Fakhar Zaman's 127 sets up Pakistan's tri-series final win
Pakistan chased 326 with nine balls to spare at Gaddafi Stadium after losing Babar Azam for a five-ball duck inside the first four overs.
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the final of the ODI tri-nation series at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday, reaching 327 for seven in 48.3 overs after being set 326.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, the captain, ended the chase with a six over midwicket off Dilshan Madushanka in the 49th over, with nine balls unused. Hasan Nawaz had brought the scores level with a dab towards backward point before Shaheen's hit.
Pakistan lost two wickets inside the first four overs. Maaz Sadaqat was out for five and Babar Azam was caught for a five-ball duck. Fakhar Zaman and Saad Baig then added 149 for the third wicket. Saad made 74 off 75 balls, his first half-century in the format, according to the Minute Mirror.
Fakhar made 127 off 99 balls with 11 fours and six sixes. He reached his 20th ODI fifty and turned it into his 12th century in the 30th over. He was dropped on three and again on 69, and Madushanka bowled him in the 34th over.
Salman Ali Agha made 17, leaving Pakistan 96 to get from 78 balls. Arafat Minhas hit 61 off 31 balls with three fours and four sixes, taking most of his runs off Madushanka and Asitha Fernando. Asitha dismissed him in the 48th over and Faheem Ashraf fell without scoring. Hasan Nawaz stayed in to the end.
Sri Lanka, asked to bat first, made 325 for eight. Kamindu Mendis made 131 off 128 balls with 12 fours and two sixes, and shared 146 for the third wicket with Pavan Rathnayake, who made 77 off 65. The visitors were 238 for two after 40 overs before Pakistan's bowlers pulled the total back. Shaheen removed Kamindu and Dasun Shanaka. Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah took wickets, and Salman Ali Agha took two, including Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis.
Dawn reported that the chase was the joint-highest successful chase in an ODI final. The Minute Mirror reported that this was Pakistan's first ODI tri-series title since they won the Kitply Cup in Dhaka, and that the result answered questions about the batting after Sri Lanka bowled them out for 110 earlier in the tournament.
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