COLOMBO – Pakistan team put handsome total on the board courtesy Sarfraz Ahmed’s classic knock on Sunday at Colombo.
Batting first Pakistan team scored 316 runs in limited 50 overs with the lost of four wickets. Sarfraz Ahmed played a great inning 77 runs in just 74 balls.
Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Rizwan also played valuable inning. Shoaib Malik scored 38 runs and Rizwan scored 35 runs in 22 balls and remain unbeaten.
Pathirana and Malinga took one wicket each.
Match Summary:
| Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Shehzad | c Pathirana b Malinga | 44 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 81.48 | |
| Azhar Ali* | run out (Tharanga/NLTC Perera) | 49 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 83.05 | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c MDKJ Perera b Pathirana | 54 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 84.37 | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed†| run out (NLTC Perera) | 77 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 104.05 | |
| Shoaib Malik | not out | 42 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 144.82 | |
| Mohammad Rizwan | not out | 35 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 159.09 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 8, nb 2) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 50 overs) | 316 | (6.32 runs per over) | ||||
To 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) |
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