Sri Lanka v Pakistan - 1st T20I - Sri Lanka post 132 runs - Live Score and Update
Sri Lanka 132/7 (20/20 ov) - Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
In the first T20I between hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and tourists Pakistan, the home team after winning the toss chose to bat first at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, and went on to bolster a decent total of 132 runs for the loss of seven wickets with the help of some outstanding batting performances by the middle-order.
The Lankans had as startling start to their innings when they lost their first wicket with only two runs on the board as skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, perished after scoring only two runs.
Then the hard-hitting opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 became the second wicket of the day when he faltered after scoring just five runs, leaving his team standing on a total of eleven runs.
Both wickets were taken by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665, who made a comeback in the national team after recovering from injuries and a long spell of poor form.
With Pakistan making a stupendous start, Sri Lanka looked pinned down but stylish batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 made a potent alliance in order to halt Pakistan from making anymore inroads.
However, Tanvir who was on fire, struck for the third time by dismissing Sangakkara, who fell after scoring an innings of 19 runs off 12 deliveries. At the time of this wicket, Sri Lanka had managed to bolster 31 runs on the scoreboard.
Pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Sami-c77289 then made his presence felt by incinerating LD Chandimal’s stumps after the batsman had made ten runs.
With four wickets down for 39 runs, Sri Lanka were surely in a spot of bother and needed someone to steer them out of the mess they had landed in.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 as he grabbed the wicket of Mathews (9) with the total of 65 runs on the board.
Later, Sri Lanka were saved by knocks of 30 and 32 from Thirimanne and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NLTC-Perera-c2121, succeeding in putting a challenging total on the board.
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