Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2014 to play a two-match Test series against the Sri Lankan national cricket team followed by a three-match series of One Day Internationals (ODI).[1] Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1.

Pakistan in Sri Lanka in 2014
 
  Sri Lanka Pakistan
Dates 6 August – 30 August 2014
Captains Angelo Mathews Misbah-ul-Haq
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara (323) Sarfraz Ahmed (265)
Most wickets Rangana Herath (23) Junaid Khan(9)
Player of the series Rangana Herath (SL)
One Day International series
Results Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Angelo Mathews (182) Fawad Alam (130)
Most wickets Thisara Perera (9) Wahab Riaz (8)
Player of the series Thisara Perera (SL)

The Test series was the final Test series for Sri Lankan batsmen Mahela Jayawardene after he announced his retirement from Test cricket in order to focus on One Day cricket until the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[2]

In the first innings of the second Test, Sri Lankan bowler Rangana Herath took nine wickets for 127 runs, the best figures for a left-arm bowler in Test cricket.[3]

Squads
Tests ODIs
 Sri Lanka[4]  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Pakistan

Tour matches

One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI v Pakistanis
20 August 2014
10:00
Scorecard
Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI
325/7 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistanis
290/8 (46.2 overs)
Ashan Priyanjan 65 (65)
Mohammad Hafeez 4/44 (10 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 54 (60)
Thisara Perera 2/51 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI won by 13 runs (D/L method)
Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)
  • Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI won the toss and elected to bat
  • Pakistani innings stopped at 46.2 overs due to bad light

Test series

1st Test
6–10 August 2014
Scorecard
v
451 (140.5 overs)
Younis Khan 177 (331)
Dilruwan Perera 5/137 (31.5 overs)
533/9d (163.4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 221 (425)
Saeed Ajmal 5/166 (59.1 overs)
180 (80.2 overs)
Sarfraz Ahmed 52* (70)
Rangana Herath 6/48 (30.2 overs)
99/3 (16.2 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 26 (35)
Junaid Khan 2/55 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain reduced day 3 to 46 overs

2nd Test
14–18 August 2014
Scorecard
v
320 (98 overs)
Upul Tharanga 92 (179)
Junaid Khan 4/69 (21 overs)
332 (97 overs)
Sarfraz Ahmed 103 (197)
Rangana Herath 9/127(48 overs)
282 (109 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 59 (130)
Riaz 3/76 (25 ov), Ajmal 3/89 (46 ov)
165 (52.1 overs)
Sarfraz Ahmed 55 (89)
Rangana Herath 5/57 (22.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 105 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak) scored his first century in Tests.
  • This was final test match for Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka).

ODI series

1st ODI
23 August 2014
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
275/7 (45 overs)
v
 Pakistan
277/6 (44.5 overs)
Angelo Mathews 89 (85)
Wahab Riaz 3/50 (9 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 89* (73)
Thisara Perera 2/43 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets (D/L)
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and S. Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced match to 45 overs

2nd ODI
26 August 2014
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
310/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
233 (43.5 overs)
Angelo Mathews 93 (115)
Wahab Riaz 4/65 (10 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 63 (49)
Thisara Perera 3/19 (3 overs)
Sri Lanka win by 77 runs
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Thisara Perera (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI
30 August 2014
Scorecard
Pakistan 
102 (32.1 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
104/3 (18.2 overs)
Fawad Alam 38* (73)
Thisara Perera 4/34 (8 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 50* (55)
Saeed Ajmal 1/10 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (D/L)
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and S. Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Thisara Perera (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain. Sri Lanka set a target of 101 to win.

References
  1. "Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. "Jayawardene to retire from Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Sri Lanka v Pakistan: Rangana Herath takes nine wickets". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ESPN Cricinfo, Staff. "Chandimal, Mendis dropped for Pakistan Tests". www.espncricinfo.com. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  5. Fidel Fernando, Andrew. "Lakmal out of Pakistan Tests". www.espncricinfo.com. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. Staff, ESPNCricinfo. "Karunaratne returns to Test squad". www.espncricinfo.com. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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