Sri Lanka v Pakistan ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 10th Match, Group A: Sri Lanka (SL)v Pakistan (PAK) Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 26 February 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

In a day for the experienced campaigners, Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi guided Pakistan to an 11-run win over Sri Lanka in Colombo.

Sri Lanka v Pakistan ICC World Cup 2011 Match Report
In a sense it’s a strange result, not the outcome itself, but the fact that the margin was so slim. For the majority of their innings, Sri Lanka looked out of the contest but a combination of lower order grit and some sloppy work in the field nearly saw the Sri Lankans home.

Shahid Afridi roars in celebration, Sri Lanka v Pakistan.

It would be wrong not to give Pakistan their due credit though. Having won the toss and decided to have bat first, openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad threatened with a lively stand of 28 before Thisara Perera snared Shehzad for 13.

Kamran Akmal (39) continued his recent run of good form in a 48-run second-wicket stand that promised much before Hafeez (32) was comically run out following a major misunderstanding between the Pakistani pair.

Not content with contributing to Hafeez’s demise, Karman then pushed the self-destruct button as he came dancing down the track to Rangana Herath only to see the ball turn away from him, handing Sangakarra the easiest of stumpings.

The wicket proved slightly fortuitous for Pakistan though as it brought together Younus Khan (72) and Misbah-ul-Haq (83) who proceeded to put on a lovely partnership of 108.

Having seen the old heads of Younus and Misbah do the work with the bat, Shoaib Akhtar and Afridi led from the front with the ball.

Upul Tharanga (33) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (41) got the hosts off to a fair enough start with a partnership of 76, albeit in slightly more sedate fashion than one is used to. Despite that it always seemed that Sri Lanka were just a wicket away from finding themselves in trouble. And so it proved to be.

After Hafeez made the originally breakthrough with the wicket of Tharanga, Afridi and Akhtar combined to send Sri Lanka from 76 for one to 96 for four. Akthar bowled with great pace and at times accuracy while Afridi was his usual wily self, picking up his 300th ODI scalp.

The wicket of Kumar Sangakkara (49) falling with more than 100 still required Pakistan looked to have the match in the bag. However, with a few catches going down and Kamran Akmal missing multiple stumping chances, Sri Lanka were given another chance.

Chamara Silva (57) and Nuwan Kulasekara (24) did their best to take advantage but in the end just didn’t have enough in the tank.

The defeat was Sri Lanka’s first at home in World Cup matches and stretched Pakistan’s winning streak in World Cup clashes over the island nation to seven.

Sri Lanka v Pakistan ICC World Cup 2011 Scorecard

ICC Cricket World Cup - 10th match, Group A Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Pakistan won by 11 runs
26 February 2011 - day/night (50-over match)

	Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Ahmed Shehzad	c †Sangakkara b Perera	13	24	23	2	0	56.52
	5.3 135.8 kph, got 'em! Shehzad had shown signs of impatience the previous delivery, and this time he was lured into a drive outside off stump, it was pitched on a length, and moved away slightly to produce the fatal edge, bounced a lot more than usual too, and Sanga doesn't let go of those 28/1
	Mohammad Hafeez	run out (Herath/Jayawardene/†Sangakkara)	32	63	31	4	1	103.22
	13.1 from Muralitharan, oh dear, is anyone out, who is out, what is happening, it was full on leg stump and swept to short fine leg, there was a terrible mix-up, Kamran ran all the way to Hafeez who did not move an inch, the throw came in to Sanga, there were two batsman there, so he threw to Murali, who would have had to be eight feet tall to take the wayward throw, but the ball was in the end relayed to Murali, Hafeez thought of running to Murali's end just for a fleeting moment, abandoned such foolish thoughts, and Murali finally got the bails off, it is Hafeez who has to walk back finally 76/2
	Kamran Akmal†	st †Sangakkara b Herath	39	68	48	5	0	81.25
	20.2 82.1 kph, Well, Pakistan have lost three wickets. Kamran has taken more than any of the Sri Lankan bowlers - two. After sending Hafeez back with his wily running, he's now accounted for himself with an inexplicable unremarkable charge down the track. He seemed to have decided long back that, no matter what, this had to go over long on. And so he proceeded - to run down the track like a bull that had seen a red rag. Herath just stuck to his guns, landed it on middle and got it to turn away, past Kamran's mad, mad swipe. Miss. He doesn't have much time to turn back. Sanga does the rest. He didn't even turn back. Just kept walking. Good idea too. Vintage Kamran. 105/3
	Younis Khan	c Jayawardene b Herath	72	108	76	4	0	94.73
	40.5 90.0 kph, Younis departs, well someone had to go for it now, he went for the sweep, got a top-edge that looped up tamely in the air for a catch to short fine leg, Herath has justified his selection ahead of Ajantha, Younis has set up a late charge from Pakistan 213/4
	Misbah-ul-Haq	not out	83	118	91	6	0	91.20
	Umar Akmal	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	10	21	15	1	0	66.66
	45.3 Umar goes, it was short, a rare one from Murali, in his eagerness to capitalise on the scarce offering, he pulled it in the air, got in a awkward position as he went through with the shot, and Dilshan took sharp diving chance at deep midwicket, Murali has suffocated Pakistan in the Powerplay 238/5
	Shahid Afridi*	c Dilshan b Mathews	16	18	12	3	0	133.33
	48.5 129.2 kph, backs away and goes for the upper cut to a short and wide delivery, but cannot get it over Dilshan at point, who goes high at it with outstretched hands, and pouches it cleanly 267/6
	Abdul Razzaq	c sub (CK Kapugedera) b Perera	3	6	4	0	0	75.00
	49.6 high full toss, Razzaq had to go for maximum, and did so, but his swing produced a top edge that swirled high in the air and settled in the hands of extra cover, Sri Lanka will feel that they have restrained a Pakistan line-up that threatened to gallop away, but couldn't quite do so 277/7
	Extras	(lb 4, w 5)	9
	Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs; 220 mins)	277	(5.54 runs per over)

Did not bat Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar

Fall of wickets1-28 (Ahmed Shehzad, 5.3 ov), 2-76 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.1 ov), 3-105 (Kamran Akmal, 20.2 ov), 4-213 (Younis Khan, 40.5 ov), 5-238 (Umar Akmal, 45.3 ov), 6-267 (Shahid Afridi, 48.5 ov), 7-277 (Abdul Razzaq, 49.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KMDN Kulasekara	10	1	64	0	6.40	(1w)
	NLTC Perera	9	0	62	2	6.88	(2w)
	5.3 to Ahmed Shehzad, 135.8 kph, got 'em! Shehzad had shown signs of impatience the previous delivery, and this time he was lured into a drive outside off stump, it was pitched on a length, and moved away slightly to produce the fatal edge, bounced a lot more than usual too, and Sanga doesn't let go of those 28/1 49.6 to Abdul Razzaq, high full toss, Razzaq had to go for maximum, and did so, but his swing produced a top edge that swirled high in the air and settled in the hands of extra cover, Sri Lanka will feel that they have restrained a Pakistan line-up that threatened to gallop away, but couldn't quite do so 277/7
	AD Mathews	10	0	56	1	5.60
	48.5 to Shahid Afridi, 129.2 kph, backs away and goes for the upper cut to a short and wide delivery, but cannot get it over Dilshan at point, who goes high at it with outstretched hands, and pouches it cleanly 267/6
	M Muralitharan	10	0	35	1	3.50	(2w)
	45.3 to Umar Akmal, Umar goes, it was short, a rare one from Murali, in his eagerness to capitalise on the scarce offering, he pulled it in the air, got in a awkward position as he went through with the shot, and Dilshan took sharp diving chance at deep midwicket, Murali has suffocated Pakistan in the Powerplay 238/5
	HMRKB Herath	10	0	46	2	4.60
	20.2 to Kamran Akmal, 82.1 kph, Well, Pakistan have lost three wickets. Kamran has taken more than any of the Sri Lankan bowlers - two. After sending Hafeez back with his wily running, he's now accounted for himself with an inexplicable unremarkable charge down the track. He seemed to have decided long back that, no matter what, this had to go over long on. And so he proceeded - to run down the track like a bull that had seen a red rag. Herath just stuck to his guns, landed it on middle and got it to turn away, past Kamran's mad, mad swipe. Miss. He doesn't have much time to turn back. Sanga does the rest. He didn't even turn back. Just kept walking. Good idea too. Vintage Kamran. 105/3 40.5 to Younis Khan, 90.0 kph, Younis departs, well someone had to go for it now, he went for the sweep, got a top-edge that looped up tamely in the air for a catch to short fine leg, Herath has justified his selection ahead of Ajantha, Younis has set up a late charge from Pakistan 213/4
	TM Dilshan	1	0	10	0	10.00

