Pakistan record historic series win- Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test Statistical Review

Pakistan record historic series win- Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test Statistical Review: The exciting Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka came to the very end with Pakistan defeating the hosts to win the series 2-1 after they chased down a record target of 377. Here we take look at the stats recorded during the game and series as well.

Statistical highlights – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test:

377 – Target chased down by Pakistan in this match to win, the 6th successfully chased total in Test Cricket and also Pakistan’s highest successfully chased total in 4th innings of a Test match. Their previous highest successfully chased total was 315 against Australia in 1994 at Karachi. This is also the highest total for Pakistan in 4th innings of Test match. Their previous highest was 343 for 3 vs South Africa in 2010 at Dubai. This is also the highest chased total against Sri Lanka and in Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

3 – Number of wickets Pakistan lost while chase down the target. This is only the 2nd instance where a team lost 3 or fewer wickets while scoring 350 total in 4th innings of Test match.

1 – 1st time in 16 years Sri Lanka played a Test match without a player who had played at least 50 Tests. Angelo Mathews with 49 tests was the experienced player for Sri Lanka in the game.

1172 – Runs scored by Younis Khan in Sri Lanka. The most runs for a visiting player in Sri Lanka. He overhauled Sachin Tendulkar who scored 1154 runs, the 1st visiting player to score 1000 runs in Sri Lanka.

24 – Wickets, Yasir Shah has picked up in this series. The 2nd most wickets in a series for a visiting player in Sri Lanka. Highest was by Shane Warne who picked 26 wickets in 2004 series.

9 – Number of years after Younis Khan got run out in a Test match. He was run out in 1st innings of this Test.

0 – Number of runs scored by Imran Khan at end of his 5th Test match. No other player has played more than 3 test matches without scoring a single run.

232 – The partnership runs between Younis Khan and Shah Masood. The 6th highest partnership for any wicket in 4th innings and highest for Pakistan.

61 – Number of wickets Yasir Shah has picked up so far in his 10th match Test career. Only 6 other players have picked up 61 or more wickets at end of their 10th Test match.

2 – Number of times Sri Lanka lost a Test after setting a target over 300. Both came against Pakistan.

171 – Younis Khan score during Pakistan’s 2nd innings. He became only the 22nd player to score 150 and plus in 4th innings of Test match. This is also the highest individual score for a Pakistani batsman in 4th innings as he went past Saleem Malik’s 155.

5 – Number of centuries Younis Khan has scored in 4th innings of Test match. The most centuries by anyone in 4th innings in Test Cricket.

60.59 – Younis Khan’s average in 4th innings in Test Cricket. The highest for any batsmen with minimum of 1000 runs in 4th innings of Test match.

4000 – Runs in Test Cricket for Misbah-Ul-Haq. He is the 2nd oldest player to complete 4000 runs in Test Cricket. Jack Hobbs was the oldest player with an age of 43 years and 194 days when he reached the milestone. Misbah is 41 years and 40 days old currently.

11 – Number of 150 plus scores for Younis Khan in Test Cricket. He is now the Pakistani with most 150 plus scores as he went past Javed Miandad who had 10 scores of 150 plus.

11 – Number of years after a visiting team managed to defeat Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in more than 1 Test match during a series. Pakistan has won the 1st Test and the current 3rd Test to win the series 2-1. Last visiting team to defeat Sri Lanka in more than 1 test match in a series was Australia in 2004. They defeated Sri Lanka by a 3-0 margin.

(Stats Updated till 7th July, 2015)