Atapattu, Murali put Sri Lanka one up

KARACHI, FEBRUARY 13: Marvan Atapattu hit a ton as Sri Lanka surprised Pakistan in their first limited-over cricket match at the Karachi N...

KARACHI, FEBRUARY 13: Marvan Atapattu hit a ton as Sri Lanka surprised Pakistan in their first limited-over cricket match at the Karachi National Stadium on Sunday. The Sri Lankans won by 29 runs and leave a packed crowd of 30,000 home fans disappointed.

Once they put up 274-8, Sri Lanka bowled and fielded brilliantly to carry the day. Pakistan faltered once again in the run chase, folding at 245 in the 48th over.

Aamir Sohail top-scored with 47 while debutant Younis Khan made 46.

SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka: S Jayasuriya c Wasim b Arafat 54, R Kaluwitharana lbw Nazir 1, M Atapattu not out 119, M Jayawardene c Imran b Nazir 27, R Arnold b Shahid Nazir 2, T Dilshan b Akram 34, I de Saram lbw Saqlain 5, U Chandana c Younis b Saqlain 3, C Vaas run out 2; Extras (lb15, w5, nb7) 27
Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 274
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-121, 3-177, 4-185, 5-250, 6-259, 7-269, 8-274.
Bowling: Akram 10-0-48-1, Nazir 10-0-58-3, Razzak 9-1-31-0, Saqlain 10-0-60-2, Sohail 6-0-34-0, Arafat 5-0-28-1. Pakistan: S Anwar lbw Arnold 36, A Sohail run out 47, I Abbas c&b Muralitharan 28, Y Youhana run out 6, W Akram c Chandana b Muralitharan 23, M Khan c Kaluwitharana b Chandana 13, Y Khan run out 46, A Razzak c Atapattu b Muralitharan 24, Y Arafat b Vaas 6, S Mushtaq c de Saram b Vaas 3, S Nazir not out 0; Extras (lb4, w4, nb5) 13Total (in 48 overs) 245
Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-101, 3-112, 4-147, 5-149, 6-166, 7-227, 8-242, 9-243.
Bowling: Vaas 9-0-32-2, Wickremasinghe 10-0-65-0, Arnold 9-0-37-1, Muralitharan 10-0-31-3, Chandana 5-0-38-1, Jayasuriya 5-0-38-0.

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