Sri Lanka hold on to seal tricky chase
ESPNcricinfo staff
15-Jul-2015

The Pakistan openers began well, with a 59-run stand after rain had delayed the start of play by 30 minutes • AFP
Sachith Pathirana brought Sri Lanka back into the game with two wickets on debut. Milinda Siriwardana got the wicket of Babar Azam as Pakistan fell to 96 for 3•AFP
Azhar Ali and Shoaib Malik resurrected Pakistan's innings with an 83-run stand, both making half-centuries•AFP
Shoaib Malik was dismissed in the 37th over for 51 and two more quick wickets followed as Pakistan were soon 217 for 6 in the 43rd over.•AFP
Mohammad Rizwan made the third half-century of the innings as Pakistan surged to 287 for 8 - scoring 88 runs off the last 10 overs•AFP
Kusal Perera blitzed the Pakistan attack from the outset, smashing a 17-ball half-century - the second-fastest in ODIs and joint-fastest for Sri Lanka•AFP
The opening stand was 92 in just 50 balls before Kusal was caught for 68, but Tillakaratne Dilshan carried the chase for a while with a measured innings•AFP
Dilshan and Upul Tharanga added 48 for the second wicket before Tharanga was bowled for 28 in the 19th over•AFP
Sri Lanka lost a clump of wickets, including that of Dilshan, as 155 for 2 soon turned to 159 for 5•AFP
However, the hosts' lower middle-order contributed with handy cameos as Sri Lanka completed a tough chase with two wickets and 11 balls remaining•AFP