http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s fight back – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was delighted over his side’s fight back against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 on Sunday, November 20, 2011.
Sri Lanka were in a comfortable position in the match and looked almost certain of winning it when their most experienced batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 put on a 102-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
However, the Men in Green did not give up hope until the very end and stunned one and all with a 26-run victory.
The star performer for Pakistan was veteran all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859, who picked up a couple of wickets.
This solid bowling performance saw the Sri Lankan team lose seven wickets for the last 19 runs, as Pakistan took the match and the series by 3-1.
There is still one more game remaining in the series, which is scheduled to be played at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, November 23.
Although Pakistan have won the series, the team will look to continue their dominance and take the series by 4-1.
The result of yesterday’s match has made the Pakistani skipper delighted, as he said, “It is wonderful that everybody is putting their hands up. We have world-class bowlers and they really put the pressure on. Once we got Sangakkara and Jayawardene we knew
the game was in our hands.”
The hosts never looked in control of the match until the end of the Sri Lankan innings.
After Misbah elected to bat first at the toss, his side struggled to build partnerships and wickets kept on falling at regular intervals.
At one stage, the team had lost seven wickets for 120 runs and were threatened to be bowed out below.
However, Afridi fought back with a magnificent knock of 75 runs before taking five wickets with the ball. His spectacular performance earned him the man of the match award and the star player will also be a likely candidate for the player of the series award.
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