LIVE- Pakistan v Sri Lanka – 1st One Day International – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 dominates the field – Match Update
Pakistan’s former captain Shahid Afridi made an impressive comeback in the national team by grabbing three wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka on Friday, November 11, 2011 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Afridi who was named in the one-day squad after retracting his international retirement, showed good form in the field and made life difficult for the Sri Lanka, who won the toss and chose to bat against the Men in Green.
However, Sri Lanka’s aim to post a mammoth tally in the fifty over game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 led Pakistan was cut short by an impressive bowling display from the Pakistani bowlers, who worked as defiant outfit by disallowing the batting side from dictating
terms.
Afridi, who bowled 9.3 overs conceded only 27 runs at an economy rate of 2.84 and grabbed the wickets of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 (11).
Later, Sri Lanka ended their innings by bolstering only 131 runs on the board in 40.3 overs as they were successfully restricted by Pakistan from scoring a daunting total.
Apart from Afridi, spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 also gave a good show as the two bowlers grabbed two wickets to subdue their opponents.
Meanwhile, from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Chandimal was the highest scorer from his side with 28 runs under his belt, while the rest of the Sri Lankan batting line-up failed to stand against a belligerent Pakistan bowling onslaught.
On the other hand, Afridi’s return has proved vital for Pakistan has the 31-year-old all-rounder has silenced his critics by exhibiting tremendous confidence in the field.
Fellow veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) World Cup 2011, also made a comeback in the match and managed to grab a wicket in five overs by conceding 25 runs.
After this match Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be playing four more one-day matches in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has already won the three-Test series by 1-0 in the ongoing home series.
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