Sri Lanka v Pakistan - 2nd ODI - Lankans beat Pakistan by 76 runs - Live Score and Update
Sri Lanka 280/4 (50 ov) v Pakistan 204 (46.2 ov) - Sri Lanka won by 76 runs
Saturday, June 09: Hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 by 76 runs at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
After winning the toss, Sri Lanka had chosen to bat first as they wanted to post maximum runs on the board in order to give their bowlers a serious chance to winning the game.
However, they lost their first wicket with only 37 runs on the board as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802 perished after scoring a meagre knock of 18 runs.
However, Sri Lanka were far from over as out of form batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 had other plans for the visitors by coming back in form to steer their side to a gigantic total.
Meanwhile, the rest of the batsmen were thinking on the same lines as everyone kept the scoreboard ticking by standing tall against Pakistan – side who has come to Sri Lanka with a massive bowling attack.
Nonetheless, unlike the first ODI, the Lankans seemed least intimidated by the tourists as they smacked the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 without remorse.
While, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 batted well with an innings of 32 to his name, the skipper belted a well tamed half century to add to Pakistan’s miseries.
On the other hand, the hard-hitting Dilshan stayed unbeaten on a tally of 119 runs as he stayed unbeaten to help his side amass 280 runs on the board.
Pakistan then began their run chase in a staggering fashion with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 smacking a stand of 48 runs.
This was a perfect start for Pakistan and the only worry was that they would blow it once the opening pair would falter.
Finally Hafeez was the first casualty from his side as he was removed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NLTC-Perera-c2121 after hammering an innings of 14 runs.
This was Sri Lanka’s comeback wicket as the Lankans from there on tightened the screws around the Pakistan batting line-up, resulting in the demise of a couple of more wickets in quick succession.
Finally with Ali back in the pavilion after jamming a knock of 96 runs, Pakistan were left with 157 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets.
Afridi was their last hope, but the asking rate for too big a task even for Afridi, who needed someone on the other end to halt the demise of wickets.
Consequently Pakistan faltered after posting 204 runs in 46.2 overs, failing to restrict the Lankans from coming back in the series.
NLTC Perera from Sri Lanka was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing six wickets in his ten overs.
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