Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Match 5 Full Commentary

Live · Oct 27 2026, Tue - 01:30 PM (IST)

Match 5, - Gaddafi Stadium

PAK

46/2 (9.1)

Sri Lanka elected to field

CRR:5.02

9.1

Beaten on the inside edge!
8.6

FOUR! Easy pickings! Back of a length, tailing it down the leg side. Babar Azam just glances it away through fine leg for back-to-back boundaries.
8.5

FOUR! It's just getting better and better for Azam. On the fuller side, just outside off. Babar Azam prods forward and drives it gloriously through the cover region for four runs.
8.4

On a nagging length, outside off. Babar Azam dead-bats it down the deck.
8.3

Good length, just outside off, Babar Azam blocks it to the off side.
8.2

Just a shade behind the good length, outside off. Saad Baig hangs back and punches it into the gap at cover and collects three runs as two fielders give chase to haul it in.
0.0

Saad Baig has copped a nasty blow, and the physio is out to have a look. After a bit of magic spray, Baig is ready to resume.
8.1

Saad Baig takes a blow on his gloves! On a good length, around leg and middle. Saad Baig tries to flick it to square leg, but the ball takes off and hits him flush on the left glove.
7.6

On a length, around off, Babar Azam dabs it to mid on.
7.5

FOUR! Short and punished! Bangs it hard onto the deck, over middle and leg. Babar Azam picks up the length pretty early and pulls it hard toward deep backward square leg for a boundary.
7.4

Fullish, around off, Babar Azam drives it crisply but finds the short cover fielder.

7.3

Back of a length, angling in, around middle. Babar Azam hops and tucks it to the left of deep fine leg for a brace.
7.2

FOUR LEG BYES! Free runs for Pakistan! Back of a length, around the hips of the batter. Babar Azam fails to connect his flick, and it brushes off the batter's thigh pad to fly past the left of the keeper for four runs.
7.1

Beaten! Just a shade behind the good length, outside off, nipping away. Babar Azam tries to punch it away from his body, but it zips past the outside edge.
6.6

Excellent shot from the batter, but it is hit straight to the fielder. Pitches it fuller, just outside off. Saad Baig plants his front foot, leans on it and drives it toward mid off.
6.5

Good length, on middle. Saad Baig rocks back and blocks it down.
6.4

On a length, outside off, Saad Baig punches it to the right of mid off and gets a couple of runs.
6.3

Much fuller, on middle, Saad Baig blocks it back to the bowler.
0.0

Both openers sent packing inside the first 7 overs. Saad Baig makes his way out to bat.
6.2

Maaz Sadaqat lbw b Asitha Fernando 8 (11)

OUT! LBW! Asitha Fernando strikes now. Asitha fires it fuller, just a shade behind the yorker length, swinging in. Maaz Sadaqat tries to flick it away, but his head falls over to the off side and his bat stays behind the front pad as the ball pings him low on the front pad. The appeal goes round, but this time, full of confidence, and up goes the finger of the umpire. Maaz has a word with his partner and opts for a review. The UltraEdge confirms that the ball has hit the pad first, and the Ball Tracking comes up as three reds, with the ball crashing into the middle stump. Sadaqat takes a review with him.
6.1

Swing and a miss! Asitha Fernando pitches it up, moving back in the air, around the off stump. Maaz Sadaqat tries to go for a wild slog but misses on the inside edge.

5.6

On a length, just outside off, Babar Azam taps it to the left of the bowler.
5.5

A well-directed bouncer! Madushanka bends his back and offers the bumper, angling in, over middle and leg. Babar Azam sways away and lets it travel to the keeper.
5.4

Back of a length, just outside off, Babar Azam punches it to cover from his back foot.
5.3

No run, just a mere push. But no space for a run.
5.2

Pitches it a touch fuller, around off. Babar Azam pushes out in front, but gets nicked off the outside edge, toward the left of the point fielder for a brace.
5.1

On a length, outside off, nipping in. Maaz Sadaqat looks to defend it down, but the ball catches the inside edge before it rolls to the right of deep fine leg for a single.
4.6

FOUR! A boundary to end the over! Bangs hard onto the deck, just outside off. Babar Azam pulls it from the inner part of the bat, and it races away through backward square leg for four runs.
4.5

Sharp fielding from Avishka Fernando! Back of a length, over off and middle. Babar Azam pulls it down and hard, but Avishka, in the short mid-wicket region, dives to his left and makes a sharp stop.
4.4

Just behind the fuller length, keeping the line into the corridor of uncertainty. Babar Azam guides it to backward point, opening the face of the bat.

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