Upashanta skittles Pak

DECEMBER 2: A devastating spell of seven for 30 by paceman Eric Upashantha took Sri Lanka A to a 25-run victory over Pakistan A and the w...

DECEMBER 2: A devastating spell of seven for 30 by paceman Eric Upashantha took Sri Lanka A to a 25-run victory over Pakistan A and the winners’ title in the inaugural Abu Dhabi tri-nation cricket tournament here.

Upashantha tore through the Pakistani batting order as Sri Lanka defended a meagre total of 142 with a gutsy bowling and fielding performance to render futile a defiant unbeaten knock of 54 by Pakistan A skipper Rashid Latif at the Al Jazira Stadium here last night.

Sri Lanka, who came to the tournament as underdogs but outclassed India A with an emphatic 108-run win on Tuesday, won the tournament, got up to celebrate the national day of the united arab emirates.

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The match between Pakistan A and India A has now been rendered inconsequential.

SCOREBOARD :

Sri Lanka A: C Mendis c Younis b Kabir 17, D Hunukubura c Latif b Kabir 19, S Jayasantha c Younis b Sajid 0, C Hathurasinghe c Arshad b Nadeem 12, R Kalpage c Bazid b Arshad 25, C Jayasinghe lbw Shahid 28, I Galagoda run out3, E Upashantha st Latif b Arshad 5, H Boteju st Latif b Arshad 3, Mario c Kabir b Shahid 7, D Hettarachchi not out 2. Extras: 21. Total (all out in 49.2 overs): 142.

Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-29, 3-52, 4-52, 5-106, 6-118, 7-123, 8-130, 9-133.

Bowling: sajid 10-3-33-1, Kabir 10-3-26-2, Nadeem 10-2-30-1, Arshad 10-3-15-3, Shahid 9.4-0-30-2.

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Pakistan A: Saleem Elahi lbw Upashanta 17, Shahid Afridi c Galagoda b Upashanta 3, Faizal Naveed lbw Upashanta 0, Basid Khan c Galagoda b Upashanta 8, Sajid Shah c Hathurasinghe b Upashanta 4, Younis Khan c Galagoda b Upashanta 1, Akhtar Sarfaraz c Mario b Upashanta 0, Rashid Latif not out 54, Arshad Khan run out 4, Nadeem Khan lbw Hathurasinghe 4, Kabir Khan run out 8. Extras: 14. Total (all out in 33.1 overs) 117.

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-11, 3-28, 4-35, 5-38, 6-40, 7-44, 8-53, 9-72.

Bowling: Upashanta 10-2-30-7, Mario 9-1-28-0, Boteju 3-0-10-0, Hathurasinghe 7-0-23-1, Kalpage 3-0-21-0, Hunukubura1.1-0-1-0.