Cricket has changed so much in recent times that everytime an opener bats out the full quota of overs, we expect him to raise a tall score but it wasn't the case with Tillakaratne Dilshan in this match. and understandably so too, as pitch at Pallekele wasn't ideal for batting, making it a commendable effort from Dilshan to navigate through the middle overs and set the platform for a winning total on board..
Electing to bat first, home team found going easy against Umar Gul, negotiating good swing extracted by Sohail Tanvir from other end who eventually made the first break through. Kumar Sangakkara didn't last long and at this point of time, match was in balance. Even Dinesh Chandimal couldn't accelerate the scoring but he made sure Lankans had plenty of wicket in hand with last hour's play.
Mahela Jayawardene joined Dilshan and half century stand was raised off just 56 balls. Jayawardene got out with a better than run a ball fifty while Dilshan finished the innings, reaching his century.
Pakistan were never in the chase, despite a fighting innings from Azhar Ali. Thisara Perera proved to be the chief destroyer, taking career best 6 wicket haul and snatching the man of the match award too.
Scorecard : Pak v SL, 2nd ODI, 9 June 2012 :-
| Sri Lanka innings (elected to bat) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Upul Tharanga |
c Ahmed b Tanvir |
18 |
25 |
3 |
0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
not out |
119 |
139 |
11 |
1 |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
c & b Hafeez |
18 |
27 |
1 |
0 |
| Dinesh Chandimal |
lbw b Afridi |
32 |
51 |
3 |
0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene |
b Ajmal |
53 |
45 |
8 |
0 |
| Thisara Perera |
not out |
24 |
14 |
2 |
2 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne |
|
|
|
|
|
| Angelo Mathews |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rangana Herath |
|
|
|
|
|
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lasith Malinga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extra : |
16 (bye=1, lbyes=7, wides=7, noball=1) |
| Total : |
280 runs in
50 overs for
4 wicket. RR = (
5.60 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-37 (Tharanga, 7.1 ov), 2-84 (Sangakkara, 16.1 ov), 3-154 (Chandimal, 30.6 ov), 4-240 (Jayawardene, 45.4 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Umar Gul |
9 |
0 |
58 |
0 |
|
| Sohail Tanvir |
9 |
1 |
51 |
1 |
1nb, 1wd |
| Shahid Afridi |
10 |
0 |
50 |
1 |
2 wides |
| Rahat Ali |
4 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Saeed Ajmal |
10 |
0 |
49 |
1 |
|
| Mohammad Hafeez |
8 |
1 |
30 |
1 |
|
| Pakistan innings (target = 281 from 50 overs) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Mohammad Hafeez |
c & b Perera |
14 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
| Azhar Ali |
b Kulasekara |
96 |
119 |
12 |
0 |
| Younis Khan |
c Sangakkara b Perera |
4 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq |
lbw b Perera |
27 |
35 |
1 |
0 |
| Umar Akmal |
c Sangakkara b Perera |
3 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Shahid Afridi |
c Sangakkara b Malinga |
17 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
| Sarfraz Ahmed |
lbw b Kulasekara |
20 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
| Sohail Tanvir |
c Tharanga b Perera |
3 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Umar Gul |
lbw b Perera |
14 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
| Saeed Ajmal |
c Sangakkara b Malinga |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Rahat Ali |
not out |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Extra : |
2 (lbyes=2) |
| Total : |
204 runs in
46.2 overs for
10 wicket. RR = (
4.42 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-48 (Hafeez, 10.1 ov), 2-78 (Khan, 16.5 ov), 3-127 (Misbah, 29.1 ov), 4-139 (Akmal, 33.2 ov), 5-157 (Ali, 36.3 ov), 6-165 (Afridi, 37.4 ov), 7-170 (Tanvir, 40.1 ov), 8-197 (Gul, 44.4 ov), 9-204 (Ajmal, 45.6 ov), 10-204 (Ahmed, 46.2 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
8.2 |
1 |
33 |
2 |
|
| Lasith Malinga |
8 |
1 |
40 |
2 |
|
| Angelo Mathews |
10 |
0 |
48 |
0 |
|
| Thirara Perera |
10 |
0 |
44 |
6 |
|
| Rangana Herath |
10 |
1 |
37 |
0 |
|
