LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Dilshan Madushanka ne 34 run de kar career-best 5 wicket liye, jis ke baad Sri Lanka ne Pakistan ko 110 par out kar diya aur Mangal ko Gaddafi Stadium mein 31.5 overs bakaya rehte hue 8 wicket se jeet hasil ki, aur Hafta ko hone wale ODI tri-series ke final mein usi team ke khilaf jagah pakki kar li.
Pakistan, jo apne pehle teenon match jeet kar pehle hi qualify kar chuka tha, ko Sri Lanka ke captain Kusal Mendis ne pehle batting ki dawat di aur woh left-arm fast bowler ki short-pitched bowling ke saamne kabhi sambhal nahin saka. Is shikast ne Jumerat ko England aur Sri Lanka ke darmiyan hone wale league match ko bhi dead rubber bana diya.
61 par 4 wicket se 110 par all out
Madushanka ne chauthe over mein Fakhar Zaman ko 5 run par point par catch kara diya, aur baad mein Saad Baig ko bhi out kiya. Aik din pehle squad mein shamil kiye gaye Maaz Sadaqat ne 8 run banaye, phir Asitha Fernando ne unhein yorker par lbw kar diya. Babar Azam 33 gendon par 29 run ke saath top-scorer rahe, phir Eshan Malinga ki gend par leg-before ho gaye, aur us waqt tak Pakistan apne donon reviews istemal kar chuka tha aur us ka score 61 par 4 wicket tha.
Sahan Arachchige aur Dunith Wellalage ne Pakistan ko 91 par 8 wicket par dhakel diya, aur Madushanka kaam poora karne wapas aaye aur Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf aur aakhir mein captain Shaheen Shah Afridi ko out kiya, jin ki 13 gendon par 15 run ki inning mein 2 sixes shamil thay. Pakistan ki inning sirf 25.3 overs tak chali.
Kamindu tezi se manzil par pahunch gaye
Kamindu Mendis aur Avishka Fernando ne pehli wicket ke liye 7 overs se kam mein 50 run ki partnership banayi. Kamindu, jo Shaheen ke pehle over mein drop hue aur lbw review mein kamyab rahe, ne 43 gendon par apni fifty mukammal ki aur 60 gendon par 62 run bana kar not out rahe, jin mein 8 fours aur 2 sixes shamil thay. Arafat ne Kusal Mendis ko 8 run par bowled kiya jab gend bat se palat kar stumps par ja lagi, lekin Pavan Rathnayake ne, jo 23 run par not out rahe, Sri Lanka ko 18.1 overs mein 114 par 2 wicket tak pahunchaya.
Is collapse ne Pakistan ki top-order ki jani pehchani kamzori ko behnaqab kar diya, Shadab Khan ki unbeaten century ke do din baad, jis ne England ke khilaf aik wicket ki jeet bacha li thi. Donon teams Hafta ke final mein phir aamne saamne hongi.
