Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2014
Wisden's review of the second ODI, Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2014
15-Apr-2015
At Hambantota, August 26, 2014 (day/night). Second one-day international: Sri Lanka won by 77 runs. ‡Sri Lanka 310-9 (50 overs) (D. P. M. D. Jayawardene 67, A. D. Mathews 93, N. L. T. C. Perera 65; Wahab Riaz 4-65, Mohammad Hafeez 3-39); Pakistan 233 (43.5 overs) (Ahmed Shehzad
56, Mohammad Hafeez 62, Misbah-ul-Haq 36, Fawad Alam 30; N. L. T. C. Perera 3-19). MoM: N. L. T. C. Perera.
Sri Lanka levelled the series with a fine all-round display. First they turned a promising total into a very good one, as Tissara Perera smashed 65 from 36 balls in partnership with Mathews, who improved his one-day best for the second match in a row, and had already put on 122 with Jayawardene. On the pitch used for the first game - after this one was moved from Colombo's Premadasa because of heavy rain - Pakistan's chase was kick-started by Mohammad Hafeez, who hit six of his first ten balls for four and galloped to a half-century in 28. After 12 overs Pakistan had hurried to 98-1 - but the slow men applied the brakes. Herath and leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna took 4-74 in their combined 20 overs. Then, just as Shahid Afridi looked set to get going, Perera removed him, Wahab Riaz and Fawad Alam in seven balls to bring victory.
Sri Lanka levelled the series with a fine all-round display. First they turned a promising total into a very good one, as Tissara Perera smashed 65 from 36 balls in partnership with Mathews, who improved his one-day best for the second match in a row, and had already put on 122 with Jayawardene. On the pitch used for the first game - after this one was moved from Colombo's Premadasa because of heavy rain - Pakistan's chase was kick-started by Mohammad Hafeez, who hit six of his first ten balls for four and galloped to a half-century in 28. After 12 overs Pakistan had hurried to 98-1 - but the slow men applied the brakes. Herath and leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna took 4-74 in their combined 20 overs. Then, just as Shahid Afridi looked set to get going, Perera removed him, Wahab Riaz and Fawad Alam in seven balls to bring victory.