Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Chameera to Salman Agha, 1 run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, Salman Agha is early into the punch and gets a thick inside edge to short fine for a quick single

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 2 runs, shuffles across and swipes the fuller length delivery to the right of deep mid-wicket

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, slower length delivery outside off, Agha gets an inside edge on the cut to the right of the keeper for a quick single

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, pitched up outside off, Salman Agha slices the drive to deep cover

Chameera to Salman Agha, 1 run, dabbed away into the off-side and that is a fine hundred from a fine player - Salman Agha. His second in ODIs and the dressing room acknowledges the milestone with a thunderous applause. The crowd erupt as well with Pakistan inching closer to the 290 mark....

Chameera to Salman Agha, FOUR, the blow doesn't deter him one bit. A low full toss on the stumps, Agha crouches and scoops it away fine past the fielder at deep backward square...

Chameera to Salman Agha, FOUR, oh dear! The bowler and batter collide. Chameera looks fine, but Salman Agha looks a bit disturbed. He is adjusting his helmet grille as the physio conducts the concussion test. It was a full toss and Salman Agha slogged it away behind square on the leg-side. Salman Agha was ball-watching and so was Chameera. The tall frame of Chameera came to his rescue there. Else, it would have been really nasty...

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, makes room and mistimes the drive to long-off

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, wide, dishes a slower full delivery wide of off, Salman Agha swings and misses

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, no run, slower length ball outside off, Salman Agha looks to cut and misses

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, low full toss wide of off, Salman Agha slices the drive to deep backward point and nearly ran a three there. He was always keen on the second and ran halfway down the pitch. Nawaz, though, didn't show any interest and eventually Agha had to rush back....

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, full outside off, Salman Agha slices the drive to deep cover

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 2 runs, makes room and slaps the flatter delivery to the right of sweeper cover

Theekshana to Salman Agha, wide, and this time he throws it well wide of off stump, need a reload please...

Theekshana to Salman Agha, no ball, did that land outside the pitch? Yes, it did He wanted to bowl it wide of off stump and ended up hurling it really wide, just past the strip. Kusal Mendis did exceedingly well to dive and prevent the extra runs...freehit coming up

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, slower length delivery outside off, Salman Agha wanted to play it fine and ended up getting an inside edge to short third

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 2 runs, slower short ball outside off, Salman Agha goes really hard on the pull and places it to the left of deep mid-wicket

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, Salman Agha drags the pull off the inside edge to square leg

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 2 runs, too full outside off, Salman Agha brings his bat down in time to slice the drive past the diving right hand of short third

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, short outside off, Salman Agha goes deep inside the crease and steers with an open bat face down to third man

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, 2 wides, slower ball sprayed down leg, Kusal Mendis fumbles and enables a quick single for the duo

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, 2 runs, gets across and clips the length ball wide of mid-wicket

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 2 runs, full on off stump, once again Salman Agha flicks it into the gap to the right of deep mid-wicket and adds a couple of crucial runs for his side

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 2 runs, quicker on the stumps, tucked away in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on. Excellent running between the wickets from the duo...

Theekshana to Salman Agha, wide, flat and well wide of off stump, Salman Agha lets it go

Chameera to Salman Agha, FOUR, 130ks overpitched outside off, Salman Agha makes room and carves it up and over extra cover with brilliant piece of timing. No need to run for shots like that...

Chameera to Salman Agha, 1 run, 137ks full at the toes, whipped away to wide long-on

Chameera to Salman Agha, FOUR, 200 up for Pakistan. Slower short ball on the stumps, Salman Agha pulls and gets a thick top-edge that clears the fielder at short fine to his right

Chameera to Salman Agha, no run, back of the hand slower ball outside off, the length was full and Salman Agha left it alone. He backed away a bit too early and assumed it to be a wide, not to be...

Chameera to Salman Agha, 2 runs, walks across and looks to scoop, the ball tails in late and deflects off the inside edge to deep square

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 1 run, quicker googly on the stumps, Salman Agha brings up the 100 -run stand with a punch down to sweeper cover

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 1 run, flat on off, Agha cuts late wide of backward point

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, leg byes, 1 run, full on leg stump, Agha missed the sweep and it went to square leg off the front pad. Huge appeal from the bowler and the keeper. Was that missing leg? Maybe....

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, no run, advances and manages to bring his bat down hurriedly to negate this googly to backward point

Chameera to Salman Agha, 1 run, 136ks good length just outside off, wristed away to deep square

Chameera to Salman Agha, 2 runs, sprays this onto the pads, Agha gets inside the line and flicks to the right of backward square leg

Chameera to Salman Agha, FOUR, Salman Agha shuffled across his off stump and was perhaps anticipating something short. Luckily for him, the length was short and down the leg-side. Agha managed to get enough bat on the pull to beat the diving keeper to his left

Chameera to Salman Agha, 1 run, 133ks sits up on a length outside off, Salman Agha hops and cuts to the left of sweeper cover

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 2 runs, sinks on one knee and sweeps the low full toss to the right of deep square leg

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, Salman Agha flicks off the inside half to short fine and rushes through for a quick single. It's his 9th fifty in ODIs, and 1st against Sri Lanka.

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, 1 run, short of length outside off, worked away to deep mid-wicket. Salman Agha thought about the second and decided against it....

