Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09
  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Flag of Pakistan.svg
  Sri Lanka Pakistan
Dates 20 January – 5 March
Captains Mahela Jayawardene Shoaib Malik
Test series
Result 2-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs Thilan Samaraweera 469 Younis Khan 313
Most wickets Dilhara Fernando 2 Umar Gul 9
One Day International series
Results Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan 255 Salman Butt 162
Most wickets Muttiah Muralitharan 6 Umar Gul 10

The Sri Lankan cricket team was touring Pakistan in January and February 2009. The series was the first Test tour of Pakistan since South Africa visited in October 2007. [1] The tour was arranged as a replacement for the scheduled tour of India which was cancelled by BCCI following 2008 Mumbai attacks. [2] The tour included 3 ODIs and 2 Tests.

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The safety of touring cricket teams in Pakistan had long been in issue. In May 2002, New Zealand abandoned their Test series in Pakistan after a suicide bomb attack outside their hotel. [3] Australia had recently refused to tour on safety grounds. [4] In order to persuade the Sri Lankan team to visit, the Pakistan government offered to arrange "presidential-style security.", [5] which they failed to provide, during the Second Test at Lahore, the Sri Lankan team were attacked by masked gunmen in a terror attack. Six members of the teams' security detail and two other civilians were killed. No cricketers were killed but five were listed as injured including Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, and his deputy Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana. [6]

This was the final tour of a visiting team in Pakistan until Zimbabwe toured in 2015.

ODI series

1st ODI

20 January 2009
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
219 (45.2 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
220/2 (45.5 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 40 (70 balls)
Iftikhar Anjum 4/42 (8.2 overs)
Salman Butt 100* (117 balls)
Muttiah Muralitharan 1/42 (10 overs)
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan won by 8 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) & Nadeem Ghauri (PAK)
Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pakistan)

2nd ODI

21 January 2009
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
290/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
161 (34.5 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 76 (88 balls)
Umar Gul 4/58 (9 overs)
Salman Butt 62 (87 balls)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/19 (7 overs)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka won by 129 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) & Nigel Llong (ENG)
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

3rd ODI

24 January 2009
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
309/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
75 (22.5 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 137 (139)
Umar Gul 3/45 (9 overs)
Umar Gul 27 (35)
Nuwan Kulasekara 3/17 (7 overs)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka won by 234 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) & Nigel Llong (ENG)
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan

Test series

1st Test

21–25 February 2009
Scorecard
v
644/7 d (155.2 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 240 (424)
Danish Kaneria 3/170 (46.2 overs)
765/6 d (248.5 overs)
Younis Khan 313 (568)
Dilhara Fernando 2/124 (39 overs)
144/5 (31 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 65 (66)
Danish Kaneria 2/35 (9.0 overs)
Match drawn
National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) & Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Younis Khan

2nd Test

1–5 March 2009
scorecard
v
606 (151 overs)
Thilan Samaraweera 214 (338)
Umar Gul 6/135 (37 overs)
110/1 (23.4 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 59* (71)
Ajantha Mendis 0/21 (8 overs)
Match drawn
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) & Simon Taufel (AUS)

Only Tour Match:Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI vs Sri Lankans

17–18 February 2009
(scorecard)
Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI
395/4 (90 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lankans
283/5 (90 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 146(retired hurt) (174)
Chaminda Vaas 1/27 (10 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 100(retired not out) (176)
Mohammad Khalil 1/10 (4 overs)
Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI won by 112 runs
Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ehtesham-ul-Haq & Riazuddin (both PAK)
  • Players per side: 14 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
  • Maximum of 90 overs

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