Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took his fourth five-wicket haul in Tests as Pakistan completed a facile nine-wicket win within four days in the second Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Needing 94 for victory, opener Mohammad Hafeez
remained unbeaten after scoring a quickfire 59 and knocked off the runs with Azhar Ali (29) after Pakistan lost Taufeeq Umar early.Pakistan bundled out Sri Lanka for 257 in their second innings and restricted the visitors' lead to a paltry 93.
The 34-year old Ajmal with five for 68 led the Pakistan spinners, who took eight out of the 10 second innings wickets to fall, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Ajmal ran through the Sri Lankan tail, keeping the batsmen guessing with his 'doosras', after fellow left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman (2-65) broke a stubborn seventh wicket stand by dismissing Dhammika Prasad.
Angelo Mathews (52 not out) and Prasad (33) added 56 for the seventh wicket to take the lead closer to the 100-run mark.
Pakistan dismissed opener Tharanga Paranavitana (72) and wicketkeeper batsman Kaushal Silva (eight) before tea after scalping Sri Lanka's batting mainstays Kumar Sangakkara (30), Mahela Jayawardene (5) and captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (3) in the morning.
Sangakkara, who scored a double century to save Sri Lanka in the first Test in Abu Dhabi, added 73 for the second wicket with Paranavitana before he was given out lbw to Rehman.
A fuming Sangakkara stormed back to the pavilion, clearly unhappy with the decision, and was soon followed by Jayawardene, who struggled during his 34-ball stay before being bowled around his legs while trying to sweep Ajmal.
Captain Dilshan was undone by some superb reverse swing bowling from left-arm seamer Junaid Khan and was struck right in front of the stumps to a delivery that came in after pitching.
Junaid bowled around the stumps to the right-handers and was able to get the old ball to swing both ways, making life difficult for the batsmen on a wearing pitch.
Pakistan are playing "home" Tests in the Gulf region because of security fears in their own country. The final match of the series is at Sharjah from Nov. 3.
Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series - 2nd Test
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
- Test no. 2011 | 2011/12 season
- Played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (neutral venue)
- 26,27,28,29 October 2011 (5-day match)
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
 | NT Paranavitana | c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul | 6 | 42 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20.68 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | lbw b Umar Gul | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| KC Sangakkara | c Asad Shafiq b Abdur Rehman | 78 | 195 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 63.93 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 |
| TM Dilshan* | c Misbah-ul-Haq b Junaid Khan | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 |
| AD Mathews | c †Adnan Akmal b Junaid Khan | 19 | 52 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 45.23 |
| JK Silva† | lbw b Abdur Rehman | 20 | 46 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 55.55 |
| KTGD Prasad | c †Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal | 7 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 24.13 |
| HMRKB Herath | c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal | 29 | 112 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 43.28 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | st †Adnan Akmal b Saeed Ajmal | 48 | 129 | 127 | 4 | 2 | 37.79 |
| RAS Lakmal | not out | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 7, nb 6) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 79 overs; 327 mins) | 239 | (3.02 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-3 (Thirimanne, 2.2 ov), 2-24 (Paranavitana, 8.2 ov), 3-30 (Jayawardene, 8.6 ov), 4-45 (Dilshan, 11.6 ov), 5-73 (Mathews, 24.2 ov), 6-127 (Silva, 35.5 ov), 7-154 (Prasad, 44.6 ov), 8-154 (Sangakkara, 45.1 ov), 9-229 (Herath, 74.1 ov), 10-239 (Welegedara, 78.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Umar Gul | 19 | 2 | 78 | 3 | 4.10 | (4nb) | |
| Junaid Khan | 15 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 3.80 | (1nb) | |
| Saeed Ajmal | 26 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 1.73 | ||
| Abdur Rehman | 17 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 2.35 | (1nb) | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Pakistan 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Mohammad Hafeez | lbw b Prasad | 33 | 112 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 52.38 |
| Taufeeq Umar | c †Silva b Prasad | 27 | 95 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 36.00 |
| Azhar Ali | lbw b Dilshan | 100 | 316 | 242 | 9 | 0 | 41.32 |
| Younis Khan | b Dilshan | 55 | 162 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 53.39 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq* | c Jayawardene b Welegedara | 41 | 150 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 36.28 |
