SRI LANKA vs PAKISTAN – 3rd ODI
August 3rd, 2009 by | Posted in Sports Comments Off on SRI LANKA vs PAKISTAN – 3rd ODIMahela Jayawardene hit his first one-day century in two years as Sri Lanka thumped Pakistan by six wickets on Monday to grab a winning 3-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.
The former captain made 123 and shared an opening stand of 202 with Upul Tharanga (76) Sri Lanka cruised past Pakistan’s huge total of 288-8 in the 47th over. They won the match by six wickets.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. first. Put into bat, Pakistan made good use of the pitch and Kamran Akmal made 45 during a 71-run stand for the second wicket with skipper Younus Khan (44) after opener Nasir Jamshed was caught by Samaraveera off Thusara for 1 run in the second over. (more…)
