Pakistan A overwhelm Sri Lanka A — A Remarkable Victory

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Pakistan A 461 for 8 dec (Shakeel 86, Hasan 73, De Silva 2-28) and 148 for 2 (Azam 66*, Shakeel 51*, Fernando 2-38) beat Sri Lanka A 250 (Silva 57, Hamza 4-62) and 358 (De Silva 88, Hasan Ali 4-67, Shadab Khan 4-89) by eight wickets

Pakistan’s task could have been easier but for Sri Lanka’s stubborn tenth-wicket partnership in the second innings. Half-centuries from opener Dhananjaya de Silva (88) and captain Ashan Priyanjan (66) had taken them to 309 for 9, before Minod Bhanuka, who scored an unbeaten 54, and Asitha Fernando combined for a 49-run stand that kept Pakistan’s bowlers at bay for 7.3 overs. When Fernando, who contributed just 2, finally perished to give right-arm medium pacer Hasan Ali his fourth wicket of the innings and seventh of the match, Sri Lanka were all out for 358 to set up the pulsating climax.

Pakistan’s stranglehold of the match, however, had been established in the first innings. After Sri Lanka opted to bat, Mir Hamza (4 for 62) and Hasan (3 for 70) inflicted the bulk of the damage to bowl the side out for 250, with only Roshen Silva (57) and Udara Jayasundera (53) registering fifties. Pakistan responded by piling on 461 for 8 before declaring. Most of their batsman made solid contributions, with Shakeel top-scoring with 86.

Battling a first-innings deficit of 211, Sri Lanka never really managed to claw back. Coming into the final day two down for 83 and still 128 behind, any hopes Sri Lanka may have had of saving the match came crashing down, thanks to a spirited effort from Pakistan.

Pakistan A tour of England

Sri Lanka A tour of England

Pakistan A v Sri Lanka A

Pakistan A won by 8 wickets

First-class match | 2016 season

Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester (neutral venue)

10,11,12,13 July 2016 (4-day match)

	Sri Lanka A 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DM de Silva	c Saud Shakeel b Azizullah	5	26	13	0	0	38.46
	MDUS Jayasundera	b Mir Hamza	53	154	95	10	0	55.78
	ML Udawatte	b Hasan Ali	26	46	39	6	0	66.66
	ARS Silva	c †Mohammad Hasan b Mir Hamza	57	180	125	5	0	45.60
	SMA Priyanjan*	c Jaahid Ali b Shadab Khan	36	56	51	6	0	70.58
	N Dickwella†	c Jaahid Ali b Hasan Ali	35	55	42	6	0	83.33
	M Bhanuka	c †Mohammad Hasan b Mir Hamza	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
	SS Pathirana	c Abdul Rehman Muzammil b Mir Hamza	19	39	15	2	1	126.66
	PLS Gamage	c Babar Azam b Hasan Ali	4	11	11	1	0	36.36
	MVT Fernando	b Azizullah	8	31	20	2	0	40.00
	AM Fernando	not out	0	8	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 2)	7
	Total	(all out; 69.5 overs)	250	(3.57 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-13 (de Silva, 5.2 ov), 2-54 (Udawatte, 14.5 ov), 3-112 (Jayasundera, 33.4 ov), 4-160 (Priyanjan, 47.3 ov), 5-206 (Silva, 58.5 ov), 6-214 (Bhanuka, 60.5 ov), 7-220 (Dickwella, 61.4 ov), 8-226 (Gamage, 63.4 ov), 9-246 (Pathirana, 68.2 ov),10-250 (MVT Fernando, 69.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s
	Mir Hamza	19	3	62	4	3.26	91
	Azizullah	17.5	5	43	2	2.41	87
	Hasan Ali	16	3	70	3	4.37	71	(2nb)
	Babar Azam	1	0	2	0	2.00	4
	Mohammad Nawaz (3)	8	0	37	0	4.62	28
	Shadab Khan	8	0	31	1	3.87	29

	Pakistan A 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Sharjeel Khan	c Bhanuka b MVT Fernando	4	5	4	1	0	100.00
	Jaahid Ali	c †Dickwella b AM Fernando	43	150	107	5	0	40.18
	Saud Shakeel	c Silva b MVT Fernando	86	250	162	11	0	53.08
	Babar Azam*	lbw b Gamage	31	79	63	5	0	49.20
	Abdul Rehman Muzammil	c Udawatte b de Silva	14	83	54	1	0	25.92
	Mohammad Nawaz (3)	b de Silva	52	127	86	6	0	60.46
	Mohammad Hasan†	st †Dickwella b Gamage	73	187	123	7	0	59.34
	Shadab Khan	c Udawatte b Pathirana	48	78	68	7	0	70.58
	Hasan Ali	not out	50	60	37	5	3	135.13
	Azizullah	not out	15	20	9	0	2	166.66
	Extras	(b 9, lb 15, w 9, nb 12)	45
	Total	(8 wickets dec; 117 overs)	461	(3.94 runs per over)

