Sri Lankan cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2013–14
# Sri Lankan cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2013–14

The Sri Lanka and Pakistan national cricket teams toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 11 December 2013 to 20 January 2014. The tour included three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20I | T20I | T20I |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Afghanistan |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Abdur Rehman Adnan Akmal (wk) Ahmed Shehzad Asad Shafiq Azhar Ali Junaid Khan Khurram Manzoor Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Talha Rahat Ali Saeed Ajmal Shan Masood Umar Gul Younis Khan | Angelo Mathews (C) Dinesh Chandimal Shaminda Eranga Nuwan Pradeep Vishwa Fernando Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene (wk) Dimuth Karunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Dilruwan Perera Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Sachithra Senanayake Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne | Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Abdur Rehman Ahmed Shehzad Anwar Ali Asad Shafiq Bilawal Bhatti Haris Sohail Junaid Khan Mohammad Hafeez Saeed Ajmal Shahid Afridi Sharjeel Khan Sohaib Maqsood Sohail Tanvir Umar Akmal (wk) | Angelo Mathews (C) Dinesh Chandimal Tillakaratne Dilshan Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis Kusal Perera (wk) Thisara Perera Seekkuge Prasanna Ashan Priyanjan Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Sachithra Senanayake Lahiru Thirimanne Kithuruwan Vithanage | Mohammad Hafeez (C) Usman Khan Ahmed Shehzad Anwar Ali Bilawal Bhatti Haris Sohail Junaid Khan Saeed Ajmal Shahid Afridi Sharjeel Khan Sohaib Maqsood Sohail Tanvir Umar Akmal (wk) Umar Amin Zulfiqar Babar | Dinesh Chandimal (C) Tillakaratne Dilshan Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Kusal Perera (wk) Thisara Perera Seekkuge Prasanna Ramith Rambukwella Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Sachithra Senanayake Lahiru Thirimanne Kithuruwan Vithanage | Mohammad Nabi (C) Afsar Zazai (wk) Asghar Stanikzai Dawlat Zadran Gulbadin Naib Amir Hamza Izatullah Dawlatzai Karim Sadiq Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Najibullah Zadran Nawroz Mangal Samiullah Shenwari Shafiqullah (wk) Shapoor Zadran Hamid Hassan Noor Ali Zadran |

## T20I series

### Pakistan vs Afghanistan: Only T20I

* 8 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Afghanistan 137/8 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 138/4 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Najibullah Zadran 38 (30) Junaid Khan 3/24 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 42* (37) Mohammad Nabi 1/21 (4 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
* Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan) made his T20I debut.

### Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: 1st T20I

* 11 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Sri Lanka 145/5 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 146/7 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Angelo Mathews 50 (34) Sohail Tanvir 2/34 (4 overs) | | Shahid Afridi 39* (20) Lasith Malinga 3/26 (4 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 3 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Usman Khan (Pakistan) made his T20I debut.

### Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: 2nd T20I

* 13 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Sri Lanka 211/3 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 187 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kusal Perera 84 (59) Saeed Ajmal 2/25 (4 overs) | | Sharjeel Khan 50 (25) Sachithra Senanayake 3/27 (4 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 24 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Seekkuge Prasanna (Sri Lanka) made his T20I debut.

## ODI series

### 1st ODI

* 18 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Pakistan 322/5 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 311 (49.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mohammad Hafeez 122 (129) Suranga Lakmal 2/73 (10 overs) | | Kusal Perera 64 (68) Junaid Khan 3/44 (5.4 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 11 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Johan Cloete (RSA) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 20 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Pakistan 284/4 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 287/8 (49.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ahmed Shehzad 124 (140) Seekkuge Prasanna 1/45 (10 overs) | | Kumar Sangakkara 58 (67) Junaid Khan 3/52 (10 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 22 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Pakistan 326/5 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 213 (44.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mohammad Hafeez 140* (136) Thisara Perera 2/58 (8 overs) | | Tillakaratne Dilshan 59 (62) Umar Gul 3/19 (5.4 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 113 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Johan Cloete (Rsa) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 25 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Pakistan 226/2 (41.1 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 225 (48.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mohammad Hafeez 113* (119) Angelo Mathews 1/15 (6 overs) | | Ashan Priyanjan 74 (93) Saeed Ajmal 4/39 (9.5 overs) |

* Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ashan Priyanjan and Kithuruwan Vithanage (Sri Lanka) made their ODI debut.

### 5th ODI

* 27 December (D/N) Scorecard

| Pakistan 232 (49.3 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 235/8 (49.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Misbah-ul-Haq 51 (74) Lasith Malinga 4/57 (10 overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 64* (70) Junaid Khan 3/31 (7.1 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Johan Cloete (Rsa) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series

### 1st Test

* 31 December–4 January Scorecard
* Match drawn Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (England) and Bruce Oxenford (Australia) Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (SL)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
* Ahmed Shehzad, Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan) and Sachithra Senanayake (Sri Lanka) made their Test debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 8–12 January Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd Test

* 16–20 January Scorecard
* Pakistan won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Azhar Ali (Pak)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dilruwan Perera (Sri Lanka) made his Test debut.

## Statistics

Pakistan

* Bilawal Bhatti took his 1st Test wicket when he got Kaushal Silva out in the first innings of the 1st Test.
* Younus Khan made his 23rd Test century in the first innings of the 1st Test.
* Misbah-ul-Haq made his 5th Test century in the first innings of the 1st Test.
* Junaid Khan took his 50th Test wicket when he got Dinesh Chandimal out in the second innings of the 1st Test.
* Misbah-ul-Haq passed 3,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 2nd Test.
* Ahmed Shehzad made his 1st Test century in the first innings of the 3rd Test.
* Azhar Ali made his 5th Test century in the second innings of the 3rd Test.

Sri Lanka

* Angelo Mathews made his 2nd Test century in the second innings of the 1st Test.
* Angelo Mathews passed 2,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 1st Test.
* Mahela Jayawardene made his 32nd Test century in the first innings of the 2nd Test.
* Prasanna Jayawardene passed 2,000 Test runs in the first innings of the 3rd Test.
* Mahela Jayawardene passed 11,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 3rd Test.

## Broadcasting rights

| TV broadcaster(s) | Country | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| PTV Sports | Pakistan | Official Broadcasters |
| GEO Super | Pakistan | |
| CSN | Sri Lanka | |
| Sony SIX | Bangladesh | |
| Sony SIX | India | |
| Sky Sport | New Zealand | |
| Fox Sports | Australia | |
| SuperSport | South Africa Zimbabwe | |
| Zee Cinema | United Kingdom | |
