Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 1999–2000
The Sri Lankan national cricket team visited Pakistan in February to March 2000 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–1. Sri Lanka were captained by Sanath Jayasuriya and Pakistan by Saeed Anwar or Moin Khan. In addition, the teams played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which Sri Lanka won 3–0.[1]
ODI series
1st ODI
13 February 2000 Scorecard |
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MS Atapattu 119* (135) Shahid Nazir 3/58 (10 overs) | Aamer Sohail 47 (66) M Muralitharan 3/31 (10 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 29 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Sadiq Mohammad and Saleem Badar Player of the match: MS Atapattu (SL) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Imran Abbas, Yasir Arafat and Younis Khan (all PAK) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI
16 February 2000 Scorecard |
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Mohammad Yousuf 68 (87) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/30 (7 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 34 runs Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala Umpires: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Pakistan innings limited to 49 overs due to their slow over rate.
3rd ODI
19 February 2000 Scorecard |
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Marvan Atapattu 77 (91) Abdur Razzaq 4/36 (10 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 104 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Nadeem Ghauri Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Faisal Iqbal (PAK) made his ODI debut.
Test series summary
1st Test
26 February–1 March 2000 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Athar Zaidi (PAK) and DL Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Younis Khan (PAK) made his Test debut.
2nd Test
5–9 March 2000 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 57 runs Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: JH Hampshire (ENG) and Mohammad Nazir (PAK) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Atiq-uz-Zaman (PAK) made his Test debut.
3rd Test
12–15 March 2000 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 222 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin (PAK) and Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- Irfan Fazil (PAK) made his Test debut.
References
- ^ "Sri Lanka in Pakistan 2000". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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