Match No 12 – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka – at Cardiff – on 12 Jun  17 –  Pakistan won by three wickets

 

N Dickwella scored 73 in this game to provide the 28th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper accomplishing such a feat in the tournament.

 

N Dickwella scored 73 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper opening accomplishing such a feat in the tournament.

 

Junaid  Khan of Pakistan returned with figures  of 10.0-3-40-3 against Sri Lanka on 12 Jun  17 to provide  the 23^rd  occasion of a bowler bowling three or more maidens in his spell in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	M Muralitharan	10.0	4	09	0	2	Srl	Win	Nairobi G	04 Oct 2000
2	WPUJC Vaas	10.0	3	27	1	1	Srl	Pak	Col-RPS	12 Sep 2002
3	HDPK Dharmasena	09.0	3	14	2	2	Srl	Net	Col-RPS	16 Sep 2002
4	PT Collins	09.1	4	18	3	2	Win	Ken	Col-SSC	17 Sep 2002
5	GD McGrath	08.0	3	17	1	1	Aus	Ban	Col-SSC	19 Sep 2002
6	Waqar Younis	07.0	3	14	2	1	Pak	Net	Col-SSC	21 Sep 2002
7	Shoaib Akhtar	08.0	3	14	1	1	Pak	Net	Col-SSC	21 Sep 2002
8	Shahid Afridi	10.0	3	18	3	1	Pak	Net	Col-SSC	21 Sep 2002
9	SJ Harmison	10.0	3	29	3	2	Eng	Zim	Birmingham	10 Sep 2004
10	DL Vettori	10.0	3	14	3	2	NZl	USA	The Oval	10 Sep 2004
11	M Dillon	10.0	4	29	5	2	Win	Ban	Southampton	15 Sep 2004
12	WW Hinds	10.0	3	24	3	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	25 Sep 2004
13	EC Rainsford	10.0	3	41	2	1	Zim	Ban	Jaipur	13 Oct 2006
14	IK Pathan	08.0	3	20	2	1	Zim	Eng	Jaipur	15 Oct 2006
15	B Lee	09.0	3	25	0	1	Aus	Eng	Jaipur	21 Oct 2006
16	WPUJC Vaas	10.0	3	16	2	1	Srl	RSA	Ahmedabad	24 Oct 2006
17	Iftikhar Anjum	10.0	4	26	2	1	Pak	RSA	Mohali	27 Oct 2006
18	GD McGrath	07.0	3	24	2	1	Aus	Win	Mum-BS	05 Nov 2006
19	GC Tonge	10.0	3	25	4	2	Win	Pak	Johannesburg	23 Sep 2009
20	P Kumar	09.0	3	22	3	1	Ind	Win	Johannesburg	30 Sep 2009
21	KAJ Roach	10.0	4	28	3	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	07 Jun 2013
22	R McLaren	08.0	3	19	4	2	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	10 Jun 2013
23	Junaid Khan	10.0	3	40	3	1	Pak	Srl	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017

 

Junaid  Khan of Pakistan returned with figures  of 10.0-3-40-3 against Sri Lanka on 12 Jun  17 to provide  the fifth occasion of a Pakistan bowler bowling three or more maidens in his spell in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Waqar Younis	07.0	3	14	2	1	Pak	Net	Col-SSC	21 Sep 2002
2	Shoaib Akhtar	08.0	3	14	1	1	Pak	Net	Col-SSC	21 Sep 2002
3	Shahid Afridi	10.0	3	18	3	1	Pak	Net	Col-SSC	21 Sep 2002
4	Iftikhar Anjum	10.0	4	26	2	1	Pak	RSA	Mohali	27 Oct 2006
5	Junaid Khan	100	3	40	3	1	Pak	Srl	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017

 

The following table lists the eleven bowlers who have captured three or more wickets while bowling three or more maiden overs in an innings in the Champions Trophy

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	M Dillon	10.0	4	29	5	2	Win	Ban	Southampton	15 Sep 2004
2	GC Tonge	10.0	3	25	4	2	Win	Pak	Johannesburg	23 Sep 2009
3	R McLaren	08.0	3	19	4	2	RSA	Pak	Birmingham	10 Jun 2013
4	PT Collins	09.1	4	18	3	2	Win	Ken	Col-SSC	17 Sep 2002
5	Shahid Afridi	10.0	3	18	3	1	Pak	Net	Col-SSC	21 Sep 2002
6	SJ Harmison	10.0	3	29	3	2	Eng	Zim	Birmingham	10 Sep 2004
7	DL Vettori	10.0	3	14	3	2	NZl	USA	The Oval	10 Sep 2004
8	WW Hinds	10.0	3	24	3	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	25 Sep 2004
9	P Kumar	09.0	3	22	3	1	Ind	Win	Johannesburg	30 Sep 2009
10	KAJ Roach	10.0	4	28	3	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	07 Jun 2013
11	Junaid Khan	10.0	3	40	3	1	Pak	Srl	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017

 

Sarfaraz Ahmed scored 61 not out in this game to provide the 29^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of a Pakistan wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. The previous best by a Pakistan wicket keeper batsman was 44 by Kamran Akmal against Australia at Centurion on 30.09.09

 

