# Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2014 to play a two-match Test series against the Sri Lankan national cricket team followed by a three-match series of One Day Internationals (ODI). Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1.
The Test series was the final Test series for Sri Lankan batsmen Mahela Jayawardene after he announced his retirement from Test cricket in order to focus on One Day cricket until the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
In the first innings of the second Test, Sri Lankan bowler Rangana Herath took nine wickets for 127 runs, the best figures for a left-arm bowler in Test cricket.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| Angelo Mathews (c) Lahiru Thirimanne (vc) Upul Tharanga Kaushal Silva Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene Niroshan Dickwella Kithuruwan Vithanage Rangana Herath Dilruwan Perera Suranga Lakmal (withdrawn) Shaminda Eranga Dhammika Prasad Chanaka Welagedara Nuwan Pradeep Dimuth Karunaratne Binura Fernando | Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Ahmed Shehzad Khurram Manzoor Shan Masood Azhar Ali Younis Khan Asad Shafiq Umar Akmal Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) Saeed Ajmal Abdur Rehman Mohammad Talha Junaid Khan Rahat Ali Wahab Riaz | Angelo Mathews (C) Lahiru Thirimanne (VC) Tillakaratne Dilshan Upul Tharanga Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Mahela Jayawardene Dinesh Chandimal Ashan Priyanjan Lasith Malinga Nuwan Kulasekara Dhammika Prasad Rangana Herath Seekkuge Prasanna Suraj Randiv Thisara Perera | Misbah-ul-Haq (C) Ahmed Shehzad Sharjeel Khan Mohammad Hafeez Sohaib Maqsood Younis Khan Shahid Afridi Umar Akmal Fawad Alam Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) Saeed Ajmal Anwar Ali Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Talha Junaid Khan Zulfiqar Babar Wahab Riaz |

## Tour matches
### One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI v Pakistanis

* 20 August 2014 10:00 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI 325/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistanis 290/8 (46.2 overs) |
| Ashan Priyanjan 65 (65) Mohammad Hafeez 4/44 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 54 (60) Thisara Perera 2/51 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI won by 13 runs (D/L method) Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Pradeep Udawatta (SL)
* Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI won the toss and elected to bat
* Pakistani innings stopped at 46.2 overs due to bad light

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 6–10 August 2014 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
* Rain reduced day 3 to 46 overs

### 2nd Test

* 14–18 August 2014 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 105 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
* Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak) scored his first century in Tests.
* This was final test match for Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka).

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 23 August 2014 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 275/7 (45 overs) | v | Pakistan 277/6 (44.5 overs) |
| Angelo Mathews 89 (85) Wahab Riaz 3/50 (9 overs) | | Sohaib Maqsood 89* (73) Thisara Perera 2/43 (7 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 4 wickets (D/L) Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain reduced match to 45 overs

### 2nd ODI

* 26 August 2014 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 310/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 233 (43.5 overs) |
| Angelo Mathews 93 (115) Wahab Riaz 4/65 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 63 (49) Thisara Perera 3/19 (3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 77 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Thisara Perera (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 30 August 2014 Scorecard
| Pakistan 102 (32.1 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 104/3 (18.2 overs) |
| Fawad Alam 38* (73) Thisara Perera 4/34 (8 overs) | | Tillakaratne Dilshan 50* (55) Saeed Ajmal 1/10 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (D/L) Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Thisara Perera (SL)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain. Sri Lanka set a target of 101 to win.