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Pakistan stoop to Lanka
SHARJAH. United Arab Emirates. Apr 4; Pakistan's middle-order committed hara __ kiri on the brink of victory To gift world champions Sri Lanka a 19-run victory in the Sharjan Cup here today, reports AFP.
Pakistan, chasing Sri Lanka’s 243 for eight, were comfortably placed when Shahid Afridi's explosive 67 off 55 balls and Salim Malik's 51 carried them to 173 for four by the 38th over.
But Pakistan lost five wickets for 24 runs in a dramatic lower-order collapse to end up with 224 for nine in perfect batting conditions at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Off-spinner Muttiah Mu-ralitharan made amends for dropping an easy skier off Afridi early in his innings by grabbing three wickets in the space of three overs to turn the match Sri Lanka's way.
Muralitharan trapped Malik leg before In the 38th over to start the slide, before removing Mohammad Wasim and skipper Wasim Akram off successive balls two overs later.
It was Sri Lanka s second successive win in the double-leg preliminary league after thrashing Zimbabwe by seven wickets in Thursday's opening match.
Sri Lanka’s score revolved around a record 184-run stand for the third wicket between 200-match veteran Aravinda de Silva (97) and Marvan Atapattu (94).
The pair came together after Pakistan, electing to field first, had removed the formidable opening pair of Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitha-rana by the second over with only four runs on the board.
But Pakistan had to wait till the 40th over for their next wicket as De Silva and Atapattu flayed the strong Pakistani attack with some glorious stroke-play.
Their effort equalled Sri Lanka's best for the third wicket between De Silva and Asanka Gurusinha against Kenya in the 1996 World Cup at home in Kanday.
It also surpassed the previous best of 175 for the third wicket at this desert venue, between India's Navjot Sidhu
and Mohammad Azb^ruddin against Sri Lanka In April,
De Silva celebrated his 200th one-dayer by being adjudged the man-of-the-match for the second time in two days. His effort of 60 against Zimbabwe won him the same hon-
Afridi, world record-holder for the fastest one-day century (37 balls), smashed five sixes and four boundaries after being dropped by Muralitharan at mid-on when on 29.
Two of his sixes came off left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas and three from off-spinner Kumara Dharmasena. in-■ eluding two in one over.
But left-arm spinner Sanath Jayasuriya, who replaced the dazed Dharmasena for the 22nd over, struck with his first delivery as Afridi lofted an easy catch to long-on.
Malik, playing his 250th one-dayer. and Moin Khan (30 not out) fought on bravely, but found little support from the remaining batsmen.
Earlier, Atapattu came within six runs of his maiden one-day century when Mushtaq picked up a superb diving catch in the covers to break the long partnership. Atapattu hit 10 boundaries in his 118-ball innings.
De Silva, with seven one-day hundreds under his belt but
looking for his first at Sharjah, was stumped off Saqlain Mushtaq in the final over three" short of the mark.
Saqlain led a late Pakistani revival with three quick wickets as Sri Lanka lost five batsmen in the space of 21 runs in the last live overs.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard in the Shariah Cup one-day international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Friday:
SRI LANKA
Jayasuriya lbw h Younis 3 Kaluwitharana lbw b Akram 0 Atapattu c Mushtaq b Malik 94 A de Silva st Moin b Saqlain 97 Ranatunga c Rameez b Saqlain 20 Mahanama c Younis b Akram 3 Vaas b Saqlain 0
Tillekaratne run out 1»
Dharmasena not out 3
Muralitharan not out 4
Extras: (lb-6, w-12) 18
Total: (8 wkts in 50 overs) 243
Did not bat: S de Silva.
Fall of wickets: 1-3; 2-4; 3-188; 4-222; 5-232; 6-232; 7-233; 8-238.
Bowling: O M R W
Akram 10 1 52 ~ 2
Younis 7 1 34 1
Saqlain 10 0 47 3
Mushtaq 10 0 44 0
Afridi 9 1 39 0
Malik 4 0 21 1
PAKISTAN
Rameez.RaJa b S de Silva .6
Afridi c S de Silva t> Jayasuriya 67 Ijaz c S de Silva b Dharniasena 18 Malik lbw b Muralitharan 51 Inzamam c Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 9
Muhammad Wasim
c Tillekaratne b Muralitharan 17 Moin Khan not out 30
Wasim Akram st Kaluwitha-rana b Muralitharan 0
Mushtaq Ahmed run out 0 Saqlain Mushtaq run out 1 Waqar Younis not out 9
Extras: (lb-7, nb-5. w-4) 16
Total: (9 wkts in 50 overs) 224
Fall of wickets: 1-21: 2-84: 3-111; 4-140; 5-173: 6-190; 7-190: 8-190; 9-197.
Bowling: O M R W
Vaas 8 0 45 0
S de Silva 7 0 24 1
Muralitharan 10 0 38 3
Dharmasena 7 0 ” 39 1
Jayasuriya 10 0 42 2
A de Silva 8 1 .29 0
Result: Sri Lanka won by 19 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Aravinda de Silva.
Next match: Pakistan v Zimbabwe on Sunday.