Maqsood stayed unbeaten on a fantastic 89 off 73 paintballs as Shahid Afridi broke the successful border off seamer Nuwan Kulasekara to the factor barrier. Alam was ignored for 62 by Lasith Malinga when 22 still stayed for success off the last three overs, but Maqsood and Afridi battled on to help Pakistan history a excellent win. Sri Lanka had created 275-7 after being sent in to bat in cloudy circumstances, but rainfall after six overs of their innings decreased the experience from a complete 50-overs-a-side competition to 45. Operator Ahmed Shehzad obtained 49 but no other top-order batsman resolved in to create a big ranking until Maqsood and Alam converted the experience Pakistan's way. "This is one of the best relationships I have seen, especially by two younger batsmen," Pakistan leader Misbah-ul Haq said. "We missing our way a bit, but Fawad and Maqsood created a excellent restoration."
The 27-year-old Maqsood, who was known as man of the coordinate, said the strategy was for him to strike, while Alam converted the strike. "This is obviously a unique affect since I was enjoying an worldwide coordinate after a few several weeks," he said. "Hopefully, I will keep do well in the staying suits and help Pakistan win the sequence."
Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews broke 89 off 85 paintballs and Mahela Jayawardene created 63 to provide their part a apparently instructing complete. Jayawardene, 37, who outdated from Assessments previously this 7 days to focus on one-day cricket until next seasons Globe Cup, hit eight limitations in his 73rd half-century in the smaller structure. Sri Lanka declined to 75-4 by the Eighteenth over before Jayawardene and Mathews put on 116 for the fifth wicket.
Mathews hit nine four legs in his best ranking in one-day cricket, but it was Ashan Priyanjan's unbeaten 39 off 15 paintballs at the end that bossted the complete. Mathews said Maqsood created the distinction in Pakistan's win. "I don't think we did too much incorrect," he said. "The wicket performed well and, more often than not, the bowlers do the job for us when we get 250-plus. But the elegance of Maqsood did it."
Lanky left-arm quick bowler Mohammad Irfan, who appears at seven legs, one inches (2.16 metres), produced excellent jump from the moisture-laden message to declare two wickets for 48 operates. Wahab Riaz, one of the three left-arm seamers for Pakistan together with Irfan and Junaid Khan, took three for 50. The visitors were without their top rewriter Saeed Ajmal, who has traveled to Sydney to go through tests of his go-karting activity after being revealed by the umpires during the previous Analyze sequence which Sri Lanka taken 2-0.
Scoreboard
SRI LANKA:
U Tharanga c Akmal b Riaz 18
T Dilshan lbw b Irfan 6
K Sangakkara c Shehzad b Hafeez 25
M Jayawardene run out 63
D Chandimal c Riaz b Irfan 6
A Mathews b Riaz 89
T Perera b Riaz 13
A Priyanjan not out 39
N Kulasekara not out 3
EXTRAS: (lb3, w10) 13
TOTAL: (7 wkts, 45 overs) 275
FOW: 1-16, 2-55, 3-55, 4-75, 5-191, 6-228, 7-247
BOWLING: Irfan 9-0-48-2, Junaid 9-1-75-0, Riaz 9-0-50-3, Hafeez 8-0-32-1, Afridi 9-0-57-0, Alam 1-0-10-0
PAKISTAN:
Ahmed Shehzad b Perera 49
M Hafeez lbw b Mathews 21
Younus Khan c Kulasekara b Mathews 3
Umar Akmal c Malinga b Perera 15
Misbah-ul Haq c Sangakkara b Herath 13
Fawad Alam c Priyanjan b Malinga 62
Sohaib Maqsood not out 89
Shahid Afridi not out 14
EXTRAS: (b4, w7) 11
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 44.5 overs) 277
FOW: 1-39, 2-47, 3-79, 4-94, 5-106, 6-253
BOWLING: Malinga 9-0-60-1, Kulasekara 8.5-0-56-0, Mathews 9-0-48-2, Perera 7-0-43-2, Herath 9-0-49-1, Dilshan 2-0-17-0
MAN OF MATCH: Sohaib Maqsood
TOSS: Pakistan
UMPIRES: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI) and S. Ravi (IND)
TV UMPIRE: Bob Davis (AUS)
MATCH REFEREE: Andrew Pycroft (ZIM)
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