Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka 4Th Odi
SL in UAE and PAK - 2017 (2017/18) · Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah · 20 October 2017
Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 66 balls remaining)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 66 balls remaining). Babar Azam top-scored with 69* for Pakistan.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
- Date
- 20 October 2017
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 66 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Babar Azam
- Captains
- Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan)
- Debuts
- Sadeera Samarawickrama (Sri Lanka), Usman Shinwari (Pakistan)
- Umpires
- RA Kettleborough and Shozab Raza
- Match referee
- AJ Pycroft
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Sadeera Samarawickrama and Usman Shinwari played their first ODIs.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 173 all out. Lahiru Thirimanne top-scored with 62 off 94 balls. Hasan Ali took 3 for 37 for Pakistan. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 230 across 42 ODIs.
Chasing 174, Pakistan made 177 for 3. Babar Azam top-scored with 69 not out off 101 balls, and Shoaib Malik made 69. The innings was built on a 119-run stand for the fourth wicket between Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam, 67% of the total.
Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 66 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 173 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upul Tharanga | b Usman Shinwari | 0 | 5 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | c Fakhar Zaman b Junaid Khan | 22 | 16 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | run out (Ahmed Shehzad, Sarfaraz Ahmed) | 16 | 24 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | c Babar Azam b Imad Wasim | 62 | 94 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | b Imad Wasim | 0 | 2 |
| Milinda Siriwardana | c Usman Shinwari b Hasan Ali | 13 | 32 |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | b Shadab Khan | 5 | 13 |
| Thisara Perera | c Babar Azam b Shadab Khan | 0 | 1 |
| Akila Dananjaya | c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Hasan Ali | 18 | 37 |
| Suranga Lakmal | not out | 23 | 30 |
| Lahiru Gamage | b Hasan Ali | 1 | 8 |
Extras 13 · Total 173 all out
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junaid Khan | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Usman Shinwari | 6.3 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Imad Wasim | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 9.3 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Hasan Ali | 8.4 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| Shadab Khan | 8 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Upul Tharanga, 1.2 ov), 2-30 (Niroshan Dickwella, 4.6 ov), 3-59 (Dinesh Chandimal, 10.3 ov), 4-59 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 10.5 ov), 5-91 (Milinda Siriwardana, 20.5 ov), 6-99 (Seekkuge Prasanna, 24.1 ov), 7-99 (Thisara Perera, 24.2 ov), 8-142 (Akila Dananjaya, 35.2 ov), 9-164 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 40.1 ov), 10-173 (Lahiru Gamage, 43.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Upul Tharanga (0) and Niroshan Dickwella (2) | 2 | 8 |
| second | Dinesh Chandimal (4) and Niroshan Dickwella (20) | 28 | 22 |
| third | Dinesh Chandimal (12) and Lahiru Thirimanne (11) | 29 | 32 |
| fourth | Lahiru Thirimanne (0) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (0) | 0 | 2 |
| fifth | Milinda Siriwardana (13) and Lahiru Thirimanne (18) | 32 | 60 |
| sixth | Seekkuge Prasanna (5) and Lahiru Thirimanne (3) | 8 | 20 |
| seventh | Thisara Perera (0) and Lahiru Thirimanne (0) | 0 | 1 |
| eighth | Lahiru Thirimanne (23) and Akila Dananjaya (18) | 43 | 66 |
| ninth | Suranga Lakmal (15) and Lahiru Thirimanne (7) | 22 | 29 |
| tenth | Suranga Lakmal (8) and Lahiru Gamage (1) | 9 | 21 |
PAKISTAN: 177 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakhar Zaman | st Niroshan Dickwella b Akila Dananjaya | 17 | 30 |
| Imam-ul-Haq | lbw b Lahiru Gamage | 2 | 3 |
| Babar Azam | not out | 69 | 101 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Lahiru Gamage b Seekkuge Prasanna | 9 | 19 |
| Shoaib Malik | not out | 69 | 81 |
Did not bat: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Usman Shinwari, Junaid Khan
Extras 11 · Total 177 for 3
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suranga Lakmal | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Lahiru Gamage | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Akila Dananjaya | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Seekkuge Prasanna | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Thisara Perera | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Milinda Siriwardana | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-12 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.4 ov), 2-37 (Fakhar Zaman, 8.5 ov), 3-58 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Fakhar Zaman (5) and Imam-ul-Haq (2) | 12 | 10 |
| second | Babar Azam (12) and Fakhar Zaman (12) | 25 | 43 |
| third | Mohammad Hafeez (9) and Babar Azam (10) | 21 | 31 |
| fourth | Shoaib Malik (69) and Babar Azam (47) | 119 | 150 |
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