It was the 1501st Test in cricket history.It was Pakistan's 269th and Sri Lanka's 101st Test.It was 26th Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The record
now reads: Pakistan 13, Sri Lanka 5 and drawn 9.It was the 9th Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Sri
Lankan soil. The record now reads : Pakistan 5, Sri Lanka 1, drawn
3.Former Sri Lankan player Asoka de Silva was officiating for the
first time in a Test match. He became the 15th Sri Lankan to stand
in a Test match as an umpire. The other umpire Russell Tiffin was
officiating in his 16th Test.Abdur Razzaq became second Pakistani and 24th bowler in Test
annals to achieve a Test match hat-trick when he had Romesh
Kaluwitharana, Rangana Herath and Ravindra Pushpakumara
dismissed off fourth, fifth and sixth ball of his 11th over.
Razzaq also provided the 27th instance when a hat-trick has
been recorded in Test cricket. The list includes nine
Englishmen, seven Australians, three West Indians, two
Pakistanis, a South African, a New Zealander and a Sri Lankan.
No hat-trick has yet been recorded for India and Zimbabwe.At 20 years 202 days Razzaq became the youngest bowler to claim
a Test hat-trick. The previous record was on the name of
Springbok Geoff Griffin who was 21 years 12 days old when he
achieved his hat-trick against England at Lord's in 1960.Saeed Anwar scored his 10th Test hundred in his 48th Test. He
became the tenth Pakistani batsman to score 10 hundreds in a Test
career.Pakistan's total (600-8d) is its highest against Sri Lanka -
home or away. This obliterates the previous highest of 594 made
at Dhaka in the final of the Asian Test Championship in March 1999.The total is also the highest by any side against Sri Lanka on
Sri Lankan soil. The previous highest was 537 for 8 (decl) by
India at Colombo Premadasa in 1996-97.The previous highest for Pakistan on Sri Lankan soil was 390
at Colombo PSS in 1994-95.Four batsmen (Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan and Wasim
Akram) scored hundreds in Pakistan's only innings. This provided
only the sixth instance of four batsmen scoring hundreds in an
innings. The record, however, is held by Australia, whose five
batsmen scored hundreds against West Indies at Kingston in 1954-
55.Wasim Akram scored his third century in his 97th Test. His
century came at batting position eight. Wasim has now scored
two centuries at this position. Wasim became fourth batsman
to score two centuries at batting position eight after New
Zealand's Bruce Taylor, South Africa's Eric Dalton and India's
Kapil Dev. Overall it was 41st instance of a batsman scoring
century at number 8. Incidentally Akram also holds the world
record of playing highest individual innings at number 8. He
made 257* against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996-97.Akram's innings is the highest by any batsman against Sri Lanka
at number 8. The previous record was held by Akram himself who
made 78 in the first Test of this series at Colombo SSC and by
India's Kapil Dev who made 78 at Colombo PSS in 1985-86.Akram's century came off just 86 balls, which is the second
fastest for Pakistan after Majid Khan's 74 ball century against
New Zealand at Karachi in 1976-77.Akram's century is also the second fastest by any batsman
against Sri Lanka after Kapil Dev's 74 ball century for India
at Kanpur in 1986-87.Pakistan gained first innings lead of 419 runs, which is the
second highest for Pakistan in Test cricket. The highest still
remains 476 runs lead against England at The Oval in 1987.
Pakistan had made 708 in its first innings on that occasion and
then bowled out England for paltry 232.The seventh wicket stand of 120 runs between Younis Khan and
Wasim Akram is a new record for this wicket for Pakistan
against Sri Lanka obliterating the previous record stand of 104
runs between Haroon Rashid and Tahir Naqqash at Karachi in 1981-
82.Muttiah Muralitharan has now conceded 100 or more runs in an
innings on 26 occasion on his bowling. He thus surpassed
India's Kapil Dev's tally of 25 such instances. Now only
England's Ian Botham with 31 such instances is ahead of
Muralitharan. Following table lists the bowlers with most
instances of conceding 100 or more runs in an innings on their
bowling :31 Ian Botham England
26 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka
25 Kapil Dev India
24 Abdul Qadir Pakistan
20 Richard Hadlee New Zealand
20 Imran Khan Pakistan
20 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar India
Rangana Herath bagged a pair in the Test. He became tenth Sri
Lankan (on 12th occasion) to suffer this fate. He also became the
fifth Sri Lankan after Arjuna Ranatunga, Don Anurasiri, Chamara
Dunusinghe and Pramodya Wicremasinghe (twice) to do so against
Pakistan.The innings win was Pakistan's sixth against Sri Lanka. It
was the second largest win for Pakistan against Sri Lanka.
The largest win for Pakistan against Sri Lanka came at Dhaka
by an innings and 175 runs. 