Pakistani national cricket team in Sri Lanka for the 2005/06 season

The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2005/06 season took place from March 17 to April 5, 2006. The international cricket tour was part of the 2005/06 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . Pakistan won the Test Series 1–0 and the ODI Series 2–0.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played a tour against Bangladesh , Pakistan against India . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Pakistan in the 2004/05 season .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) Kandy (AS)

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 & 2nd ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	1st test; 3. ODI
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300	2nd test

Squad lists

Pakistan named its roster on March 10, 2006. Sri Lanka named its roster on March 23, 2006.

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Kumar Sangakkara ( K ) Malinga Bandara Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Nuwan Kulasekara Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Thilan Samaraweera Upul Tharanga	Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdul Razzak Danish Kaneria Faisal Iqbal Iftikhar Anjum Imran Farhat Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Mohammad Yousuf Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Younis Khan	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Kaushal Lokuarachchi Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Muttiah Muralitharan Dammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Upul Tharanga	Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdul Razzak Iftikhar Anjum Imran Farhat Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Mohammad Asif Mohammad Yousuf Naved-ul-Hasan Salman Butt Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Younis Khan

One-day internationals

First ODI in Colombo

March 17th Scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Pakistan 201-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka
		No result

Second ODI in Colombo

March 19 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 130 (44.2)	-	Pakistan 134-6 (44.4)
		Pakistan wins with 4 wickets

Third ODI in Colombo

March 22nd scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 224 (49.4)	-	Pakistan 229-6 (45.2)
		Pakistan wins with 4 wickets

Testing

First test in Colombo

March 26-30 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 185 (57.5) & 448-5d (128)	-	Pakistan 176 (54.4) & 337-4 (121)
		draw

Second test in Kandy

April 3-5 scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 279 (91.2) & 73 (24.5)	-	Pakistan 170 (52.4) & 183-2 (43.2)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• Series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pakistan drop Sami for Sri Lanka tour ( English ) Cricinfo. March 10, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
2. ↑ Sri Lanka name 18-man squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 23, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2016.