Asian Test Championship 1998/99
Final: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | Pakistan won by an innings and 175 runs
| Toss | Sri Lanka, who chose to bat | Tournament | Asian Test Championship 1998/99 |
| Umpires
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DB Cowie and DR Shepherd | Match Date | 12, 13, 14, 15 Mar 1999 |
| Match Referee | CW Smith | Ground | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka , Dhaka |
| TV Umpire | VK Ramaswamy | ||
| Player of Match | Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan) |
Sri Lanka 1st Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russel Arnold | b Shoaib Akhtar | 10 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 |
| 2 | Avishka Gunawardene | c Wajahatullah Wasti b Wasim Akram | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| 3 | Mahela Jayawardene | lbw Wasim Akram | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Marvan Atapattu | lbw Saqlain Mushtaq | 36 | 82 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 61.02 |
| 5 | Aravinda de Silva * | lbw Arshad Khan | 72 | 263 | 164 | 10 | 0 | 43.90 |
| 6 | Hashan Tillakaratne | c Wajahatullah Wasti b Arshad Khan | 15 | 82 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 25.42 |
| 7 | Romesh Kaluwitharana † | c Mohammad Yousuf b Arshad Khan | 9 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 36.00 |
| 8 | Upul Chandana | c Moin Khan b Shoaib Akhtar | 15 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 34.09 |
| 9 | Chaminda Vaas | not out | 20 | 90 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 25.64 |
| 10 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Wajahatullah Wasti b Arshad Khan | 2 | 37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 |
| 11 | Sajeewa de Silva | c Moin Khan b Arshad Khan | 11 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 64.71 |
| Extra | b 12, lb 9, nb 16 | 37 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 78.0 overs; | 231 | 2.96 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-16 ( Avishka Gunawardene, 2.1 ) ; 2-16 ( Mahela Jayawardene, 2.2 ) ; 3-19 ( Russel Arnold, 3.3 ) ; 4-84 ( Marvan Atapattu, 19.1 ) ; 5-119 ( Hashan Tillakaratne, 38.3 ) ; 6-135 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 46.2 ) ; 7-177 ( Upul Chandana, 56.5 ) ; 8-201 ( Aravinda de Silva, 63.4 ) ; 9-208 ( Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 71.5 ) ; 10-231 ( Sajeewa de Silva, 78.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasim Akram * | 14.0 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 13.0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 29.0 | 7 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Shahid Afridi | 2.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arshad Khan | 20.0 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan 1st Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saeed Anwar | c & b Russel Arnold | 57 | 171 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 50.44 |
| 2 | Wajahatullah Wasti | c Mahela Jayawardene b Sajeewa de Silva | 22 | 123 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 25.29 |
| 3 | Ijaz Ahmed | st Hashan Tillakaratne b Upul Chandana | 211 | 519 | 372 | 23 | 1 | 56.72 |
| 4 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | not out | 200 | 535 | 397 | 23 | 2 | 50.38 |
| 5 | Mohammad Yousuf | c Chandika Hathurusingha b Upul Chandana | 19 | 52 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 45.24 |
| 6 | Shahid Afridi | c & b Upul Chandana | 21 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 72.41 |
| 7 | Moin Khan † | c Sajeewa de Silva b Russel Arnold | 10 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 8 | Wasim Akram * | c Chaminda Vaas b Upul Chandana | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 57.14 |
| 9 | Saqlain Mushtaq | run out Hashan Tillakaratne | 4 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 10 | Arshad Khan | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Upul Chandana | 3 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| 11 | Shoaib Akhtar | st Hashan Tillakaratne b Upul Chandana | 4 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extra | b 13, lb 14, nb 8 | 35 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 184.5 overs; | 594 | 3.21 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-75 ( Wajahatullah Wasti, 25.4 ) ; 2-117 ( Saeed Anwar, 37.3 ) ; 3-483 ( Ijaz Ahmed, 153.0 ) ; 4-515 ( Shahid Afridi, 160.0 ) ; 5-518 ( Mohammad Yousuf, 161.2 ) ; 6-532 ( Wasim Akram, 166.0 ) ; 7-540 ( Moin Khan, 168.3 ) ; 8-555 ( Saqlain Mushtaq, 174.0 ) ; 9-560 ( Arshad Khan, 177.4 ) ; 10-594 ( Shoaib Akhtar, 184.5 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 32.0 | 4 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 20.0 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 25.4 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Upul Chandana | 47.5 | 7 | 179 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva * | 12.0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russel Arnold | 37.2 | 7 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 10.0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russel Arnold | c Wasim Akram b Arshad Khan | 30 | 85 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 60.00 |
| 2 | Avishka Gunawardene | c Shahid Afridi b Wasim Akram | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Chaminda Vaas | b Wasim Akram | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Mahela Jayawardene | c Wajahatullah Wasti b Wasim Akram | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| 5 | Marvan Atapattu | run out Wasim Akram | 22 | 46 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 55.00 |
| 6 | Aravinda de Silva * | c Wajahatullah Wasti b Saqlain Mushtaq | 6 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 7 | Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 55 | 173 | 152 | 10 | 0 | 36.18 |
| 8 | Romesh Kaluwitharana † | c & b Saqlain Mushtaq | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Upul Chandana | lbw Shahid Afridi | 28 | 73 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 48.28 |
| 10 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | b Shahid Afridi | 7 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 36.84 |
| 11 | Sajeewa de Silva | b Saqlain Mushtaq | 27 | 66 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 57.45 |
| Extra | b 4, lb 7, nb 1 | 12 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 65.3 overs; | 188 | 2.87 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-5 ( Avishka Gunawardene, 0.5 ) ; 2-5 ( Chaminda Vaas, 1.0 ) ; 3-9 ( Mahela Jayawardene, 2.1 ) ; 4-48 ( Marvan Atapattu, 13.0 ) ; 5-59 ( Russel Arnold, 18.1 ) ; 6-59 ( Aravinda de Silva, 20.0 ) ; 7-61 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 21.3 ) ; 8-101 ( Upul Chandana, 41.0 ) ; 9-115 ( Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 46.3 ) ; 10-188 ( Sajeewa de Silva, 65.3 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasim Akram * | 7.0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 10.4 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 28.5 | 15 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Arshad Khan | 12.0 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 7.0 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
