Sri Lanka Beat Pakistan in 3rd ODI
August 5, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Sports News
DAMB ULLA: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by six wickets in third one day international at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium and won the series on Monday.
Earlier, Umar Akmal brought up his maiden half-century as Pakistan posted a challenging 288-8 in the third limited-overs match.
Akmal, the 19-year-old younger brother of wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, was the mainstay of the Pakistani innings playing only his second international.
Mahela Jayawardene and Tharanga provided the home side 210 runs stance to make Pakistan’s competing total easily achievable for Sri Lanka.
Mahela Jayawardene scored 123 runs and WU Tharanga made 76 runs for Sri Lanka, which achieved the target in 47th over and one the match and ODI series Pakistan at home soil for first time.
Earlier, Pakistn scored 288 runs which was the total is the highest one-day score at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.
Akmal made 66 at better than a run a ball, including five boundaries and two sixes.
Akmal added 42 runs for the fifth wicket with Fawad Alam, but the partnership that gave the most impetus to the Pakistani innings was his 41-run stand for the sixth wicket with Shahid Afridi that came from just 21 balls.
Afridi played in typical aggressive style hammering 32 runs from 20 balls with five boundaries.
Umar survived two potential dismissals when Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara missed a run out chance on 15, and later when Sangakkara dropped him on 26.
Pakistan started off poorly after Sangakkara won the toss and elected to field, losing Nasir Jamshed early before captain Younis Khan added 71 runs for the second wicket with Kamran Akmal (45), denying Sri Lanka further success on a flat track that was good for batting.
Younis scored 44 and was run out when he pushed an Angelo Mathews ball for one to mid-on, but was beaten by Thilan Thushara’s direct hit.
The lower order helped Pakistan push its score, with the tourists scoring 47 runs off the third Power Play that came in the 40th over.
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Sri Lanka Beat Pakistan in 3rd ODI
