Sri Lanka registered a thumping win over Afghanistan in the one-off Test match played at SSC Grounds, Colombo.
Afghanistan resumed their second innings in a strong position at 199/1, but witnessed a turnaround in the morning session as the Sri Lankan bowlers used the new ball to greater effect, dismissing 6 wickets for 52 runs.
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The speedster Kasun Rajitha bowled a brilliant delivery to nick off the well-set overnight batter Rahmat Shah for 54 runs. Soon after, Prabath Jayasuriya knocked the centurion Ibrahim Zadran over with a beautiful arm ball.
Jayasuriya struck again to get rid of the Afghanistan Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi for 18 runs. Asitha Fernando then bowled one in the corridor of uncertainty to trap Ikram Alikhil, which was followed by a brilliant catch from the hosts’ Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva to see the back of Qais Ahmad in the very next over.
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Jayasuriya then deceived Zia-ur-Rehman with another arm delivery to scalp his 4th wicket just before the Lunch break.
The Afghan tail-enders showed some fight after the break, adding 56 runs for the remaining 3 wickets as they were bowled out for 296, setting an easy target of 56 for the hosts. Jayasuriya was the standout performer with the ball for Sri Lanka as he went on to claim 5 wickets for 107 runs.
Sri Lankan opening pair Dimuth Karunaratne and Nishan Madushka hardly broke a sweat, chasing down the target under 8 overs.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Zadran | lbw b Asitha Fernando | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Noor Ali Zadran | c & b Vishwa Fernando | 31 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 67.39 |
| Rahmat Shah | c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Prabath Jayasuriya | 91 | 139 | 13 | 0 | 65.47 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Vishwa Fernando | 17 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 37.78 |
| Nasir Jamal | b Prabath Jayasuriya | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ikram Alikhil | c Nuwanidu Fernando b Vishwa Fernando | 21 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 42.00 |
| Qais Ahmed | lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya | 21 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 47.73 |
| Zia-ur-Rehman | lbw b Vishwa Fernando | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Nijat Masood | c & b Asitha Fernando | 12 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 |
| Naveed Zadran | not out | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mohammad Saleem | b Asitha Fernando | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 1 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 198/10 (62.4 Overs, RR: 3.16) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asitha Fernando | 14.4 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1.67 | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 12 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 4.25 | |
| Chamika Gunasekara | 9 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 5.56 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 25 | 7 | 67 | 3 | 2.68 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishan Madushka | c Noor Ali Zadran b Naveed Zadran | 37 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 69.81 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | c Ibrahim Zadran b Qais Ahmed | 77 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 106.94 |
| Kusal Mendis | c Zia-ur-Rehman b Nijat Masood | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Angelo Mathews | hit-wicket b Qais Ahmed | 141 | 259 | 14 | 3 | 54.44 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | c Ikram Alikhil b Naveed Zadran | 107 | 181 | 10 | 1 | 59.12 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | run out (Hashmatullah Shahidi) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | c Rahmat Shah b Naveed Zadran | 27 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 81.82 |
| Chamika Gunasekara | retired | 16 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 59.26 |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | b Naveed Zadran | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Vishwa Fernando | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Asitha Fernando | b Nijat Masood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 22 (b 5 , lb 9 , nb 3, w 5, pen 0) |
| Total | 439/10 (109.2 Overs, RR: 4.02) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nijat Masood | 19.2 | 3 | 76 | 2 | 3.96 | |
| Mohammad Saleem | 12.1 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 4.71 | |
| Naveed Zadran | 22.5 | 4 | 83 | 4 | 3.69 | |
| Zia-ur-Rehman | 28 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 3.21 | |
| Qais Ahmed | 22 | 2 | 98 | 2 | 4.45 | |
| Rahmat Shah | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Zadran | b Prabath Jayasuriya | 114 | 259 | 12 | 0 | 44.02 |
| Noor Ali Zadran | lbw b Asitha Fernando | 47 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 34.56 |
| Rahmat Shah | c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Kasun Rajitha | 54 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 45.38 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Prabath Jayasuriya | 18 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 48.65 |
| Nasir Jamal | not out | 41 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 61.19 |
| Ikram Alikhil | c Kusal Mendis b Asitha Fernando | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Qais Ahmed | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Zia-ur-Rehman | b Prabath Jayasuriya | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Naveed Zadran | b Prabath Jayasuriya | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Nijat Masood | c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Kasun Rajitha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mohammad Saleem | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Asitha Fernando | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Extras | 14 (b 1 , lb 6 , nb 1, w 6, pen 0) |
| Total | 296/10 (112.3 Overs, RR: 2.63) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Fernando | 14 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 2.64 | |
| Asitha Fernando | 21.3 | 2 | 63 | 3 | 2.96 | |
| Kasun Rajitha | 20 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 2.95 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 47 | 10 | 107 | 5 | 2.28 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 10 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2.30 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimuth Karunaratne | not out | 32 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 145.45 |
| Nishan Madushka | not out | 22 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 95.65 |
| Extras | 2 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 56/0 (7.2 Overs, RR: 7.64) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zia-ur-Rehman | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Naveed Zadran | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| Nijat Masood | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Qais Ahmed | 0.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 40.00 | |
