| Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2009 | ||
| Teams | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| Dates | 20 January – 5 March | |
| Captains | Mahela Jayawardene | Shoaib Malik |
| Number of ODIs | 3 | |
| ODIs won | 2 | 1 |
| Most runs (ODIs) | Tillakaratne Dilshan 255 | Salman Butt 162 |
| Most wickets (ODIs) | Muttiah Muralitharan 6 | Umar Gul 10 |
| Number of Tests | 2 | |
| Tests won | 0 | 0 |
| Most runs (Tests) | Thilan Samaraweera 469 | Younis Khan 313 |
| Most wickets (Tests) | Dilhara Fernando 2 | Umar Gul 9 |
The Sri Lankan cricket team was touring Pakistan in January and February 2009. The series was the first Test tour of Pakistan since South Africa visited in October 2007.[1] The tour was arranged as a replacement for the scheduled tour of India which was cancelled by BCCI following 2008 Mumbai attacks.[2] The tour included 3 ODI's and 2 Tests.
The safety of touring cricket teams in Pakistan had long been in issue. In May 2002, New Zealand abandoned their Test series in Pakistan after a suicide bomb attack outside their hotel: they have not returned to the country since.[3] In 2004 Lashkar-e-Taiba had issued a fatwa against playing Cricket calling it against Islam.[4] Australia had recently refused to tour on safety grounds.[5] In order to persuade the Sri Lankan team to visit, the Pakistan government offered to arrange "presidential-style security."[6]
During the Second Test at Lahore, the Sri Lankan team were attacked by masked gunmen in a terror attack. Six members of the teams' security detail and two other civilians were killed. No cricketers were killed but five were listed as injured including Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, and his deputy Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana.[7]
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| 20 January Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 219 (45.2 overs) |
v | Pakistan 220/2 (45.5 overs) |
Pakistan won by 8 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) & Nadeem Ghauri (PAK) Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pakistan) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 40 (70 balls) Iftikhar Anjum 4/42 (8.2 overs) |
Salman Butt 100* (117 balls) Muttiah Muralitharan 1/42 (10 overs) |
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| 21 January Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 290/8 (50 overs) |
v | Pakistan 161 (34.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 129 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) & Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 76 (88 balls) Umar Gul 4/58 (9 overs) |
Salman Butt 62 (87 balls) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/19 (7 overs) |
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| 24 January Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 309/5 (50 overs) |
v | Pakistan 75 (22.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 234 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) & Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 137 (139) Umar Gul 3/45 (9 overs) |
Umar Gul 27 (35) Nuwan Kulasekara 3/17 (7 overs) |
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| 21 February - 25 February Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 644/7 dec. (155.2 overs) |
v | Pakistan 765/6 dec. (248.5 overs) |
Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the Match: Younis Khan |
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| Mahela Jayawardene 240 (424) Danish Kaneria 3/170 (46.2 overs) |
Younis Khan 313 (568) Dilhara Fernando 2/124 (39 overs) |
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| 144/5 (31 overs) | |||||
| Kumar Sangakkara 65 (66) Danish Kaneria 2/35 (9.0 overs) |
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| 1 March - 5 March scorecard |
Sri Lanka 606 (151 overs) |
v | Pakistan 110/1 (23.4 overs) |
Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Umpires: Steve Davis (umpire) (AUS) & Simon Taufel (AUS) |
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| Thilan Samaraweera 214 (338) Umar Gul 6/135 (37 overs) |
Khurram Manzoor 59* (71) Ajantha Mendis 0/21 (8 overs) |
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| 17 - 18 February (scorecard) |
Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI 395/4 (90 overs) |
v | Sri Lankans 283/5 (90 overs) |
Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI won by 112 runs Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ehtesham-ul-Haq & Riazuddin (both PAK) |
| Ahmed Shehzad 146(retired hurt) (174) Chaminda Vaas 1/27 (10 overs) |
Kumar Sangakkara 100(retired not out) (176) Mohammad Khalil 1/10 (4 overs) |
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