Sri Lankan national cricket team against Pakistan in 2017/18 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team's tour against Pakistan in the 2017/18 season took place in the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan from September 28 to October 29, 2017 . The international cricket tour was part of the 2017/18 international cricket season and included two tests , five ODIs and three Twenty20s . Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0, Pakistan won the ODI series 5–0 and the Twenty20 series 3–0.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour against a world team , for Sri Lanka it is the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 2015 season in Sri Lanka . The third Twenty20 took place in Pakistan, the first time Sri Lanka has played on Pakistani soil since the attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore in 2009.

Stages

Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah

Tour venues

Lahore

Venue of the tour

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were announced on September 9, 2017.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi	20,000	1st test; 2nd & 3rd ODI; 1st & 2nd T20
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000	2. test; 1. ODI
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	4th & 5th ODI
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	60,000	3. T20

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its test roster on September 20, its ODI roster on October 4, and its Twenty20 roster on October 25, 2017. Pakistan named its test roster on September 23 and its ODI roster on October 6 2017.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Sarfraz Ahmed ( K , wk ) + Mohammad Abbas Azhar Ali Hasan Ali Mohammad Amir Mohammad Asghar Bilal Asif Sami Aslam Babar Azam Me Hamza Shan Masood Wahab Riaz Usman Salahuddin Asad Shafiq Yasir Shah Haris Sohail	Dinesh Chandimal ( K ) Lahiru Thirimanne ( UK ) Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Vishwa Fernando Lahiru Gamage Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep Sadeera Samarawickrama Lakshan Sandakan Kaushal Silva Roshen Silva	Sarfraz Ahmed ( K , wk ) Hasan Ali Mohammad Amir Faheem Ashraf Babar Azam Mohammad Hafeez Junaid Khan Shadab Khan Usman Khan Shoaib Malik Rumman Raees Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Imad Wasim Fakhar Zaman Imam-ul-Haq	Upul Tharanga ( K ) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal Akila Dananjaya Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Vishwa Fernando Lahiru Gamage Chamara Kapugedera Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Thisara Perera Nuwan Pradeep Seekuge Prasanna Sadeera Samarawickrama Milinda Siriwardana Lahiru Thirimanne Jeffrey Vandersay	Sarfraz Ahmed ( K , wk ) Hasan Ali Umar Amin Mohammad Amir Faheem Ashraf Babar Azam Mohammad Hafeez Shadab Khan Usman Khan Shoaib Malik Mohammad Nawaz Rumman Raees Ahmed Shehzad Imad Wasim Aamer Yamin Fakhar Zaman	Thisara Perera ( K ) Minod Bhanuka Chaturanga de Silva Vishwa Fernando Lahiru Gamage Danushka Gunathilaka Dilshan Munaweera Sachith Pathirana Seekuge Prasanna Ashan Priyanjan Sadeera Samarawickrama Vikum Sanjaya Dasun Shanaka Isuru Udana Mahela Udawatte Jeffrey Vandersay

Testing

First test in Abu Dhabi

September 28th - October 2nd scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 419 (154.5) & 138 (66.5)	-	Pakistan 422 (162.3) & 114 (47.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 21 runs

Second test in Dubai

October 6-10 scorecard	Dubai	Sri Lanka 482 (159.2) & 96 (26)	-	Pakistan 262 (90.3) & 248 (90.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 68 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dubai

October 13 scorecard	Dubai	Pakistan 292-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 209-8 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 83 runs

Second ODI in Abu Dhabi

October 16 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Pakistan 219-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 187 (48)
		Pakistan wins with 32 runs

Third ODI in Abu Dhabi

October 18 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 208 (50)	-	Pakistan 209-3 (42.3)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

After the game, the Pakistani federation reported that an attempt at corruption had been carried out on their captain Sarafaz Ahmed , which was subsequently handed over to the anti-corruption unit of the ICC.

Fourth ODI in Sharjah

October 20 scorecard	Sharjah	Sri Lanka 173 (50)	-	Pakistan 177-3 (39)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Sharjah

October 23 scorecard	Sharjah	Sri Lanka 103 (26.2)	-	Pakistan 105-1 (20.2)
		Pakistan wins with 9 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Abu Dhabi

October 26 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 102 (18.3)	-	Pakistan 103-3 (17.2)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Abu Dhabi

October 27 scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Sri Lanka 124-9 (20)	-	Pakistan 125-8 (19.5)
		Pakistan wins with 2 wickets

Bowler Faheem Ashraf managed a hat trick in the 19th over. He is the first Pakistani bowler to have managed a hat trick in an international T20 match.

Third Twenty20 in Lahore

October 29 scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 180-3 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 144-9 (20)
		Pakistan wins with 36 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sri Lanka to make day-night test debut in Dubai ( English ) Cricinfo. September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
2. ↑ Samarawickrama, Roshen Silva make Sri Lanka Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
3. ↑ Andrew Fidel: Malinga omitted from ODIs against Pakistan due to poor form ( English ) Cricinfo. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
4. ↑ Thisara to captain Sri Lanka's T20 side in Lahore ( English ) Cricinfo. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
5. ↑ Umar Farooq: Pakistan look to Sohail, Salahuddin in post-MisYou era ( English ) Cricinfo. September 23, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
6. ↑ Umar Farooq: Imam-ul-Haq called up to Pakistan's ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
7. ↑ Umar Farooq: ICC investigates approach made on Sarfraz ( English ) Cricinfo. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
8. ↑ Faheem Ashraf becomes first Pakistan bowler to take hat-trick in T20Is ( English ) TheIndianEXPRESS. Retrieved November 2, 2017.