Pakistan wins the second test of series against Sri Lanka

Dubai International Cricket Stadium
October 29, 2011

Pakistan learned from the mistakes made by them in the first test and put up a much better performance in the second test. Winning the toss, Sri Lanka chose to bat first. The decision back fired quickly as they were at 73/5 at one stage. Kumar Sangakkara, the hero for Sri Lanka in the first test match again came to rescue scoring 78(122). A tough resistance by the tail-enders helped Sri Lanka achieve 239 in the first innings. Chanaka Welegedara scored 48(127). In reply, Azhar Ali scored his maiden test century as Pakistan piled up 403 runs. Sri Lanka were all out for 257 in the second innings and Pakistan managed to win the test match by nine wickets on day 4.

Scorecard

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka - 2nd Test
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
October 26 - 30, 2011

Result: Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first.
Pakistan lead the 3-match test series 1-0
Player of the match: Saeed Ajmal

First Innings

Sri Lanka Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	6	29	0	0	20.68
Lahiru Thirimanne	lbw Umar Gul	1	3	0	0	33.33
Kumar Sangakkara	c Asad Shafiq b Abdur Rehman	78	122	11	0	63.93
Mahela Jayawardene	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	6	4	1	0	150.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain)	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Junaid Khan	7	8	1	0	87.50
Angelo Mathews	c Adnan Akmal b Junaid Khan	19	42	3	0	45.23
Kaushal Silva (wk)	lbw Abdur Rehman	20	36	2	0	55.55
Dhammika Prasad	c Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	7	29	1	0	24.13
Rangana Herath	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	29	67	2	0	43.28
Chanaka Welegedara	st Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	48	127	4	2	37.79
Suranga Lakmal	not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	b 5, lb 7, nb 6	18
		239 all out (79.0 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-3 (Thirimanne, 2.2 ov)	2-24 (Paranavitana, 8.2 ov)
3-30 (Jayawardene, 8.6 ov)	4-45 (Dilshan, 11.6 ov)
5-73 (Mathews, 24.2 ov)	6-127 (Silva, 35.5 ov)
7-154 (Prasad, 44.6 ov)	8-154 (Sangakkara, 45.1 ov)
9-229 (Herath, 74.1 ov)	10-239 (Welegedara, 78.6 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Umar Gul	19.0	2	78	3	4.10	4nb
Junaid Khan	15.0	2	57	2	3.80	1nb
Saeed Ajmal	26.0	9	45	3	1.73
Abdur Rehman	17.0	5	40	2	2.35	1nb
Mohammad Hafeez	2.0	0	7	0	3.50

Pakistan Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw Dhammika Prasad	33	63	4	0	52.38
Taufeeq Umar	c Kaushal Silva b Dhammika Prasad	27	75	3	0	36.00
Azhar Ali	lbw Tillakaratne Dilshan	100	242	9	0	41.32
Younis Khan	b Tillakaratne Dilshan	55	103	2	1	53.39
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain)	c Mahela Jayawardene b Chanaka Welegedara	41	113	2	1	36.28
Saeed Ajmal	c Angelo Mathews b Chanaka Welegedara	20	51	1	0	39.21
Asad Shafiq	c Mahela Jayawardene b Dhammika Prasad	59	101	4	1	58.41
Adnan Akmal (wk)	c Kaushal Silva b Tillakaratne Dilshan	41	80	4	0	51.25
Abdur Rehman	b Rangana Herath	0	12	0	0	0.00
Umar Gul	lbw Rangana Herath	2	3	0	0	66.66
Junaid Khan	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	b 10, lb 10, w 2, nb 3	25
		403 all out (141.1 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-63 (Taufeeq Umar, 21.1 ov)	2-64 (Mohammad Hafeez, 23.3 ov)
3-181 (Younis Khan, 63.2 ov)	4-275 (Azhar Ali, 97.5 ov)
5-283 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 100.4 ov)	6-324 (Saeed Ajmal, 114.2 ov)
7-394 (Asad Shafiq, 133.1 ov)	8-397 (Abdur Rehman, 136.2 ov)
9-399 (Umar Gul, 136.5 ov)	10-403 (Adnan Akmal, 141.1 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Chanaka Welegedara	29.0	7	79	2	2.72	1w
Dhammika Prasad	32.0	2	104	3	3.25	3nb
Rangana Herath	37.0	5	89	2	2.40
Suranga Lakmal	24.0	8	54	0	2.25	1w
Tillakaratne Dilshan	19.1	1	57	3	2.97

Second Innings

Sri Lanka Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Tharanga Paranavitana	c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal	72	239	4	0	30.12
Lahiru Thirimanne	b Mohammad Hafeez	8	45	0	0	17.77
Kumar Sangakkara	lbw Abdur Rehman	30	99	0	0	30.30
Mahela Jayawardene	b Saeed Ajmal	5	34	0	0	14.70
Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain)	lbw Junaid Khan	3	5	0	0	60.00
Angelo Mathews	not out	52	143	5	1	36.36
Kaushal Silva (wk)	c Saeed Ajmal b Junaid Khan	8	20	1	0	40.00
Dhammika Prasad	b Abdur Rehman	33	48	4	0	68.75
Rangana Herath	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Saeed Ajmal	15	15	2	0	100.00
Chanaka Welegedara	lbw Saeed Ajmal	4	4	1	0	100.00
Suranga Lakmal	b Saeed Ajmal	8	9	2	0	88.88
Extras	b 14, lb 3, nb 2	19
		257 all out (109.5 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-22 (Thirimanne, 13.1 ov)	2-95 (Sangakkara, 48.6 ov)
3-113 (Jayawardene, 60.3 ov)	4-116 (Dilshan, 61.3 ov)
5-141 (Paranavitana, 79.1 ov)	6-166 (Silva, 86.6 ov)
7-222 (Prasad, 100.3 ov)	8-243 (Herath, 105.1 ov)
9-247 (Welegedara, 105.5 ov)	10-257 (Lakmal, 109.5 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Extras
Umar Gul	15.0	3	39	0	2.60	1nb
Junaid Khan	17.0	4	38	2	2.23	1nb
Mohammad Hafeez	14.0	2	30	1	2.14
Abdur Rehman	33.0	7	65	2	1.96
Saeed Ajmal	30.5	9	68	5	2.20

Pakistan Innings		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Hafeez	not out	59	64	5	2	92.18
Taufeeq Umar	b Rangana Herath	1	9	0	0	11.11
Azhar Ali	not out	29	72	0	1	40.27
Younis Khan
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain)
Asad Shafiq
Adnan Akmal (wk)
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Junaid Khan
Abdur Rehman
Extras	b 4, lb 1	5
		94 / 1 (24.1 overs)

Fall of Wickets
1-17 (Taufeeq Umar, 4.1 ov)

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Dhammika Prasad	3.0	0	23	0	7.66
Chanaka Welegedara	2.0	1	1	0	0.50
Rangana Herath	10.1	2	29	1	2.85
Tillakaratne Dilshan	9.0	0	36	0	4.00

Umpires	Tony Hill, Shavir Tarapore
TV Umpire	Zameer Haider
Match Referee	David Boon
Reserve Umpire	Shozab Raza

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