Lanka rout Pakistan 3-0 in ODI
Agence France Presse

LAHORE, FEBRUARY 19: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 104 runs in the third and final one-day cricket match on Saturday, giving a 3-0 clean sweep to the visitors.

Put in to bat, Sri Lanka made 241-9 in their allotted 50 overs with Marvan Atapattu hitting a fine 77. Pakistan were bundled out for 137, with opener Saeed Anwar being the top scorer with only 30 runs.

The tourists won the first match in Karachi by 29 runs and doubled their lead with a 34-run win in the second at Gujranwala.

Atapattu followed his 119 not out and 57 in the previous two matches with a knock, hitting four fours in his 91-ball innings.

SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka: S Jayasuriya c Mahmood b Akram 10; R Kaluwitharana lbw Razzaq 35; M Atapattu c Anwar b Akram 77; M Jayawardene c & b Saqlain 43; R Arnold run out 4; T Dilshan c Moin b Razzaq 17; C Vaas c sub (Imran Nazir) b Razzaq 6; U Chandana b Akram 16; M Muralitharan b Razzaq 0; P Wickremasinghe not out 10; N Zoysa not out 3. Extras (lb11, w8, nb1): 20.
Total (for 9 wickets, 50 overs): 241
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-64, 3-148, 4-161, 5-196, 6-205, 7-224, 8-224, 9-228.
Bowling: Akram 10-3-38-3 (w1), Nazir 10-0-48-0 (nb1, w1), Razzaq 10-0-36-4 (w1), Mahmood 1-0-6-0, Saqlain 10-0-43-1, Sohail 7-0-43-0 (w2), Faisal 2-0-16-0 (w3).

Pakistan: Saeed Anwar c Arnold b Wickremasinghe 30, Aamir Sohail c Kaluwitharana b Zoysa 6, Younus Khan lbw Zoysa 11, Yousaf Youhana run out 7, Faisal Iqbal run out 4, Moin Khan b Jayasuriya 14, Abdur Razzaq b Muralitharan 22, Wasim Akram b Jayasuriya 29, Saqlain Mushtaq lbw Vaas 2, Shahid Nazir not out 0, Azhar Mahmood retired hurt. Extras(lb7 w5): 12.
Total (all out, 39.3 overs): 137
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-48, 3-48, 4-57, 5-60, 6-96, 7-112, 8-125, 9-137.
Bowling: Zoysa 8-2-30-2, Vaas 7-0-12-1(w2), Wickremasinghe 7-0-19-1, Muralitharan 8-2-29-1(w1), Jayasuriya 7.3-0-27-2, Chandana 2-0-13-0 (w2).
Result: Sri Lanka won by 104 runs, win series 3-0.

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