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, 1 run, full at the pads, Salman Agha flicks crisply square on the leg-side

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, wide, sliding down the leg-side, Salman Agha looks to flick and misses

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, 2 runs, full and angled into leg stump easy flick away down to deep backward square for a couple of runs

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 1 run, looped up on the stumps, clipped away to deep square

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 3 runs, the length is full once again, Salman Agha plays the sweep and drags it off the thick inside half to the right of the fielder at short fine. A diving stop by Kamindu prevents the boundary....

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, no run, once again the ball keeps low. Salman Agha went hard on the cut and found the lurking fielder at backward point

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, no run, this one keeps low outside off, Salman Agha wanted to cut and got beaten due to lack of bounce

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, no run, skiddy short ball outside off, Salman Agha pulls and gets it off the inside half to the right of the diving short mid-wicket fielder

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, on a length outside off, steered away square on the off-side

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, short of length delivery, another steer down to third man. That's the fourth one this over..

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, back of a length close to off, Agha guides it towards third man

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, wide, bouncer around leg, too short and too high, called wide for height

Asitha Fernando to Salman Agha, 1 run, short of length around off, Agha opens the bat face and steers to third man

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, hip-lined delivery, Agha tucks it in front of square and retains strike

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, sharp turn from outside off, Agha knocks it to sweeper cover

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, spinning in from short of length, Agha angles it through backward point and settles with a single

Asalanka to Salman Agha, 1 run, drifting across and keeps low, Agha dabs it to short third and Talat calls for a quick single

Asalanka to Salman Agha, 1 run, not quite short and hence Agha mistimes the pull, lands in front of deep mid-wicket

Asalanka to Salman Agha, 2 runs, the length is shortened, Agha tucks it square on the leg-side and immediately calls for a couple, easily nabbed

Asalanka to Salman Agha, FOUR, calculated and safe. Mid-off was inside the ring. So Agha comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and goes against the turn, clears mid-off comfortably with the loft and picks up the boundary

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, makes room and is met by a shortened length, knocks it to sweeper cover

Theekshana to Salman Agha, no run, spinning in, Agha leans forward and works it to mid-wicket

Theekshana to Salman Agha, no run, slower and shorter, Agha chops the cut in front of backward point

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, quicker and around off, Agha guides it towards backward point

Asalanka to Salman Agha, 1 run, drifting away outside off, Agha makes room and cracks it square of the wicket

Asalanka to Salman Agha, no run, sliding across and keeps low, Agha stays leg-side and stabs it to cover

Asalanka to Salman Agha, no run, comes down the track and pushes it back to Asalanka. He takes a second before throwing the ball, Agha didn't expect it but just mananges to plonk his bat in before the ball hits the stumps. That would have been disastrous for Pakistan

Asalanka to Salman Agha, 1 run, hip-lined delivery, Agha tucks it to deep square leg

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, fullish delivery on off, Agha eases it to long-on

Theekshana to Salman Agha, no run, short of length, turn and bounce, Agha gets on top and works it with soft hands to mid-wicket

Theekshana to Salman Agha, 1 run, tossed up around off, Agha knocks it to the right of Theekshana and beats him

Chameera to Salman Agha, leg byes, 1 run, 137.6ks nip-backer and Agha is beaten for pace, the ball beats the inside edge and strikes him on the thigh pad. Chameera appeals for LBW but it was too high

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 1 run, short of length close to off, Agha punches it to sweeper cover

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, no run, googly around off, Agha knocks it towards point and searches for a single, Talat is not keen

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, FOUR, neatly done! Quicker and on the shorter side, Agha waits for the ball to arrive and back cuts it behind square on the off-side, beats a diving backward point and picks up the boundary

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, no run, tossed up on off, Agha settles into the forward defensive

Chameera to Salman Agha, 1 run, short of length outside off, Agha rides the bounce and steers to third man

Chameera to Salman Agha, no run, short of length delivery, Agha gets on top of the bounce and turns it to mid-wicket

Chameera to Salman Agha, no run, on a length and around off, Agha pats it with an angled bat to backward point

Chameera to Salman Agha, no run, bouncer outside off, Agha ducks inside the line and lets it pass

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 1 run, tossed up googly on off, Agha leans forward and works it to long-on

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 2 runs, overcooks the flighted delivery and Agha jams the drive wide of long-off, couple more

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, FOUR, that's a gift and Agha does not miss out. Full toss on the pads and Agha could have picked his spot, he whips it over mid-wicket and there's no one in the deep to stop the boundary

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, no run, short and outside off, Agha cuts hard and straight to backward point

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, no run, he's mixing them nicely. The leg-break around off, draws Agha into the forward push and the ball spins away to beat the outside edge

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, no run, flighted outside off, Agha lunges across and pushes it to cover

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, FOUR, poor delivery and Agha puts it away. Off-cutter on the pads and Agha clips it backward of square

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, 1 run, 123.3ks angled into middle and leg, Agha drives it down to long-on

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, no run, 124.6ks fullish delivery close to off, Agha defends firmly past cover but mid-off tidies up

Janith Liyanage to Salman Agha, 1 run, on a length and outside off, Agha eases it to sweeper cover

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, 1 run, spinning into the pads, Agha works it with the spin to deep square leg

Hasaranga to Salman Agha, no run, wrong 'un at the stumps, Agha hangs back and knocks it to mid-wicket