From A Statistician's Eye - Pakistan Tour To Sri Lanka
From A Statistician’s Eye – Pakistan Tour To Sri Lanka: Pakistan will face Sri Lanka for three Tests, five One Day Internationals and two Twenty-20 Internationals this June-July. It will be important series for Pakistan as they will be fighting to regain their number 3 spot in ICC Test Rankings which was lost after the latest rankings update in May. The winner of the test series will feature in the Top 3 test rankings while the loser may drop to as low as no. 7. On the other hand, Pakistan must win the ODI series to claim a spot in ICC Champions Trophy 2017 otherwise we might see them being knocked out of the trophy race even before it started.
Test Matches:
Pakistan has lost all of its last three test series in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has played 48 matches against Pakistan and has won 13 while 17 matches were won by Pakistan. Eighteen matches ended as draw.
In Sri Lanka, Both teams have won 6 each while 8 matches ended as a Draw.
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | ||||
| Played | Pak Won | SL Won | Draw | Tied |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Overall) | ||||
| Played | Pak Won | SL Won | Draw | Tied |
| 48 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
Here is the overall series result played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka:
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | ||
| Series | Result | Winner |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86 | 1-1 (3) | Draw |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994 | 2-0 (2) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series,1996 | 0-0 (2) | Draw |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series,2000 | 2-0 (3) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005/06 | 1-0 (2) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 | 2-0 (3) | Sri Lanka |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012 | 1-0 (3) | Sri Lanka |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 | 2-0 (2) | Sri Lanka |
Most Runs:
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | |||||
| Players | Matches | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 50s/100s |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 10 | 1432 | 211 | 89.50 | 4/5 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | 13 | 796 | 177 | 39.80 | 3/2 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 10 | 737 | 168 | 46.06 | 0/4 |
| A Ranatunga (SL) | 10 | 712 | 135* | 41.88 | 6/1 |
| M Jayawardene (SL) | 13 | 673 | 82 | 29.26 | 7/0 |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Overall) | |||||
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 21 | 2809 | 230 | 80.25 | 11/10 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | 26 | 2019 | 313 | 50.47 | 6/7 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 29 | 1687 | 240 | 32.44 | 10/2 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 20 | 1559 | 200* | 59.96 | 7/5 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 17 | 1490 | 253 | 51.37 | 6/4 |
Most Wickets:
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | |||||
| Player | Matches | Wickets | Best Bowling | Strike Rate | 5s/10s |
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 9 | 53 | 9/127 | 53.0 | 5/1 |
| Saeed Ajmal (Pak) | 8 | 38 | 5/146 | 70.3 | 2/0 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 7 | 30 | 6/98 | 60.6 | 3/0 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 8 | 30 | 5/43 | 53.6 | 2/0 |
| KMDN Kulasekara (SL) | 7 | 28 | 4/21 | 50.5 | 0/0 |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Overall) | |||||
| HMRKB Herath (SL) | 17 | 88 | 9/127 | 62.9 | 6/1 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 16 | 80 | 6/71 | 58.7 | 5/1 |
| Saeed Ajmal (Pak) | 14 | 66 | 5/68 | 76.7 | 3/0 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 19 | 63 | 5/43 | 51.9 | 3/0 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | 13 | 56 | 6/34 | 38.6 | 4/1 |
ODI Matches:
Sri Lanka lead the tally in home conditions with 18 wins from 36 games. Pakistan is second with 15 wins. Overall, Pakistan has a huge lead in wins over Sri Lanka. Pakistan has 81 wins over Sri Lanka in ODIs – 2nd most wins by a team against a particular team.
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | ||||
| Played | Pak Won | SL Won | No Result | Tied |
| 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Overall) | ||||
| Played | Pak Won | SL Won | No Result | Tied |
| 139 | 81 | 56 | 4 | 1 |
Here is the overall series result played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka:
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | ||
| Series | Result | Winner |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 1985/86 | 2-0 (3) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 1994 | 4-1 (5) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2005/06 | 2-0 (3) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2009 | 3-2 (5) | Sri Lanka |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2012 | 3-1 (5) | Sri Lanka |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2014 | 2-1 (3) | Sri Lanka |
* The remaining matches were in a series involving more than two teams.
Most Runs:
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | |||||
| Players | Matches | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 50s/100s |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 24 | 661 | 123 | 33.05 | 4/1 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 24 | 577 | 97 | 30.36 | 1/0 |
| Younis Khan (Pak) | 19 | 549 | 89 | 30.50 | 4/0 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 16 | 464 | 102* | 30.93 | 4/1 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) | 13 | 434 | 83* | 43.40 | 3/0 |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Overall) | |||||
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 82 | 2517 | 134* | 32.68 | 18/3 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 75 | 2319 | 134 | 34.61 | 13/3 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 63 | 2265 | 118* | 44.41 | 15/4 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pak) | 52 | 2198 | 126 | 44.85 | 13/7 |
| M Jayawardene (SL) | 67 | 1903 | 123 | 30.69 | 12/2 |
Most Wickets:
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | |||||
| Player | Matches | Wickets | Best Bowling | Strike Rate | 4s/5s |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 18 | 27 | 5/23 | 36.6 | 0/1 |
| T Perera (SL) | 9 | 22 | 6/44 | 16.6 | 2/1 |
| SL Malinga (SL) | 15 | 20 | 5/34 | 36.7 | 0/1 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 18 | 20 | 4/34 | 32.9 | 1/0 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 16 | 17 | 4/49 | 29.5 | 1/0 |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Overall) | |||||
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 65 | 96 | 5/23 | 37.4 | 0/2 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | 59 | 92 | 4/24 | 37.3 | 5/0 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | 51 | 84 | 6/26 | 37.0 | 3/2 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 82 | 71 | 5/17 | 38.6 | 1/0 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 72 | 67 | 5/35 | 46.4 | 1/1 |
Twenty-20 Internationals:
Pakistan has the upper hand in T20Is as well but Sri Lanka has done evenly good as Pakistan in matches played at their home.
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (in Sri Lanka) | ||||
| Played | Pak Won | SL Won | No Result | Tied |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Overall) | ||||
| Played | Pak Won | SL Won | No Result | Tied |
| 12 | 7 | 5 | – | – |
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