Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> KPJ Warnaweera made his last appearance in Test matches
--> Saeed Anwar (1) 50 in 104 balls, 144 minutes with 4 fours
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq (1) 50 in 76 balls, 91 minutes with 7 fours
--> PA de Silva (1) 50 in 77 balls, 102 minutes with 9 fours
--> PA de Silva (1) 100 in 122 balls, 161 minutes with 15 fours and 1 six
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> Saeed Anwar (2) 50 in 86 balls, 122 minutes with 5 fours
--> Saeed Anwar (2) 100 in 175 balls, 252 minutes with 7 fours
--> Aamer Sohail (2) 50 in 73 balls, 108 minutes with 7 fours
--> Saleem Malik (2) 50 in 105 balls, 166 minutes with 4 fours
--> Saleem Malik (2) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 32
--> M Muralitharan (2) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> Asif Mujtaba made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Waqar Younis made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Akram Raza made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Mushtaq Ahmed made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Saeed Anwar made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Aamer Sohail made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Inzamam-ul-Haq made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Rashid Latif made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Basit Ali made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed Saleem Malik in the Pakistan first innings (previous best was 1-29)
--> HDPK Dharmasena achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Pakistan first innings --> Akram Raza achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed KPJ Warnaweera in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 2-37)