1st Test, Saud Shakeel slams twin fifties versus SL: Stats
What's the story
Pakistan and Sri Lanka played out a draw in the 1st Rawalpindi Test. Notably, the hosts managed 284/8 in their 2nd innings before the match ended on Day 5. Saud Shakeel, who smashed 93 in his side's 1st innings, fought valiantly with a knock of 97. He missed out on two deserving hundreds. Here we present the details and stats.
Shakeel
Shakeel's presence helps hosts Pakistan
Pakistan scored 57/1 in 21.2 overs before bad light and rain brought an early end to Day 4.
Shakeel came in when his side was 57/3. He added 50 runs alongside Babar Azam for the 4th wicket.
After Salman Agha's early dismissal, Shakeel was part of stands worth 92, 44 and 23 respectively as Pakistan scored 284/8, forcing a draw.
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4th fifty-plus score for Shakeel versus Sri Lanka
Shakeel's 97 came off 210 balls. He hit 7 fours. Earlier, he managed a 93-run knock as well in Pakistan's score of 434/9d.
With these twin fifties, Shakeel has raced to 2,196 at 44.81 from 27 matches (51 innings).
He has hit 13 fifties and four hundreds.
As per Cricinfo, Shakeel owns 485 runs from three matches against Sri Lanka at 121.25 (100s: 1, 50s: 3).
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