Sri Lanka will host Pakistan in the second and final Test at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, starting on July 24.
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Sri Lanka will host Pakistan in the second and final Test at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, starting on July 24. It will be a part of the two-match Test series, starting from July 16. The first match will take place at the Galle International Stadium, Galle. The Test series will commence after the three-day warm-up match, starting from July 11.
The Test series will be a part of the second World Test Championship cycle. Babar Azam will lead his troops in the series with veteran spinner Yasir Shah making a comeback to the visiting side. The two sides stand neck and neck in the World Test Championships points table with Sri Lanka at fourth with a point percentage of 55.56 while Pakistan are a spot below with 52.38%.
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Pakistan will be featuring in their only second Test match at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The last time they played at the venue was in 1997 under the captaincy of Ramiz Raja. The match ended in a draw. Let us have a look at some of the key stats at records of the Pakistan cricket team at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Highest totals
| Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378 | 159.5 | 2.36 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | 19 Apr 1997 |
Most Runs
| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ijaz Ahmed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 113 | 113.00 | 245 | 46.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Saleem Malik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 58.00 | 115 | 50.43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 58.00 | 248 | 23.38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ramiz Raja | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 50.00 | 85 | 58.82 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 26.00 | 54 | 48.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Asif Mujtaba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21.00 | 97 | 21.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 41 | 29.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Zahid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6* | – | 64 | 9.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Most Wickets
| Player | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 1 | 2 | 107.2 | 23 | 226 | 9 | 5/89 | 9/226 | 25.11 | 2.10 | 71.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 1 | 2 | 73.1 | 11 | 217 | 6 | 3/94 | 6/217 | 36.16 | 2.96 | 73.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Asif Mujtaba | 1 | 2 | 39.0 | 7 | 89 | 1 | 1/25 | 1/89 | 89.00 | 2.28 | 234.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahid Nazir | 1 | 2 | 30.0 | 6 | 98 | 1 | 1/61 | 1/98 | 98.00 | 3.26 | 180.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Zahid | 1 | 2 | 28.0 | 3 | 104 | 1 | 1/44 | 1/104 | 104.00 | 3.71 | 168.0 | 0 | 0 |
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