Friday, 25 November 2011

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in T20



Abu Dhabi: Pakistan cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by five wicket in sensational  One-off T20 match here in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

Pakistan’s skipper Misbah-ul-Haq guided national team to achieve the target of 142 runs in 20th over with three ball remaining. Misbah was a top scorer of Pakistan with 48 run not out while Asad Shafique made 33 and Shahid Afridi scored 22 runs on 15 deliveries with two massive sixes.

Misbah said in the ceremony, “It is all to do with the teamwork, including the management. We were under pressure when we started bowling and the spinners did really well.” he added, “We thought they were going to score 200 but we (me and Afridi) discussed that if we both stayed till the end we would pull it off.”

Earlier, Pakistani team one ODI series with 4-1.

News Details: The News Tribe

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