Watch the highlights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 33rd Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 33rd ODI match played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 15th March 1992.
Bowlers shines before Half-centuries from Javed Miandad and Saleem Malik steers to Pakistan convincing four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka and keep their hopes alive in a low-scoring game of the 33rd match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
Sri Lanka scored 212-6 in 50 overs with top scorer by Aravinda de Silva cracked a 43 off 56-balls including two boundaries.
Athula Samarasekera scored 38 off 59-balls including a boundary, Asanka Gurusinha struck 37 off 54-balls included two-fours and Hashan Tillakaratne hit a unbeaten 25 off 34-balls contained 3-fours.
Pakistan best bowler by Mushtaq Ahmed captured two-wickets, Aamer Sohail, Ijaz Ahmed, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram each took one-wickets.
Pakistan chase down the target of 213, finishing at 216 for 6 in 49.1 overs with top scorer by Javed Miandad cracked a 57 off 84-balls, Saleem Malik struck 51 off 66-balls including two-fours.
Ramiz Raja cracked a 32 off 56-balls included 3-fours and Imran Khan scored 22 off consuming 69-balls contained 2-fours.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Champaka Ramanayake captured two-wickets, Asanka Gurusinha, Chandika Hathurusinghe and Pramodya Wickramasinghe each took one-wickets.
Javed Miandad named Player of the match for his match-winning classy 57 off 84-balls including 3-fours.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Pakistan promptly set its plans to become the first team to defeat New Zealand in this year's World Cup after remaining in the hunt for the tournament finals with a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Perth.
A win against New Zealand, which has comfortably won its seven matches, on Wednesday and a West Indies loss to Australia on the same day, will put Pakistan into the semi-finals.
Despite New Zealand's record on home soil, Pakistan manager Intikhab Alam believes Pakistan has the qualities to end the Kiwi's outstanding run.
Chasing 213 at the WACA Ground, Pakistan compiled 6-216 in 49.1 overs with experienced batsmen Javed Miandad (57) and Salim Malik (51) steering the team to its third win of the tournament.
The Pakistan run chase encountered early problems with the dismissal of openers Aamir Sohail (one) and Rameez Raja (32) with 68 runs after 20 overs.
Allrounder Imran Khan, who made 22 runs, attempted to settle the innings but his patience in scoring, with two runs in 37 balls, increased Pakistan's required run-rate to 51⁄2 an over.
But Malik and Miandad, with almost 350 limited overs matches between them. steadied the Pakistan effort with a brilliant 101-run bond. It was only after Pakistan had climbed back into a winning position that they swung the bat in search of match-winning runs.
Pakistan still needed eight runs to win off just two overs remaining although the task was achieved with five balls to spare when Ijaz Ahmed drove Sri Lankan pace bowler Pramodya Wickremasingha for four runs.
The Sri Lankans, who have completed their World Cup commitments, held high hopes of victory after scoring 6-212 in their allotted 50 overs.
A 43-run performance by captain Aravinda De Silva enabled Sri Lanka to set Pakistan a challenging target, but Pakistan gained control of the contest when Miandad and Malik defied the Sri Lankan attack for 90 minutes.
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