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Test # 1450
Asian Test Championship, 1998/99, Final
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
12,13,14,15 March 1999 (5-day match)

Result: Pakistan won by an innings and 175 runs
Series: Pakistan wins the 1998/99 Asian Test Championship

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and DR Shepherd (Eng)
TV Umpire: VK Ramaswamy (Ind)
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Test Debut: UDU Chandana (SL).
Man of the Match: Ijaz Ahmed
Man of the Series: Wasim Akram

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lanka 231, Pakistan 33/0 (Saeed Anwar 16*, Wajahatullah 7*; 10 ov)
  • Day 2: Pakistan 299/2 (Ijaz Ahmed 118*, Inzamam-ul-Haq 77*; 100 ov)
  • Day 3: Pakistan 594, Sri Lanka 9/3 (Arnold 8*; 2.1 ov)
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RP Arnold                                b Shoaib Akhtar       10  20  13  2 0
    DA Gunawardene        c Wajahatullah     b Wasim Akram          4  11   6  1 0
    DPMD Jayawardene      lbw                b Wasim Akram          0   1   1  0 0
    MS Atapattu           lbw                b Saqlain Mushtaq     36  82  59  5 0
    *PA de Silva          lbw                b Arshad Khan         72 263 164 10 0
    HP Tillakaratne       c Wajahatullah     b Arshad Khan         15  82  59  1 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     c Yousuf Youhana   b Arshad Khan          9  29  25  1 0
    UDU Chandana          c Moin Khan        b Shoaib Akhtar       15  44  44  3 0
    WPUJC Vaas            not out                                  20  90  78  0 0
    GP Wickramasinghe     c Wajahatullah     b Arshad Khan          2  37  17  0 0
    KSC de Silva          c Moin Khan        b Arshad Khan         11  20  17  2 0
    Extras                (b 12, lb 9, nb 16)                      37
    Total                 (all out, 78 overs)                     231
    
    FoW: 1-16 (Gunawardene, 2.1 ov), 2-16 (Jayawardene, 2.2 ov),
         3-19 (Arnold, 3.3 ov), 4-84 (Atapattu, 19.1 ov),
         5-119 (Tillakaratne, 38.3 ov), 6-135 (Kaluwitharana, 46.2 ov),
         7-177 (Chandana, 56.5 ov), 8-201 (PA de Silva, 63.4 ov),
         9-208 (Wickramasinghe, 71.5 ov), 10-231 (KSC de Silva, 77.6 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wasim Akram                 14      2     45      2 (3nb)
    Shoaib Akhtar               13      3     36      2 (9nb)
    Saqlain Mushtaq             29      7     76      1 (2nb)
    Shahid Afridi                2      0     15      0 (1nb)
    Arshad Khan                 20      5     38      5
    
    Pakistan 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    Saeed Anwar                          c & b Arnold              57 171 113  7 0
    Wajahatullah Wasti    c Jayawardene      b KSC de Silva        22 123  87  2 0
    Ijaz Ahmed            st +Tillakaratne   b Chandana           211 519 372 23 1
    Inzamam-ul-Haq        not out                                 200 535 397 23 2
    Yousuf Youhana        c sub (UC Hathurusingha) b Chandana      19  52  42  2 0
    Shahid Afridi                        c & b Chandana            21  26  29  3 1
    +Moin Khan            c KSC de Silva     b Arnold              10  30  20  0 0
    *Wasim Akram          c Vaas             b Chandana             8  11  14  0 1
    Saqlain Mushtaq       run out (+Tillakaratne/Gunawardene)       4  22  16  0 0
    Arshad Khan           c +Tillakaratne    b Chandana             3  19  15  0 0
    Shoaib Akhtar         st +Tillakaratne   b Chandana             4  31  12  1 0
    Extras                (b 13, lb 14, nb 8)                      35
    Total                 (all out, 184.5 overs)                  594
    
    FoW: 1-75 (Wajahatullah, 25.4 ov), 2-117 (Saeed Anwar, 37.3 ov),
         3-483 (Ijaz Ahmed, 152.6 ov), 4-515 (Shahid Afridi, 159.6 ov),
         5-518 (Yousuf Youhana, 161.2 ov), 6-532 (Wasim Akram, 165.6 ov),
         7-540 (Moin Khan, 168.3 ov), 8-555 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 173.6 ov),
         9-560 (Arshad Khan, 177.4 ov), 10-594 (Shoaib Akhtar, 184.5 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        32      4    101      0 (3nb)
    Wickramasinghe              20      3     53      0 (1nb)
    KSC de Silva                25.4    3     75      1 (4nb)
    Chandana                    47.5    7    179      6
    PA de Silva                 12      0     44      0
    Arnold                      37.2    7     80      2
    Jayawardene                 10      1     35      0
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RP Arnold             c Wasim Akram      b Arshad Khan         30  85  50  4 0
    DA Gunawardene        c Shahid Afridi    b Wasim Akram          0   3   1  0 0
    WPUJC Vaas                               b Wasim Akram          0   1   1  0 0
    DPMD Jayawardene      c Wajahatullah     b Wasim Akram          1   8   5  0 0
    MS Atapattu           run out (Wasim Akram)                    22  46  40  1 0
    *PA de Silva          c Wajahatullah     b Saqlain Mushtaq      6  30  18  1 0
    HP Tillakaratne       not out                                  55 173 152 10 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana                    c & b Saqlain Mushtaq      0   6   3  0 0
    UDU Chandana          lbw                b Shahid Afridi       28  73  58  3 1
    GP Wickramasinghe                        b Shahid Afridi        7  19  19  1 0
    KSC de Silva                             b Saqlain Mushtaq     27  66  47  4 1
    Extras                (b 4, lb 7, nb 1)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 65.3 overs)                   188
    
    FoW: 1-5 (Gunawardene, 0.5 ov), 2-5 (Vaas, 0.6 ov),
         3-9 (Jayawardene, 2.1 ov), 4-48 (Atapattu, 12.6 ov),
         5-59 (Arnold, 18.1 ov), 6-59 (PA de Silva, 19.6 ov),
         7-61 (Kaluwitharana, 21.3 ov), 8-101 (Chandana, 40.6 ov),
         9-115 (Wickramasinghe, 46.3 ov), 10-188 (KSC de Silva, 65.3 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wasim Akram                  7      0     33      3
    Shoaib Akhtar               10.4    3     26      0 (1nb)
    Saqlain Mushtaq             28.5   15     46      3
    Arshad Khan                 12      3     41      1
    Shahid Afridi                7      1     31      2
    

    • Inzamam-ul-Haq (1) retired hurt on 156* from 469/2 to 532/6
    • HP Tillakaratne kept wicket from 117/2 (39 ov) until the end of the innings because Kaluwitharana was unfit with a fever




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    Team Pages: Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

    Ground Page: Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: RP Arnold, DA Gunawardene, DPMD Jayawardene, MS Atapattu, PA de Silva, HP Tillakaratne, RS Kaluwitharana, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, GP Wickramasinghe, KSC de Silva.

    Pakistan Player Pages: Saeed Anwar, Wajahatullah Wasti, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Shahid Afridi, Moin Khan, Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq, Arshad Khan, Shoaib Akhtar.

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