LIVE Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan: Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 stutter after solid start
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 being played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The hosts have so far managed 123 runs for the loss of 3 wickets after 25 overs.
Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 won the toss and elected to bat first in good batting conditions. There was no assistance for the bowlers in the wicket and the team winning the toss was expected to bat.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 looked confident when they came out to bat. The ball was coming nicely on the bat and it looked that the Men in Green would post a massive total in the match.
However, Shehzad failed to make most of the opportunity to score runs and was out early after scoring just 13 runs off 23 balls. This brought the wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 to the crease.
The one down player played some fluent strokes and shared a 48-run partnership with Hafeez for the second wicket. Hafeez was stroking the ball nicely and looked certain to make a big score.
However, the flamboyant player was run out due to a terrible misunderstanding. He swept the ball straight into the hands of the fielder placed at fine leg. He was not interested in a run but Kamran came sprinting towards his end, ignoring the fact that Hafeez
was not even looking towards him.
The replays suggested that Hafeez had left the crease when the stumps were broken at the non-striker’s end. He scored 32 runs from 31 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 walked in with his team in a spot of bother. The veteran rotated the strike right from the start and looked good. However, Kamran disappointed his team after throwing his wicket away. He tried to loft the ball straight over the head of the bowler,
which resulted in him being stumped out.
Akmal scored 39 runs off 48 balls and Pakistan were struggling at 105 for 3. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 came out to join Younis and the pair looked to steady the ship for Pakistan.
At half way through the innings, Younis was unbeaten on 23 off 28 balls whereas Misbah was not out on 11 from 20. They will be expected to lay a solid platform for the lower middle-order to set up a big total.
Thisara Perera and Rangana Herath were the wicket-takers for the hosts. Both took one wicket each for Sri Lanka.
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