Abid first to score Test and ODI hundreds on debut as Pakistan-Sri Lanka fixture finishes in a draw

Pakistan opener Abid Ali turned into the main batsman to score hundreds on both Test and one-day international debuts when he struck a ton against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi on Sunday. The match finished in a draw in the wake of being seriously influenced by the climate. 

Abid completed with 109 not out and Babar Azam was unbeaten on 102 as Pakistan scored 252-2 in answer to Sri Lanka's first innings aggregate of 308-6 proclaimed. 

On 95, the 32-year-old hit paceman Vishwa Fernando for a limit and afterward drove him through spread for two to finish his hundred, lifting his hands in celebration before bowing down on the ground. 

His accomplishment went ahead the fifth and last day at the Rawalpindi arena and pursues his 112 against Australia in Dubai on his one-day global presentation in Spring this year. 

Abid one of 15 batsmen to score a hundred on a one-day universal presentation since the initiation of constrained overs cricket in January 1971, however, none of the others additionally had a Test debut century. 

Test cricket began in 1876. Abid is the eleventh Pakistani batsmen to score a century on Test debut. 

Abid's accomplishment spiced up the noteworthy Test, the first in Pakistan since the 2009 assaults on the Sri Lankan group transport left universal cricket suspended in the nation. 

Terrible climate hit the Test on all past four days and just 91.5 overs were played as a downpour, awful light and cloudy conditions influenced the game. The fourth day was surrendered without a ball being bowled. 

Be that as it may, there was splendid daylight on Sunday as Sri Lanka batted for 20 minutes to proclaim their first innings at 308-6 with center request batsman Dhananjaya de Silva scoring an unbeaten 102. 

Pakistan lost opener Shan Masood for nothing when he drove a full hurl from pacer Kasun Rajitha straight under the control of Dinesh Chandimal at spread, while captain Azhar Ali scored an insecure 36 preceding he was gotten off paceman Lahiru Kumara. 

Dhananjaya at last finished his 6th Test century toward the beginning of the day. 

The 28-year-old right-hander drove paceman Mohammad Abbas for his fifteenth limit to raise the hundred in his 28th Test. 

De Silva stayed unbeaten on 102 following 241 minutes of batting, having come in with the score on 127-4 on Thursday. Dilruwan Perera stayed unbeaten on 16. 

The pick of the Pakistan bowlers were 16-year-old pace bowler Naseem Shah, who took 2-92, and Shaheen Shah Afridi with 2-58. 

The subsequent Test is in Karachi from December 19.

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan's first home Test in 10 years was influenced by awful climate Friday, with a downpour and an effectively soaked pitch constraining authorities to suspend play on the third day of the challenge against Sri Lanka. 

After day three's first session was cleaned out by wet climate, just 27 minutes of play was conceivable before the players wandered off with simply 5.2 overs bowled. 

The umpires canceled play at 15:35pm neighborhood time (10:35 GMT), after just 91 overs of play in three days. 

Sri Lanka advanced to 282-6 from a medium-term aggregate of 263-6, with Dhananjaya de Silva on 87 - 13 shy of his fourth Test hundred. 

Dilruwan Perera was unbeaten on six as stop-start play left the players and somewhere in the range of 2,000 fans, generally, schoolkids, baffled. 

On Thursday, downpour and poor light kept the groups off the field for everything except 83 minutes. 

For Pakistan, 16-year-old paceman Naseem Shah (2-83) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-58) were the best bowlers. 

The conditions have put a dampener on the hotly anticipated come back to Test cricket in Pakistan, following the 2009 aggressor assault on Sri Lanka's group transport that left eight individuals dead and a few players and authorities injured. 

In any case, notwithstanding the poor climate, schoolchildren were excited when Pakistan players went to the fence to take selfies with them. 

"I am euphoric as I had a selfie with (batsman) Babar Azam and my desire has worked out," said Amna Ansari, a school understudy from Islamabad. 

Hamad Ali, from Rawalpindi, said thanks to the Sri Lankan group for visiting Pakistan. 

"It required a major heart to go to a nation where their group was assaulted," Ali said. 

"We should express gratitude toward Sri Lanka and expectation more groups will go to our nation." 

Progressive improvement in security-enabled Pakistan to have constrained over arrangement between 2015-19 yet outside groups would not play five-day games. 

The subsequent Test begins in Karachi from December 19.

History will record the importance of the day rather than the technicalities contained inside it, however, that is a disgrace, as the cricket was actually rather great.

