The 2-day warmup game between Sri Lanka President’s XI and Pakistan National Team ended in a draw today (12th July) at Sooriyawewa Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.
Pakistan added another 182 runs to their overnight score before being all out for 342 in 78.3 overs. Skipper Babar Azam was the top scorer of the day and decided to retire after scoring 79. Saud Shakeel also retired out for 69.
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Right-arm off-spinner Lakshitha Manasinghe picked up another two wickets for SLPXI and finished with 4/82. National-capped Praveen Jayawickrama also bagged two wickets.
With 146 runs behind, SLPXI began their 2nd innings. However, they lost 4 wickets when the warmup game ended in a draw with only 88 runs on the board.
Nuwanindu Fernando and Nipun Dananjaya scored unbeaten runs of 31 & 26, respectively. Salman Ali Agha grabbed a couple of wickets for Pakistan.
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Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oshada Fernando | c Mohammad Nawaz b Aamir Jamal | 113 | 127 | 18 | 0 | 88.98 |
| Sandun Weerakkody | b Hasan Ali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | b Abrar Ahmed | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.32 |
| Kamindu Mendis | c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 21 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 51.22 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Hasan Ali | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nipun Dhananjaya | c & b Aamir Jamal | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 66.67 |
| Ahan Wickramasinghe | c Abdullah Shafique b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | c Abdullah Shafique b Hasan Ali | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 |
| Kavishka Anjula | b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Milan Rathnayake | b Abrar Ahmed | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 68.18 |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extras | 13 (b 6 , lb 2 , nb 3, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 196/10 (46.3 Overs, RR: 4.22) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 12 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 3.08 | |
| Hasan Ali | 7.3 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 3.01 | |
| Abrar Ahmed | 11 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 4.73 | |
| Aamir Jamal | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 3.67 | |
| Nauman Ali | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 6.29 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Shafique | c Praveen Jayawickrama b Kavishka Anjula | 25 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 56.82 |
| Imam-ul-Haq | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 36 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 48.00 |
| Shan Masood | c Kamindu Mendis b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 83 | 67 | 9 | 3 | 123.88 |
| Babar Azam | retired | 79 | 113 | 7 | 1 | 69.91 |
| Saud Shakeel | retired | 61 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 63.54 |
| Agha Salman | lbw b Mohammad Shiraz | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | not out | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 68.00 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | b Praveen Jayawickrama | 12 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 48.00 |
| Mohammed Huraira | c Sandun Weerakkody b Praveen Jayawickrama | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | c Ahan Wickramasinghe b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.43 |
| Nauman Ali | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lakshitha Manasinghe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 2 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 342/10 (78.3 Overs, RR: 4.36) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Rathnayake | 11 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2.91 | |
| Mohammad Shiraz | 10 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 4.00 | |
| Kavishka Anjula | 9 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 4.33 | |
| Asanka Manoj | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 | |
| Lakshitha Manasinghe | 18.3 | 1 | 82 | 4 | 4.48 | |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 19 | 2 | 89 | 2 | 4.68 | |
| Shashika Dulshan | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oshada Fernando | c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Naseem Shah | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 19.35 |
| Sandun Weerakkody | c Nauman Ali b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Nuwanidu Fernando | not out | 31 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 73.81 |
| Kamindu Mendis | st Sarfaraz Ahmed b Agha Salman | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | b Agha Salman | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Nipun Dhananjaya | not out | 26 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 57.78 |
| Extras | 4 (b 0 , lb 4 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 88/4 (30 Overs, RR: 2.93) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | |
| Naseem Shah | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.17 | |
| Abrar Ahmed | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | |
| Agha Salman | 6.5 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2.77 | |
| Hasan Ali | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | |
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