	Sri Lanka innings (target: 278 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WU Tharanga	c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Hafeez	33	64	43	6	0	76.74
	14.2 89.0 kph, well, I take that back. Hafeez has nailed Tharanga. As mentioned earlier, there is an army of green shirts inside the circle on the off side. Tossed up outside on leg, Tharanga drives on the up, and picks out Afridi at mid-off. He's thrilled after pouching the catch, tumbling forward. The game is back in the balance after Sri Lanka's recovery of sorts. 76/1
	TM Dilshan	b Shahid Afridi	41	81	55	5	0	74.54
	17.3 86.9 kph, boom booom strikes, it was too close for the cut, it was the one that went straight on, it was the one that kept low too, a deadly combination for Dilshan, who still went for the shot, and dinked it on to his stumps, Afridi stands mid-pitch with arms outstretched, has Pakistan's saviour arrived? 88/2
	KC Sangakkara*†	c Ahmed Shehzad b Shahid Afridi	49	109	61	2	1	80.32
	37.4 87.4 kph, Captain strikes. Captain falls. How much of a contribution did Gul have to this dismissal? Sanga skips out of the crease. Afridi sees him and drops it short outside off. Sanga still wants to go over the top, so stops his initial shot and tries to cross-bat it over long on. Too ambitious. Shehzad runs in, tumbles forward and pouches. Finally someone doesn't let a stumping or a catch go. 169/5
	DPMD Jayawardene	b Shoaib Akhtar	2	12	10	0	0	20.00
	20.2 138.0 kph, the Rawalpindi Express is chugging in at full steam, and has broken through the defences of Mahela, lovely delivery, pacy, on a length and cutting in, Mahela drove outside the line, and the middle stump was pegged back, Shoaib first does the aeroplane thing, then points to himself as if to say 'I told you' 95/3
	TT Samaraweera	st †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi	1	6	4	0	0	25.00
	21.2 88.6 kph, Shahid does the rope trick on Thilan, flights this one on middle, gets Thilan forward, and out of the crease, gets the ball to turn as well, Kamran does not mess up the take behind the stumps, in fact Thilan's foot is just out of the crease when Kamran takes off the bails, Shahid Afridi is one short of 300 ODI wickets 96/4
	LPC Silva	st †Kamran Akmal b Abdur Rehman	57	115	78	5	0	73.07
	46.1 90.0 kph, Silva's vigil ends. Rehman can't believe it. Kamran's actually effected a stumping off his bowling. Silva dawdles out of the crease, he looks for the heave. Rehman smartly gets it to drift away from him, and gets it past his stretched swipe. Kamran collects and breaks the stumps. Even he looks sheepish. 233/8
	AD Mathews	c Ahmed Shehzad b Shahid Afridi	18	24	20	2	0	90.00
	43.4 Angelo is gone. Afridi has four. Shehzad has another catch. Angelo skips out of the crease, and Afridi sees him. He holds the length back and gets it to turn away. Angelo is forced to go with the shot and tries to cross-bat swipe it over long off. Mistimed, and it carries straight to Shehzad. Almost cleared the ropes, but not quite. 209/6
	NLTC Perera	b Shoaib Akhtar	8	14	6	1	0	133.33
	45.5 Shoaib Akhtar - rearranging stumps and landing like an aeroplane since 1997. What a legend. Thisara is gone. He finds out the hard way, than you can't set yourself up for pre-meditated slogs against the world's fastest. He moves the front foot away and looks to heave. Shoaib fires it full and fast, and removes the timber. Get ready for landing folks. 232/7
	KMDN Kulasekara	c Umar Akmal b Umar Gul	24	21	14	2	1	171.42
	49.5 Gul has a wicket and Kula's free-scoring surge has come to an end. Not a yorker this time, it was a low full toss on leg stump and Kula couldn't get as much muscle under it as he would have wanted. Still went through with the shot, backing away and looking to launch it over long on. He found the fielder. 265/9
	HMRKB Herath	not out	4	20	10	0	0	40.00
	M Muralitharan	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 10, w 16, nb 2)	29
