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Salman century and pace attack secure Pakistan’s opening win

PCB’s report adds detail to the already recorded 37-run win over Sri Lanka.

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Added 19 October 2026 · Source published 18 October 2026

Salman Ali Agha scored 107 from 90 balls as Pakistan made 305 in Rawalpindi. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Faheem Ashraf and Haris Rauf shared all ten Sri Lankan wickets in the 37-run win. Debutant Saad Baig contributed 39 and two catches. Pakistan next face England on 20 October; Sri Lanka play England on 22 October. This report supplements the completed result already on our match page.

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Innings scorecard

Scorecard checked 1 November 2026, 09:36 PKT. Saved figures, not a live feed.

Source reported status: Pakistan won by 37 runs.

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.

Match date: Sunday, October 18 2026.

Pakistan · 305-10 (49.5 Overs, RR: 6.12)

Pakistan batting
Batter	Dismissal / status	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Fakhar Zaman	c Sachindu Colombage b Dilshan Madushanka	16	19	2	1	84.21
Saim Ayub	c Janith Liyanage b Dilshan Madushanka	7	8	0	1	87.50
Babar Azam	c Pavan Rathnayake b Eshan Malinga	45	57	6	0	78.95
Saad Baig (wk)	c Sachindu Colombage b Eshan Malinga	39	40	3	2	97.50
Salman Agha	c Dasun Shanaka b Asitha Fernando	107	90	10	1	118.89
Hasan Nawaz	c Pavan Rathnayake b Asitha Fernando	37	49	2	2	75.51
Arafat Minhas	c Kamindu Mendis b Asitha Fernando	18	15	2	0	120.00
Faheem Ashraf	c Kusal Mendis b Eshan Malinga	6	6	0	0	100.00
Shaheen Afridi (c)	not out	13	12	2	0	108.33
Naseem Shah	lbw b Eshan Malinga	0	1	0	0	0.00
Haris Rauf	run out (Sahan Arachchige/Eshan Malinga)	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras: 17 (b 0, lb 4, w 11, nb 2, p 0).

Opposition bowling · Pakistan innings
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Asitha Fernando	10	1	59	3	5.90
Dilshan Madushanka	10	0	67	2	6.70
Dasun Shanaka	7	0	41	0	5.90
Eshan Malinga	9.5	1	46	4	4.70
Sachindu Colombage	10	0	61	0	6.10
Kamindu Mendis	2	0	19	0	9.50
Sahan Arachchige	1	0	8	0	8.00

Sri Lanka · 268-10 (48.1 Overs, RR: 5.56)

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal / status	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kamindu Mendis	c Faheem Ashraf b Shaheen Afridi	44	50	4	0	88.00
Avishka Fernando	c Faheem Ashraf b Naseem Shah	5	9	1	0	55.56
Kusal Mendis (c & wk)	c Saim Ayub b Faheem Ashraf	18	34	2	0	52.94
Pavan Rathnayake	c Salman Agha b Faheem Ashraf	79	74	6	2	106.76
Sahan Arachchige	c Saad Baig b Shaheen Afridi	3	5	0	0	60.00
Janith Liyanage	c Babar Azam b Haris Rauf	60	74	5	0	81.08
Dasun Shanaka	c Babar Azam b Shaheen Afridi	28	18	3	1	155.56
Sachindu Colombage	c Saad Baig b Naseem Shah	1	4	0	0	25.00
Eshan Malinga	run out (Babar Azam/Saad Baig)	2	6	0	0	33.33
Asitha Fernando	b Haris Rauf	7	10	1	0	70.00
Dilshan Madushanka	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras: 20 (b 0, lb 3, w 17, nb 0, p 0).

Opposition bowling · Sri Lanka innings
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Afridi (c)	10	55	3	5.50
Naseem Shah	10	43	2	4.30
Haris Rauf	9.1	48	2	5.20
Faheem Ashraf	8	49	2	6.10
Arafat Minhas	9	56	0	6.20
Saim Ayub	2	14	0	7.00

Scorecard source. Team totals, batting runs plus extras, bowling runs plus non-bowler extras, and legal-ball totals checked for the displayed innings.