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Sri Lanka v Pakistan @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
19, 20, 21, 22, 23 April 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: DR Shepherd, WAU Wickremasinghe
Third Umpire: KT Francis
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Mushtaq Ahmed | 31 | 65 | 112 | 4 | - |
| 2. Russel Arnold | b Mushtaq Ahmed | 24 | 82 | 118 | - | 1 |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Saleem Elahi b Saqlain Mushtaq | 0 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | st Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed | 23 | 31 | 46 | 4 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Saleem Elahi b Asif Mujtaba | 49 | 131 | 168 | 5 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Asif Mujtaba b Saqlain Mushtaq | 103 | 228 | 349 | 10 | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Saqlain Mushtaq | 57 | 89 | 106 | 8 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | b Saqlain Mushtaq | 1 | 22 | 27 | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | c Moin Khan b Mohammad Zahid | 17 | 59 | 90 | 1 | - |
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq | 0 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-61 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-62 (Russel Arnold), 3-64 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-90 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-179 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-268 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-280 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-322 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 9-322 (Chaminda Vaas), 330 (Nuwan Zoysa). |
| Extras | 3b, 9lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 122.2 ovs) 330 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Mohammad Zahid | 17 | 2 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shahid Nazir | 18 | 6 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 44.2 | 10 | 89 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 34 | 2 | 123 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asif Mujtaba | 9 | 2 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Saleem Elahi | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| *2. Rameez Raja | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Kumar Dharmasena | 50 | 85 | 121 | 3 | - |
| 3. Ijaz Ahmed | c Kumar Dharmasena b Muttiah Muralitharan | 113 | 245 | 324 | 11 | - |
| 4. Saleem Malik | run out (Arjuna Ranatunga > > ) | 58 | 115 | 144 | 3 | - |
| 5. Inzamam-ul-Haq | c sub b Muttiah Muralitharan | 12 | 41 | 50 | 1 | - |
| 6. Asif Mujtaba | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 | 97 | 118 | 2 | - |
| +7. Moin Khan | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Saqlain Mushtaq | run out ( > > ) | 58 | 248 | 301 | 5 | - |
| 9. Mushtaq Ahmed | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 26 | 54 | 58 | 2 | - |
| 10. Shahid Nazir | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 26 | 37 | - | - |
| 11. Mohammad Zahid | not out | 6 | 64 | 97 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Saleem Elahi), 2-102 (Rameez Raja), 3-219 (Saleem Malik), 4-247 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 5-248 (Ijaz Ahmed), 6-248 (Moin Khan), 7-298 (Asif Mujtaba), 8-336 (Mushtaq Ahmed), 9-349 (Shahid Nazir), 378 (Saqlain Mushtaq). |
| Extras | 11b, 7lb, 0w, 14nb, 0pen) 32 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 159.5 ovs) 378 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 32 | 6 | 75 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 52.5 | 19 | 93 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 53 | 19 | 98 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Shahid Nazir b Saqlain Mushtaq | 25 | 69 | 99 | 3 | - |
| 2. Russel Arnold | c Shahid Nazir b Saqlain Mushtaq | 15 | 36 | 64 | 1 | - |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | c Saqlain Mushtaq b Mushtaq Ahmed | 168 | 383 | 508 | 14 | 1 |
| *4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Rameez Raja b Mushtaq Ahmed | 58 | 165 | 206 | 5 | - |
| 5. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Rameez Raja b Saqlain Mushtaq | 54 | 95 | 105 | 5 | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Moin Khan b Shahid Nazir | 17 | 54 | 78 | - | - |
| 7. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Saleem Elahi b Saqlain Mushtaq | 62 | 84 | 126 | 7 | 1 |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 11 | 52 | 54 | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | c sub b Saqlain Mushtaq | 1 | 7 | 14 | - | - |
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-38 (Russel Arnold), 2-53 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-182 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 4-265 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-315 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-390 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-420 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 8-423 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 3b, 4lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 155.1 ovs) 423 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Mohammad Zahid | 11 | 1 | 60 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shahid Nazir | 12 | 0 | 61 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 63 | 13 | 137 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 39.1 | 9 | 94 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asif Mujtaba | 30 | 5 | 64 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Russel Arnold, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Muttiah Muralitharan