Welcome to the highlights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka - The 2nd match of the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup quadrangular One-Day International cricket tournament between Pakistan and Sri Lanka was played at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior on May 12, 1997.
Match Overview:
Shahid Afridi's whirlwind half-century, All-round display by Saleem Malik's 49 with two wickets before A fiery burst by Aaqib Javed's five-wicket haul and Saqlain Mushtaq's three-wickets helped to Pakistan comfortable 30-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second match of a Pepsi Independence Cup.
Match Stats:
- Aaqib Javed's 5 for 35 was his third best bowling performance for Pakistan in one-day international and the second best-bowling-figures by an Pakistan bowler against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Waqar Younis' 6 for 26 at Sharjah in 1990 Austral-Asia Cup.
- Aaqib Javed became the third Pakistan bowler to take a five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Abdul Qadir (1) and Waqar Younis (2).
- Aaqib Javed became the third Pakistan bowler to take three five-wicket hauls in ODIs after Waqar Younis (9) and Wasim Akram (5).
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Pakistan scored 289-6 in 50 overs with top scorer by Shahid Afridi hammered a 52 off 29-balls including 9-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 179.31.
Saleem Malik cracked a 49 off 52-balls - who fell one-run short of his half-century - including 4-fours, Ramiz Raja struck 49 off 63-balls - who fell 1-run short of his fifty - included 5-fours.
Saeed Anwar cracked a 36 off 60-balls including 5-fours, Ijaz Ahmed scored 29 off 45-balls included 2-fours & a six, Moin Khan cracked a unbeaten 23 off 21-balls contained a boundary.
Inzamam-ul-Haq hit 23 off 21-balls contained 2-sixes & a four and Mohammad Hussain blasted a unbeaten 17 off 10-balls included one-six & a four with strike rate of 170.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Sajeewa de Silva picked up 3-wickets, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka bowled out for 259 in 49.5 overs with top scorer by Arjuna Ranatunga struck 58 off 60-balls including 7-fours & a six.
Roshan Mahanama hit 54 off 67-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours, Aravinda de Silva struck 33 off 32-balls included 6-fours, Hashan Tillakaratne cracked a 29 off 52-balls included 2-fours.
Kumar Dharmasena struck 28 off 33-balls including 2-fours and Chaminda Vaas hit 15 off 23-balls contained two-fours.
Pakistan best bowler by Aaqib Javed 5-35, Saqlain Mushtaq picked up 3-wickets for 43-runs in 9.5-overs and Saleem Malik took 2-wickets.
Aaqib Javed named Player of the match for his pace bowling attack to claimed a 5-wicket haul for 35-runs in 10-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 3.50.
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