Pakistan in Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
1st Test
Galle

Sri Lanka won by 50 runs

Sri Lanka 292
NT Paranavitana 72
AD Mathews 42
Mohammad Aamer 3/74
Younis Khan 2/23

Pakistan 342
Mohammed Yousef 112
Misbah-Al-Haq 56
Shoaib Malik 38
KMDN Kulasekara 4/71
T Thushara 2/77

Sri Lanka 217
NT Paranavitana 49
TT Samaraweera 34
Saeed Ajmal 3/34
Mohammed 3/38

Pakistan 117
Salman Butt 28
Extras 17
HMRKB Herath 4/15 (11.3 overs)
BAW Medis 2/27


PLAYER OF THE MATCH - HMRKB Herath (31yo who playing in only his 15th test match took career best figures in the second innings)

DEBUTS
Pakistan - Abdur Rauf, Mohammed Aamer, Saeed Amjal
Sri Lanka - AD Mathews

Pakistan were 2/71, before losing 3/1 and never recovered

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Murali is still in doubt for the 2nd test due to injury

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Mohammed Yousef 112

Not a bad effort by Yousef there. Was that his first test back?

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Mohammed Yousef 112

Not a bad effort by Yousef there. Was that his first test back?

Yeah first back and ran himself out in the first innings

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Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
2nd Test

SRI LANKA WON BY 7 WICKETS

Pakisatn 90
Shoaib Malik 39*
KMDN Kulasekara 4/21
BAW Mendis 3/20

Sri Lanka 240
KC Sangakkara 87
Umar Gul 4/43
Saeed Ajmal 4/87

Pakistan 320 (Pakistan were 1/285)
Fawad Alam 168
Younis Khan 82
HMRKB Herath 5/99
KMDN Kulasekara 4/37

Sri Lanka 3/171
BSM Warapura 54
KC Sangakkara 46

Men of the Match - Fawad Alam and KMDN Kulasekara

Debut - Fawad Alam (Pakistan)

Sril Lanka lead the 3 match series 2-0

Point of interest - Mendis (the number one spinner in the side took 0/87 in the 2nd innings at 5/over)

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Freddy started something

Chaminda Vaas, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has announced he will retire from Tests after the third match against Pakistan in Colombo starting Monday. He said he will continue to play one-dayers and Twenty20s till the 2011 World Cup.

"I am officially retiring from Test cricket after the third Test against Pakistan, but will continue playing one-day and Twenty20 matches till the 2011 World Cup," he told reporters in Colombo, but declined to take any questions.

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Shoaib Akhtar's chances of making a comeback to the Pakistan team have suffered a blow after he failed to turn up for a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore on Wednesday.

WANKA

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Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
3rdTest

STUMPS DAY 2

Pakistan 299
Khurram Manzoor 93
Mohammad Yousef 90
T Thushara 5/83
KMDN Kulasekara 3/47

Sri Lanka 233
DPMD Jayawardene 79
KC Sangakkara 45
Danish Kaneria 5/62
Saeed Ajmal 3/70

Pakistan 1/16