 1985 (1985/86) · Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot · 27 October 1985 · Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl

Pakistan won by 8 wickets · Man of the Match: Ravi Ratnayeke

Pakistan won by 8 wickets. Mudassar Nazar top-scored with 78 for Pakistan. Man of the Match: Ravi Ratnayeke.

Sri Lanka ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1985 TESTS Jinnah Stadium ARCHIVE

Sri Lanka, 135 (10 wkts)

Sidath Wettimuny	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	45	0
Amal Silva	caught (Qasim Umar)	12	0
Ranjan Madugalle	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	0	0
Roy Dias	caught (Qasim Umar)	21	0
Duleep Mendis	caught (Mudassar Nazar)	20	0
Arjuna Ranatunga	not out	25	0
Aravinda de Silva	hitwicket	2	0
Ravi Ratnayeke	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	0	0
Ashantha de Mel	lbw	1	0
Rumesh Ratnayake	bowled	1	0
Roger Wijesuriya	lbw	8	0

Imran Khan 19.00-3-55-4Wasim Akram 14.20-4-38-2Mohsin Kamal 17.00-3-50-3Mudassar Nazar 6.00-1-6-1

Pakistan, 242 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	caught (Amal Silva)	78	0
Mohsin Khan	lbw	50	0
Qasim Umar	caught (Roger Wijesuriya)	1	0
Javed Miandad	lbw	40	0
Zaheer Abbas	bowled	4	0
Saleem Malik	lbw	22	0
Imran Khan	caught (Asanka Gurusinha)	6	0
Saleem Yousuf	lbw	23	0
Abdul Qadir	caught (Amal Silva)	10	0
Wasim Akram	caught (Amal Silva)	4	0
Mohsin Kamal	not out	4	0

Ashantha de Mel 15.00-3-63-0Rumesh Ratnayake 18.00-2-77-2Ravi Ratnayeke 23.20-5-83-8Arjuna Ranatunga 3.00-0-18-0Roger Wijesuriya 4.00-1-10-0

Sri Lanka, 165 (10 wkts)

Sidath Wettimuny	lbw	0	0
Amal Silva	caught (Wasim Akram)	35	0
Ranjan Madugalle	caught (Javed Miandad)	65	0
Roy Dias	lbw	7	0
Duleep Mendis	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	3	0
Arjuna Ranatunga	caught (Saleem Malik)	28	0
Aravinda de Silva	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	8	0
Ravi Ratnayeke	not out	17	0
Ashantha de Mel	bowled	0	0
Rumesh Ratnayake	caught (Ramiz Raja)	2	0
Roger Wijesuriya	lbw	0	0

Imran Khan 18.30-5-40-5Wasim Akram 19.00-4-74-2Mohsin Kamal 12.00-2-38-1Mudassar Nazar 11.50-1-28-2Abdul Qadir 1.10-0-1-0

Pakistan, 84 (2 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	not out	24	0
Mohsin Khan	run out	44	0
Qasim Umar	caught (Arjuna Ranatunga)	3	0
Saleem Yousuf	not out	13	0
Javed Miandad	did not bat	0	0
Zaheer Abbas	did not bat	0	0
Saleem Malik	did not bat	0	0
Imran Khan	did not bat	0	0
Abdul Qadir	did not bat	0	0
Wasim Akram	did not bat	0	0
Mohsin Kamal	did not bat	0	0

Ashantha de Mel 10.00-1-43-1Rumesh Ratnayake 6.00-0-24-0Ravi Ratnayeke 7.40-1-25-0

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