2nd ODI(Pakistan Vs Srilanka)

                          2^nd ODI(Pakistan Vs Srilanka)
Match Result: SriLanka beat Pakistan by 77 runs and level series 1-1.

Toss: Captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bat first

Teams:

Sri Lanka: WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews, NLTC Perera, SMA Priyanjan, KMDN Kulasekara, Seekuge Prasanna, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Sharjeel Khan Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Fawad Alam, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan


Srilankan Inning:
Sri Lanka 1-0 down in the series made one change playing Prasanna as an extra spinner. Junaid Khan provided Pakistan with an early breakthrough when he dismissed Dilshan, the umpire initially gave it not out, but the decision was reversed after Pakistan decided to challenge the umpire's decision and review it. Wahab Riaz struck twice to remove Sangakkara and then Tharanga to put Pakistan on top. but,then Mathews and Jayawardene started picking up the pace and build a partnership which looked threatening nd dangerous for paki team.

Mohammad Hafeez struck 3 times in 3 overs to pull Sri Lanka back in the powerplay overs. Sri Lanka were struggling on 200-6 with Mathews still at the crease. Mathews along with Parera then took the score past 250 and the faster bowlers proved to be very expensive.

Wahab Riaz got rid of Mathews after he'd scored a brilliant 93 and Perera made 65 and ensured Sri Lanka crossed the 300 mark. Although Wahab finished with figures of 4-65 and Hafeez 3-39, Sri Lanka ended their innings with a massive total of 310 after Pakistan's death bowling was hit to all parts.Its A huge target for pakistan to chase it down!


Pakistan Innings:

Pakistan started the tall chase with Sharjeel and Shehzad and Sharjeel was dismissed early after scoring only 9 runs. Hafeez looked positive from the word go as he hit Herath and Malinga for 2 boundaries each to take Pakistan past 50 in the 7th over. Hafeez reached his 50 off just 28 balls as Pakistan crossed 100 in the 13th over and were looking set to chase down the target. Hafeez was trapped LBW by Prasanna after a well made 62 off 49 balls. Umar Akmal soon followed as he was caught behind the next over off the bowling of Dilshan which brought Misbah to the crease to join Shehzad.

Misbah started very slowly which pushed up the required rate. Sangakkara caught one down the leg side to dismiss Shehzad for 56 as Pakistan were 4 down and in deep trouble. Fawad and Misbah tried to rebuild for Pakistan as the score reached 118-4 in 35 overs which meant Pakistan needed to score at 8.2 an over from there.

Misbah was caught at square leg trying to slog sweep Herath for 36. Sohaib was given LBW to Herath after the decision was reviewed which brought Afridi to the crease. He scored a quick 17 leaving Pakistan 88 to win with Fawad and Wahab at the crease.
Wahab and Fawad were dismissed in the same over by Perera followed by Junaid as Pakistan were all out for 233 giving Sri Lanka a 77 run victory.

Next Game:

3rd ODI at Dambulla , Aug 30, 2014

Written by :Mubashir Malik