COLOMBO – Pakistan cricket team put 247 runs on board in the first inning of practice match against Sri Lanka President XI.
During the first practice match of the tour, only Ahmed Shahzad and Younis Khan managed to score fifties. Middle order batsman Asad Shafiq scored 27 runs.
Ahmed Shehzad remain top scorer from Pakistan with 82 runs and Younis Khan scored the inning of 64 runs. TAM Siriwardana took two wickets from Lankan side.
In response host team scored 44 runs with the lost of one wicket. Pakistan paceman sent back opener Karunaratne.he left the pitch with out scoring a run.
Pakistan cricket team will play three tests, five ODIs and series of 2 T20 internationals during their 52 day stay in Sri Lanka.
Match Summary:
Stumps – Day 1
| Pakistanis 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Mohammad Hafeez | lbw b Gamage | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Ahmed Shehzad | c Mubarak b Vandersay | 82 | 144 | 10 | 1 | 56.94 | |
| Azhar Ali | c Tharanga b Siriwardana | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| Younis Khan | c †Chandimal b Siriwardana | 64 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 82.05 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq* | c Rajitha b Vandersay | 15 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| Asad Shafiq | st Dickwella b Vandersay | 27 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 45.76 | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed† | run out (Siriwardana) | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 92.30 | |
| Wahab Riaz | c Tharanga b Vandersay | 13 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 36.11 | |
| Yasir Shah | c †Chandimal b MVT Fernando | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Junaid Khan | c Mubarak b Vandersay | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Imran Khan | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 1) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 73.3 overs) | 247 | (3.36 runs per over) | ||||
Did not batEhsan Adil
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.3 ov), 2-39 (Azhar Ali, 13.2 ov), 3-152 (Younis Khan, 38.1 ov), 4-176 (Ahmed Shehzad, 49.1 ov), 5-189 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 55.1 ov), 6-205 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 58.4 ov), 7-232 (Asad Shafiq, 69.3 ov), 8-233 (Wahab Riaz, 69.6 ov), 9-243 (Yasir Shah, 72.3 ov), 10-247 (Junaid Khan, 73.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
| MVT Fernando | 14 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 3.07 | ||
| NT Gamage | 9 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3.22 | ||
| TAM Siriwardana | 17 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 3.70 | ||
| CAK Rajitha | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 3.30 | ||
| JDF Vandersay | 19.3 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 3.74 | ||
| B Fernando | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 | (1nb) |
| Sri Lanka Board President’s XI 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| FDM Karunaratne | lbw b Junaid Khan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JK Silva | not out | 10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 25.64 | |
| WU Tharanga | not out | 29 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 78.37 | |
| Extras | (b 4, w 1) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket; 13 overs) | 44 | (3.38 runs per over) | ||||
To batNT Gamage, LD Chandimal*†, J Mubarak, CAK Rajitha, N Dickwella, TAM Siriwardana, MVT Fernando, JDF Vandersay, B Fernando
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Karunaratne, 0.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
| Junaid Khan | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | (1w) | |
| Imran Khan | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 | ||
| Yasir Shah | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.66 | ||
| Wahab Riaz | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
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