Sri Lanka v Pakistan - 2nd ODI - Pakistan in trouble as Azhar Ali departs with 124 runs required to win - Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 157/5 (36.3 ov) – Pakistan require 124 runs to win the match
After being smashed for a massive total of 280 runs by the home team Sri Lanka, Pakistan are in deep trouble as they have lost the services of well set opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890, who has lost his wicket after scoring an impressive innings of 96 runs off 119 deliveries
at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
The batsman smacked 12 boundaries in his stylish innings as he exhibited impressive resolve to take down the Sri Lankans help his team chase down a stiff total against all odds.
Pakistan began their run chase with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 and Ali, who bolstered an opening stand of 48 runs to give their side a solid start.
In order to successfully chase such a big total, it was imperative for the Men in Green to get off to an impressive start, which was conveniently provided to them by the openers.
Finally http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NLTC-Perera-c2121 was the first man to strike for the Sri Lankans as he took a sensational catch off his own bowling to send Hafeez back to the pavilion after the batsman had clobbered an innings of 14 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 continued is bad run with the bat as he could muster only four runs before finding his way off the field.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, then forged a calm and collected innings alongside Ali, with the latter doing bulk of the scoring in order to keep the scoreboard ticking, while Misbah held the other end.
During this partnership, Pakistan were moving towards the required target without hassle and seemed well set to secure their second win the five-match series.
However, Perera struck for the third time to break this daunting partnership as he nabbed the wicket of Haq, who played an innings of 27 runs.
The bowler was on a roll as he struck one more to nab the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595, who failed after scoring only three runs.
It was then Ali and Afridi who were supposed to lead their team to victory, however, now with Ali gone Pakistan certainly have their work cut out for them with only Afridi to sail them through rough seas.
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