f44315 t1450	Pakistan v Sri Lanka
	Asian Test Championship 1998/99 (Final)
Venue	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka on 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th March 1999 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Pakistan won by an innings and 175 runs
Points	Pakistan 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Sri Lanka 2 (Batting 2)
Umpires	DB Cowie, DR Shepherd
TV umpire	VK Ramaswamy
Referee	CW Smith
Close of play day 1	Pakistan (1) 33/0 (Saeed Anwar 16*, Wajahatullah Wasti 7*; 10 overs)
Close of play day 2	Pakistan (1) 299/2 (Ijaz Ahmed 118*, Inzamam-ul-Haq 77*; 100 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 9/3 (Arnold 8*; 2.1 overs)
Player of the Match	Ijaz Ahmed

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RP Arnold	b Shoaib Akhtar	10	13	20	2	-
DA Gunawardene	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Wasim Akram	4	6	11	1	-
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Wasim Akram	0	1	1	-	-
MS Atapattu	lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq	36	59	82	5	-
*PA de Silva	lbw b Arshad Khan	72	164	263	10	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Arshad Khan	15	59	82	1	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Yousuf Youhana b Arshad Khan	9	25	29	1	-
UDU Chandana	c Moin Khan b Shoaib Akhtar	15	44	44	3	-
WPUJC Vaas	not out	20	78	90	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Arshad Khan	2	17	37	-	-
KSC de Silva	c Moin Khan b Arshad Khan	11	17	20	2	-
Extras	(12 b, 9 lb, 16 nb)	37
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
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, 78 ov)

Pakistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wasim Akram	14	2	45	2	-	3
Shoaib Akhtar	13	3	36	2	-	9
Saqlain Mushtaq	29	7	76	1	-	2
Shahid Afridi	2	0	15	0	-	1
Arshad Khan	20	5	38	5	-	-

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Pakistan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Saeed Anwar	c and b Arnold	57	113	171	7	-
Wajahatullah Wasti	c Jayawardene b KSC de Silva	22	87	123	2	-
Ijaz Ahmed	st +Tillakaratne b Chandana	211	372	519	23	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq	not out	200	397	535	23	2
Yousuf Youhana	c sub (UC Hathurusingha) b Chandana	19	42	52	2	-
Shahid Afridi	c and b Chandana	21	29	26	3	1
+Moin Khan	c KSC de Silva b Arnold	10	20	30	-	-
*Wasim Akram	c Vaas b Chandana	8	14	11	-	1
Saqlain Mushtaq	run out (Tillakaratne->Gunawardene)	4	16	22	-	-
Arshad Khan	c +Tillakaratne b Chandana	3	15	19	-	-
Shoaib Akhtar	st +Tillakaratne b Chandana	4	12	31	1	-
Extras	(13 b, 14 lb, 8 nb)	35
Total	(all out, 184.5 overs)	594
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (Wajahatullah Wasti, 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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	32	4	101	0	-	3
Wickramasinghe	20	3	53	0	-	1
KSC de Silva	25.4	3	75	1	-	4
Chandana	47.5	7	179	6	-	-
PA de Silva	12	0	44	0	-	-
Arnold	37.2	7	80	2	-	-
Jayawardene	10	1	35	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RP Arnold	c Wasim Akram b Arshad Khan	30	50	85	4	-
DA Gunawardene	c Shahid Afridi b Wasim Akram	0	1	3	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	b Wasim Akram	0	1	1	-	-
DPMD Jayawardene	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Wasim Akram	1	5	8	-	-
MS Atapattu	run out (Wasim Akram)	22	40	46	1	-
*PA de Silva	c Wajahatullah Wasti b Saqlain Mushtaq	6	18	30	1	-
HP Tillakaratne	not out	55	152	173	10	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c and b Saqlain Mushtaq	0	3	6	-	-
UDU Chandana	lbw b Shahid Afridi	28	58	73	3	1
GP Wickramasinghe	b Shahid Afridi	7	19	19	1	-
KSC de Silva	b Saqlain Mushtaq	27	47	66	4	1
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
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)

Pakistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wasim Akram	7	0	33	3	-	-
Shoaib Akhtar	10.4	3	26	0	-	1
Saqlain Mushtaq	28.5	15	46	3	-	-
Arshad Khan	12	3	41	1	-	-
Shahid Afridi	7	1	31	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in Test matches
--> KSC de Silva made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PA de Silva (1) 50 in 142 balls with 7 fours
--> Saeed Anwar (1) 50 in 98 balls with 6 fours
--> Ijaz Ahmed (1) 50 in 96 balls with 6 fours
--> Ijaz Ahmed (1) passed his previous highest score of 155 in Test matches
--> Ijaz Ahmed (1) passed his previous highest score of 201 in First-Class matches
--> Ijaz Ahmed (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 148
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq (1) passed his previous highest score of 177 in Test matches
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> KSC de Silva (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> PA de Silva made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> PA de Silva made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Wasim Akram made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Wasim Akram made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Ijaz Ahmed made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Ijaz Ahmed made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> MS Atapattu made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> MS Atapattu made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Moin Khan made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Moin Khan made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Saeed Anwar made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Saeed Anwar made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> GP Wickramasinghe made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> GP Wickramasinghe made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Arshad Khan made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Arshad Khan made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Shahid Afridi made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Shahid Afridi made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> KSC de Silva made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> KSC de Silva made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> RP Arnold made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> RP Arnold made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Shoaib Akhtar made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Shoaib Akhtar made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Yousuf Youhana made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Yousuf Youhana made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> DA Gunawardene made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> DA Gunawardene made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Wajahatullah Wasti made his debut in Bangladesh in First-Class matches
--> Wajahatullah Wasti made his debut in Bangladesh in Test matches
--> Arshad Khan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed GP Wickramasinghe in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 3-72)
--> Arshad Khan achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> UDU Chandana achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Pakistan first innings
--> Wasim Akram completed a hat-trick in the Sri Lanka second innings (Gunawardene, Vaas, Jayawardene)
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq retired hurt in the Pakistan first innings having scored 156 (team score 469/2) - he returned when the score was 532/6

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HP Tillakaratne kept wicket from 117/2 (39 ov) until the end of the innings because Kaluwitharana was unfit with a fever