On a day where the breaks between sessions seemed to proclaim official changes in energy, the recurring patterns never truly enabled either side to leave asserting over an impartial portion of the riches. Pakistan will be very much satisfied to have seen the rear of a large portion of the Sri Lankan side, particularly after a wicketless first session, while Sri Lanka might be substance to have put 202 on the board, especially as arriving showed up a long way from certain when Pakistan's everything pace assault - Yasir's exclusion adding one more shock to Misbah's expanding list - sneaked in the post-lunch session.

Indeed, even the sharply cool morning and medium-term downpour that saw the ground totally submerged in the canvas sheets Rawalpindi Ground hasn't regarded fit to redesign since the earlier century, wouldn't splash the spirits; individuals were lining outside the ground since a long time before the beginning of the day's play. That they figured out how to get it to begin on time was something of a hierarchical accomplishment, however, Sri Lanka had a major call to make when they won the hurl under cloudy skies. Dimuth Karunaratne was fearless and picked to bat, with temporary opener Oshada Fernando exiting with him.

Was this youthful bowling assault gotten up to speed in the feeling those initial two hours? In any case, the cricket on offer from them as normal. Mohammad Abbas was dragged away after three incapable overs, and the absence of swing on offer would make it simple for the Sri Lankan openers to get settled in while the mists above cleared. Shaheen Afridi was maybe liable of being excessively covetous, pitching full a shade time after time, enabling the left-handers to incline toward the drive and keep the scoreboard ticking.

Not so there was no notice of what might occur after lunch was taken. Each of the three snappier bowlers caught the Sri Lankan openers in front, yet that would just produce energized bids rather than surveys or wickets. Naseem Shah's terrible bouncer to Karunaratne was maybe the occasion of a fairly quelled session, the raising bouncer striking the dodging batsman in the neck, requiring blackout conventions to be initiated. Be that as it may, when the last over of the session was bowled by Haris Sohail, Karunaratne had raised his 50 years. Fernando would hang him down the ground for the main six of the day in that finished. The 100 organization was approaching, Sri Lanka's grasp on the game-fixing and Yasir's nonappearance glaring.

Afridi, Pakistan's most predictable bowler over the previous month, was the first to strike, catching Karunaratne in front of a straighter conveyance, lastly getting the choice in support of him. That stirred the whole pace assault, every one of the bowlers taking care of, anxious to get their name among the wickets. Naseem was pushed into an extensive spell that saw him hold both pace and exactness, with a turn around swing starting to have its influence. It was a touch of additional ricochet, however, that outfoxed Fernando, who was pushed onto the back foot and could just edge to initially slip. Shinwari joined in not long after, consistently drawing Mendis into the off-drive before at long last taking the edge.

In any case, the conveyance of the day had a place with Abbas, his precision remunerating him with a wicket indistinguishable from the one each quick bowler pictures in their mind a thousand times. Pitching one on center and off, he discovered crease development to shape it away from Dinesh Chandimal to rattle into the highest point of off stump, the curve of the conveyance meaning it did only enough to miss the outside edge and hit off stump. That was Abbas at his best, and in that session, Pakistan was at theirs. Sri Lanka had lost four wickets for 30 runs inside 14 overs, and all of a sudden, the probability of the tail being uncovered by stumps started to show up genuine.

Yet, tea, which came at 50 overs - Pakistan's over rate was a long way from perfect - would flag a conclusion to that nature of quick bowling again. From a youthful assault, that is just expected, and any assault, anyway experienced, would think that its hard to support the kind of splendor Pakistan oversaw for an entire session in the day. It helped Sri Lanka that Angelo Mathews was at the wrinkle, the perfect man to delve in and expel the sting of any bowling assault, and Dhananjaya de Silva was an alleviating nearness close by him at the opposite end.

It addressed their development that neither felt under any weight even as the initial three overs after tea delivered not a solitary run. On the off chance that that gave the impression Pakistan had refocused, Sri Lanka would spend the following hour quickly scattering that. When the lengths faltered, the batsmen started to underwrite, the shackles are broken when de Silva discovered two limits off Shaheen as he went shy of a length, with the following five overs delivering 41 runs.

In the event that terrible light, which - for the individuals who may have overlooked - definitely has an influence in Test cricket in Pakistan, had constrained the players off anytime around at that point, Sri Lanka would have left having the option to guarantee a fruitful day. Yet, before that, there would be one last bend, as a wide conveyance from Naseem saw Mathews go scanning for the drive. He just dealt with the outside edge, and the catch to slips would give Pakistan a blessing they wouldn't have expected on the proof of the solace with which the pair was batting.

Before long, the 200 was raised, and as the sun went behind the mists and the umpires started to get uneasy, Sri Lanka saw their chance to leave and return tomorrow in less testing conditions. Just 68 overs had been bowled today, however for a group that has seen completely none for over 10 years, even this diminished day felt like a bonanza.