Pakistan vs Sri Lanka- 5th ODI- First Innings Recap
Resilient http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 refused to lay down, as they fought back well after losing early wickets, to post a decent total of 218 runs on board for Pakistan to chase in the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) of the series, being
played at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, November 23, 2011.
Toss went Sri Lanka’s way and their skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037 and Sohail
Tanvir, while the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sarfraz-Nawaz-Malik-c88831 were benched.
Lankans, on the other hand, were forced to make a change as veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 had to fly back home after picking up a knee injury. Chamara Silva came into the side in his place.
Dilshan, along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665 shared the new ball. Pakistani speedsters made optimal use of the new ball and made life difficult for Lankan vanguards.
The immense pressure eventually brought them the wicket of Tharanga (3) in the fourth over. The batsman tried to defend an away swinging delivery but got a leading edge, whereas, wicket-keeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 did the rest.
Akmal, who was keeping wickets in place of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Clark-c2591, took his second catch of the day, as Dilshan’s lean patch with the bat continued. The belligerent batsman, who scored 12 runs, had fallen prey to Gul’s lethal bowling all series
and this match was no different.
Things got from bad to worse for the tourists when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 took a low diving catch at the second slip to give Tanvir his second wicket. Chandimal scaled just 7 runs from 14 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s young gun, enticed the batsman into playing a drive, which he did, and got an
edge to slips, where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 was standing.
The tourists were in all sorts of trouble at this stage with four wickets down and only 46 runs on the board. They desperately needed a partnership and it was provided by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 (61). The duo piled
118 runs for fifth wicket before Muhammad Hafeez showed Sangakkara his way back to dressing room in the 39th over.
The eight wicket stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Seekkuge-Prasanna-c89140 and Thisara Perera was also very crucial in the context of the match, as it contributed 34 runs. Sri Lanka finished their innings on 218 for the loss of nine wickets.
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