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Sri Lanka V Pakistan 1985/86 3Rd Test Colombo1 (PSS). Test: 1043 Match Drawn Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1985/86 3rd Test Colombo1 (PSS). Test: 1043 Match Drawn. Test in Sri Lanka: 11 D Close of play Not out batsmen Day Runs Wk Ov Min Crowd Toss: Sri Lanka 1 SL 191/4 (77ov.) A Ranatunga 51, LRD Mendis 24 191 4 77 22-Mar-1986 Umpires: DP Buultjens; HC Felsinger 2 SL 281, Pa 180/5 (46ov.) Ramiz Raja 73, Imran Khan 3 270 11 78 23-Mar-1986 12th Man: 3 Pa 318, SL 24/2 (11ov.) AP Gurusinha 1, PA de Silva 5 162 7 66 24-Mar-1986 SMS Kaluperuma (SL); Shoaib Mohammad (Pa) 4 SL 83/3 (39.2ov.) AP Gurusinha 34, A Ranatunga 0 59 1 28 26-Mar-1986 Player of the Match: AP Gurusinha 5 SL 323/3 240 0 68 27-Mar-1986 - - - TOTALS 922 23 318 1567 - Test # SRI LANKA 1st Innings R M 4,6 BF Fall of Wickets Ov M R W nb,w 6s 20 S Wettimuny c- Ramiz Raja b Wasim Akram 0 31 0,- R Mins Imran Khan 32 11 69 4 - 2 RS Mahanama cwk Zulqarnain b Abdul Qadir 41 223 1-12 12 31 S Wet/R Mah Wasim Akram 22 8 41 1 - 3 AP Gurusinha cwk Zulqarnain b Imran Khan 39 115 2-79 67 115 A Gur/R Mah Zakir Khan 24 6 80 3 - 18 A Ranatunga c- Imran Khan b Zakir Khan 53 233 4,1 3-109 30 74 R Mah/A Ran Mudassar Nazar 7 2 19 0 - 10 PA de Silva c-sl Mohsin Khan b Zakir Khan 16 75 4-149 40 75 P deS /A Ran Abdul Qadir 23.5 3 56 2 - 19,c15 LRD Mendis cwk Zulqarnain b Imran Khan 58 197 9,- 5-202 53 81 A Ran/L Men 14 JR Ratnayeke c-sl Javed Miandad b Zakir Khan 7 6-218 16 J Rat/L Men 7,w RG de Alwis b Imran Khan 18 4,- 7-251 33 R deA /L Men 16 ALF de Mel not out 14 8-260 9 L Men/A de 2 SD Anurasiri b Imran Khan 8 9-272 12 S Anu/A de 1 KN Amalean lbw b Abdul Qadir 2 0,- 10-281 9 K Ama/A de 14 Extras b 7, lb 9, nb 3, w 6 25 Note FoW ID corrections: Wkts 2,3,7,8 Total 108.5 overs all out 281 528 min, 42.4 r/100b 74 balls/hr Test # PAKISTAN 1st Innings R M 4,6 BF Fall of Wickets Ov M R W nb,w 6s 58 Mudassar Nazar cwk de Alwis b de Mel 8 1,- R Mins ALF de Mel 27 3 91 1 - 45 Mohsin Khan lbw b Amalean 12 1-24 24 M Khan/M Naz KN Amalean 18.2 1 59 3 - 23 Qasim Omar cwk de Alwis b Ratnayeke 19 2-32 8 M Naz/Q Omar JR Ratnayeke 30 4 116 4 - 74 Javed Miandad lbw b Amalean 23 3-49 17 Q Omar/J Mia SD Anurasiri 15 11 9 0 - 6 Ramiz Raja lbw b Ratnayeke 122 388 17,- 242 4-87 38 J Mia/R Raja A Ranatunga 11 5 26 1 - 30 Salim Malik c-2s sub (SMS Kaluperuma) b Ratnayeke 29 112 4,- 5-158 71 112 S Mal/R Raja 57,c17 Imran Khan cwk de Alwis b Ranatunga 33 138 3,- 6-234 76 138 I Khan/R Raja 38 Abdul Qadir b Amalean 20 7-278 44 R Raja/A Qad 3,w Zulqarnain cwk de Alwis b Ratnayeke 13 8-305 27 A Qad/Zulqa 8 Wasim Akram run out 11 9-318 13 Zulqa/W Akr 1 Zakir Khan not out 0 10-318 0 W Akr/Z Khan 0 Extras b 10, lb 7, nb 10, w 1 28 Total 101.2 overs all out 318 504 min, 51.3 r/100b 72 balls/hr SRI LANKA 2nd Innings R M 4,6 BF Fall of Wickets Ov M R W nb,w 6s S Wettimuny c- Ramiz Raja b Wasim Akram 14 35 R Mins Wasim Akram 29 11 72 1 - RS Mahanama b Imran Khan 4 38 1-18 18 35 S Wet/R Mah Imran Khan 25 4 56 2 - AP Gurusinha not out 116 500 14,- 307 2-18 0 2 R Mah/A Gur Zakir Khan 21 4 70 0 - PA de Silva c-2s Javed Miandad b Imran Khan 25 157 5,- 3-83 65 157 P de /A Gur Abdul Qadir 22 5 70 0 - A Ranatunga not out 135 341 14,4 208 (323) 240 341 A Ran/A Gur 116 Mudassar Nazar 10 2 29 0 - Salim Malik 1 1 0 0 - Extras b 19, lb 7, nb 2, w 1 29 Ranatunga dropped on 10,12, 25, 26, and 94. Total 108 overs 3 wkts 323 535 min, 49.6 r/100b 72 balls/hr Last Test for: Zulqarnain Key to Catching Positions Back to Series Cover Page Back to Blog.
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