Sri Lankan national cricket team in Pakistan in the 2004/05 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to Pakistan in the 2004/05 season took place from October 20 to November 1, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004/05 international cricket season and included two tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

Both teams had previously played a three-nation tournament in Pakistan with Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2000 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Faisalabad Hyderabad Karachi Lahore Multan Peshawar Sheikhupura Rawalpindi

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	18,000	1st test
National Stadium	Karachi	34,228	2nd test

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its roster on October 14, 2004. Pakistan named its roster on October 17, 2004.

test
Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdul Razzaq Asim Kamal Danish Kaneria Imran Farhat Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Mohammad Sami Mohammad Yousuf Moin Khan ( wk ) Naved-ul-Hasan Riaz Akhtar Shoaib Malik Yasri Hameed Younis Khan	Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Dilhara Fernando Rangana Herath Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Jehan Mubarak Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas

Testing

First test in Faisalabad

October 20-24 scorecard	Faisalabad	Sri Lanka 243 (81.4) & 438 (109.2)	-	Pakistan 264 (84.1) & 216 (79.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 201 runs

Second test in Karachi

October 28th - November 1st scorecard	Karachi	Sri Lanka 208 (82.1) & 406 (141.5)	-	Pakistan 479 (137.1) & 139-4 (37)
		Pakistan wins with 6 wickets

Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara has been fined for being overly angry about his departure.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	2	4th	424	106.00	253	2	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	212	53.00	138	1	1
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	2	4th	204	68.00	59	0	2
Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	2	4th	156	39.00	100	1	0
Imran Farhat	Pakistan	2	4th	155	38.75	72	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	2	139.2	15th	24.00	7/118	1	1
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	2	107.3	11	29.09	4/64	0	0
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	2	61.1	9	27.66	4/77	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	1	44	8th	21.87	5/60	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	89	7th	38.14	3/106	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Sanath Jayasuriya

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd test	Danish Kaneria

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dilshan dropped from Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 14, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
2. ↑ Pakistan name two uncapped players ( English ) Cricinfo. October 17, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
3. ↑ ICC fines Sangakkara while Gooch praises Kaneria ( English ) Cricinfo. November 2, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2004/05 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
5. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series, 2004/05 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 6, 2017.