Sri Lanka demolish Malaysia

Sri Lanka innings

The match was played at the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ground Karachi. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. They opened the innings with Harish Ratnayake and Ishan Mutalip. They lost the 1st wicket at 33 when Harish was bowled by Indran for 9. The 2nd wicket also fell at 48. Ehsan Mutalip, however, remained in command of the game punishing the Malaysian bowlers well and proper. After playing an aggressive innings of 61 he was trapped LBW by Sathiswaran. His excellent innings that spanned over 70 balls contained 5 fours. Sri Lanka was now 117 for 3.

Another enterprising innings that mounted Sri Lanka's total was played by Jehan Jayasuriya who scored a scintillating 69 in 63 balls included 6 exciting hits to the boundary and a towering six. The 4th wicket was down at 185. In 38 overs, Sri Lanka was 213 for 4.

The third batsman who joined in Sri Lanka's grand run spree was Jeewan Mendis who contributed valiant 65 in 59 balls with the help of 5 fours. Supplemented by 37 extras conceded by Malaysia, Sri Lanka ended the innings with a massive total of 289 for the loss of 8 wickets. B. Indran clinched 4 wickets for 61 runs.

Malaysia innings

Facing a massive target of 290 runs, Malaysia crumbled for a total of 70 runs in 21 overs. Maroof Mohammad (18), Mohammad Yusairi (11) and Mr. EXTRAS (18) were the major contributors to the petty total. The wickets were evenly shared with Wijesiriwarkdena claiming the maximum of 3 for 14 runs in 5 overs. Sri Lanka defeated Malaysia by a humiliating margin of 219 runs.