Malinga’s five wickets wins Sri Lanka the game
Lasith Malinga snapped up five wickets in the first game of the Asia Cup to hand Sri Lanka an exciting win over Pakistan. Earlier, Shahid Afridi had threatened to take the game away from the Lankans with a scintillating century. (Read about the Shahid Afridi century here)
Sri Lanka batted first and overcame a middle-order collapse to get to 242/9 in their 50 overs, thanks to an exciting half century by Mahela Jayawardene, and an excellent rear-guard action by Angelo Mathews.
Pakistan were stunned early by a couple of wickets from Malinga, but the Afridi century took the side next to victory. It was only after he started to cramp up and looked totally down and out, that the side made a comeback.
Malinga then ran through the bottom-order like a hot knife through butter to win the game for his side. Malinga ended with 5/33 in the ten overs.
Related posts:
- Shahid Afridi slams century against Sri Lanka: Asia Cup Highlights
- Kolkata Knight Riders beat Bangalore, win second successive game
- England beat Sri Lanka easily to enter ICC World T20 final
- Lasith Malinga takes three wickets in four balls, misses hat-trick
- Afridi to captain Pakistan in all formats of game
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Posted by Sam
on Jun 15 2010. Filed under Cricket News.
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