Tour of Sri Lanka 2009               Captain: Younis Khan
	Sixth Test-playing tour of Sri Lanka by Pakistan          (June - August 2009)	As many as 100 security men and seven specialist vehicles were deployed to ensure the safety of the Pakistan team moving from hotels to the various stadiums. Pakistan's team was stiffened by the return of Mohammad Yousuf and all rounder Abdul Razzaq, both of whom had cancelled their contracts with the unauthorised ICL (Indian Cricket League) Shoaib Akhtar, unfit for the Test series with a skin ailment, said he was fit for the ODI matches. His fitness test ended bizarrely without him bowling a ball and he was not considered for the tour. Shahid Afridi was skipper in the Twenty20 match although vice-captain Misbah was in the side. After Pakistan's trouncing in the Test and one-day series, former players like Zaheer Abbas, Aamir Sohail and former chief selector Abdul Qadir called for an overhaul of the team and management.	Other Pakistan Tours   Previous tour India 2007-08   Next tour Australia 2009-10
	Members of the Test tour party	Abdur Rauf Mlt 30 RFM     Abdul Razzaq L 29 RHB   RFM ODI   Danish Kaneria K 28 LBG     Faisal Iqbal Sn 27 RHB     Fawad Alam Sn 23 LHB ODI   Kamran Akmal L 27 WK ODI   Khurram Manzoor Sn 23 RHB  opener     Misbah-ul-Haq Pj 35 RHB    vice-captain ODI   Mohammad Aamer Rw 17 LFM ODI   Mohammad Yousuf L 34 RHB ODI   Saeed Ajmal L 31 OB ODI   Salman Butt Pj 24 LHB  opener     Shoaib Malik Pj 27 RHB ODI   Umar Gul Pw 25 RFM ODI   Younis Khan NWFP 31 RHB     captain ODI   Selected for the ODI series: Iftikhar Anjum ODI   Imran Nazir ODI   Nasir Jamshed ODI   Naved ul Hasan ODI   Shahid Afridi ODI   Umar Akmal ODI	Average age of  team at time of first Test match     (4 July 2009) :             yrs   2 months                     ODI  Part of the squad for one-day international series
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Mohammad Yousuf 79, Younis Khan 60, Danish Kaneria 53, Abdul Razzaq 46, Kamran Akmal 40, Faisal Iqbal 23, Shoaib Malik 23, Salman Butt 21, Umar Gul  18, Misbah-ul-Haq 12, Khurram Manzoor 2, Abdur Rauf 0, Fawad Alam 0, Mohammad Aamer 0, Saeed Ajmal 0
	Team Officials	Yawar Saeed Tour manager Intikhab Alam Coach   Physiotherapist
	Selectors	Wasim Bari, Younis Khan, Intikhab Alam, Misbah-ul-Haq.   Wasim Bari was appointed interim Chief Selector following the  resignation of Abdul Qadir and disbanding his committee of Salim Jaffer and Shoaib Mohammad. The PCB asked the tour captain, vice-captain and coach to select for the Sri Lanka tour only.
	Selection	Unavailable:  Shoaib Akhtar - he was not considered for the ODI series either. Yasir Arafat (groin injury) ; Shahid Afridi sought 15 days’ rest and was not included until the ODI part of the tour.  Imran Nazir for the one-day and Twenty20 leg of the Sri Lanka tour until he had written an apology for showing dissent over an umpiring decision in a Twenty20 domestic game.   Test Tour Party Announced :  22 June 2009.   Not selected : Rao Iftiqar Anjum,  Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir.   Interim chief selector Wasim Bari left for Sri Lanka on Saturday 18 July to consult with the team management over the composition of the one-day squad. ODI squad announced :  22 July 2009
	Travel	Pakistan's Twenty20 world champion side arrived back at Lahore Airport on 23 June and left again for the Sri Lankan tour on 27 June.  The Pakistan Test squad left in two different batches. Skipper Younis Khan left from Karachi along with Umar Gul, Fawad Alam, Faisal Iqbal and Khurram Manzoor, while the rest left from Lahore Airport on Saturday 27 June 2009. They assembled in Dubai en route.  The 15 players arrived in Colombo in the early hours of Sunday 28 June.
	On-tour selection	Yawar Saeed, Younis Khan, Intikhab Alam, Misbah-ul-Haq.
	Reinforcements	None
	Fixtures/Results	† Colombo (Colts) Sri Lanka Cricket XI (3-day) Drawn GALLE SRI LANKA  First Test LOST 50 r COLOMBO (P Sara) SRI LANKA  Second Test LOST 7 w COLOMBO (SSC) SRI LANKA  Third Test DRAWN † Kurunegala Sri Lanka A (50 overs) Lost 15 r § Colombo (Dambulla) Sri Lanka  (1st ODI) Lost 36 r § Colombo (Dambulla) Sri Lanka  (2nd ODI) Lost 6 w § Colombo (Dambulla) Sri Lanka  (3rd ODI) Lost 6 w § Colombo (R Premadasa) Sri Lanka  (4th ODI) Won 146 r § Colombo (R Premadasa) Sri Lanka  (5th ODI) Won 132 r § Colombo (R Premadasa) Sri Lanka  (20/20) Won 52 r	† not first-class     §  one-day international
	Test appearances on tour
	Highlights	•
	Tour Summary	P W L D Test Matches 3 0 2 1 Other f-c matches 0 - - - Minor matches 2       One-day internationals 5 2 3 0 20/20 internationals 1 1 0 0 All Matches 11
	Return to Pakistan	13 August 2009
	Finances
	Written accounts of the tour

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