Jayasuriya & Mendis fashion Sri Lanka victory
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Sanath Jayasuriya hitting one of his
sixers. AFP |
Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya, with his trademark big-hitting, and newboy
Ajantha Mendis, delving into his bag of bewildering spin tricks, led Sri
Lanka to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Canada Twenty20
final here on Monday.
Chasing 133 to win, Sri Lanka registered their first win over
Pakistan in the new-style, wham-bang format with six balls to spare.
He may be pushing 40 years old but Jayasuriya (40 runs) showed little
sign of ageing as he and fellow opener Mahela Udawatte (25) put on 66 in
6.6 overs.
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Ajantha Mendis
celebrating one of his wickets . AFP |
They took advantage off a wayward Pakistan attack with Shoaib Akhtar,
Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul being hit to all parts of the ground in front
of 9,000 fans at King City.
Jayasuriya was particularly harsh on Akhtar, flicking the recalled
quick for four in his first over and then pulling him for consecutive
sixes over midwicket. Desperate Pakistan, who had won the group match
between the two sides by three wickets on Saturday, turned to spin and
Shahid Afridi dismissed Udawatte while Shoaib Malik accounted for
Jayasuriya.
But despite losing skipper Mahela Jayawardene for just five,
Kaushalya Weeraratne (12) and Chamara Kapugedera (17 not out) saw Sri
Lanka home. Earlier Mendis, 16 years Jayasuriya’s junior, took 3-23 for
a tournament total of 11 wickets as he put the brakes on the Pakistan
middle order. Opener Salman Butt top scored with 44 before he fell to
Mendis who also accounted for Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal. Zimbabwe
trounced Canada by 109 runs to claim third place.
PAKISTAN
Salman Butt c Thushara b Mendis 44
Shoaib Khanjnr c & b Fernando 0
Shahid Afridi c Mubarak b Thushara 14
Younis Khan run out (Weeraratne) 0
Shoaib Malik c Mubarak b Mendis 19
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 23
Fawad Alam c & b Maharoof 2
Kamran Akmal st Dilshan b Mendis 12
Umar Gul not out 2
Extras (b8, lb1, w7) 16
TOTAL (7 wickets; 20 overs) 132
DID NOT BAT: Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-9 (Shoaib Khan jnr), 2-34 (Shahid Afridi), 3-35 (Younis Khan),
4-81 (Shoaib Malik), 5-99 (Salman Butt), 6-109 (Fawad Alam), 7-130 (Kamran Akmal)
BOWLING: Maharoof 4-0-22-1 (3w), Fernando 4-0-30-1 (3w), Thushara 4-0-25-1 (1w),
Weeraratne 4-0-23-0, Mendis 4-0-23-3
SRI LANKA
S Jayasuriya b Shoaib Malik 40
M Udawatte c Shoaib Akhtar b Shahid Afridi 25
M Jayawardene b Shoaib Malik 5
J Mubarak lbw b Fawad Alam 8
C Kapugedera not out 17
K Weeraratne b Umar Gul 12
T Dilshan not out 7
Extras (b4, lb4, w8, nb3) 19
TOTAL (5 wickets; 19 overs) 133
DID NOT BAT: M Maharoof, T Thushara, C Fernando, A Mendis
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-66 (Udawatte), 2-74 (Jayasuriya), 3-82 (Jayawardene),
4-94 (Mubarak), 5-115 (Weeraratne)
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 3-0-40-0 (1nb, 2w), Sohail Tanvir 2-0-13-0, Umar Gul 3-0-24-1 (2nb, 2w),
Shoaib Malik 4-0-17-2 (3w), Shahid Afridi 4-0-15-1, Fawad Alam 3-0-16-1 |
