Pakistan clean sweep Sri Lanka 5-0 in ODI Series:
Pakistan
bowled with their full strength as they restricted Sri Lanka to 103 in fifth
ODI. Usman Shinwari took a five wicket haul in his career second ODI match
& he claimed the first five wickets in Sri Lanka innings. He finished with
5-34 while NLTC Perera (25) was the top scorer for Sri Lanka.
Usman Shinwari took 5 wicket haul against Sri Lanka & received the man of the match award
Hasan
Ali & Shadab Khan shared four wickets as Pakistan clean sweep Sri Lanka 5-0
in ODI series. Fahim Ashraf replaced Junaid Khan in this match.
Openers
Imam-ul-Haq & Fakhar Zaman played a responsible innings. Fakhar Zaman scored
48 in just 47 balls & his innings include seven boundaries. Imam hit the
match winning four, & he added 45 runs including four boundaries & a
six.
Pakistan
head coach Mickey Arthur wanted Pakistan to take a clean sweep on Sri Lanka
when the teams met today.
Pakistan
have won nine ODI matches in a row & the unpredictable team is playing with
consistency since ICC Champions Trophy.
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan 2-0 in
Test series & Pakistan have taken revenge as they whitewash the visitors in ODI series.
Mickey
Arthur thinks that Pakistan has the potential to win this match. “I will be
disappointed if we didn’t make it 5-0,” Arthur said before of the match. “The
guys are hungry and they definitely want to do that. The key for us is to
maintain our hunger and ruthlessness so we need to keep that momentum and put
this series to bed.”
Pakistan
have earlier clean sweep five countries & all of them were achieved in five
match series. Pakistan clean sweep Zimbabwe in 2002-03, Bangladesh in 2003, New
Zealand in 2003-04 & Zimbabwe & Bangladesh in 2008.
Rumman
Raees is not included in today’s match & he will not be available in T20
series as he injured his left elbow. Haris Sohail did not pass the fitness Test
in Abu Dhabi, Mickey Arthur added.
Pakistan
will play three T20 matches against Sri Lanka starting from 26 October 2017.
The third T20 match b/w Pakistan & Sri Lanka will be played at Gaddafi
Stadium, Lahore.
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