Pakistani national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 1996/97 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 1996/97 season took place from April 19 to 30, 1997. The international cricket tour was part of the 1996/97 international cricket season and included two tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament in the United Arab Emirates together with Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1995/96 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	1st test
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Aravinda de Silva Sajeewa de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Sanath Jayasuriya Ruwan Kalpage Romesh Kaluwitharana Muttiah Muralitharan Arjuna Ranatunga Jayantha Silva Hashan Tilla caratne Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Asif Mujtaba Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Zahid Moin Khan Mushtaq Ahmed Rameez Raja Saleem Elahi Saleem Malik Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Nazir

Testing

First test in Colombo

April 19-23 Scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 330 (122.2) & 423-8d (155.1)	-	Pakistan 378 (159.5)
		draw

Second test in Colombo

April 26-30 Scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 331 (112) & 386-4d (95.5)	-	Pakistan 292 (108.3) & 285-5 (95)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo