Anwar, Afridi pull off stunning heist
ESPNcricinfo staff
01-Aug-2015
Anwar Ali struck in the third over to remove Tillakaratne Dilshan after Sri Lanka elected to bat in the second T20 in Colombo • Associated Press
Shoaib Malik dismissed Kusal Perera in the next over to reduce Sri Lanka to 32 for 2•AFP
Dhananjaya de Silva was then bowled by Shahid Afridi in the ninth over after he put on 29 runs with Shehan Jayasuriya•AFP
Malik dented Sri Lanka further by having Thisara Perera stumped in the next over to pick up his second wicket and Sri Lanka were struggling on 64 for 4•AFP
Debutant Jayasuriya, however, batted positively to make 40 off 32 balls•AFP
After Jayasuriya's dismissal in the 13th over, Chamara Kapugedera lifted his team by putting on 55 off 34 balls with Milinda Siriwardana. Kapugedera was unbeaten on 48 off 25 balls as Sri Lanka finished on 172 for 7•AFP
Pakistan were off to a poor start with Ahmed Shehzad bowled by Binura Fernando in the third over•AFP
Three balls later, Binura dismissed the other opener, Mukhtar Ahmed, Pakistan slumping to 16 for 2•AFP
Pakistan slipped further as they lost Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal inside seven overs•AFP
Milinda Siriwardana sent back Shoaib Malik three balls later to leave Pakistan tottering on 40 for 5•AFP
However, Shahid Afrid and Mohammad Rizwan revived Pakistan with a 61-run stand in 6.1 overs•AFP
Both were dismissed in successive overs with Pakistan still needing more than 60 runs•AFP
But, Anwar Ali and Imad Wasim ensured Pakistan had the last laugh, with a 58-run partnership in 4.3 overs for the eighth wicket. Despite Anwar and Sohail Tanvir being dismissed in the 19th over, Wasim got Pakistan over the line, launching Binura over the rope at long-on•AFP