Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

DPMD Jayawardene
DPMD Jayawardene
123(108) 14x4 - 1x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 22 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
20 11 14 8 22 4 16 28
WU Tharanga
WU Tharanga
76(96) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 28 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
8 8 11 5 10 2 12 20

Best performances - Bowlers

AD Mathews
AD Mathews
O10
M0
R41
W2
Eco4.10
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Saeed Ajmal
Saeed Ajmal
O9
M0
R54
W2
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Sri Lanka led the 5-match series 3-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, First Session 10.00-13.30 Interval 13.30-14.15, Second Session 14.15-17.45

Match days

3 August 2009 (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

So, a pretty easy win for the hosts. After Pakistan's innings, previously the highest total in Dambulla, you really felt they had a chance but some poor field placing, average fielding and indifferent bowling cost them. Jayawardene and Tharanga flattened Pakistan with a double-century opening stand and though a wobble followed it was not really going to worry Sri Lanka. Sangakkara stayed on to hit the winning runs and he is all smiles as he leaves the field. In his first term as captain he has led Sri Lanka to Test and ODI wins. Good stuff from Sri Lanka. Pakistan looked clueless at times trying to defend 288. They have had a proud record in Sri Lanka over the years but have now been beaten in Tests and ODIs by the home side. Still two matches to go but you can call them meaningless now.

Stick around for the post-match fun.

First up is the losing captain, Younis Khan. Its been a hard tour for him after the success at the ICC World Twenty20. He says the openers knocked Pakistan out of the game. He admits Pakistan's fielding wasn't too hot. So he knows what went wrong. He smiles again when asked by Ramiz Raja if he'd like to win at least one game on this tour.

Next up is Sangakkara, the winning captain. He looks relieved. Says it was a great game. Credits everyone. Has few words to describe a 202-run opening stand. Salutes Jayawardene's "amazing" innings. Satisfied with the series win and how Sri Lanka have shaped up.

Few surprises that Jayawardene is the Man of the Match.

Thanks for tuning in, folks. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, take care!

46.3
2
Mohammad Amir to Sangakkara, 2 runs, and there it is, Sangakkara swings a full ball off his pads out to deep midwicket to seal the series, Sri Lanka's first success over Pakistan in ODIs at home

The Sri Lankan team is on their feet ...

46.2
4
Mohammad Amir to Sangakkara, FOUR, short bouncer way down the leg stump, Sangakkara hooks and misses and the errant delivery even beats Kamran
46.1
1
Mohammad Amir to Kapugedera, 1 run, back of a length on middle and off, Kapugedera punches the ball off the back foot to mid-off and sets off and has to put in a proper dive to make his crease

Seven needed. Three overs in hand.

END OF OVER:
46 | 14 Runs | SL: 282/4 (7 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.13, RRR: 1.75)

  • Chamara Kapugedera7 (8b)
  • Kumar Sangakkara31 (27b)
  • Saeed Ajmal9-0-54-2
  • Mohammad Amir9-1-38-1
45.6
3
Saeed Ajmal to Kapugedera, 3 runs, floats it up just outside off and again he drives through cover
45.5
1
Saeed Ajmal to Sangakkara, 1 run, flatter ball, still no turn, tucked toward mid-on for a single
45.4
1lb
Saeed Ajmal to Kapugedera, 1 leg bye, this one spits and rips down the pads to Razzaq at short fine leg

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2009 News

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st202DPMD JayawardeneWU Tharanga
2nd8DPMD JayawardeneKC Sangakkara
3rd2TT SamaraweeraKC Sangakkara
4th56SHT KandambyKC Sangakkara
5th21KC SangakkaraCK Kapugedera