Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan
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Pakistan v 
Sri Lanka
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Fri 09 Oct, 13:00 UTC
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Sri Lanka
playing XI (10)
Pakistan
playing XI (9)
A pre-match read, kept as it
was: what the numbers said before a ball was bowled, not a report of
what happened.
Each batter against the bowlers he would face, by phase. Colour is always from the batter's side. These are match-ups by type, not by history — nobody here has faced anybody often enough for a head-to-head record to mean anything. A batter appears in a phase only if he actually bats there, and a bowler only where both careers hold at least 30 balls in that exact split. A bowler named in grey was read and came out inside 10% of par — checked, and nothing to say. The not readable count beside him is the bowlers whose pair could not be read at all, which is a different claim entirely. A name marked ° is a weaker reading, from less than the full record: either that bowler has under 30 balls against this hand in these overs and the pair is read from the batter alone, or the batter has under 30 against this type here and is read from what he has, shrunk toward the league rate. Held out on matches from 2025 both kinds sorted outcomes, but they rest on less than a full pair does; the hover text says which it is.
For the batter
−25%
−10%
even
+10%
+25%
against par for that bowling type in
those overs
Overall
Pakistan lead the match-ups by
79
| Team | Batting | Bowling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 75 19 Maaz Sadaqat · 8 players | 32 8 Naseem Shah · 7 players | 107 |
| Sri Lanka | 14 5 K Mishara · 5 players | 14 3 PVD Chameera · 9 players | 28 |
Every edge counted twice over, once from each side: a match-up that favours a batter is one his opponents' bowlers are losing. Under each count is the player holding most of them and how many players it is spread across — a total resting on one man is worth less than the same total spread down the order, and it leaves with him. Amber marks a count of five or more where two players hold 70% of it.
Batting side
Sri Lanka batting v Pakistan bowling
14 for Sri Lanka
32 for Pakistan
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BKG Mendis RHB | Saim Ayub +15% Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay +12% Naseem Shah Shadab Khan Fakhar Zaman, Maaz Sadaqat Abrar Ahmed | Naseem Shah +12% Saim Ayub Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay Shadab Khan Abrar Ahmed Maaz Sadaqat Fakhar Zaman | Saim Ayub Naseem Shah Shadab Khan Abrar Ahmed 4 not readable |
| 3 K Mishara LHB | Saim Ayub +12% Shadab Khan -10% Naseem Shah Abrar Ahmed Fakhar Zaman Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay 1 not readable | Abrar Ahmed +15% Shadab Khan +14% Hassan Nawaz +13% Khawaja Nafay Saim Ayub Naseem Shah Maaz Sadaqat Fakhar Zaman | Saim Ayub +28% Naseem Shah Abrar Ahmed Shadab Khan 4 not readable |
| 4 PHKD Mendis LHB | Saim Ayub Abrar Ahmed Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay Fakhar Zaman Shadab Khan Naseem Shah 1 not readable | Hassan Nawaz +12% Fakhar Zaman, Maaz Sadaqat Khawaja Nafay Saim Ayub Abrar Ahmed Shadab Khan Naseem Shah | Naseem Shah +16% Saim Ayub +14% Abrar Ahmed Shadab Khan 4 not readable |
| 5 SSD Arachchige LHB | Hassan Nawaz -17% Naseem Shah -21% Fakhar Zaman Saim Ayub 4 not readable | Saim Ayub Naseem Shah Fakhar Zaman, Maaz Sadaqat Hassan Nawaz Khawaja Nafay Abrar Ahmed Shadab Khan | Saim Ayub +16% Naseem Shah Abrar Ahmed Shadab Khan 4 not readable |
| 6 MD Shanaka RHB | rarely bats here | Maaz Sadaqat -11% Fakhar Zaman -12% Shadab Khan Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay Naseem Shah Saim Ayub Abrar Ahmed | Saim Ayub +12% Naseem Shah Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay Shadab Khan Abrar Ahmed 2 not readable |
| 8 M Theekshana RHB | rarely bats here | Shadab Khan -11% Hassan Nawaz -12% Abrar Ahmed -16% Naseem Shah -17% Saim Ayub -18% Fakhar Zaman -25% Maaz Sadaqat -26% 1 not readable | Shadab Khan -16% Abrar Ahmed -18% Saim Ayub -18% Naseem Shah -20% 4 not readable |
| 9 PVD Chameera RHB | rarely bats here | Naseem Shah -14% Saim Ayub -17% Shadab Khan -17% Fakhar Zaman -18% Maaz Sadaqat -18% Abrar Ahmed -22% Hassan Nawaz 1 not readable | Naseem Shah -12% Shadab Khan -19% Abrar Ahmed -21% Saim Ayub 4 not readable |
| 10 E Malinga LHB | rarely bats here | Saim Ayub -10% Naseem Shah -12% Maaz Sadaqat Fakhar Zaman Abrar Ahmed Shadab Khan 2 not readable | Naseem Shah -15% Saim Ayub 6 not readable |
| 11 N Thushara RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | Shadab Khan -15% Abrar Ahmed -16% Saim Ayub -21% Naseem Shah -23% 4 not readable |
