Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka in 2009 | |||
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| Pakistan | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 29 June 2009 – 12 August 2009 | ||
| Captains | Younis Khan | Kumar Sangakkara | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shoaib Malik (262) | Kumar Sangakkara (331) | |
| Most wickets | Saeed Ajmal (14) | Nuwan Kulasekara (17) | |
| Player of the series | Nuwan Kulasekara | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Younis Khan (244) | Mahela Jayawardene (218) | |
| Most wickets | Mohammad Aamer (9) | Thilan Thushara (9) | |
| Player of the series | Thilan Thushara | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka. This tour is the return tour of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09, where during the second test the match was abandoned due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team which injured seven players, three staff and killed six Pakistani policemen and two civilians.
Pakistan played a first-class game against Sri Lanka Cricket XI which was drawn. They will play a List A game. The tour will continue from 29 June 2009 to 12 August 2009.
The Series comes just two weeks after Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in ICC world T20 cup final. The Pakistani coach Intikhab Alam was satisfied by the security being provided by the Sri Lankan government, but was concerned about his team shift from T20 cricket to Test cricket. He said,
"The key to winning the series against a strong Sri Lankan team will be our ability to adjust to demanding Test match cricket in hot and humid weather. We can’t afford to look back. Winning the Twenty20 title will mean little when the first ball is bowled in the Test series. It’s a different ball game."
Pakistan has never lost a series in Sri Lanka, winning past three, and drawing two. The Pakistani side has been boosted by return of Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq.
From the 19 Test matches played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in last five years, Pakistan have won 13, lost 2 and Drawn 4.
Kumar Sangakkara, for whom this is the first Test series as a Captain, brushing aside the effects of Lahore attacks and loss to Pakistan in ICC T20 worldcup, said that;
"Lahore is not on our minds, the team has done a really great job mentally getting over it, it was heartbreaking to lose the Twenty20 final but we had a great tournament. I am proud of the way the team played in England and I am confident we will do as well in the Test matches."
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