Did not batMir Hamza

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Fall of wickets 1-4 (Sharjeel Khan, 0.4 ov), 2-107 (Jaahid Ali, 33.6 ov), 3-168 (Babar Azam, 52.2 ov), 4-180 (Saud Shakeel, 57.2 ov), 5-222 (Abdul Rehman Muzammil, 68.3 ov), 6-287 (Mohammad Nawaz, 84.4 ov), 7-370 (Shadab Khan, 105.2 ov), 8-410 (Mohammad Hasan, 113.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s
	MVT Fernando	30	5	104	2	3.46	125	(3nb)
	AM Fernando	23	2	85	1	3.69	104	(5nb, 1w)
	PLS Gamage	26	5	115	2	4.42	107	(3nb, 4w)
	SS Pathirana	22	1	79	1	3.59	81
	DM de Silva	10	1	28	2	2.80	40
	SMA Priyanjan	5	1	17	0	3.40	20
	MDUS Jayasundera	1	0	9	0	9.00	3

	Sri Lanka A 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DM de Silva	lbw b Hasan Ali	88	167	118	16	0	74.57
	MDUS Jayasundera	c Abdul Rehman Muzammil b Mohammad Nawaz	25	75	58	5	0	43.10
	ML Udawatte	b Azizullah	8	15	9	2	0	88.88
	PLS Gamage	c †Mohammad Hasan b Shadab Khan	21	117	84	2	0	25.00
	ARS Silva	c sub b Shadab Khan	40	134	95	5	0	42.10
	SMA Priyanjan*	c †Mohammad Hasan b Shadab Khan	66	107	79	7	2	83.54
	N Dickwella†	c Hasan Ali b Shadab Khan	5	18	9	1	0	55.55
	M Bhanuka	not out	54	82	71	7	2	76.05
	SS Pathirana	lbw b Hasan Ali	10	25	23	1	0	43.47
	MVT Fernando	b Hasan Ali	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	AM Fernando	c Sharjeel Khan b Hasan Ali	2	48	15	0	0	13.33
	Extras	(b 28, lb 4, nb 7)	39
	Total	(all out; 93.2 overs)	358	(3.83 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-62 (Jayasundera, 16.6 ov), 2-83 (Udawatte, 19.4 ov), 3-142 (de Silva, 38.4 ov), 4-166 (Gamage, 47.6 ov), 5-268 (Silva, 72.1 ov), 6-275 (Priyanjan, 74.1 ov), 7-284 (Dickwella, 76.3 ov), 8-309 (Pathirana, 83.3 ov), 9-309 (MVT Fernando, 83.5 ov), 10-358 (AM Fernando, 93.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s
	Azizullah	17	3	59	1	3.47	80
	Mir Hamza	25	5	70	0	2.80	120	(1nb)
	Hasan Ali	18.2	2	67	4	3.65	81	(2nb)
	Mohammad Nawaz (3)	16	4	41	1	2.56	75
	Shadab Khan	17	2	89	4	5.23	65

	Pakistan A 2nd innings (target: 148 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Sharjeel Khan	c sub b MVT Fernando	19	17	12	3	0	158.33
	Babar Azam*	not out	66	91	48	4	3	137.50
	Mohammad Nawaz (3)	c Silva b MVT Fernando	8	13	7	1	0	114.28
	Saud Shakeel	not out	51	63	48	4	0	106.25
	Extras	(w 4)	4
	Total	(2 wickets; 19.1 overs)	148	(7.72 runs per over)

Did not batJaahid Ali, Abdul Rehman Muzammil, Mohammad Hasan†, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Azizullah, Mir Hamza

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Fall of wickets 1-25 (Sharjeel Khan, 2.6 ov), 2-37 (Mohammad Nawaz, 4.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s
	MVT Fernando	5	0	38	2	7.60	12	(1w)
	AM Fernando	2	0	24	0	12.00	1	(1w)
	PLS Gamage	3	0	21	0	7.00	7	(1w)
	SS Pathirana	5	0	41	0	8.20	6	(1w)
	DM de Silva	3	0	17	0	5.66	6
	SMA Priyanjan	1.1	0	7	0	6.00	3

MATCH DETAILS

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Toss – Sri Lanka A

First-class debut – Shadab Khan (Pakistan A)

Umpires – BJ Debenham and GD Lloyd

Close of play

• Sun, 10 Jul – day 1 – Pakistan A 1st innings 47/1 (Jaahid Ali 15*, Saud Shakeel 25*, 16 ov)
• Mon, 11 Jul – day 2 – Pakistan A 1st innings 370/7 (Mohammad Hasan 57*, 105.2 ov)
• Tue, 12 Jul – day 3 – Sri Lanka A 2nd innings 83/2 (DM de Silva 44*, PLS Gamage 0*, 21 ov)
• Wed, 13 Jul – day 4 – Pakistan A 2nd innings 148/2 (19.1 ov) – end of match