Watch the highlights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka - The final match of the 1996 Singer Cup triangular One-Day International cricket tournament between Pakistan and Sri Lanka played at The Padang, Singapore on April 07, 1996.
Match Overview:
Ijaz Ahmed's half-century before Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed's each two wickets, Three-wicket hauls from Ata-ur-Rehman and Saqlain Mushtaq helped to Pakistan comfortable 43-run victory over world champions Sri Lanka, despite opener Sanath Jayasuriya's record-breaking 17-ball fifty and Pakistan clinch the title in the final clash of a Singer Cup.
Match Stats:
- Sanath Jayasuriya hammered a 17-ball fastest fifty ever in one-day international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 18-ball half-century held by Simon O'Donnell against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in the 1990 Austral-Asia Cup.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Pakistan bowled out for 215 in 48.3 overs with top scorer by Ijaz Ahmed hit 51 off 75-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours.
Ramiz Raja cracked a 37 off 55-balls including two boundaries, Saleem Malik hit 27 off 49-balls included a six, Inzamam-ul-Haq scored 24 off 29-balls without a boundary.
Aamer Sohail struck 18 off 26-balls including 3-fours and Saeed Anwar scored 17 off 18-balls without a boundary.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan both took 2-wickets, Aravinda de Silva, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Kumar Dharmasena and Sanath Jayasuriya each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka bundled out for 172 in 32.5 overs with top scorer by Sanath Jayasuriya hammered a 76 off 28-balls including 8-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 271.42.
Hashan Tillakaratne cracked a 33 off 65-balls including 3-fours and Asanka Gurusinha hit 20 off 16-balls contained 4-fours with strike rate of 125.
Pakistan best bowler by Ata-ur-Rehman picked up 3-wickets for 27-runs in 3.5-overs, Saqlain Mushtaq captured three-wickets, Aaqib Javed and Waqar Younis both took 2-wickets.
Saqlain Mushtaq named Player of the match for his brilliant spin bowling performance to picked up 3-wickets for 46-runs in 7-overs.
Sanath Jayasuriya earned player of the series for contributing 217 runs with average of 72.33 in the tournament.
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