Sri Lanka v Pakistan ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 10th Match, Group A: Sri Lanka (SL)v Pakistan (PAK) Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 26 February 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.
In a day for the experienced campaigners, Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi guided Pakistan to an 11-run win over Sri Lanka in Colombo.

Sri Lanka v Pakistan ICC World Cup 2011 Match Report
In a sense it’s a strange result, not the outcome itself, but the fact that the margin was so slim. For the majority of their innings, Sri Lanka looked out of the contest but a combination of lower order grit and some sloppy work in the field nearly saw the Sri Lankans home.

Shahid Afridi roars in celebration, Sri Lanka v Pakistan.
It would be wrong not to give Pakistan their due credit though. Having won the toss and decided to have bat first, openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad threatened with a lively stand of 28 before Thisara Perera snared Shehzad for 13.

Kamran Akmal (39) continued his recent run of good form in a 48-run second-wicket stand that promised much before Hafeez (32) was comically run out following a major misunderstanding between the Pakistani pair.

Not content with contributing to Hafeez’s demise, Karman then pushed the self-destruct button as he came dancing down the track to Rangana Herath only to see the ball turn away from him, handing Sangakarra the easiest of stumpings.

The wicket proved slightly fortuitous for Pakistan though as it brought together Younus Khan (72) and Misbah-ul-Haq (83) who proceeded to put on a lovely partnership of 108.

Having seen the old heads of Younus and Misbah do the work with the bat, Shoaib Akhtar and Afridi led from the front with the ball.

Upul Tharanga (33) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (41) got the hosts off to a fair enough start with a partnership of 76, albeit in slightly more sedate fashion than one is used to. Despite that it always seemed that Sri Lanka were just a wicket away from finding themselves in trouble. And so it proved to be.

After Hafeez made the originally breakthrough with the wicket of Tharanga, Afridi and Akhtar combined to send Sri Lanka from 76 for one to 96 for four. Akthar bowled with great pace and at times accuracy while Afridi was his usual wily self, picking up his 300th ODI scalp.

The wicket of Kumar Sangakkara (49) falling with more than 100 still required Pakistan looked to have the match in the bag. However, with a few catches going down and Kamran Akmal missing multiple stumping chances, Sri Lanka were given another chance.

Chamara Silva (57) and Nuwan Kulasekara (24) did their best to take advantage but in the end just didn’t have enough in the tank.

The defeat was Sri Lanka’s first at home in World Cup matches and stretched Pakistan’s winning streak in World Cup clashes over the island nation to seven.

Sri Lanka v Pakistan ICC World Cup 2011 Scorecard

ICC Cricket World Cup - 10th match, Group A Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Pakistan won by 11 runs
26 February 2011 - day/night (50-over match)

Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
Ahmed Shehzad c †Sangakkara b Perera 13 24 23 2 0 56.52
Mohammad Hafeez run out (Herath/Jayawardene/†Sangakkara) 32 63 31 4 1 103.22
Kamran Akmal† st †Sangakkara b Herath 39 68 48 5 0 81.25
Younis Khan c Jayawardene b Herath 72 108 76 4 0 94.73
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 83 118 91 6 0 91.20
Umar Akmal c Dilshan b Muralitharan 10 21 15 1 0 66.66
Shahid Afridi* c Dilshan b Mathews 16 18 12 3 0 133.33
Abdul Razzaq c sub (CK Kapugedera) b Perera 3 6 4 0 0 75.00
Extras (lb 4, w 5) 9
Total (7 wickets; 50 overs; 220 mins) 277 (5.54 runs per over)
Did not bat Umar Gul,
Abdur Rehman,
Shoaib Akhtar


Fall of wickets1-28 (Ahmed Shehzad, 5.3 ov), 2-76 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.1 ov), 3-105 (Kamran Akmal, 20.2 ov), 4-213 (Younis Khan, 40.5 ov), 5-238 (Umar Akmal, 45.3 ov), 6-267 (Shahid Afridi, 48.5 ov), 7-277 (Abdul Razzaq, 49.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
KMDN Kulasekara 10 1 64 0 6.40 (1w)
NLTC Perera 9 0 62 2 6.88 (2w)
AD Mathews 10 0 56 1 5.60
M Muralitharan 10 0 35 1 3.50 (2w)
HMRKB Herath 10 0 46 2 4.60
TM Dilshan 1 0 10 0 10.00
Sri Lanka innings (target: 278 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
WU Tharanga c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Hafeez 33 64 43 6 0 76.74
TM Dilshan b Shahid Afridi 41 81 55 5 0 74.54
KC Sangakkara*† c Ahmed Shehzad b Shahid Afridi 49 109 61 2 1 80.32
DPMD Jayawardene b Shoaib Akhtar 2 12 10 0 0 20.00
TT Samaraweera st †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi 1 6 4 0 0 25.00
LPC Silva st †Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman 57 115 78 5 0 73.07
AD Mathews c Ahmed Shehzad b Shahid Afridi 18 24 20 2 0 90.00
NLTC Perera b Shoaib Akhtar 8 14 6 1 0 133.33
KMDN Kulasekara c Umar Akmal b Umar Gul 24 21 14 2 1 171.42
HMRKB Herath not out 4 20 10 0 0 40.00
M Muralitharan not out 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 16, nb 2) 29
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs; 238 mins) 266 (5.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-76 (Tharanga, 14.2 ov), 2-88 (Dilshan, 17.3 ov), 3-95 (Jayawardene, 20.2 ov), 4-96 (Samaraweera, 21.2 ov), 5-169 (Sangakkara, 37.4 ov), 6-209 (Mathews, 43.4 ov), 7-232 (Perera, 45.5 ov), 8-233 (Silva, 46.0 ov), 9-265 (Kulasekara, 49.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Shoaib Akhtar 10 0 42 2 4.20
Abdul Razzaq 5 1 23 0 4.60
Umar Gul 9 0 60 1 6.66 (1nb, 2w)
Mohammad Hafeez 6 0 33 1 5.50 (2w)
Shahid Afridi 10 0 34 4 3.40 (1w)
Abdur Rehman 10 1 63 1 6.30 (1nb, 3w)
Match details:
Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat
Points Pakistan 2, Sri Lanka 0
Player of the match Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

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