Rapidfire half-centuries from captain Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan helped Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs in a Super Eights match of the Twenty20 World Championship of cricket here on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG: Rapidfire half-centuries from captain Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan helped Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs in a Super Eights match of the Twenty20 World Championship of cricket here on Monday.
Pakistan picked up two points while Sri Lanka got none.
Younis (51, 35 balls, 2x4s, 3x6s), who was adjudged the Man of the Match, and Malik (57, 31 balls, 4x4s, 2x6s) were also involved in a match-winning 101-run partnership for the fourth wicket after Sri Lanka had reduced Pakistan to 33 for three.
This stand helped Pakistan to 189 for six in the allocated 20 overs after being asked to bat first at New Wanderers Stadium.
Pacer Laisth Malinga was the most successful Sri Lankan bowler with three wickets for 43 while Dilhara Fernando took two wickets.
Sri Lanka also had a poor start as they lost their first three wickets for just 35 and never really recovered from that setback.
Although Chamara Silva (27 balls, 5x4s, 1x6) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (28 balls, 4x6s) made identical 38 to try and resurrect the innings after Sri Lanka had lost four wickets for 88, the team failed to put up a competitive total.
To add to Sri Lanka's woes, Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul - and also left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir to an extent -- bowled miserly to restricted Sri Lanka to 156 for nine in 20 overs.
Afridi took three wickets while Asif and Gul bagged two scalps each.
SCOREBOARD
Pakistan:
Salman Butt b Fernando 12
Imran Nazir c Mubarak b Vaas 7
Mohammad Hafeez b Fernando 10
Younis Khan c Dilshan b Malinga 51
Shoaib Malik c Dilshan b Malinga 57
Shahid Afridi b Malinga 17
Kamran Akmal not out 10
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 16
Extras: (leg byes 3, wides 4, no balls 2) 9 Total: (for six wickets in 20 overs) 189
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Nazir, 2.6 overs), 2-22 (Butt, 3.2 ov), 3-33 (Hafeez, 5.5), 4-134 (Younis, 14.6), 5-152 (Malik, 16.4), 6-170 (Afridi, 18.4)
Bowling:
Chaminda Vaas 4 0 23 1
Dilhara Fernando 4 1 17 2 (1nb)
Lasith Malinga 4 0 43 3 (1nb, 2w)
Sanath Jayasuriya 4 0 64 0
Gayan Wijekoon 4 0 39 0
Sri Lanka:
Upul Tharanga c Gul b Asif 0
Sanath Jayasuriya b Tanvir 5
Kumar Sangakkara b Asif 18
Mahela Jayawardene c Hafeez b Afridi 28
Chamara Silva b Afridi 38
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Younis b Hafeez 38
Jehan Mubarak c Afridi b Gul 0
Gayan Wijekoon c Hafeez b Afridi 0
Chaminda Vaas not out 12
Lasith Malinga c Younis b Gul 1
Dilhara Fernando not out 0
Extras: (lb 5, w 9, nb 2) 16 Total: (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 156
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tharanga, 0.2 overs), 2-5 (Jayasuriya, 1.1), 3-35 (Sangakkara, 4.5), 4-88 (Jayawardene, 10.1), 5-111 (Silva, 12.5), 6-112 (Mubarak, 13.3), 7-115 (Wijekoon, 14.4), 8-150 (Dilshan, 18.5), 9-155 (Malinga, 19.4)
Bowling:
Mohammad Asif 4 0 47 2 (2nb, 1w)
Sohail Tanvir 4 0 26 1 (4w)
Mohammad Hafeez 4 0 46 1 (2w)
Shahid Afridi 4 0 18 3 (1w)
Umar Gul 4 0 14 2 (1w)
Result: Pakistan won by 33 runs
Points: Pakistan 2, Sri Lanka 0
Toss: Sri Lanka (chose to bowl)
Man of the Match: Younis Khan (Pakistan)
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Australia) and Nigel Llong (England)
TV umpire: Mark Benson (England)
Match referee: Chris Broad (England)
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