Highlights from 1st Test Day 1 of the Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan

Match Details 

SRI LANKA VS PAKISTAN

Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle

Toss Winner: Sri Lanka won the toss and opt to bat first.

Series: Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2022

Date of the Match: Saturday, 16 July, 2022

Time: 10:00 PM (IST)

Season: 2022

Player of the match: 

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL), Marais Erasmus (RSA)

Third Umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)

Match Review

     On Saturday, July 16, at the Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have play in the 1st Test, Day 1 match of the Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2022.

     The day was a one-man show, and Prabath Jayasuriya was the one who forced Pakistan into a corner. The day began with a chance dropped off the first ball and ended with a technical chance being shelled. 

    Azhar Ali was spared after the first ball, but he only managed to last a few more before getting caught in front. With Babar and Rizwan both appearing at ease in the middle, those were Pakistan's greatest moments of the session.  

     However, as it turned out, a rare accident—Rizwan being strangled down the leg—opened the floodgates once more.

Brief Score 

     Sri Lanka have scored 222 for 10 in 66.1 overs (Oshada Fernando 35, Dimuth Karunaratne 1, Kusal Mendis 21, Angelo Mathews 0, Dhananjaya de Silva 14, Dinesh Chandimal 76, Niroshan Dickwella 4, Ramesh Mendis 11, Maheesh Theekshana 38, Prabath Jayasuriya 3, Kasun Rajitha 12, Extras 7)

    Pakistan have scored 104 for 7 in 46.1 overs (Abdullah Shafique 13, Imam-ul-Haq 2, Azhar Ali 3, Babar Azam 34, Agha Salman 5, Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 19, Mohammad Nawaz 5, Yasir Shah 12, Shaheen Afridi 0, Extras 11)

Who is the Winner?

     Pakistan trail by 118 runs.