Score
Pakistan 306/8 (50 ov)
Sri Lanka 198 all out (46.5 ov)
Pakistan won by 108 runs
Kamran Akmal hit 82 off 78 balls and Naved-ul-Hasan took 5 for 41 as Pakistan eased to a 108-run victory against Sri Lanka in Benoni. Pakistan were initially in trouble, slipping to 64 or 3, after the experienced pair of Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf failed to get going. Opener Kamran kept scoring at a brisk pace to revive Pakistan, who went on to a massive score after Misbah-ul-Haq and highly rated youngster Umar Akmal made half-centuries.
Mahela Jayawardene had called on the top order to fire last week, but it flopped again in the face of a daunting target of 307. The biggest contribution from the top five was captain Kumar Sangakkara’s 21, which meant Sri Lanka were struggling at 83 for 5 by the 23rd over. Chamara Kapugedera and Angelo Mathews resisted with a 102-run stand but could only bring some respectability to the margin of defeat as they couldn’t keep up with the spiralling asking-rate.
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