- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras26 (lb 7, nb 2, w 17)TOTAL371/9 (50 Overs, RR: 7.42)Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Saleem Elahi), 2-186 (Shahid Afridi), 3-207 (Ramiz Raja), 4-299 (Saeed Anwar), 5-314 (Ijaz Ahmed), 6-322 (Saleem Malik), 7-335 (Waqar Younis), 8-336 (Azhar Mahmood), 9-364 (Moin Khan)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KSC de Silva 6 0 47 1 7.83 5 1 WPUJC Vaas 7 0 44 0 6.28 0 1 HDPK Dharmasena 7 0 48 1 6.85 3 0 ST Jayasuriya 10 0 94 3 9.4 6 1 M Muralidaran 10 0 73 2 7.3 1 0 PA de Silva 10 0 58 1 5.8 2 0
04/10Result
6th Match, KCA Centenary Tournament at Nairobi, Oct 4 1996
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
371/9 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
289 (49.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
04/10Result
6th Match, KCA Centenary Tournament at Nairobi, Oct 4 1996
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
371/9 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
289 (49.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras23 (lb 10, nb 1, w 12)TOTAL289 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 5.79)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-26 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-27 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-27 (Roshan Mahanama), 5-151 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-160 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-270 (Aravinda de Silva), 8-279 (Kumar Dharmasena), 9-279 (Muthiah Muralidaran), 10-289 (Chaminda Vaas)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Waqar Younis 8.5 0 52 5 5.88 2 1 Azhar Mahmood 5 2 39 0 7.8 3 0 Shahid Nazir 2 0 32 0 16 2 0 Saqlain Mushtaq 10 2 33 4 3.3 0 0 Saleem Malik 10 0 58 0 5.8 2 0 Shahid Afridi 10 0 43 1 4.3 2 0 Saeed Anwar 1 0 8 0 8 0 0 Ijaz Ahmed 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
4 October 1996 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- Shahid Afridi's century in 37 balls (ODI record)
- 11 sixes in Shahid Afridi's innings ties ODI record (set by S.T.Jayasuriya)
- Saeed Anwar's 9th ODI century. Along with Rameez Raja, Lara and Tendulkar, maximum for a currently active batsman.
- PA de Silva's 7th ODI century.
- Man of the match adjudicator: RJ Shastri
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