Pakistani national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2009 season

The 2009 season tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to Sri Lanka took place from June 29th to August 12th, 2009. The international cricket tour was part of the 2009 international cricket season and included three test matches , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . Sri Lanka won the Test series 2-0 and the ODI series 3-2, while Pakistan won the Twenty20.

prehistory

The tour took place directly after the ICC World Twenty20 2009 , in which Pakistan won the final against Sri Lanka. This was the first tour between the two teams after the 2008/2009 tour , which had to be canceled due to the attacks on the Sri Lankan team .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (PSS) Colombo (SSC) Dambulla bile

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on September 8, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Colombo	R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	35,000	4th & 5th ODI; 1. T20
Colombo	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	15,000	2nd test
Colombo	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	10,000	3rd test
Dambulla	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	16,800	1st - 3rd ODI
bile	Galle International Stadium	35,000	1st test

Squad lists

Pakistan named its test roster on June 22nd and its limited-over roster on July 22nd, 2009. Sri Lanka named its test roster on June 29th, its ODI roster on July 24th, and its Twenty20 roster on June 10th August 2009.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Kumar Sangakkara ( K , wk ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Muthiah Muralitharan Tharanga Paranavitana Dhammika Prasad Thilan Samaraweera Kaushal Silva Thilan Thushara Malinda Warnapura	Younis Khan ( K ) Mohammad Aamer Saeed Ajmal Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Fawad Alam Salman Butt Umar Gul Faisal Iqbal Danish Kaneria Shoaib Malik Khurram Manzoor Misbah-ul-Haq Abdur Rauf Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Yousuf	Kumar Sangakkara ( K , wk ) Malinga Bandara Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilina Kandamby Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Upul Tharanga Thilan Thushara Isuru Udana	Younis Khan ( K ) Mohammad Aamer Shahid Afridi Saeed Ajmal Umar Akmal Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Fawad Alam Rao Iftikhar Anjum Umar Gul Nasir Jamshed Shoaib Malik Misbah-ul-Haq Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Imran Nazir Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Yousuf	Kumar Sangakkara ( K , wk ) Malinga Bandara Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilina Kandamby Chamara Kapugedara Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Angelo Matthews Ajantha Mendis Muttiah Muralitharan Upul Tharanga Thilan Thushara Isuru Udana Mahela Udawatte	Younis Khan ( K ) Mohammad Aamer Shahid Afridi Saeed Ajmal Umar Akmal Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Fawad Alam Rao Iftikhar Anjum Umar Gul Nasir Jamshed Shoaib Malik Misbah-ul-Haq Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Imran Nazir Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Yousuf

Tour matches

June 29th - July 1st scorecard	Colombo (NCC)	Sri Lanka Cricket XI 345-5d (89.4) & 137-2d (37.4)	-	Pakistanis 400-8d (90) & 54-4 (18)
		draw

July 27th scorecard	Kurunegala	Sri Lanka A 348-6 (50)	-	Pakistanis 333 (50)
		Sri Lanka A wins with 15 runs

Testing

First test in bile

July 4-8 scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 292 (80.2) & 217 (56.2)	-	Pakistan 342 (94) & 117 (44.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 50 runs

Second test in Colombo (PSS)

July 12-16 Scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	Pakistan 90 (36) & 320 (96.4)	-	Sri Lanka 240 (80) & 171-3 (31.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

Third test in Colombo (SSC)

July 20-24 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Pakistan 299 (89.4) & 425-9d (123)	-	Sri Lanka 233 (68.3) & 391-4 (134)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dambulla

July 30th scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 232-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 196 (44.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 36 runs

Second ODI in Dambulla

August 1st scorecard	Dambulla	Pakistan 168 (47)	-	Sri Lanka 169-4 (43.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Dambulla

August 3rd scorecard	Dambulla	Pakistan 288-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 289-4 (46.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

Fourth ODI in Colombo (RPS)

August 7th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Pakistan 321-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 175 (36.1)
		Pakistan wins with 146 runs

Fifth ODI in Colombo (RPS)

August 9 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Pakistan 279-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 147 (34.2)
		Pakistan wins with 132 runs

Twenty20 International in Colombo (RPS)

August 12th Scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Pakistan 172-5 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 120 (18.1)
		Pakistan wins with 52 runs

Pakistani bowler Saeed Ajmal was fined for provocative behavior.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	3	6th	331	66.20	130 *	1	1
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	3	6th	262	52.40	134	1	0
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	3	6th	253	42.16	112	1	1
Tharanga Paranavitana	Sri Lanka	3	6th	242	40.33	73	0	2
Fawad Alam	Pakistan	2	4th	216	54.00	168	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	3	95.4	17th	15.05	4/21	0	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	3	137.3	15th	26.93	5/99	2	0
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	3	146.4	14th	30.07	4/87	0	0
Thilan Thushara	Sri Lanka	3	102.4	12	31.08	5/83	1	0
Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	1	56.3	7th	25.14	5/62	1	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	3	70	7th	44.00	4/43	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Younis Khan	Pakistan	5	5	244	48.80	89	0	2
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	5	5	218	43.60	123	1	0
Umar Akmal	Pakistan	4th	4th	192	64.00	102 *	1	1
Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	5	5	183	36.60	80	0	2
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	5	5	135	27.00	57	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Thilan Thushara	Sri Lanka	4th	37	9	20.22	3/29	0	0
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	5	43.1	9	20.33	4/28	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	4th	35	7th	23.85	3/46	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	30th	6th	25.16	2/41	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	5	36.2	6th	31.66	2/16	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1	1	50	50.00	50	0	1
Imran Nazir	Pakistan	1	1	40	40.00	40	0	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	1	1	38	38.00	38	0	0
Umar Akmal	Pakistan	1	1	30th	30.00	30th	0	0
Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	1	1	25th		25 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	1	4th	3	6.00	3/18	0	0
Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan	1	3.1	3	6.33	3/19	0	0
Thilan Thushara	Sri Lanka	1	4th	2	18.50	2/37	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1	4th	1	21.00	1/21	0	0
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	1	3	1	22.00	1/22	0	0
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	1	3	1	25.00	1/25	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	1	4th	1	28.00	1/28	0	0
Iftikhar Anjum	Pakistan	1	4th	1	34.00	1/34	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	1	4th	1	37.00	1/37	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Nuwan Kulasekara
ODI	Thilan Thushara

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Rangana Herath
2nd test	Fawad Alam Nuwan Kulasekara
3rd test	Kumar Sangakkara
1. ODI	Muttiah Muralitharan
2. ODI	Chamara Kapugedera
3. ODI	Mahela Jayawardene
4. ODI	Umar Akmal
5. ODI	Naved-ul-Hasan
1. T20	Shahid Afridi

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ West Indies set for 44-day tour of Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. September 8, 2015. Accessed November 28, 2015.
2. ↑ Yousuf returns to Test fold ( English ) Cricinfo. June 22, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
3. ↑ Naved and Nazir recalled after two-year gap ( English ) Cricinfo. July 22, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
4. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Mathews earns test call-up ( English ) Cricinfo. June 29, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
5. ↑ Samaraweera recalled to ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 24, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
6. ↑ Sri Lanka pick Udawatte for lone Twenty20 ( English ) Cricinfo. August 10, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
7. ↑ Ajmal fined for Sangakkara send-off ( English ) Cricinfo. August 13, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
8. ↑ Records / Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2009 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2009 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Pakistan in Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2009 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Pakistan in Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2009 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 15, 2016.