Pakistan v 
Sri Lanka
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.
| Team | Batting | Bowling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 58 15 Maaz Sadaqat · 6 players | 8 3 Maaz Sadaqat · 4 players | 66 |
| Sri Lanka | 10 4 BKG Mendis · 5 players | 7 2 SSD Arachchige · 5 players | 17 |
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.
Pakistan batting v Sri Lanka bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fakhar Zaman LHB | E Malinga +17% PHKD Mendis +16% MD Shanaka BKG Mendis, V Viyaskanth C Wickramasinghe SSD Arachchige B Fernando N Thushara | B Fernando +18% PHKD Mendis +15% E Malinga +11% V Viyaskanth +11% MD Shanaka +11% BKG Mendis C Wickramasinghe SSD Arachchige N Thushara | rarely bats here |
| 2 Sahibzada Farhan RHB | E Malinga +17% MD Shanaka +16% SSD Arachchige +13% N Thushara +11% C Wickramasinghe BKG Mendis V Viyaskanth B Fernando PHKD Mendis | C Wickramasinghe +28% B Fernando +26% SSD Arachchige +21% E Malinga +17% V Viyaskanth +14% MD Shanaka +13% BKG Mendis +12% PHKD Mendis +12% N Thushara | rarely bats here |
| 3 Maaz Sadaqat LHB | E Malinga +29% PHKD Mendis +28% SSD Arachchige +24% MD Shanaka +20% C Wickramasinghe +17% N Thushara +11% B Fernando V Viyaskanth 1 not readable | PHKD Mendis +18% B Fernando +18% E Malinga +15% MD Shanaka +14% C Wickramasinghe +11% SSD Arachchige N Thushara V Viyaskanth BKG Mendis | N Thushara +17% MD Shanaka +15% E Malinga +14% C Wickramasinghe +14% B Fernando PHKD Mendis 3 not readable |
| 4 Hassan Nawaz RHB | SSD Arachchige -11% E Malinga MD Shanaka B Fernando N Thushara PHKD Mendis C Wickramasinghe 2 not readable | C Wickramasinghe +28% V Viyaskanth +19% B Fernando +16% BKG Mendis +16% E Malinga +16% SSD Arachchige +13% MD Shanaka +13% PHKD Mendis N Thushara | SSD Arachchige +20% MD Shanaka +20% N Thushara +16% C Wickramasinghe +15% E Malinga +14% V Viyaskanth -11% B Fernando PHKD Mendis 1 not readable |
| 6 Khawaja Nafay RHB | SSD Arachchige +17% E Malinga +15% MD Shanaka +14% N Thushara C Wickramasinghe B Fernando PHKD Mendis V Viyaskanth 1 not readable | C Wickramasinghe +23% V Viyaskanth +19% BKG Mendis +16% B Fernando +13% E Malinga +12% MD Shanaka SSD Arachchige N Thushara PHKD Mendis | C Wickramasinghe +16% MD Shanaka +11% PHKD Mendis -10% B Fernando -15% N Thushara E Malinga 3 not readable |
| 7 Arafat Minhas LHB | rarely bats here | B Fernando +11% SSD Arachchige -21% E Malinga MD Shanaka PHKD Mendis C Wickramasinghe N Thushara V Viyaskanth 1 not readable | N Thushara +10% B Fernando MD Shanaka E Malinga C Wickramasinghe SSD Arachchige V Viyaskanth 2 not readable |
| 10 Salman Mirza RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | E Malinga -11% B Fernando -13% SSD Arachchige C Wickramasinghe MD Shanaka N Thushara 3 not readable |
Sri Lanka batting v Pakistan bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 BKG Mendis RHB | Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay +12% Salman Mirza Fakhar Zaman, Maaz Sadaqat Arafat Minhas | Salman Mirza +14% Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay Arafat Minhas Maaz Sadaqat Fakhar Zaman | Salman Mirza +13% Arafat Minhas 4 not readable |
| 4 PHKD Mendis LHB | Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay Salman Mirza Arafat Minhas Fakhar Zaman 1 not readable | Arafat Minhas +13% Hassan Nawaz +12% Fakhar Zaman, Maaz Sadaqat Khawaja Nafay Salman Mirza | Salman Mirza 5 not readable |
| 5 SSD Arachchige LHB | Hassan Nawaz -17% Arafat Minhas Fakhar Zaman Salman Mirza 2 not readable | Arafat Minhas Fakhar Zaman, Maaz Sadaqat Hassan Nawaz Salman Mirza Khawaja Nafay | Salman Mirza +10% 5 not readable |
| 6 MD Shanaka RHB | rarely bats here | Maaz Sadaqat -11% Fakhar Zaman -12% Salman Mirza Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay Arafat Minhas | Salman Mirza +11% Arafat Minhas Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay 2 not readable |
| 7 C Wickramasinghe LHB | rarely bats here | Hassan Nawaz +14% Arafat Minhas Maaz Sadaqat Fakhar Zaman Salman Mirza 1 not readable | Salman Mirza +21% 5 not readable |
| 8 V Viyaskanth RHB | rarely bats here | Fakhar Zaman -17% Maaz Sadaqat -17% Salman Mirza Arafat Minhas 2 not readable | Salman Mirza 5 not readable |
| 9 B Fernando RHB | rarely bats here | Fakhar Zaman -15% Maaz Sadaqat -16% Salman Mirza Arafat Minhas 2 not readable | Arafat Minhas Salman Mirza 4 not readable |
| 11 N Thushara RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | Salman Mirza -12% Arafat Minhas 4 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.
- Pakistan hold 66 — 58 while they bat, 8 from their bowlers.
- Sri Lanka hold 17 — 10 while they bat, 7 from their bowlers.
- Both sides are on a named XI, so that is 49 more for Pakistan.
- Maaz Sadaqat (Pakistan) is the best set up with the bat — 15 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Hassan Nawaz (Pakistan) is the best set up with the bat — 12 match-ups in his favour, 2 against.
- Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan) is the best set up with the bat — 12 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- B Fernando (Sri Lanka) is the one to bowl at — 2 against him, 0 in his favour.
- MD Shanaka (Sri Lanka) is the one to bowl at — 2 against him, 1 in his favour.
- Salman Mirza (Pakistan) is the one to bowl at — 2 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) holds the most with the ball — 3 in his favour, 0 batters the other way.
- Maaz Sadaqat (Pakistan) holds the most with the ball — 3 in his favour, 0 batters the other way.
- The numbers favour Pakistan by 49, on 83 match-ups between the sides.