14/11Result
2nd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Nov 14 2011
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
Player of the Match
Lasith Malinga
Lasith MalingaSri Lanka
14/11Result
2nd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Nov 14 2011
Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
Player of the Match
Lasith Malinga
Lasith MalingaSri Lanka

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal
91(102) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 32 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
1 1 11 8 24 11 9 26
WU Tharanga
WU Tharanga
77(120) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %68%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 29 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
1 9 9 5 17 3 6 27

Best performances - Bowlers

SL Malinga
SL Malinga
O9
M1
R36
W3
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Saeed Ajmal
Saeed Ajmal
O10
M0
R61
W3
Eco6.10
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Series

Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Sri LankaLasith Malinga

Series result

5-match series level 1-1

Match number

ODI no. 3213

Season

2011/12

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.30, Interval 18.30-19.15, Second Session 19.15-22.45

Match days

14 November 2011 - day/night match (50-over match)

Umpires

EnglandRichard IllingworthPakistanZameer Haider

TV Umpires

South AfricaMarais Erasmus

Reserve Umpire

PakistanAhsan Raza

Match Referee

ZimbabweAndy Pycroft

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: George Binoy

10.55 pm The five-ODI series is now level 1-1. A quite fantastic performance in the field from Sri Lanka. Malinga gave them the early wickets that set back Pakistan right at the start. Umar Akmal threatened to win the game for Pakistan but he fell to a rush of blood to the head. Afridi attacked briefly but was then run out by a terrific piece of fielding, and that was the body blow to Pakistan's chase. Nitin Sundar's bulletin will be updated shortly.

Biju: "Ironical, but victory margin for Sri Lanka = number of extras conceded by Pakistan!"

The Man of the Match, announced after 2365 other awards for every aspect of the game, is Lasith Malinga.

Misbah-ul-Haq: "I think the way they started, taking three early wickets, we were under pressure. Everyone fought well until it end, it was a bad day for us. It was just a matter of playing 50 overs. I am happy with the way we fought after losing three early wickets. The youngsters really performed."

Tillakaratne Dilshan: "We needed this win. Everyone played very good cricket. I got a start but threw my wicket. We needed to get a start and we got that today. We planned for 240 but we were short about 20 runs. The bowlers did a great job, especially with the dew."

That's it from us at ESPNcricinfo today, thank you for all your emails. Good night.

46.3
W
Prasanna to Saeed Ajmal, 1 run, OUT, it's all over! Ajmal backs away and slogs the ball in the air towards long-on, the batsmen run a single, but then decide to chance an overthrow after the ball passes the stumps at the bowler's end. Sangakkara is quick to anticipate this though, and is in position to collect the ball. He hits the stumps direct at the non-striker's end, running out Cheema

Aizaz Cheema run out 6 (12m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 54.54

Another ten runs and Sri Lanka might be concerned ...

46.2
1
Prasanna to Aizaz Cheema, 1 run, full toss, which Cheema swats towards deep midwicket
46.1
1
Prasanna to Saeed Ajmal, 1 run, Ajmal charges and slogs, mis-hitting the ball towards square leg

END OF OVER:
46 | 5 Runs | PAK: 207/9 (29 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.50, RRR: 7.25)

  • Aizaz Cheema5 (10b)
  • Saeed Ajmal6 (18b)
  • Lasith Malinga9-1-36-3
  • Jeevan Mendis9-0-43-0

Momo: "No matter what side you support, you can't help but feel sorry for the young lad Akmal. Well played son!"

45.6
0
Malinga to Aizaz Cheema, no run, defended on the off side
45.5
0
Malinga to Aizaz Cheema, no run, played from the crease to backward point, it was the slower ball
45.4
4
Malinga to Aizaz Cheema, FOUR, a full toss on the pads and Cheema flicks the ball to the long leg boundary, Prasanna dives to his left but can't prevent the four

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Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4Imran FarhatMohammad Hafeez
2nd0Imran FarhatYounis Khan
3rd7Imran FarhatMisbah-ul-Haq
4th64Misbah-ul-HaqUmar Akmal
5th27Abdul RazzaqUmar Akmal
6th62Sarfaraz AhmedUmar Akmal
7th0Shahid AfridiSarfaraz Ahmed
8th5Shahid AfridiUmar Gul
9th30Shahid AfridiSaeed Ajmal
10th11Saeed AjmalAizaz Cheema