N Dickwella {73} and Sarfraz Ahmed {61*} scored fifties in this game to provide the third occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring fifties in the Champions Trophy. All the three occasions are listed below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	A Flower	77	1	Zim	NZl	Dhaka	24 Oct 1998
	2	AC Parore	52	2	NZl	Zim	Dhaka	24 Oct 1998
2	1	R Dravid	71	1	Ind	Zim	Col-RPS	14 Sep 2002
	2	A Flower	145	2	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14 Sep 2002
3	1	N Dickwella	73	1	Srl	Pak	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017
	2	Sarfraz Ahmed	61*	2	Pak	Srk	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017

 

Sarfraz Ahmed scored 61 not out in this game to provide the 52^nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a fifty in the tournament.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Misbah-ul-Haq	96*	1	West Indies	The Oval	07 Jun 2013
2	Misbah-ul-Haq	55	2	South Africa	Birmingham	10 Jun 2013
3	Sarfraz Ahmed	61*	2	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	12 Jun 2013

 

N Dickwella scored 73 in this game to provide the 102nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the 12th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

 

Fakhar Zaman scored 50 in this game to provide the 103rd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the eighth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

 

N Dickwella {73} and Fakhar Zaman {50} scored fifties in this game to provide the 19th occasion of rival opening batsmen scoring fifties in the tournament.

 

Fakhar Zaman {50} and Sarfraz Ahmed {61*} score fifties in this game to provide the fifth occasion of two or more Pakistan batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in the tournament. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Imran Nazir	59	2	Netherlands	Colombo (SSC)	21 Sep 2002
2	Shahid Afridi	55*	2	Netherlands	Colombo (SSC)	21 Sep 2002
1	Mohammad Yousuf	71	2	New Zealand	Mohali	25 Oct 2006
2	Shoaib Malik	52	2	New Zealand	Mohali	25 Oct 2006
1	Shoaib Malik	128	1	India	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
2	Mohammad Yousuf	87	1	India	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
1	Nasir Jamshed	50	1	West Indies	The Oval	07 Jun 2013
2	Misbah-ul-Haq	96*	1	West Indies	The Oval	07 Jun 2013
1	Fakhar Zaman	50	2	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017
2	Sarfraz Ahmed	61*	2	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017

 

Sarfraz Ahmed scored 61 not out in this game to provide the third occasion of a captain wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. All such occasions are tabulated below. Others to accomplish such a feat are KC Sangakkara and AB de Villiers 

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Sangakkara	54	1	Srl	RSA	Centurion	22 Sep 2009
2	AB de Villiers	70	2	RSA	Ind	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
3	Sarfraz Ahmed	61*	2	Pak	Srl	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017

 

Sarfraz Ahmed and Mohd Amir added 75 runs in an unfinished partnership for the eighth wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the eighth wicket in the tournament. All the three occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohammad Amir, Sarfraz Ahmed	8	75*	2	Pak	Srl	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017
2	MG Johnson, B Lee	8	70	1	Aus	Win	Johannesburg	26 Sep 2009
3	E Chigumbura, P Utseya	8	64	1	Zim	Srl	The Oval	14 Sep 2004

 

Sarfraz Ahmed and Mohd Amir added 75 runs in an unfinished partnership for the eighth wicket in this game to provide record stand for the eighth wicket in the tournament. The previous best was the 70 runs stand between MG Johnson and B Lee of Australia against West Indies at Johannesburg on 26.09.09

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohammad Amir, Sarfraz Ahmed	8	75*	2	Pak	Srl	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017
2	MG Johnson, B Lee	8	70	1	Aus	Win	Johannesburg	26 Sep 2009

 

Sarfraz Ahmed and Mohd Amir added 75 runs in an unfinished partnership for the eighth wicket in this game to provide the first occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs for the eighth wicket in the tournament. It also represents the record stand for the eighth wicket by Pakistan batsmen in the tournament. The previous best was the 19 runs stand between Saeed Ajmal and Umar Amin against India at Birmingham on 15.06.13

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohammad Amir, Sarfraz Ahmed	8	75*	2	Pak	Srl	Cardiff	12 Jun 2017
2	Saeed Ajmal, Umar Amin	8	19	1	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	15 Jun 2013

 

SL  Malinga returned  with figures of 1 for 52 in this  game. His lone wicket gave him an aggregate of 25 wickets in the Champions Trophy. He became the second bowler in the tournament to capture 25 plus wickets after KD Mills of New Zealand. KD Mills has an aggregate of 28 wickets. Thus SL Malinga occupies the second place in the list of bowlers who have captured most wickets in the tournament.

 

SL  Malinga returned  with figures of 1 for 52 in this  game. His lone wicket gave him an aggregate of 25 wickets in the Champions Trophy. He became Sri Lanka’s first bowler in the tournament to capture 25 plus wickets. M Muralitharan had captured 24 wickets in the tournament. Thus SL Malinga owns the record for most wickets by a Sri Lankan bowler in the tournament.  

 

Sri Lanka lost its eleventh game in the Champions Trophy to become the third team to lose eleven or more games in the tournament. Other two teams are – Pakistan {12} and South Africa {11}

 

No	Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	Pakistan	1998-2017	21	09	12	0	0
2	South Africa	1998-2017	24	12	11	1	0
3	Sri Lanka	1998-2017	27	14	11	0	2