The Sri Lankan's are in Pakistan and it's their seventh tour to Pakistan since the first, way back during the 1981-82 season. They have also toured Pakistan in between, for World Cup games and for some other ODI engagements. This time they are scheduled to play the final of 2001-02 Asian Test Championship starting 6th of March.

Following is a statistical summary of Pakistan - Sri Lanka previous Test matches.

Summary of all Series (11) 
Series   Host          Tests  Pak  SL  Draw  Series
1981-82  Pakistan      3      2    -   1     Pakistan
1985-86  Pakistan      3      2    -   1     Pakistan
1985-86  Sri Lanka     3      1    1   1     drawn
1991-92  Pakistan      3      1    -   2     Pakistan
1994-95  Sri Lanka     2      2    -   -     Pakistan
1995-96  Pakistan      3      1    2   -     Sri Lanka
1996-97  Sri Lanka     2      -    -   2     drawn
1998-99  Pakistan      1      -    -   1     Pakistan (ATC)
1998-99  Bangladesh    1      1    -   -     Pakistan (ATC)
1999-00  Pakistan      3      1    2   -     Sri Lanka
1999-00  Sri Lanka     3      2    -   1     Pakistan
         In Pakistan  16      7    4   5
         In Sri Lanka 10      5    1   4
         Neutral       1      1    -   -
         Overall      27     13    5   9

Highest innings totals
Pakistan: 600-8 dec at Galle in 1999-00
Sri Lanka: 479 at Faisalabad in 1985-86

Lowest innings totals
Pakistan: 132 at Colombo (CCC) in 1985-86
Sri Lanka: 71 at Kandy in 1994-95

Individual hundreds (42)
Pakistan (23)
Batsmen            Score Venue         Season
Ijaz Ahmed         211   Dhaka         1998-99
Qasim Umar         206   Faisalabad    1985-86
Javed Miandad      203*  Faisalabad    1985-86
Inzamam-ul-Haq     200*  Dhaka         1998-99
Saleem Malik       155   Colombo (SSC) 1996-97
Haroon Rashid      153   Karachi       1981-82
Inzamam-ul-Haq     138   Karachi       1999-00
Saeed Anwar        136   Colombo (PSS) 1994-95
Zaheer Abbas       134   Lahore        1981-82
Wajahatullah Wasti 133   Lahore        1998-99
Mohsin Khan        129   Lahore        1981-82
Saeed Anwar        123   Galle         1999-00
Rameez Raja        122   Colombo (PSS) 1985-86
Wajahatullah Wasti 121*  Lahore        1998-99
Moin Khan          117*  Sialkot       1995-96
Younis Khan        116   Galle         1999-00
Ijaz Ahmed         113   Colombo (RPS) 1996-97
Inzamam-ul-Haq     112   Galle         1999-00
Younis Khan        107   Rawalpindi    1999-00
Saleem Malik       101   Sialkot       1991-92
Saleem Malik       100*  Karachi       1981-82
Inzamam-ul-Haq     100*  Kandy         1994-95
Wasim Akram        100   Galle         1999-00

Sri Lanka (19)
Batsmen          Score  Venue         Season
MS Atapattu      207*   Kandy         1999-00
ST Jayasuriya    188    Kandy         1999-00
PA de Silva      168    Colombo (RPS) 1996-97
S Wettimuny      157    Faisalabad    1981-82
PA de Silva      138*   Colombo (SSC) 1996-97
A Ranatunga      135*   Colombo (PSS) 1985-86
PA de Silva      127    Colombo (PSS) 1994-95
RP Arnold        123    Lahore        1998-99
PA de Silva      122    Faisalabad    1985-86
AP Gurusinha     116*   Colombo (PSS) 1985-86
HP Tillakaratne  115    Faisalabad    1995-96
ST Jayasuriya    113    Colombo (SSC) 1996-97
PA de Silva      112    Rawalpindi    1999-00
RL Dias          109    Lahore        1981-82
PA de Silva      105    Karachi       1985-86
PA de Silva      105    Faisalabad    1995-96
HP Tillakaratne  103    Colombo (RPS) 1996-97
PA de Silva      103*   Colombo (SSC) 1996-97
RS Kaluwitharana 100    Lahore        1998-99

Best bowling in an innings
Pakistan: Imran Khan (8-58) at Lahore 1981-82
Sri Lanka: JR Ratnayeke (8-83) at Sialkot 1985-86

Best bowling in a match
Pakistan: Imran Khan (14-116) at Lahore in 1981-82
Sri Lanka: M Muralitharan (10-148) at Peshawar in 1999-00

Highest partnership for each wicket
Pakistan
Wkt  Runs   Batsmen                      Venue         Season
1st  156    Wajahatullah Wasti & Shahid  Lahore        1998-99
            Afridi
2nd  151    Mohsin Khan & Majid Khan     Lahore        1981-82
3rd  397    Qasim Umar & Javed Miandad   Faisalabad    1985-86
4th  178    Wajahatullah Wasti & Yousuf  Lahore        1998-99
            Youhana
5th  132    Saleem Malik & Imran Khan    Sialkot       1991-92
6th  124    Inzamam-ul-Haq & Younis Khan Karachi       1999-00
7th  120    Younis Khan & Wasim Akram    Galle         1999-00
8th   88    Moin Khan & Waqar Younis     Karachi       1999-00
9th  145    Younis Khan & Wasim Akram    Rawalpindi    1999-00
10th  90    Wasim Akram & Arshad Khan    Colombo (SSC) 1999-00

Sri Lanka
Wkt  Runs  Batsmen                        Venue         Season
1st  335   MS Atapattu & ST Jayasuriya    Kandy         1999-00
2nd  217   S Wettimuny & RL Dias          Faisalabad    1981-82
3rd  176   UC Hathurusingha & PA de Silva Faisalabad    1995-96
4th  240*  AP Gurusinha & A Ranatunga     Colombo (PSS) 1985-86
5th  143   RP Arnold & RS Kaluwitharana   Lahore        1998-99
6th  121   A Ranatunga & PA de Silva      Faisalabad    1985-86
7th  131   HP Tillakaratne & RS Kalpage   Kandy         1994-95
8th   76   PA de Silva & WPUJC Vaas       Colombo (SSC) 1996-97
9th   52   PA de Silva & RJ Ratnayake     Faisalabad    1985-86
10th  73   HP Tillakaratne & KSC de Silva Dhaka         1998-99

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