Pakistan batting v Sri Lanka bowling
75 for Pakistan
14 for Sri Lanka
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sahibzada Farhan RHB | E Malinga +17% MD Shanaka +16% PVD Chameera +15% K Mishara, SSD Arachchige +13% M Theekshana +12% N Thushara +11% BKG Mendis PHKD Mendis DN Wellalage | SSD Arachchige +21% M Theekshana +19% K Mishara +18% E Malinga +17% MD Shanaka +13% BKG Mendis +12% PHKD Mendis +12% N Thushara PVD Chameera DN Wellalage | rarely bats here |
| 2 Fakhar Zaman LHB | DN Wellalage +20% E Malinga +17% PHKD Mendis +16% MD Shanaka BKG Mendis PVD Chameera M Theekshana K Mishara, SSD Arachchige N Thushara | DN Wellalage +18% PHKD Mendis +15% E Malinga +11% K Mishara +11% MD Shanaka +11% BKG Mendis PVD Chameera SSD Arachchige M Theekshana N Thushara | rarely bats here |
| 3 Maaz Sadaqat LHB | DN Wellalage +33% E Malinga +29% PHKD Mendis +28% M Theekshana +26% K Mishara, SSD Arachchige +24% MD Shanaka +20% PVD Chameera +18% N Thushara +11% 1 not readable | DN Wellalage +21% PHKD Mendis +18% E Malinga +15% MD Shanaka +14% K Mishara +13% PVD Chameera +10% SSD Arachchige M Theekshana N Thushara BKG Mendis | N Thushara +17% MD Shanaka +15% E Malinga +14% PVD Chameera +12% DN Wellalage PHKD Mendis 4 not readable |
| 4 Hassan Nawaz RHB | DN Wellalage -10% K Mishara, SSD Arachchige -11% M Theekshana -12% E Malinga MD Shanaka PVD Chameera N Thushara PHKD Mendis 1 not readable | BKG Mendis +16% E Malinga +16% SSD Arachchige +13% MD Shanaka +13% M Theekshana +11% K Mishara +11% PHKD Mendis N Thushara PVD Chameera DN Wellalage | SSD Arachchige +20% MD Shanaka +20% PVD Chameera +16% N Thushara +16% E Malinga +14% M Theekshana DN Wellalage PHKD Mendis 2 not readable |
| 5 Saim Ayub LHB | E Malinga +17% DN Wellalage +16% PHKD Mendis +12% MD Shanaka M Theekshana PVD Chameera K Mishara, SSD Arachchige N Thushara 1 not readable | DN Wellalage +22% PHKD Mendis +19% E Malinga +14% MD Shanaka +13% PVD Chameera BKG Mendis N Thushara K Mishara SSD Arachchige M Theekshana | rarely bats here |
| 6 Shadab Khan RHB | rarely bats here | E Malinga +13% BKG Mendis +11% MD Shanaka SSD Arachchige PHKD Mendis M Theekshana K Mishara N Thushara PVD Chameera DN Wellalage | K Mishara +14% MD Shanaka +15% SSD Arachchige +14% M Theekshana +13% PVD Chameera +11% N Thushara +11% E Malinga DN Wellalage PHKD Mendis 1 not readable |
| 7 Khawaja Nafay RHB | SSD Arachchige +17% E Malinga +15% MD Shanaka +14% PVD Chameera +13% DN Wellalage -14% N Thushara M Theekshana PHKD Mendis 2 not readable | BKG Mendis +16% E Malinga +12% MD Shanaka SSD Arachchige N Thushara M Theekshana K Mishara PHKD Mendis PVD Chameera DN Wellalage | MD Shanaka +11% PHKD Mendis -10% PVD Chameera N Thushara E Malinga DN Wellalage 4 not readable |
| 10 Abrar Ahmed RHB | rarely bats here | PVD Chameera -10% E Malinga MD Shanaka SSD Arachchige K Mishara M Theekshana N Thushara 3 not readable | MD Shanaka -12% PVD Chameera -15% N Thushara -15% E Malinga -17% SSD Arachchige M Theekshana 4 not readable |
| 11 Naseem Shah RHB | rarely bats here | DN Wellalage -12% PVD Chameera -12% SSD Arachchige K Mishara M Theekshana E Malinga PHKD Mendis MD Shanaka N Thushara 1 not readable | SSD Arachchige +12% PHKD Mendis -12% MD Shanaka M Theekshana PVD Chameera N Thushara E Malinga DN Wellalage 2 not readable |
Talking points
Read off the matrix on this page and nothing else — the same edges, counted from both ends. Direction is always from the batter's side.
The two totals
- Pakistan hold 107 — 75 while they bat, 32 from their bowlers.
- Sri Lanka hold 28 — 14 while they bat, 14 from their bowlers.
- Both sides are on a named XI, so that is 79 more for Pakistan.
Who holds them
- Maaz Sadaqat (Pakistan) is the best set up with the bat — 19 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan) is the best set up with the bat — 14 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Hassan Nawaz (Pakistan) is the best set up with the bat — 11 match-ups in his favour, 4 against.
- M Theekshana (Sri Lanka) is the one to bowl at — 11 against him, 0 in his favour.
- PVD Chameera (Sri Lanka) is the one to bowl at — 9 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Abrar Ahmed (Pakistan) is the one to bowl at — 5 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Naseem Shah (Pakistan) holds the most with the ball — 8 in his favour, 2 batters the other way.
- Shadab Khan (Pakistan) holds the most with the ball — 6 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
- Abrar Ahmed (Pakistan) holds the most with the ball — 5 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
In short
- The numbers favour Pakistan by 79, on 135 match-ups between the sides.