Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal
102(72) 5x4 - 4x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • on side drive on front foot
  • 41 runs
  • 1x4 - 4x6
11 0 3 10 8 6 38 26
Younis Khan
Younis Khan
89(111) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 37 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 2 9 9 22 14 9 20

Best performances - Bowlers

Iftikhar Anjum
Iftikhar Anjum
O8.1
M0
R30
W5
Eco3.67
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Saeed Ajmal
Saeed Ajmal
O7
M0
R24
W2
Eco3.42
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Sri Lanka led the 5-match series 3-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

7 August 2009 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Pakistan finally bring their A-game in this series, and it gives them a handsome 146-run victory. Umar Akmal was the undoubted star, making a spectacular century after walking in with the team struggling at 130 for 4, that too in just his third game. Younis will also be really pleased with his half-century.

Sri Lanka threw in the towel after Kapugedera fell, thanks to that stunning outfield catch by Rana. Anjum took over and cleaned up the tail. Here's the presentation.

Sangakkara: "The problem was we gave them 320. I don't think complacency was the problem. We've got to make sure we bowl a lot better to our fields. Umar finished things off well. Tharanga has shown a lot of intent, nice to see him find his groove."

Unfortunately we've lost pictures of the presentation.

Umar Akmal is the Man of the Match.

Thanks for your company. We'll see you again on Sunday for the 5th ODI, at the same venue, same time. Till then, it's goodbye!

36.1
W
Iftikhar Anjum to Malinga, OUT, and it's all over, Pakistan complete a comprehensive victory, a back of a length ball on off stump, Malinga leaves his bat hanging as he tries to defend off the back foot, gets an outside edge to first slip

SL Malinga c Misbah-ul-Haq b Iftikhar Anjum 0 (6m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

END OF OVER:
36 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 175/9 (147 runs required from 14 overs, RR: 4.86, RRR: 10.50)

  • Ajantha Mendis0 (4b)
  • Lasith Malinga0 (0b)
  • Shahid Afridi9-0-40-2
  • Iftikhar Anjum8-0-30-4
35.6
0
Shahid Afridi to Mendis, no run, this one grips and turns, beats the edge
35.5
0
Shahid Afridi to Mendis, no run, nearly catches the edge as he shapes to drive
35.4
0
Shahid Afridi to Mendis, no run, just slides down the leg side and clips his pads
35.3
0
Shahid Afridi to Mendis, no run, lands outside off and no turn, allows it to go through to the keeper
35.2
W
Shahid Afridi to Mathews, OUT, they're nine down, he sashays down the track to blast it out of the stadium but fails to read the flight or the turn, one of the easiest stumpings for Kamran

AD Mathews st †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi 8 (23m 10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2009 News

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st36DPMD JayawardeneWU Tharanga
2nd65KC SangakkaraWU Tharanga
3rd29SHT KandambyWU Tharanga
4th27WU TharangaCK Kapugedera
5th2TT SamaraweeraWU Tharanga
6th7WU TharangaAD Mathews
7th1HMCM BandaraAD Mathews
8th4T ThusharaAD Mathews
9th4SL MalingaAD Mathews
10th0SL MalingaBAW Mendis