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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, April 4 (Ar. Kumar Sangakkara hit a maiden one-day century as Sri Lanka recovered to post 223-6 from 50 overs against Pakistan in the Sharjah Cup here on Friday.

The left-hander overcame his modest form at the World Cup, where Sri Lanka reached the semi-finals, to make an unbeaten 100 off 111 balls and beat back a spirited display in the field by the new-look Pakistanis.

Sri Lanka, electing to bat first in the day-night game, slumped to 166-6 before Sangakkara and recalled veteran Kumar Dharmasena put on 57 for the undefeated seventh wicket.

Sangakkara, playing his 86th one-dayer, reached his century off the penultimate ball of the innings while Dharmasena remained unbeaten on 23.

Pakistan, who defeated Zimbabwe in Thursday's opener of the four-nation event, are rebuilding under new captain Rashid Latif after sacking eight top stars following the first round exit in the World Cup.

Their latest new ball attack of Mohammad Sami and Umar Gul removed the dangerous Sri Lankan opening pair of Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya cheaply.

Gul, who claimed two wickets on his debut on Thursday, bowled Atapattu for 13 with a ball that swung in sharply.

Jayasuriya made 27 when he drove Sami uppishly to cover where Mohammad Hafeez took a waist-high catch and reduced Sri Lanka to 44-2.

Avishka Gunawardena helped Sangakkara carry the score to 84 when he was beaten by a direct hit by Sami from mid-off.

Sri Lanka moved to a promising 166-4 in the 42nd over when Rana Hasan swung the game around with two wickets off successive balls.

Both Hashan Tillekeratne and Prasanna Jayawardena failed to negotiate the reverse swing which Hasan generated and were yorked, but Dharmasena denied the bowler a hat-trick.

Sangakkara hit nine boundaries as Sri Lanka set Pakistan a victory target of 4.5 runs an over under lights.

      Sri Lanka:
      M. Atapattu b Gul                          13
      S. Jayasuriya c Hafeez b Sami              27
      A. Gunawardena run out                     17
      K. Sangakkara not out                     100
      J. Mubarak st Latif b Malik                20
      H. Tillekeratne b Hasan                    11
      P. Jayawardena b Hasan                      0
      K. Dharmasena not out                      23
      Extras: (lb5, w5, nb2)                     12

      Total (for six wickets)                   223

      Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-44, 3-84, 4-126, 5-166, 6-166
      Bowling: Sami 10-2-36-1, Gul 9-0-47-1, 
      Hafeez 5-0-26-0, Hasan 10-0-55-2, 
      Razzaq 6-0-18-0, Malik 10-0-36-1

      Overs: 50

      Toss: Sri Lanka

      Pakistan: Rashid Latif (capt), Yousuf Youhana,
      Taufeeq Umer, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, 
      Faisal Iqbal, Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naveedul Hasan, 
      Shoaib Malik, Mohamamd Sami, Umar Gul.

      Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) and Billy Doctrove (WIS)

      TV umpire: Avi Jayaprakash (IND)

      Match referee: Ahmed Ebrahim (ZIM)
      AFP  April 04, 2003 21:34

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