Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 1999–2000

The Sri Lankan national cricket team visited Pakistan in February to March 2000 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–1. Sri Lanka were captained by Sanath Jayasuriya and Pakistan by Saeed Anwar or Moin Khan. In addition, the teams played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which Sri Lanka won 3–0.

ODI series

1st ODI

13 February 2000 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 274/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 245 (48 overs)
MS Atapattu 119* (135) Shahid Nazir 3/58 (10 overs)		Aamer Sohail 47 (66) M Muralitharan 3/31 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 29 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Sadiq Mohammad and Saleem Badar Player of the match: MS Atapattu (SL)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Imran Abbas, Yasir Arafat and Younis Khan (all PAK) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

16 February 2000 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 263/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 229 (45.1 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 65 (78) Saqlain Mushtaq 2/48 (10 overs)		Mohammad Yousuf 68 (87) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/30 (7 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 34 runs Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala Umpires: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Pakistan innings limited to 49 overs due to their slow over rate.

3rd ODI

19 February 2000 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 241/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 137 (39.3 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 77 (91) Abdur Razzaq 4/36 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 30 (45) ST Jayasuriya 2/27 (7.3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 104 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Nadeem Ghauri Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Faisal Iqbal (PAK) made his ODI debut.

Test series summary

1st Test

26 February–1 March 2000 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Sri Lanka
182 (73.5 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 44 (96) GP Wickramasinghe 4/37 (20 overs)		353 (123.2 overs) Aravinda de Silva 112 (276) Waqar Younis 4/103 (30 overs)
390 (152.1 overs) Younis Khan 107 (250) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/127 (54.1 overs)		220/8 (83.5 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 56 (105) Abdur Razzaq 4/56 (26 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Athar Zaidi (PAK) and DL Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Younis Khan (PAK) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

5–9 March 2000 (5-day match) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Pakistan
268 (109.3 overs) MS Atapattu 75 (176) Shoaib Akhtar 5/75 (24.3 overs)		199 (88.5 overs) Saeed Anwar 74 (191) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/77 (39 overs)
224 (73.2 overs) Russel Arnold 99 (192) Waqar Younis 3/38 (16 overs)		236 (70.1 overs) Mohammad Yousuf 88 (131) Muttiah Muralitharan 6/71 (27.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 57 runs Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: JH Hampshire (ENG) and Mohammad Nazir (PAK) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Atiq-uz-Zaman (PAK) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

12–15 March 2000 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Sri Lanka
256 (85.5 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 86 (163) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/89 (32 overs)		227 (58.1 overs) Russel Arnold 48 (61) Shoaib Akhtar 3/52 (18 overs)
421 (133.5 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 138 (243) Ravindra Pushpakumara 4/66 (20.5 overs)		228 (46 overs) Ravindra Pushpakumara 44 (45) Shahid Afridi 3/50 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 222 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin (PAK) and Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
• Irfan Fazil (PAK) made his Test debut.