HAMBANTOTA: Pakistan crumbled while chasing a giant total of 369 against Sri Lanka in 5th ODI, lost the match by 166 runs.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat on what Angelo Mathews felt would be a decent batting surface. With the help of Kosul’s ton and Mathews’ quick fiftym, Sri Lanka scored 368 runs on 4 wickets in the match.
Sri Lankan openers Perera put up a solid first wicket partnership of 164, it came to an end when Dhilshan was run out on his 62, Parera went on to score his 2nd ODI ton, first against Pakistan. He scored 116 runs before he too was run out by Mohammad Irfan.
While Mathews and Milinda Siriwardana scored 70 and 52 runs respectively. Pakistan conceded 119 runs in last 10 overs.
