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This is an archive article published on October 19, 1999

Pak enter final in style

SHARJAH, OCT 18: Pakistan crushed Sri Lanka by a huge 118-run margin with yet another splendid all-round effort to score their second lea...

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SHARJAH, OCT 18: Pakistan crushed Sri Lanka by a huge 118-run margin with yet another splendid all-round effort to score their second league victory and stormed into the final of the triangular one-day Sharjah Cup cricket tournament here tonight with a match to spare.

The victory propelled Pakistan 5 points, into the summit clash, and left Sri Lanka 3 on the brink of elimination. Pak take on West Indies 2 in the last league tie tomorrow.

Earlier, opener Shahid Afridi 58: 50b, 2215;4, 5215;6 and all-rounder Abdur Razzaq 59 n.o: 50b, 2215;4, 3215;6 spurred the Pak innings.

SCOREBOARD

PAKISTAN: S Anwar c Jayasuriya b Zoysa 0, S Afridi c Jayawardena b Vaas 58, W Wasti st Kalu b Chandana 21, I Haq st Kalu b Jayasuriya 33, Y Youhanna camp;b Murali 3, M Khan b Jayasuriya 29, A Razzaq not out 59, W Akram st Kalu b Jayasuriya 3, A Mahmood b Vaas 16, S Malik not out 3. Extras: lb 6, w 5, nb 3: 14. Total for eight wkts in 50 overs: 239
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-70, 3-96, 4-105, 5-137, 6-186,7-198, 8-233
Bowling: Vaas 9-1-38-2, Zoysa 8-0-32-1, Muralitharan 10-1-57-1, Chandana 10-0-38-1, Jayasuriya 10-0-41-3, Arnold 3-0-27-0

SRI LANKA: S Jayasuriya c Anwar b Shabbir 5, R Kaluwitharana c Moin b Shabbir 2, R Arnold camp;b Akram 4, A de Silva run out 35, M Atapattu c Haq b Mahmood 29, M Jayawardena c Shabbir b S Malik 2, C Silva run out 8, U Chandana b Afridi 5, C Vaas c Mahmood b Afridi 7, N Zoysa camp;b S Malik 1, M Muralitharan not out 2; Extras: lb6, w4, nb11 21. Total: all out in 33.4 overs 121
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-15, 3-15, 4-84, 5-91, 6-103,7-110, 8-111, 9-118
Bowling: Akram 6-1-16-1, Shabbir 6-2-11-2, Mahmood 5-0-23-1, Razzaq 5-0-23-0, Shoaib Malik 8.4-0-36-2, Afridi 3-1-6-2

Result: Pakistan won by 118 runs.
Man of the Match: Shahid Afridi

 

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