Pakistan beat Srilanka by 11 runs in ICC World Cup Group A Match in Colombo. Pakistan bat first and scored 277 for 7 wickets down in 50 overs. From Pakistan side Misbah ul Haq, Kamran Akmal and Younus Khan played a responsible inning. In the start Pakistan Team was moving ahead with a slow run rate but Misbah and Younus developed a successful partnership and gradually took Pakistan Score above 250 and further Afridi and Abdul Razzaq played their role. Finally, the Pak inning ended up at 277 in 50 overs.
As the Srilankan Batsmen descended in the ground, it seemed that they are resisting hard and 278 is not a hard target. But after the spell of attackers, Shahid Afridi and Muhammad Hafeez taken the responsibility to bowl and started getting important breakthroughs.
Eventually, Pakistan succeeded to take over and in the final over when Srilanka needed 18 runs Umer Gul was given the ball. He bowled responsibly and Srilankans could take their team to 266 and on last ball of 50th over Pakistan won this match.
Shahid Afridi was declared Man of the Match for his excellent bowling; he got 4 wickets in this match. He has also completed his 300 wickets in this match. It may be recalled that Afridi had got 5 wickets in the last match which was played against Kenya.
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