Monday, 23 October 2017

Fifth ODI: Pakistan cruise to nine-wicket victory, complete 'green-wash'

Pakistan serenely won the fifth ODI against Sri Lanka by nine wickets, finishing the whitewash in Sharjah on Monday.

Pursuing the 104-run target set by Sri Lanka, Pakistan just lost Fakhar Zaman who was gotten behind on 48. Imam-ul-Haq, who made a century on make a big appearance in the third ODI of the arrangement, finished the pursuit with a four, contributing 45 keeps running altogether for Pakistan's motivation.

Prior, Sri Lanka lost their initial five wickets for 20 runs on account of a hurricane spell of pace knocking down some pins by newcomer Usman Khan Shinwari, which set the phase for their possible crumple for 103 hard and fast in the 27th over.

Hoping to keep away from a 5-0 whitewash in the arrangement, Sri Lanka had batted in the wake of winning the hurl for their fifth One Day International against Pakistan in Sharjah.

In any case, Shinwari, it appears, had different plans for their side. The pacer, who propelled his ODI vocation in just the past match of the continuous arrangement, grabbed five wickets inside his initial four overs, leaving the group wavering on the edge of a humiliating thrashing.

Shinwari sent back Samarawickrama and Chandimal in the first finished of the match, mounting the weight on his rivals. Finishing on his prosperity, he brought down Tharanga and Dickwella in his next finished, and sent Siriwardana back to the structure in his fourth (the inning's seventh).

Hasan Ali had Lahiru Thirimanne, the first of just four Sri Lankan batsman to achieve twofold figures, got behind the stumps in the fifteenth over to secure the adversaries at 49 for the loss of six.

Prasanna was run out in the seventeenth over, as Sri Lanka disintegrated to 63 for the loss of seven.

Thisara Perera, who appeared to be undermining at a certain point, was gotten at long off a Shadab Khan conveyance. Three balls later, Shadab dispatched Vandersay back to the structure for being leg before wicket, and Sri Lanka had sunk to 85 for the loss of nine.

They oversaw 18 more keeps running before Hasan Ali rocked the bowling alley out Chameera in the 27th over, constraining the objective to a unimportant 104.

Prior in the day, Upul Tharanga had won the hurl and chose to bat first for the third ODI, as Sri Lanka went into the fifth match against the green shirts hoping to dodge a moment back to back arrangement whitewash against an Asian rival. They were beaten 5-0 by India in their last arrangement.

Pakistan, looking for their ninth straight win, rolled out only one improvement, picking to acquire Faheem Ashraf set up of Junaid Khan. It gave Sarfraz Ahmed some of all-round choices, with Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim and Faheem all fit for exhibitions with bat and ball.

Sri Lanka have rolled out three improvements to their side, with Vishwa Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera and Jeffrey Vandersay supplanting Akila Dananjaya, Lahiru Gamage and Suranga Lakmal.

"I will be frustrated on the off chance that we didn't make it 5-0," Pakistan's Head Coach Mickey Arthur said on Sunday, influencing the goals of the Pakistan to side clear.

Pakistan returned the ODI arrangement, winning the initial four matches of the arrangement subsequent to being whitewashed by the Lankan tigers in their first Test arrangement since Misbah and Younis resigned.

The two sides will play a T20 arrangement next, with the last match of the arrangement being played in Lahore. The primary match of the arrangement will be played on Thursday.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Pakistan back on top of T20I team rankings

                                                                                                                                          ...