	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs; 238 mins)	266	(5.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-76 (Tharanga, 14.2 ov), 2-88 (Dilshan, 17.3 ov), 3-95 (Jayawardene, 20.2 ov), 4-96 (Samaraweera, 21.2 ov), 5-169 (Sangakkara, 37.4 ov), 6-209 (Mathews, 43.4 ov), 7-232 (Perera, 45.5 ov), 8-233 (Silva, 46.0 ov), 9-265 (Kulasekara, 49.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Shoaib Akhtar	10	0	42	2	4.20
	20.2 to Jayawardene, 138.0 kph, the Rawalpindi Express is chugging in at full steam, and has broken through the defences of Mahela, lovely delivery, pacy, on a length and cutting in, Mahela drove outside the line, and the middle stump was pegged back, Shoaib first does the aeroplane thing, then points to himself as if to say 'I told you' 95/3 45.5 to Perera, Shoaib Akhtar - rearranging stumps and landing like an aeroplane since 1997. What a legend. Thisara is gone. He finds out the hard way, than you can't set yourself up for pre-meditated slogs against the world's fastest. He moves the front foot away and looks to heave. Shoaib fires it full and fast, and removes the timber. Get ready for landing folks. 232/7
	Abdul Razzaq	5	1	23	0	4.60
	Umar Gul	9	0	60	1	6.66	(1nb, 2w)
	49.5 to Kulasekara, Gul has a wicket and Kula's free-scoring surge has come to an end. Not a yorker this time, it was a low full toss on leg stump and Kula couldn't get as much muscle under it as he would have wanted. Still went through with the shot, backing away and looking to launch it over long on. He found the fielder. 265/9
	Mohammad Hafeez	6	0	33	1	5.50	(2w)
	14.2 to Tharanga, 89.0 kph, well, I take that back. Hafeez has nailed Tharanga. As mentioned earlier, there is an army of green shirts inside the circle on the off side. Tossed up outside on leg, Tharanga drives on the up, and picks out Afridi at mid-off. He's thrilled after pouching the catch, tumbling forward. The game is back in the balance after Sri Lanka's recovery of sorts. 76/1
	Shahid Afridi	10	0	34	4	3.40	(1w)
	17.3 to Dilshan, 86.9 kph, boom booom strikes, it was too close for the cut, it was the one that went straight on, it was the one that kept low too, a deadly combination for Dilshan, who still went for the shot, and dinked it on to his stumps, Afridi stands mid-pitch with arms outstretched, has Pakistan's saviour arrived? 88/2 21.2 to Samaraweera, 88.6 kph, Shahid does the rope trick on Thilan, flights this one on middle, gets Thilan forward, and out of the crease, gets the ball to turn as well, Kamran does not mess up the take behind the stumps, in fact Thilan's foot is just out of the crease when Kamran takes off the bails, Shahid Afridi is one short of 300 ODI wickets 96/4 37.4 to Sangakkara, 87.4 kph, Captain strikes. Captain falls. How much of a contribution did Gul have to this dismissal? Sanga skips out of the crease. Afridi sees him and drops it short outside off. Sanga still wants to go over the top, so stops his initial shot and tries to cross-bat it over long on. Too ambitious. Shehzad runs in, tumbles forward and pouches. Finally someone doesn't let a stumping or a catch go. 169/5 43.4 to Mathews, Angelo is gone. Afridi has four. Shehzad has another catch. Angelo skips out of the crease, and Afridi sees him. He holds the length back and gets it to turn away. Angelo is forced to go with the shot and tries to cross-bat swipe it over long off. Mistimed, and it carries straight to Shehzad. Almost cleared the ropes, but not quite. 209/6
	Abdur Rehman	10	1	63	1	6.30	(1nb, 3w)
	46.1 to Silva, 90.0 kph, Silva's vigil ends. Rehman can't believe it. Kamran's actually effected a stumping off his bowling. Silva dawdles out of the crease, he looks for the heave. Rehman smartly gets it to drift away from him, and gets it past his stretched swipe. Kamran collects and breaks the stumps. Even he looks sheepish. 233/8

Match details:
Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat
Points Pakistan 2, Sri Lanka 0
Player of the match Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

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