COLOMBO – Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in thir One Day International match of five match series on Sunday at Colombo.
Pakistan team comfortably grab another win against Sri Lanka and lead the series by 2-1. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 135 runs.
In chase of 317 runs, host team all out for 181 runs. Pakistani bowlers showed disciplined bowling and thrashed Sri Lankan batting line.
Only one batsman able to scored fifty against Green Shirts. Thrimanne scored 55 runs and caught out on the ball of Rahat Ali.
Host team Peerera scored 20 runs. Leg spinner Yasir Shah took four wickets for Pakistan team and remain leading wicket taker for Pakistan in the match.
Anwer Ali also sent back two batsmen to pavilion.
Match Summary:
| Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Ahmed Shehzad | c Pathirana b Malinga | 44 | 77 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 81.48 |
|
Azhar Ali* | run out (Tharanga/NLTC Perera) | 49 | 107 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 83.05 |
|
Mohammad Hafeez | c MDKJ Perera b Pathirana | 54 | 87 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 84.37 |
|
Sarfraz Ahmed†| run out (NLTC Perera) | 77 | 93 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 104.05 |
| Shoaib Malik | not out | 42 | 63 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 144.82 | |
| Mohammad Rizwan | not out | 35 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 159.09 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 8, nb 2) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 50 overs; 229 mins) | 316 | (6.32 runs per over) | |||||
Did not batImad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan
Fall of wickets 1-93 (Ahmed Shehzad, 16.3 ov), 2-124 (Azhar Ali, 23.2 ov), 3-196 (Mohammad Hafeez, 36.4 ov), 4-257 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 44.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD Mathews | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 6.50 | 20 | 6 | 0 | ||
| N Pradeep | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5.22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | (3w) | |
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 8.00 | 16 | 8 | 1 | (1nb) | |
| SS Pathirana | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 4.90 | 29 | 4 | 0 | (1nb) | |
| NLTC Perera | 10 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 6.30 | 21 | 3 | 0 | (4w) | |
| TM Dilshan | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | 4 | 1 | 0 | (1w) |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 317 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDKJ Perera | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Anwar Ali | 20 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 111.11 | |
| TM Dilshan | c Azhar Ali b Anwar Ali | 14 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali | 56 | 101 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 83.58 | |
| WU Tharanga | st †Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah | 16 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 76.19 | |
| AD Mathews* | c Shoaib Malik b Yasir Shah | 4 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| LD Chandimal†| b Imad Wasim | 18 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| NLTC Perera | c Anwar Ali b Yasir Shah | 12 | 51 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| TAM Siriwardana | run out (Shoaib Malik/†Sarfraz Ahmed) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| SS Pathirana | c Anwar Ali b Yasir Shah | 19 | 39 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 61.29 | |
| SL Malinga | b Imad Wasim | 6 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| N Pradeep | not out | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 1) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 41.1 overs; 182 mins) | 181 | (4.39 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-33 (Dilshan, 5.4 ov), 2-42 (MDKJ Perera, 7.5 ov), 3-82 (Tharanga, 15.3 ov), 4-93 (Mathews, 19.3 ov), 5-130 (Chandimal, 26.6 ov), 6-142 (Thirimanne, 30.1 ov), 7-144 (Siriwardana, 30.4 ov), 8-170 (NLTC Perera, 39.1 ov), 9-172 (Pathirana, 39.4 ov), 10-181 (Malinga, 41.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Irfan | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 4.57 | 24 | 2 | 0 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| Anwar Ali | 5 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4.80 | 18 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rahat Ali | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 5.00 | 21 | 3 | 0 | (2w) | |
| Shoaib Malik | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.60 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yasir Shah | 10 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 2.90 | 35 | 0 | 0 | (1w) | |
| Imad Wasim | 7.1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3.90 | 21 | 0 | 0 | (1w) |
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