3 Sri Lankan bowlers who took three wickets during the first innings – Dhammika Prasad, Nuwan Pradeep and Tharindu Kaushal. This is the first time Sri Lankan bowlers have taken three wickets each in a home Test.
3 Wicket-keepers who have scored 1000-plus Test runs at an average of 50 or more – Andy Flower, AB de Villiers and Sarfraz Ahmed. Sarfraz has now scored 1157 runs in 18 Tests at an average of 50.30, including three hundreds and seven fifties.
11 Instances since 2011 where Sri Lanka have lost their first two wickets for 25 runs or less in a home Test, the second-most for any Test nation after West Indies, who have suffered this fate on 17 occasions. Sri Lanka were 22 for 2 in their second innings in Pallekele.
0 Runs scored by Imran Khan in five Tests. No other player (as of today) has played more than three Tests without scoring a single run. It is, however, worth noting that Imran has only played two innings in these five Tests. He was dismissed for a duck during Pakistan’s first innings this Test.
1 Number of Sri Lankan batsmen who have scored 500-plus runs at a 50-plus average when batting at No. 5 – Angelo Mathews is the only one. Second and third on the list are Aravinda de Silva (48.45) and Thilan Samaraweera (47.59)
