Sri Lanka-Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi grabbed 4-34 as Pakistan recorded a nervy 11-run win over co-host Sri Lanka in their World Cup Group A match yesterday. Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan scored successive World Cup half centuries in a challenging Pakistan total of 277-7. Sri Lanka made a late charge through Chamara Silva's 57 but ended up at 266-9.
Legspinner Afridi spoiled Sri Lanka's hopes of its maiden World Cup victory against Pakistan with key wickets of captain Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera and Silva. Afridi also completed 300 wickets in one-day internationals. Pakistan defeated Kenya by 205 runs in the first match with Afridi recording Pakistan's best ever World Cup figures of 5-16.
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
Pakistan Innings
Ahmed Shehzad c Sangakkara b Perera*13
Mohammad Hafeez run out 32
Kamran Akmal st Sangakkara b Herath 39
Younis Khan c Jayawardene b Herath 72
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 83
Umar Akmal c Dilshan b Muralitharan 10
Shahid Afridi c Dilshan b Mathews 16
Abdul Razzaq c sub (Kapugedera) b Perera 3
Extras: (4b, 5w) 9
TOTAL: (for 7 wickets) 277
Overs: 50
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-76, 3-105, 4-213, 5-238, 6-267, 7-277.
Bowling: Nuwan Kulasekara 10-1-64-0 (1w), Thisara Perera 9-0-62-2 (2w), Angelo Mathews 10-0-56-1, Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-35-1 (2w), Rangana Herath 10-0-46-2, Tillakaratne Dilshan 1-0-10-0.
Sri Lanka Innings
Upul Tharanga c Afridi b Hafeez 33
Tillakaratne Dilshan b Afridi 41
Kumar Sangakkara c Shehzad b Afridi 49
Mahela Jayawardene b Akhtar 2
Thilan Samaraweera st Kamran Akmal b Afridi 1
Chamara Silva st Kamran Akmal b Rehman 57
Angelo Mathews c Shehzad b Afridi 18
Thisara Perera b Akhtar 8
Nuwan Kulasekara c Umar Akmal b Gul 24
Rangana Herath not out 4
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 0
Extras: (1b, 10lb, 2nb, 16w) 29
TOTAL: (for 9 wickets) 266
Overs: 50. Batting time: 238 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-76, 2-88, 3-95, 4-96, 5-169, 6-209, 7-232, 8-233, 9-265.
Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 10-0-42-2, Abdul Razzaq 5-1-23-0, Umar Gul 9-0-60-1 (1nb 6w), Mohammad Hafeez 6-0-33-1 (2w), Shahid Afridi 10-0-34-4 (1w), Abdur Rehman 10-1-63-1 (1nb 7w)
Toss: Pakistan.
Result: Pakistan won by 11 runs.