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SL blow Paldstan away

Muralidaran takes 500th wicket

AFP, Lahore
A hundred from Tillakaratne Dilshan followed by devastating spells from Sri Lanka's bowlers handed Pakistan their heaviest one-day defeat in the third and final clash here on Saturday.
Dilshan's career-best 137 anchored his team's impressive 309-5 in their 50 overs before Nuwan Kulasekara (3-17) and Thilan Thushara (3-33) bundled Pakistan out for just 75 in 22.5 overs, giving the tourists a massive 234 - run win.
The total is Pakistan's lowest In a one-day match at home and is their heaviest one-day defeat in terms of runs.
The victory means Sri Lanka win the three-match series 2-1.
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralidaran took 2-2 to pass 500 one-day wickets. Pakistan's Wasim Akram (502 wickets) is the only other bowler to reach the mark.
In an untidy fielding display, the home team dropped three catches and spurned a stumping chance.
When it was their turn to bat, captain Shoaib Malik surprisingly promoted out-of-form Younis Khan to open the innings.
Pakistan were never in the hunt as Thushara trapped Younis (four) off the last ball of the second over.
Butt was the next to go for nought, caught by
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Thilina Kandamby off Kulasekara before Thushara trapped Kamran Akmal in front and Kulasekara dismissed opener Khurram Manzoor (three), caught brilliantly by Farveez Maharoof at square-leg.
Misbahul Haq's dismissal, caught behind without scoring off Thushara, left Pakistan in desperate trouble at 18 for five.
Four runs later Kulasekara bowled Shahid Afridi for nought.
Malik (19) and top-scorer Umar Gul (27) added 46 for the seventh wicket but it only delayed the inevitable.
Pakistan's previous heaviest defeat in terms of runs was by 224 runs against Australia at Nairobi in 2002.
Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team played a perfect game.
"My players deserve the accolades," said Jayawardene. "The first match was disappointing but we came back strongly and won the series."
"Once we saw through the first 15 overs, we batted wonderfully and a 300-plus total was good to have on the board," said Jayawardene, whose team will return next month to play a T\vo -match Test series.
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said his side ’ had failed to take their chances.
"We bowled well initially, but then let them off and once they put a 300-run-plus total it was always difficult. We lost early wickets and that did not help us."
Earlier, 32-year-old Dilshan batted throughout the Sri Lankan innings after the visitors won the toss and batted on a docile Gaddafi Stadium pitch.
Dilshan hit 10 boundaries during his 139-bali knock and set the tempo with a 76-run first-wicket stand with Sanath Jayasuriya (45).
Jayasuriya was caught off a miscued pull off Gul, who finished with 3 wickets for 45 runs.
Dilshan consolidated the innings in a second-wicket stand of 104 with Kumar Sangakkara (50) and put on 57 for the third wicket with Kandamby (32) as Pakistan toiled for wickets. ,7
His previous best of 117 not out came against The Netherlands in 2006. He cut loose after his hundred as Sri Lanka added 83 runs in the final ten overs.
Pakistan won the first match by eight wickets, while Sri Lanka clinched the second by 129 runs - both played in Karachi.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the third and final day-night one-day international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday:
SRI LANKA
Dilshannotout 137
Jayasuriya c Ajmal b Gul 45
Sangakkara run out 50
KandambycManzoorb Sohail 32
Jayawardenec Akmal b Gul 18
KapugederacAkmal b Gul 0
Maharoofnotout 8
Extras: (lb-5,nb-l,w-13) 19
Total: (For 5 wkts 50 overs) 309
Did not bat: Thushara, Kulasekara, Muralidaran, Mendis
Fall ofwickets: 1 -76,2-180,3-237,4-284,5-284
Bowler O M R W
Gul 9 2 45 3
Sohail 10 1 52 1
Iftikhar 5 0 53 0
Ajmal 9 0 51 0
Afridi 10 0 60 0
Malik 7 0 43 0
PAKISTAN
ManzoorcMaharoofb Kulasekara 3
Younis lbw bThushara 4
Butt lbw b Kulasekara 0
Akmal lbw bThushara 9
Malik cJayawardenebMaharoof 19
Misbahc Sangakkara bThushara 0
Afridi b Kulasekara 0
Gul lbw b Mendis 27
Iftikhar lbw b Muralidaran 0
Sohail b Muralidaran 4
Ajmal notout 2
Extras: Ob-1, w-6) 7
Total: (All out in 22.5 overs) 75
Fafi ofwickets: 1-4,2-5,3-17,4-17,5-18,6-22,7-68,8-68,9-72
Bowler O M R W
Kulasekara 7 2 17 3
Thushara 7 1 33 3
Mendis 3 0 10 1
Maharoof 4 1 12 1
Muralidaran 1.5 0 2 2
Result: Sri Lanka won by 234 runs to win the three-match scries 2-1.
Man-of-the-match:Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Man-of-the-series:Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Toss: Sri Lanka.
Umpires: Nigel Llong and Asad Rauf.