Pakistan have played Sri Lanka, 9 times in this format winning 6 and losing 3
Pakistan has a 2-1 record against them in T20 WCs
Pakistan has a 2-1 record against them in T20s played in Sri Lanka
Pakistan is the only side to reach the final 4 of the World T20 in all editions
Australia and Sri Lanka are next in line with 3 appearances
Sri Lanka have only beaten Pakistan once in WCs (WCs and T20 WCs)
Shahid Afridi has been awarded Man-of-the-match in 3 Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka
In all of those man-of-the-match awards Afridi has scored a half century with 3 of his 4 half centuries in this format coming against the Islanders
Pakistan has won 16 out of 25 WT20 matches
Pakistan has a 38-23 record in their favour across all internationals played in this format since their debut in Bristol 2006
Mohammad Hafeez has only lost 3 in 10 Twenty20 internationals as captain
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have met in 20 internationals over the last year with Pakistan winning 9, losing 6 and 4 tests were drawn with 1 ODI having a no result
When Pakistan and Sri Lanka played in the 2 match Twenty20 series in early June, both teams won 1 each with the side batting first successfully defending fewer than 150 at Kandy
Dav Whatmore was coaching Sri Lanka when they triumphed in Lahore in 1996. He’s now coaching Pakistan when they are 2 wins away from triumphing in Colombo 16 years later.
When they last met at an ICC world tournament, Pakistan won in Colombo on Saturday 26th February 2011 by 11 runs with Shahid Afridi being adjudged man-of-the-match for a 4 wicket haul.
Pakistan in ICC men’s tournaments since 2007 WT20
2007 World T20 = Finalists
2008 Under-19 World Cup = Semi finalists
2009 World T20 = Winners
2009 Champions Trophy = Semi finalists
2010 Under-19 World Cup = Finalists
2010 World T20 = Semi-finalists
2011 World Cup = Semi-finalists
2012 Under-19 World Cup = Quarter Finalists
2012 World T20 = At least semi-finalists
Barring the recent disappointments of the junior side in Townsville, Pakistan have reached 8 semi-finals in ICC tournaments over the last 5 years
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