Sri Lankan national cricket team against Pakistan in the 2011-12 season

The game series of the Sri Lankan national cricket team against Pakistan in the season 2011/12 took place from October 18 to November 25, 2011 in the United Arab Emirates . The international cricket tour was part of the 2011/12 international cricket season and included three test matches , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . Pakistan won the Test Series 1–0, the ODI Series 4–1 and the Twenty20.

prehistory

This was the first tour between the two teams, in which Pakistan acted as the home team, after the tour 2008/2009 , which had to be canceled due to the attacks on the Sri Lankan team . As a result, this tour with the United Arab Emirates was held at a neutral location. For both teams it was the first tour of the season and thus preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 .

Stages

Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on August 30, 2011.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi	20,000	1st test; 5. ODI; 1. T20
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000	2. test; 1st - 3rd ODI
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	3rd test; 4. ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka announced its test squad on September 21, 2011, and the ODI game on November 1. Pakistan announced its test roster on October 2nd, 2011, for ODI and Twenty20 on November 2nd.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdur Rehman Adnan Akmal ( wk ) Aizaz Cheema Asad Shafiq Imran Farhat Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Saeed Ajmal Azhar Ali Shoaib Malik Taufeeq Umar Umar Gul Wahab Riaz Younis Khan	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews (vK) Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Shaminda Eranga Nuwan Pradeep Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Dinesh Chandimal Suraj Randiv Suranga Lakmal Tharanga Paranavitana Dammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Chanaka Welegedara	Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdur Rehman Abdul Razzaq Aizaz Cheema Asad Shafiq Imran Farhat Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Saeed Ajmal Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shoaib Malik Shahid Afridi Umar Gul Sohail Tanvir Younis Khan Umar Akmal	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews (vK) Dinesh Chandimal Dilhara Fernando Mahela Jayawardene Suraj Randiv Dimuth Karunaratne Kosala Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Jeevan Mendis Thisara Perera Seekuge Prasanna Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Upul Tharanga Dhammika Prasad	Misbah-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdur Rehman Abdul Razzaq Aizaz Cheema Asad Shafiq Imran Farhat Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Saeed Ajmal Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shoaib Malik Shahid Afridi Umar Gul Sohail Tanvir Younis Khan Umar Akmal	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Angelo Mathews (vK) Dinesh Chandimal Dilhara Fernando Mahela Jayawardene Suraj Randiv Dimuth Karunaratne Kosala Kulasekara Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Lasith Malinga Jeevan Mendis Thisara Perera Seekuge Prasanna Chanaka Welegedara Upul Tharanga Suranga Lakmal Dhammika Prasad

Testing

First test in Abu Dhabi

October 18-22 Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 197 (74.1) & 438 (168)	-	Pakistan 511-6d (174.4) & 21-1 (10)
		draw

Second test in Dubai

October 26-30 scorecard	Dubai	Sri Lanka 239 (79) & 257 (109.5)	-	Pakistan 403 (141.1) & 94-1 (24.1)
		Pakistan wins with 9 wickets

Third test in Sharjah

November 3rd - 7th scorecard	Sharjah	Sri Lanka 413 (153.3) & 181-6d (58)	-	Pakistan 340 (138.2) & 87-4 (57)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dubai

November 11th scorecard	Dubai	Sri Lanka 131 (40.3)	-	Pakistan 132-2 (21.5)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Dubai

November 14th scorecard	Dubai	Sri Lanka 235-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 210 (46.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 25 runs

Third ODI in Dubai

November 18 scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 257-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 236 (48.5)
		Pakistan wins with 21 runs

Fourth ODI in Sharjah

November 20 scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 200 (49.3)	-	Sri Lanka 174 (45.2)
		Pakistan wins with 26 runs

Fifth ODI in Abu Dhabi

November 23 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 218-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 219-7 (47.2)
		Pakistan wins with 3 wickets

Twenty20 International in Abu Dhabi

November 25th scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 141 (19.3)	-	Pakistan 142-5 (19.3)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

Sri Lankan batsman Dinesh Chandimal received a fine for openly demonstrating dissatisfaction with a referee's decision, while Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez received a warning for a similar act.

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	516	86.00	211	2	2
Taufeeq Umar	Pakistan	3	6th	324	54.00	236	1	0
Azhar Ali	Pakistan	3	6th	263	65.75	100	1	2
Younis Khan	Pakistan	3	4th	221	55.25	122	1	1
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	3	6th	198	49.50	75	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	3	203.5	18th	28.77	5/68	1	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	3	114.3	14th	24.14	4/64	0	0
Junaid Khan	Pakistan	3	109.1	12	26.58	5/38	1	0
Chanaka Welegedara	Sri Lanka	3	110.2	11	25.00	5/87	1	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	3	174.5	10	35.60	3/85	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	191	38.20	78	0	2
Umar Akmal	Pakistan	5	4th	161	53.66	91	0	2
Younis Khan	Pakistan	5	5	150	37.50	56 *	0	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	4th	4th	146	64.31	55	0	2
Imran Farhat	Pakistan	4th	4th	133	33.25	70	0	2
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	5	5	133	70.37	83	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	5	48.5	13	15.30	5/35	1	0
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	5	45	11	16.27	3/42	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	5	42.3	7th	27.71	3/36	0	0
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	5	44.1	7th	31.57	3/26	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	5	43	5	25.40	2/24	0	0
Jeevan Mendis	Sri Lanka	4th	28	5	26.80	3/36	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	1	1	56	56.00	56	0	1
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	1	1	48		48 *	0	0
Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	1	1	33	33.00	33	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	1	1	28	28.00	28	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1	1	22nd	22.00	22nd	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Aizaz Cheema	Pakistan	1	4th	4th	7.50	4/30	0	0
Umar Gul	Pakistan	1	2.3	2	8.00	2/16	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	1	2	1	8.00	1/8	0	0
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	1	3	1	20.00	1/20	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	1	3	1	20.00	1/20	0	0
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	1	4th	1	22.00	1/22	0	0
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	1	4th	1	26.00	1/26	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	1	3.3	1	32.00	1/32	0	0
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	1	4th	1	36.00	1/36	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Saeed Ajmal Kumar Sangakkara
ODI	Shahid Afridi

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Kumar Sangakkara
2nd test	Saeed Ajmal
3rd test	Kumar Sangakkara
1. ODI	Shahid Afridi
2. ODI	Lasith Malinga
3. ODI	Mohammad Hafeez
4. ODI	Shahid Afridi
5. ODI	Umar Akmal
1. T20	Aizaz Cheema

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pakistan to take on Sri Lanka in UAE ( English ) Cricinfo. August 30, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
2. ↑ Nitin Sundar: World Twenty20 plans begin here ( English ) Cricinfo. November 24, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
3. ↑ Pakistan to take on Sri Lanka in UAE . Cricinfo. August 30, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
4. ↑ Samaraweera dropped for Pakistan Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. September 21, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
5. ↑ Tharanga and Fernando in ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 1, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
6. ↑ Umar Akmal dropped from Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 2, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
7. ↑ Afridi returns to Pakistan ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 2, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
8. ↑ Chandimal fined for dissent, Hafeez reprimanded ( English ) Cricinfo. November 27, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
9. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
14. ↑ Records / Pakistan v Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 20, 2016.