Factbox on the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which began on Thursday:

WHEN?

Dec. 19-23 (10 a.m. local time/0500 GMT)

WHERE

National Stadium, Karachi (34,228 capacity)

MATCH OFFICIALS

Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies)

Third umpire: Gregory Brathwaite (West Indies)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

PAKISTAN

World ranking: 8

Coach: Misbah-ul-Haq

Captain: Azhar Ali

Team: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali (capt), Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi

SRI LANKA

World ranking: 6

Coach: Mickey Arthur

Captain: Dimuth Karunaratne

Team: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dilruwan Perera, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara

PREVIOUS KARACHI TESTS

1982 – Pakistan won by 204 runs

1985 – Pakistan won by 10 wickets

2000 – Pakistan won by 222 runs

2004 – Pakistan won by six wickets

2009 – Match drawn