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

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, out Caught by Babar Azam!! A juicy full toss on the stumps, there for the big hit - but Hasaranga fails to get the desired connection. Wanted to tonk it down the ground and skewed it off the inside half of the bat. Babar, at long-on, runs to his left and completes the well-judged catch with a leap. Game over for Sri Lanka? Hasaranga c Babar Azam b Naseem Shah 59(52) [4s-7]

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, yorker length that missed the leg stump, followed Hasaranga and aimed for the toes. Too good and the Pakistan management acknowledge with a round of applause in the dug out...

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, 2 runs, goes full and wide of off, Hasaranga belts the drive to the left of cover. A diving stop by Nawaz inside the circle and he manages to take the pace off on the shot as sweeper tides up....

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, brave from Naseem Shah. He bowls a half-volley in the channel outside off, no feet from Hasaranga as he fails to make contact on the willd swish

Haris Rauf to Hasaranga, 1 run, full on leg stump, Hasaranga flicks to mid-wicket and is happy with a quick single

Haris Rauf to Hasaranga, 2 runs, short of length delivery at the hip, Hasaranga hops and clips to the right of deep backward square. Easy two...

Haris Rauf to Hasaranga, FOUR, sitting deep inside the crease and waiting for something short/wide - has been the mantra from Hasaranga for the best part of this innings. He hangs back and opens the bat face really late to steer it past short third to his left

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, FOUR, fifty up for Wanindu Hasaranga. His first since November 2022. It's his 5th in ODIs as well. Too much width on the length delivery and the spin-bowling all-rounder has pierced backward point and short third with a well-timed cut

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, length ball outside off, Hasaranga punch-drives crisply to the left of sweeper cover

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, full and wide of off, Hasaranga crouches and slices it to the left of a diving Ayub at backward point. A few yards either side would have been a boundary...

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, FOUR, makes room for a short ball and Hasaranga has managed to lift that over Shaheen at mid-off. A long chase for the Pakistan skipper, but the outfield is lightning quick - thanks largely to the dew on offer...

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, wide, tries the slower ball and dishes it well wide of off stump, Hasaranga shoulders arms

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 1 run, hurries Hasaranga with a short ball angled in at the armpit, a half-hearted swivel pull to short fine for a quick single

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 1 run, back of a length just outside off, Hasaranga drops it into the off-side and rushes through for a quick single

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, 130ks fuller outside off, Hasaranga goes hard on the drive and fails to beat the diving Shaheen at mid-on to his right

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, no run, pitched up outside off, Hasaranga drives and picks out the fielder at cover

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 1 run, short of length on off, tucked away into the mid-wicket pocket

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, no run, fullish and seaming away in the corridor of uncertainty, opened Hasaranga up and turned him into an S there. Past the outside edge...

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 2 runs, 124ks back of a length outside off, Hasaranga clips it away to the left of deep mid-wicket and calls for two. A better throw at the bowling end would have been interesting, not to be!

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, short of length outside off, Hasaranga hops and tucks it in the gap through mid-wicket

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, FOUR, not learning their lessons are Pakistan. Hasaranga not using his feet and the pacers continue to bowl short to him. He gets up on his tippy toes and flays this over backward point for a much-needed boundary for Sri Lanka...

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, stays on the back foot and cuts the short of length delivery to sweeper cover

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, good length outside off, Hasaranga punches to the right of mid-off and Shaheen deflects it towards mid-on with his dive

Nawaz to Hasaranga, 1 run, quicker on the stumps, Hasaranga taps it into the covers for an easy single

Nawaz to Hasaranga, no run, full outside off, Hasaranga looks to go inside out and gets a leading edge to the right of backward point

Nawaz to Hasaranga, FOUR, short and wide of off, Hasaranga goes deep inside the crease and slams the cut square on the off-side

Nawaz to Hasaranga, 1 run, saunters out of his crease and slaps the flatter delivery to long-off

Haris Rauf to Hasaranga, 1 run, full on middle and leg, flicked away into the mid-wicket pocket

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, camps back and steers the short of length delivery to deep cover for a strike-retaining single

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, 126ks length outside off, Hasaranga punches sweetly to the left of Haris Rauf at sweeper cover

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, no run, 129ks fullish length angled into the right-hander, Hasaranga was hurried on the pull and ends up taking a blow on his thigh pad

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, and when it short and wide Hasaranga will happily slap it on the off-side. This one goes to sweeper cover for a single

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 1 run, that is what happens when you bowl full to someone who is glued to the crease/back foot. Hasaranga gets squared up on the defence and gets a leading edge down to third man

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, no run, good length on off, Hasaranga punches off the splice to the right of mid-off

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, FOUR, anything short and wide will not go scot-free. He has been sitting on the back foot waiting for deliveries like these. Scythed away through backward point with terrific timing

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 2 runs, a direct hit at the bowling end would have been the end of Chameera? Tucked wide of mid-wicket and the throw wasn't as sharp. On the bounce and wide of Shaheen Afridi to his left

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, no run, touch fuller than the good length outside off, Hasaranga punch-drives and picks out Salman Agha at cover

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, no run, he continues to test Hasaranga from the round the wicket angle. Brings it in with the angle and then gets the ball to straighten at the last minute, flirting past the outside edge while at it

Faheem Ashraf to Hasaranga, 1 run, 125ks length outside off, Hasaranga stabs wide of cover and calls his partner through for a quick single

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 1 run, 138ks slanted in towards middle and off, Hasaranga nudges leg-side and hustles across for a quick single

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, 1 run, full and swerving into the sticks, flicked away to the right of Nawaz at mid-on for a quick single

Shaheen Afridi to Hasaranga, no run, angled in from a length outside off, Hasaranga is all hands on the drive and gets beaten on the outside edge

Nawaz to Hasaranga, 1 run, quicker outside off, Hasaranga goes on the back foot and punches through extra cover

Nawaz to Hasaranga, FOUR, connects it this time does Hasaranga. The length was much fuller around off stump and that allowed Hasaranga to get his desired timing on the slog sweep. One bounce and over the deep mid-wicket ropes

Nawaz to Hasaranga, 1 run, Hasaranga aims for the slogsweep and gets a thick top-edge that drops well short of Haris Rauf to his right at long-on

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, 137ks good length on the stumps, a gentle push to backward point

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, nip-backer at 136ks, hits the splice of the bat and rolls past leg peg as Hasaranga tried to defend

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, 136ks good length on off, Hasaranga camps back and dabs to backward point

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, pacy bumper just outside off, Hasaranga was taken aback and manages to get out of the firing line at the last moment

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, good length angling in towards off, punched crisply to mid-off

Naseem Shah to Hasaranga, no run, full and a hint of reverse into the right-hander, Hasaranga sits inside the crease and taps with soft hands

Nawaz to Hasaranga, 1 run, 87.3ks flighted outside off, Hasaranga eases it to long-off

Nawaz to Hasaranga, no run, 90.3ks flatter and short of length, Hasaranga knocks it to cover