f41908 t1304	Pakistan v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in Pakistan 1995/96 (1st Test)
Venue	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th September 1995 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Pakistan won by an innings and 40 runs
Umpires	BL Aldridge, Mahboob Shah
TV umpire	Said Shah
Referee	PL van der Merwe
Close of play day 1	Pakistan (1) 235/3 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 65*, Shoaib Mohammad 1*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 23/0 (Mahanama 18*, Hathurusingha 5*)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 86/2 (Hathurusingha 53*, S Ranatunga 17*)
Player of the Match	Wasim Akram

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Pakistan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Saeed Anwar	c A Ranatunga b Muralitharan	50	86	123	7	-
Aamer Sohail	c Dunusinghe b Vaas	28	48	65	5	-
*Rameez Raja	c Pushpakumara b Vaas	78	184	281	11	-
Inzamam-ul-Haq	lbw b Vaas	95	216	292	12	-
Shoaib Mohammad	c A Ranatunga b Vaas	57	112	166	6	-
Ijaz Ahmed	c Gurusinha b Muralitharan	5	30	52	-	-
Wasim Akram	c and b Muralitharan	36	71	113	5	-
+Moin Khan	c Hathurusingha b Vaas	51	77	89	8	-
Waqar Younis	c Mahanama b Muralitharan	0	6	10	-	-
Aaqib Javed	not out	28	34	58	4	-
Saqlain Mushtaq	not out	8	54	54	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 17 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 149 overs)	459
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Aamer Sohail), 2-102 (Saeed Anwar), 3-234 (Rameez Raja), 4-285 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 5-318 (Ijaz Ahmed), 6-340 (Shoaib Mohammad), 7-422 (Wasim Akram), 8-422 (Waqar Younis), 9-425 (Moin Khan)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wickramasinghe	32	5	98	0	1	12
Vaas	29	3	99	5	-	-
Pushpakumara	17	2	89	0	-	5
Muralitharan	50	9	134	4	-	-
Hathurusingha	18	10	29	0	-	-
Gurusinha	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	c Moin Khan b Waqar Younis	29	43	52	6	-
UC Hathurusingha	c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Saqlain Mushtaq	23	52	91	3	-
AP Gurusinha	c Wasim Akram b Saqlain Mushtaq	24	32	50	3	-
S Ranatunga	lbw b Wasim Akram	33	76	92	4	-
*A Ranatunga	lbw b Aaqib Javed	8	19	29	2	-
HP Tillakaratne	not out	44	109	142	5	-
+CI Dunusinghe	lbw b Wasim Akram	0	2	6	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	b Wasim Akram	4	13	18	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	b Wasim Akram	0	5	3	-	-
M Muralitharan	c Saqlain Mushtaq b Wasim Akram	8	26	52	1	-
KR Pushpakumara	run out	1	2	5	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Mahanama), 2-76 (Hathurusingha), 3-83 (Gurusinha), 4-102 (A Ranatunga), 5-132 (S Ranatunga), 6-134 (Dunusinghe), 7-142 (Vaas), 8-143 (Wickramasinghe), 9-184 (Muralitharan), 10-186 (Pushpakumara, 62.1 ov)

Pakistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wasim Akram	20	3	55	5	-	2
Waqar Younis	11	2	47	1	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq	18	4	49	2	-	2
Aaqib Javed	11.1	2	27	1	-	1
Aamer Sohail	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	lbw b Aaqib Javed	2	16	16	-	-
UC Hathurusingha	c Saeed Anwar b Wasim Akram	53	94	131	9	-
AP Gurusinha	c Saeed Anwar b Aamer Sohail	10	25	35	-	-
S Ranatunga	c Moin Khan b Aaqib Javed	18	73	86	3	-
*A Ranatunga	c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Aamer Sohail	76	91	162	12	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Rameez Raja b Wasim Akram	48	125	171	6	-
+CI Dunusinghe	c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Aamer Sohail	0	9	20	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Rameez Raja b Saqlain Mushtaq	4	24	27	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	c Rameez Raja b Saqlain Mushtaq	6	30	33	1	-
M Muralitharan	st Moin Khan b Aamer Sohail	0	3	4	-	-
KR Pushpakumara	not out	0	0	3	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 9 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Mahanama), 2-36 (Gurusinha), 3-86 (Hathurusingha), 4-89 (S Ranatunga), 5-214 (A Ranatunga), 6-222 (Tillakaratne), 7-222 (Dunusinghe), 8-232 (Vaas), 9-233 (Muralitharan), 10-233 (Wickramasinghe, 80 ov)

Pakistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waqar Younis	9	1	39	0	-	-
Aaqib Javed	13	1	50	2	-	5
Saqlain Mushtaq	26	10	58	2	-	-
Aamer Sohail	21	4	54	4	-	-
Ijaz Ahmed	1	0	1	0	-	-
Wasim Akram	10	3	24	2	-	3

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Ijaz Ahmed made his debut in Test matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq made his debut in Test matches
--> Saeed Anwar (1) 50 in 85 balls, 121 minutes with 7 fours
--> Aamer Sohail (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> Rameez Raja (1) 50 in 122 balls, 202 minutes with 7 fours
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq (1) 50 in 125 balls, 162 minutes with 7 fours
--> Shoaib Mohammad (1) 50 in 101 balls, 148 minutes with 6 fours
--> Moin Khan (1) 50 in 65 balls, 76 minutes with 8 fours
--> Aaqib Javed (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> UC Hathurusingha (2) 50 in 82 balls, 100 minutes with 9 fours
--> A Ranatunga (2) 50 in 51 balls, 93 minutes with 9 fours
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> Ijaz Ahmed made his debut for Pakistan in First-Class matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq made his debut for Pakistan in First-Class matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> KR Pushpakumara made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> S Ranatunga made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> CI Dunusinghe made his debut in Pakistan in Test matches
--> Wasim Akram reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WPUJC Vaas, his 3rd wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> Aamer Sohail achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed CI Dunusinghe in the Sri Lanka second innings (previous best was 2-5)

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