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Pakistan v Sri Lanka 3rd Test

Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan - 1985 (1985/86) · National Stadium, Karachi · 7 November 1985 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan won by 10 wickets · Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva

Pakistan won by 10 wickets. Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 105 for Sri Lanka. Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva.

Sri Lanka ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1985 TESTS National Stadium ARCHIVE

Sri Lanka, 143 (10 wkts)

Sidath Wettimuny	bowled	17	0
Ravi Ratnayeke	bowled	36	0
Ranjan Madugalle	lbw	0	0
Roy Dias	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	7	0
Duleep Mendis	caught (Javed Miandad)	15	0
Arjuna Ranatunga	caught (Javed Miandad)	12	0
Aravinda de Silva	caught (Abdul Qadir)	13	0
Asanka Gurusinha	lbw	17	0
Ashantha de Mel	stumping (Saleem Yousuf)	3	0
Rumesh Ratnayake	not out	21	0
Roger Wijesuriya	lbw	2	0

Imran Khan 20.00-9-36-2Wasim Akram 14.00-7-17-2Tauseef Ahmed 22.00-10-50-1Abdul Qadir 20.50-5-44-5

Pakistan, 271 (10 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	caught (Asanka Gurusinha)	16	0
Mohsin Khan	caught (Asanka Gurusinha)	13	0
Qasim Umar	caught (Arjuna Ranatunga)	8	0
Javed Miandad	lbw	63	0
Saleem Malik	bowled	4	0
Ramiz Raja	caught (Ashantha de Mel)	52	0
Imran Khan	caught (Rumesh Ratnayake)	63	0
Saleem Yousuf	lbw	27	0
Abdul Qadir	caught (Sidath Wettimuny)	19	0
Tauseef Ahmed	bowled	1	0
Wasim Akram	not out	5	0

Ashantha de Mel 22.00-1-109-6Rumesh Ratnayake 15.00-2-48-2Ravi Ratnayeke 15.00-2-48-1Roger Wijesuriya 22.00-5-68-1Arjuna Ranatunga 1.00-0-1-0

Sri Lanka, 208 (10 wkts)

Sidath Wettimuny	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	10	0
Ravi Ratnayeke	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	3	0
Aravinda de Silva	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	105	0
Roy Dias	caught (Saleem Malik)	4	0
Arjuna Ranatunga	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	25	0
Asanka Gurusinha	caught (Saleem Yousuf)	12	0
Duleep Mendis	bowled	2	0
Ranjan Madugalle	bowled	5	0
Ashantha de Mel	bowled	18	0
Rumesh Ratnayake	caught (Qasim Umar)	22	0
Roger Wijesuriya	not out	2	0

Imran Khan 14.10-5-28-3Wasim Akram 14.00-4-24-1Tauseef Ahmed 23.20-8-54-5Abdul Qadir 25.50-4-102-1Mudassar Nazar 3.00-0-6-0

Pakistan, 93 (0 wkts)

Mudassar Nazar	not out	57	0
Mohsin Khan	not out	36	0
Qasim Umar	did not bat	0	0
Javed Miandad	did not bat	0	0
Saleem Malik	did not bat	0	0
Ramiz Raja	did not bat	0	0
Imran Khan	did not bat	0	0
Saleem Yousuf	did not bat	0	0
Abdul Qadir	did not bat	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed	did not bat	0	0
Wasim Akram	did not bat	0	0

Ashantha de Mel 3.00-0-28-0Ravi Ratnayeke 6.00-1-24-0Rumesh Ratnayake 4.00-0-33-0Roger Wijesuriya 3.40-2-9-0

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