Scoreboard: Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan, Group A, World Cup

COLOMBO - The following is the scoreboard of the Group A match of the World Cup between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the R. Premedasa Stadium here Saturday:

Pakistan:

Ahmed Shehzad c Sangakkara b Perera 13

Mohammad Hafeez run out 32

Kamran Akmal st Sangakkara b Herath 39

Younis Khan c Jayawardene b Herath 72

Misbah-ul-Haq not out 83

Umar Akmal c Dilshan b Muralitharan 10

Shahid Afridi c Dilshan b Mathews 16

Abdul Razzaq c sub (Kapugedera) b Perera 3

Extras (lb 4, w 5) 9

Total (for seven wickets in 50 overs) 277

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Shehzad, 5.3 overs), 2-76 (Hafeez, 13.1), 3-105 (Akmal, 20.2), 4-213 (Younis, 40.5), 5-238 (Umar, 45.3), 6-267 (Afridi, 48.5), 7-277 (Razzaq, 49.6)

Bowling:

Nuwan Kulasekara 10-1-64-0

Thisara Perera 9-0-62-2

Angelo Mathews 10-0-56-1

Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-35-1

Rangana Herath 10-0-46-2

Tillekaratne Dilshan 1-0-10-0

Sri Lanka:

Upul Tharanga c Afridi b Hafeez 33

Tillekaratne Dilshan b Afridi 41

Kumar Sangakkara c Shehzad b Afridi 49

Mahela Jayawardene b Shoaib 2

Thilan Samaraweera st Kamran b Afridi 1

Chamara Silva st Kamran b Rehman 57

Angelo Mathews c Shehzad b Afridi 18

Thisar C Perera b Shoaib 8

Nuwan Kulasekara c Umar b Gul 24

Rangana Herath not out 4

Muttiah Muralitharan not out 0

Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 16, nb 2) 29

Total (for nine wickets in 50 overs) 266

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Tharanga, 14.2 overs), 2-88 (Dilshan, 17.3), 3-95 (Jayawardene, 20.2), 4-96 (Samaraweera, 21.2), 5-169 (Sangakkara, 37.4), 6-209 (Mathews, 43.4), 7-232 (Perera, 45.5), 8-233 (Silva, 46.0)

Bowling:

Shoaib Akhtar 10-0-42-2

Abdul Razzaq 5-1-23-0

Umar Gul 9-0-60-1

Mohammad Hafeez 6-0-33-1

Shahid Afridi 10-0-34-4

Abdur Rehman 10-1-63-1

Toss: Pakistan, who chose to bat

Result: Pakistan won by 11 runs

Man of the Match: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Umpires: Ian Gould (England) and Daryl Harper (Australia)

TV umpire: Nigel Llong (England)

Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

–Indo-Asian News Service

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