Sri Lanka v Pakistan - 1st T20I - Sri Lanka go one up in the series opener - Live Score and Update
Sri Lanka 132/7 (20/20 ov) v Pakistan 95 (17.4/20 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 won by 37 runs
Friday, June 01: Hosts Sri Lanka went one up against tourists Pakistan in the first T20I of the series after beating the Men in Green by 37 runs in a match that was played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota.
Facing a nifty target of 133 runs to win the game, Pakistan suffered a terrible start to their innings as they lost two wickets without a run on the board.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakeel-Ansar-c89546, on the next ball.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khalid-Latif-c71261, who was called-up for the series failed to leave a mark as he faltered after contributing only three runs, leaving his team standing on a total of 12 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Shehzad-c42359, who had come in as an opener and was exhibiting a strong face against the blatant bowling offensive by the Sri Lankans.
However, with 46 runs on the board, the side suffered the demise of the Malik, who fell after scoring an innings of nine runs.
The arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 brought some hope for Pakistan as the young batsman played against the Lankans without much fear.
Nonetheless, just when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 seemed heading in the right direction they lost the wicket of Akmal, who mustered an innings of 12 runs before his demise. At the time of this wicket, Pakistan were standing on a total of 68 runs.
With the outstanding fielding from the Sri Lankans even the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 could not cross the ropes as the hard-hitting batsman failed after scoring only a run.
This was the last nail in Pakistan’s coffin as the side just kept losing wickets, consequently rolling up on a total of 95 runs with Ahmed Shehzad as the highest scorer with 36 runs to his name.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NLTC-Perera-c2121, who hammered an innings of 32 and grabbed a wicket in the contest was named as the Player of the Match.
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