It was the 1603rd ODI in cricket history.It was Pakistan's 473rd and Sri Lanka's 325th match in
ODIs.It was the 82nd meeting between these two sides. The
record now reads: Pakistan 51, Sri Lanka 28, tied 1, abandoned 2.It was the 13th meeting between these sides on Sri
Lankan soil. The record now reads: Sri Lanka 5, Pakistan 7,
abandoned 1.Umpires Peter Manuel and Gamini Silva were officiating in their
32nd and 2nd match respectively.Kumar Sangakkara became the 105th player to represent Sri Lanka in
ODIs. He also became the 17th player to keep wickets for Sri Lanka.Kumara Dharmasena was making a comeback to Sri Lankan side. He
last played for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe at Sharjah on 10-11-
1998. Dharmasena thus missed 41 matches since his last
appearance for Sri Lanka.Inzamam-ul-Haq scored his 54th fifty in his 226th match. The
fifty was Inzamam's 12th against Sri Lanka (excluding
hundreds), which equals the tally of Saleem Malik for Pakistan.The wicket of Azhar Mahmood was 50th for Muttiah Muralitharan
against Pakistan. He was playing his 35th match against
Pakistan. Muralitharan became the first Sri Lankan and fifth bowler
in ODIs after Curtly Ambrose (69 wickets in 44 matches),
Courtney Walsh (55 in 52), Javagal Srinath (53 in 35) and Ian
Bishop (52 in 31) to do so.The eighth wicket stand of 69 runs between Inzamam-ul-Haq and
Waqar Younis is Pakistan's best for this wicket on Sri Lankan
soil. This obliterates the previous highest stand of 38 between
Abdul Qadir and Wasim Akram against Sri Lanka at Colombo PSS on
30-03-1986.Nuwan Zoysa (4-34) became 19th Sri Lankan (on 39th occasion) to
capture a four wicket haul in a ODI match. His previous best was
2 for 22 against England at Melbourne on 19-01-1999. Zoysa also
became the ninth Sri Lankan to do so against Pakistan.Zoysa's figures are the best by a Sri Lankan against Pakistan on
Sri Lankan soil obliterating Ruwan Kalpage's four for 36 at
Colombo RP on 06-08-1994.Marvan Atapattu, on 1, completed his 1000 runs against
Pakistan. He was playing his 25th match against Pakistan.
Atapattu became the sixth Sri Lankan after Aravinda de Silva (2246
runs in 72 matches), Arjuna Ranatunga (1861 in 67), Sanath
Jayasuriya (1515 in 51), Roshan Mahanama (1159 in 52) and Asanka
Gurusinha (1039 in 39) and the 13th batsman in ODI history to do so.Marvan Atapattu scored his 23rd fifty in his 97th match. He has now
scored six fifties in last six matches against Pakistan.
Atapattu's run of success against Pakistan in last six matches
is as :119*, 57, 77, 62, 100 and 62.Kumar Sangkkara's innings (35) is the second highest by a Sri
Lankan wicketkeeper on debut. He just failed to beat Lanka de
Silva's record of playing highest individual innings as 'keeper
on debut for Sri Lanka. De Silva had made 37* against India at
Colombo SSC on 18-07-1997.Nuwan Zoysa won his maiden Man of the Match award in his 23rd
match.