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Pakistan close the gap

AFP, Colombo
Skipper Younus Khan led the way as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 132 runs in the fifth and final one-day international here on Sunday.
Younus top-scored with 76 and Misbahul Haq hit an unbeaten 73 to steer Pakistan to 279-8 after they won the toss and elected to bat in the day-night match at the Premadasa Stadium.
Teenage paceman Mohammad Aamer grabbed 4-28 and Navedul Hasan took 4-44 as Pakistan bowled out Sri Lanka for 147 in the 35th over to record their second successive win after Friday's 146-run success.
Sri Lanka, however, clinched the one-day series 3-2. after winning the Test series 2-0.
"We won the two day-night games, but lost the first three day matches. Maybe we do not like to wake up early." Younus said.
"1 think we lost the Tests and the one-dayers because we could not take the pressure. But I am glad we made amends towards the end and showed what we are really capable of.
"There are some very good youngsters in the side with a lot of promise and I am sure they will take Pakistan cricket forward."
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said he was confident the hosts will recover from the two successive defeats.
"We should have batted better after the bowlers did well to keep Pakistan down to 279," he said. "It was a chaseable total but we did not have partnerships going at the top.
"It is special to win the series and if we keep working as a team there is no reason why we can't win more often."
The rivals, who contested the World l\venty20 final in England in June when Pakistan won the title, will play a T20 international here Wednesday in the last match of the tour.
The half-centuries from Younus and Misbah helped Pakistan recover from the first -ball dismissal of Kamran Akmal, who was given out leg-before off Nuwan Kulasekara despite getting an edge on the bat
Younus put on 69 for the third wicket with veteran Mohammad Yousuf (43) and 83 for the fourth, with Misbah before being bowled by seamer Dammika Prasad in the 37th over.
Misbah stepped in to keep the scoreboard moving after
the captain's dismissal, adding 60 for the seventh wicket with Naved, to carry Pakistan past the250-run mark.
Kulasekara was the most impressive bowler, with three for46fromhis lOovers.
Sri Lanka's reply began on the wrong foot when Upul Tharanga edged the third ball of the innings to Umar Akmal at second slip before a run had been scored.
Wickets tumbled regularly after that to reduce the hosts to 74-8, the only notable contribution in the top order coming from Mahela Jayawardene, who made 31 before being caught behind off Aamer.
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Thilina Kandamby (42 not out) and Malinga Bandara (31) delayed the end by adding 71 for the eighth wicket, before Shahid Afridi claimed the last two wickets.
Naved was named man-of-the-match for his 33 with the bat and four wickets, while Sri Lankan seamer Thilan Thushara was adjudged man-of-the-series for his haul of nine wickets.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the fifth and final one-day international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium on Sunday: PAKISTAN: 279
SRI LANKA
TharangacU Akmal b Aamer 0
Jayasuriya c Misbah b Naved 6
JayawardenecKAkmal bAamer 31
Sangakkara cAfridib Naved 16 Kapugederac Misbah bAamer 1 Kandamby not out 42 Mathews cKAkmal bAamer 5 Kulasekara c Misbah b Naved 0 Prasad b Naved 1 Bandara st KAkmal bAfridi 31 Mendisc Misbah b Afridi 0
Extras: (lb-2,w-9,nb-3) 14
Total: (All out in 34.2 overs) 147 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-19, 3-54, 4-58, 5-59, 6-69, 7-70, 8-74,9-
145.
Bowler O M R W
Aamer 9 1 28 4
Naved 8 0 44 4
Iftikhar 7 1 28 0
Ajmal 7 0 29 0
Afridi 3.2 0 16 2
Result: Pakistan won by 132
runs.
Man-of-the-match: Navedul
Hasan.
Man-of-the-series: Thilan Thushara.