Imam Ul Haq scored his 1st half century against Sri Lanka, as Pakistan chased down 131 with 4 wickets in hand to go 1-0 up in the 2-match series between the sides.
Pakistan resumed day 5 on 48/3, with a further 83 to win and were gifted with some loose bowling right away, which Babar Azam made the most of, belting two boundaries in the first over of the day.
Ramesh Mendis was the culprit in leaking runs, missing his length regularly and going for 29 runs, including 4 fours and 1 six, off his first 4 overs of the day, before he was taken out of the attack. Prabath Jayasuriya kept it tight early on and was rewarded with the wicket of Azam in the 6 th over of the day.
Saud Shakeel once again looked in imperious form after his unbeaten 208 in the first innings, smashing 6 fours on his way to 30 off 38, putting Sri Lanka well and truly out of the game with a 43-run partnership alongside Imam.
Mendis finally pitched one on a good length and had Shakeel caught behind with 9 runs left to get and Sarfaraz Ahmed fell shortly after trying to end the game with a boundary, but it was all too little too late for Sri Lanka as Agha Salman smashed the next delivery for six to end the game. Imam ended unbeaten on 50.
The teams will now move to the SSC for the 2 nd Test of the series.
312/10 (95.2) & 279/10 (83.1)
461/10 (121.2) & 133/6 (32.5)
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Nishan Madushka
c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi
4
9
0
0
44.44
Dimuth Karunaratne
c Safraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi
29
43
6
0
67.44
Kusal Mendis
c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi
12
14
3
0
85.71
Angelo Mathews
c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Abrar Ahmed
64
109
9
0
58.72
Dinesh Chandimal
c Babar Azam b Naseem Shah
1
6
0
0
16.67
Dhananjaya de Silva
c Shan Masood b Naseem Shah
122
214
12
3
57.01
Sadeera Samarawickrama
c Imam-ul-Haq b Agha Salman
36
57
5
0
63.16
Ramesh Mendis
c Babar Azam b Abrar Ahmed
5
40
1
0
12.50
Prabath Jayasuriya
c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Naseem Shah
4
29
0
0
13.79
Kasun Rajitha
c Abdullah Shafique b Abrar Ahmed
8
24
1
0
33.33
Vishwa Fernando
not out
21
28
2
1
75.00
Extras
6 (b 4 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total
312/10 (95.2 Overs, RR: 3.27)
Fall of Wickets
1-6 (2.2) Nishan Madushka, 2-22 (6.4) Kusal Mendis, 3-53 (14.2) Dimuth Karunaratne, 4-54 (15.2) Dinesh Chandimal, 5-185 (48.1) Angelo Mathews, 6-242 (65.4) Sadeera Samarawickrama, 7-257 (76.6) Ramesh Mendis, 8-282 (85.6) Prabath Jayasuriya, 9-283 (87.1) Dhananjaya de Silva, 10-312 (95.2) Kasun Rajitha,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi
24
3
86
3
3.58
Naseem Shah
22
2
90
3
4.09
Abrar Ahmed
31.2
9
68
3
2.18
Agha Salman
5
1
18
1
3.60
Nauman Ali
13
2
45
0
3.46
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Abdullah Shafique
c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya
19
28
3
0
67.86
Imam-ul-Haq
c Kamil Mishara b Kasun Rajitha
1
10
0
0
10.00
Shan Masood
lbw b Ramesh Mendis
39
30
5
1
130.00
Babar Azam
c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Prabath Jayasuriya
13
16
2
0
81.25
Saud Shakeel
not out
208
361
19
0
57.62
Sarfaraz Ahmed
lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya
17
15
3
0
113.33
