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Sri Lanka v Pakistan @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
14, 15, 16, 17 June 2000 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, BC Cooray
Third Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Pakistan won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Mohammad Wasim b Arshad Khan | 73 | 219 | 276 | 9 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Younis Khan b Waqar Younis | 26 | 35 | 75 | 3 | - |
| 3. Russel Arnold | b Waqar Younis | 4 | 8 | 12 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Wasim Akram b Arshad Khan | 30 | 48 | 75 | 4 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Moin Khan b Wasim Akram | 77 | 145 | 222 | 6 | - |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out (Mushtaq Ahmed > > ) | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Mohammad Wasim b Arshad Khan | 4 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | b Mushtaq Ahmed | 3 | 21 | 27 | - | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | st Moin Khan b Arshad Khan | 17 | 37 | 37 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Wasim Akram b Waqar Younis | 18 | 37 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 5 | 21 | 27 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-52 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-56 (Russel Arnold), 3-109 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-176 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-187 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-193 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-206 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-245 (Nuwan Zoysa), 9-257 (Mahela Jayawardene), 273 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 5b, 1lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 97.2 ovs, 418 mins) 273 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Wasim Akram | 20 | 6 | 55 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Waqar Younis | 14.2 | 0 | 50 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Abdul Razzaq | 18 | 1 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 14 | 1 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arshad Khan | 31 | 8 | 62 | 4 | (0w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Saeed Anwar | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Muttiah Muralitharan | 56 | 136 | 200 | 8 | - |
| 2. Mohammad Wasim | c Russel Arnold b Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 34 | 39 | - | - |
| 3. Younis Khan | c Dilhara Fernando b Muttiah Muralitharan | 23 | 59 | 76 | 2 | - |
| 4. Mohammad Yousuf | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| *+5. Moin Khan | c Dilhara Fernando b Nuwan Zoysa | 47 | 116 | 162 | 5 | 1 |
| 6. Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Mahela Jayawardene b Nuwan Zoysa | 12 | 52 | 61 | - | - |
| 7. Abdul Razzaq | run out (Dilhara Fernando > > ) | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 8. Wasim Akram | b Dilhara Fernando | 78 | 204 | 245 | 6 | 2 |
| 9. Waqar Younis | c Nuwan Zoysa b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 10. Mushtaq Ahmed | c Russel Arnold b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 27 | 24 | - | - |
| 11. Arshad Khan | not out | 9 | 95 | 184 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-16 (Mohammad Wasim), 2-67 (Younis Khan), 3-75 (Mohammad Yousuf), 4-130 (Saeed Anwar), 5-159 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 6-160 (Abdul Razzaq), 7-165 (Moin Khan), 8-173 (Waqar Younis), 9-176 (Mushtaq Ahmed), 266 (Wasim Akram). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 3w, 18nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 120.5 ovs, 519 mins) 266 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 29 | 7 | 52 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 19 | 4 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 15.5 | 1 | 53 | 2 | (3w,6nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 47 | 12 | 115 | 5 | (0w,9nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Saeed Anwar b Arshad Khan | 40 | 96 | 138 | 6 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Waqar Younis | 8 | 22 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 3. Russel Arnold | c Mohammad Wasim b Wasim Akram | 1 | 13 | 21 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Abdul Razzaq | 21 | 81 | 114 | 2 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Mohammad Wasim b Arshad Khan | 1 | 12 | 21 | - | - |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Saeed Anwar b Wasim Akram | 7 | 20 | 41 | - | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Younis Khan b Arshad Khan | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c & b Wasim Akram | 20 | 57 | 74 | - | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Wasim Akram | 13 | 47 | 61 | 1 | - |
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | b Wasim Akram | 0 | 4 | 11 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 3 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-25 (Russel Arnold), 3-67 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-71 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-73 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-82 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-88 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-120 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-120 (Nuwan Zoysa), 123 (Dilhara Fernando). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 61.3 ovs, 278 mins) 123 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Waqar Younis | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wasim Akram | 15.3 | 1 | 45 | 5 | (1w,1nb) |
| Abdul Razzaq | 14 | 6 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arshad Khan | 22 | 8 | 30 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Saeed Anwar | c Dilhara Fernando b Nuwan Zoysa | 6 | 23 | 34 | - | - |
| 2. Mohammad Wasim | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 30 | 60 | 80 | 1 | - |
| 3. Mohammad Yousuf | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 11 | 24 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 4. Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Russel Arnold b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 15 | 19 | 2 | - |
| 5. Wasim Akram | not out | 20 | 63 | 105 | 2 | - |
| *+6. Moin Khan | lbw b Nuwan Zoysa | 11 | 24 | 26 | 2 | - |
| 7. Younis Khan | not out | 32 | 47 | 58 | 2 | 2 |
| 8. Abdul Razzaq | ||||||
| 9. Waqar Younis | ||||||
| 10. Mushtaq Ahmed | ||||||
| 11. Arshad Khan |
| FOW | 1-19 (Saeed Anwar), 2-51 (Mohammad Yousuf), 3-52 (Mohammad Wasim), 4-66 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 5-89 (Moin Khan). |
| Extras | 4b, 0lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 42 ovs, 186 mins) 131 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 3 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 13 | 1 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 | 3 | 53 | 3 | (0w,3nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Russel Arnold, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan