26 Nov 2011

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in all formats

2:42 pm on 26 November 2011

The Pakistan cricketers have put on another clinical performance to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the only Twenty20 game at Abu Dhabi.

The result means the nominal hosts have blanked Sri Lanka in all three cricket formats.

Paceman Aizaz Cheema took four wickets for 30 to bowl Sri Lanka out for 141 in 19 and a half overs, before skipper Misbah-ul Haq kept his nerves with a fighting unbeaten 48 to help his team chase down the target with three balls to spare.

The victory capped a remarkable performance by Pakistan who won the preceding three-Test series 1-0 and the five-match one-day series 4-1.