| Saeed Ajmal | c Mathews b Welegedara | 20 | 79 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 39.21 |
| Asad Shafiq | c Jayawardene b Prasad | 59 | 136 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 58.41 |
| Adnan Akmal† | c †Silva b Dilshan | 41 | 105 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 51.25 |
| Abdur Rehman | b Herath | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Umar Gul | lbw b Herath | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Junaid Khan | not out | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 10, w 2, nb 3) | 25 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 141.1 overs; 593 mins) | 403 | (2.85 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-63 (Taufeeq Umar, 21.1 ov), 2-64 (Mohammad Hafeez, 23.3 ov), 3-181 (Younis Khan, 63.2 ov), 4-275 (Azhar Ali, 97.5 ov), 5-283 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 100.4 ov), 6-324 (Saeed Ajmal, 114.2 ov), 7-394 (Asad Shafiq, 133.1 ov), 8-397 (Abdur Rehman, 136.2 ov), 9-399 (Umar Gul, 136.5 ov), 10-403 (Adnan Akmal, 141.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 29 | 7 | 79 | 2 | 2.72 | (1w) | |
| KTGD Prasad | 32 | 2 | 104 | 3 | 3.25 | (3nb) | |
| HMRKB Herath | 37 | 5 | 89 | 2 | 2.40 | ||
| RAS Lakmal | 24 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 2.25 | (1w) | ||
| TM Dilshan | 19.1 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2.97 |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| NT Paranavitana | c Younis Khan b Saeed Ajmal | 72 | 328 | 239 | 4 | 0 | 30.12 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | b Mohammad Hafeez | 8 | 53 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 17.77 |
| KC Sangakkara | lbw b Abdur Rehman | 30 | 139 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 30.30 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | b Saeed Ajmal | 5 | 58 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 14.70 |
| TM Dilshan* | lbw b Junaid Khan | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| AD Mathews | not out | 52 | 200 | 143 | 5 | 1 | 36.36 | |
| JK Silva† | c Saeed Ajmal b Junaid Khan | 8 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 |
| KTGD Prasad | b Abdur Rehman | 33 | 50 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 68.75 |
| HMRKB Herath | c Misbah-ul-Haq b Saeed Ajmal | 15 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | lbw b Saeed Ajmal | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| RAS Lakmal | b Saeed Ajmal | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.88 |
| Extras | (b 14, lb 3, nb 2) | 19 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 109.5 overs; 452 mins) | 257 | (2.33 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Thirimanne, 13.1 ov), 2-95 (Sangakkara, 48.6 ov), 3-113 (Jayawardene, 60.3 ov), 4-116 (Dilshan, 61.3 ov), 5-141 (Paranavitana, 79.1 ov), 6-166 (Silva, 86.6 ov), 7-222 (Prasad, 100.3 ov), 8-243 (Herath, 105.1 ov), 9-247 (Welegedara, 105.5 ov), 10-257 (Lakmal, 109.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Umar Gul | 15 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 2.60 | (1nb) | ||
| Junaid Khan | 17 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 2.23 | (1nb) | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 14 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2.14 | ||
| Abdur Rehman | 33 | 7 | 65 | 2 | 1.96 | ||
| Saeed Ajmal | 30.5 | 9 | 68 | 5 | 2.20 |
| Pakistan 2nd innings (target: 94 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Mohammad Hafeez | not out | 59 | 83 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 92.18 | |
| Taufeeq Umar | b Herath | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Azhar Ali | not out | 29 | 67 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 40.27 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1) | 5 | ||||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 24.1 overs; 83 mins) | 94 | (3.88 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal†, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Abdur Rehman |
| Fall of wickets1-17 (Taufeeq Umar, 4.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KTGD Prasad | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.66 | |||
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | |||
| HMRKB Herath | 10.1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2.85 | ||
| TM Dilshan | 9 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Match details |
| Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0 |
| Test debut JK Silva (Sri Lanka) Player of the match Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan) |
| Umpires AL Hill (New Zealand) and SK Tarapore (India) TV umpire Zameer Haider (Pakistan) Match referee DC Boon (Australia) Reserve umpire Shozab Raza (Pakistan) |
| Close of play 26 Oct day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 42/0 (Mohammad Hafeez ?*, Taufeeq Umar ?*, 9 ov) 27 Oct day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 281/4 (Misbah-ul-Haq ?*, Saeed Ajmal ?*, 99 ov) 28 Oct day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 88/1 (NT Paranavitana ?*, KC Sangakkara ?*, 45 ov)         |
