LIVE - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 – 5th ODI - Match Update – Pakistan reach 136/3 by 30th over
Playing his first ODI after four months, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Farhat-c64218 provided his team a solid base, contributing a substantial 56 to give the Men In Green a good shot at levelling the series in their 5th ODI against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo
today on June 18.
After registering scores of 5, 4 and 1 in the ODI series so far, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 explained, to poor form. Brought in as a replacement, Farhat more than made up for the veteran
batsman’s absence, giving the team the start they needed after their disastrous batting order collapse in the previous ODI.
In addition to resting Younis Khan, Pakistan also moved http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Sami-c77289
instead, who recently recovered from a thumb injury.
Sri Lanka made just one change to their line-up, bringing in all-rounder Jeevan Mendis in place of left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sajeewa-Weerakoon-c87976.
The tourists won the toss and chose to bat, with skipper Misbah stating that a score close to 250 would prove sufficiently competitive on a track like the one at Premadasa. The team got off to a respectable start, with a 22-run opening stand between Farhat
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, but the latter did not prove to be a consistent partner for the 30-year-old.
The T20 captain continued his poor run, following up two ducks from the last two matches with a meagre individual score of 6, after which he was clean-bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KMDN-Kulasekara-c1802 in the 6th over. However, Farhat soldiered on, accompanied by Azhar
Ali (30), and both batsmen managed a solid 60-run stand, which came to an end with the dismissal of Farhat in the 19th over courtesy Thisara Perera, who had proved to be the downfall of the Pakistani batting order in the previous ODI.
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cover.
Ali was followed to the pitch by skipper Misbah, who managed a contribution of 5 runs off 12 balls by the end of the 30th over, with Pakistan at 136 for 3 – a position which seems solid enough as the Men In Green look to salvage their pride with
a series leveller.
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