Agha Salman
st Sadeera Samarawickrama b Ramesh Mendis
83
113
9
1
73.45
Nauman Ali
lbw b Ramesh Mendis
25
57
4
0
43.86
Shaheen Shah Afridi
lbw b Vishwa Fernando
9
14
2
0
64.29
Naseem Shah
b Ramesh Mendis
6
78
1
0
7.69
Abrar Ahmed
c Angelo Mathews b Ramesh Mendis
10
12
1
1
83.33
Extras
31 (b 9 , lb 8 , nb 6, w 8, pen 0)
Total
461/10 (121.2 Overs, RR: 3.8)
Fall of Wickets
1-3 (1.6) Imam-ul-Haq, 2-47 (10.2) Abdullah Shafique, 3-67 (11.6) Shan Masood, 4-73 (14.4) Babar Azam, 5-101 (20.2) Sarfaraz Ahmed, 6-278 (55.6) Agha Salman, 7-330 (73.2) Nauman Ali, 8-346 (76.3) Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9-440 (116.5) Naseem Shah, 10-461 (121.2) Abrar Ahmed,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Vishwa Fernando
18
1
69
1
3.83
Kasun Rajitha
19
1
77
1
4.05
Prabath Jayasuriya
35
3
145
3
4.14
Ramesh Mendis
42.2
2
136
5
3.22
Dhananjaya de Silva
7
1
17
0
2.43
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Nishan Madushka
c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Nauman Ali
52
115
7
1
45.22
Dimuth Karunaratne
c Agha Salman b Abrar Ahmed
20
27
4
0
74.07
Kusal Mendis
lbw b Nauman Ali
18
45
2
0
40.00
Angelo Mathews
c Babar Azam b Nauman Ali
7
21
1
0
33.33
Dinesh Chandimal
c Imam-ul-Haq b Agha Salman
28
64
3
0
43.75
Dhananjaya de Silva
c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi
82
118
10
2
69.49
Sadeera Samarawickrama
c Abdullah Shafique b Agha Salman
11
11
2
0
100.00
Ramesh Mendis
lbw b Abrar Ahmed
42
79
3
1
53.16
Prabath Jayasuriya
c Shan Masood b Shaheen Shah Afridi
10
11
2
0
90.91
Vishwa Fernando
not out
0
6
0
0
0.00
Kasun Rajitha
c Shan Masood b Abrar Ahmed
5
3
0
0
166.67
Extras
4 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 2, pen 0)
Total
279/10 (83.1 Overs, RR: 3.35)
Fall of Wickets
1-42 (11.1) Dimuth Karunaratne, 2-79 (24.6) Kusal Mendis, 3-91 (32.1) Angelo Mathews, 4-99 (36.6) Nishan Madushka, 5-159 (53.1) Dinesh Chandimal, 6-175 (55.5) Sadeera Samarawickrama, 7-251 (78.1) Ramesh Mendis, 8-269 (80.6) Dhananjaya de Silva, 9-274 (82.3) Prabath Jayasuriya, 10-279 (83.1) Kasun Rajitha,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi
13
0
64
2
4.92
Naseem Shah
12
2
32
0
2.67
Agha Salman
9
0
39
2
4.33
Abrar Ahmed
24.1
5
68
3
2.82
Nauman Ali
25
5
75
3
3.00
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Abdullah Shafique
c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Prabath Jayasuriya
8
18
1
0
44.44
Imam-ul-Haq
not out
50
84
4
0
59.52
Shan Masood
c Nishan Madushka b Prabath Jayasuriya
7
11
1
0
63.64
Nauman Ali
run out (Ramesh Mendis)
0
7
0
0
0.00
Babar Azam
lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya
24
28
5
0
85.71
Saud Shakeel
c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Ramesh Mendis
30
38
6
0
78.95
Sarfaraz Ahmed
c Kusal Mendis b Prabath Jayasuriya
1
10
0
0
10.00
Agha Salman
not out
6
1
0
1
600.00
Extras
7 (b 4 , lb 3 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total
133/6 (32.5 Overs, RR: 4.05)
Fall of Wickets
1-16 (6.4) Abdullah Shafique, 2-36 (10.4) Shan Masood, 3-38 (12.6) Nauman Ali, 4-79 (20.3) Babar Azam, 5-122 (29.4) Saud Shakeel, 6-127 (32.4) Sarfaraz Ahmed,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Vishwa Fernando
2
1
6
0
3.00
Ramesh Mendis
14
1
62
1
4.43
Prabath Jayasuriya
14.5
0
56
4
3.86
Dhananjaya de Silva
2
1
2
0
1.00
