<p>The former captain made 123 and shared an opening stand of 202 with Upul Tharanga (76) as the hosts cruised past Pakistan’s challenging 288-8 in the 47th over of the high-scoring match.<br /><br />Sri Lanka, who had won the preceding Test series 2-0, made light work of an improved batting display by Pakistan in which teenager Umar Akmal led the way with 66 off 65 balls.<br /><br />The 19-year-old, whose elder brother Kamran Akmal is the team’s wicket-keeper, propelled Pakistan to the highest total ever at the Rangiri International Stadium.<br /><br />But Jayawardene, opening the batting in place of the indisposed Sanath Jayasuriya, and Tharanga gave Sri Lanka the perfect start in good batting conditions.<br /><br />Jayawardene hit 14 boundaries and a six in his 11th one-day century and his first since making 107 for Asia against Africa in the Afro-Asia Cup in Chennai in June, 2007. <br />Left-handed Tharanga helped himself to nine fours, before both batsmen fell in successive overs. Sri Lanka lost a third wicket in the space of 10 runs as Thilan Samaraweera gave Saeed Ajmal a return catch, but Thilina Kandamby (32) and captain Kumar Sangakkara (37 not out) steered Sri Lanka home. <br /><br />Pakistan lost despite putting up their best total in the series after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Kamran Akmal made 45 during a 71-run stand for the second wicket with skipper Younus Khan (44) after opener Nasir Jamshed had fallen in the second over.<br />Pakistan suffered a middle-order slump when three wickets fell for 27 runs, before an aggressive Shahid Afridi helped Umar add 41 for the sixth wicket.<br /><br />Afridi had smashed 32 off 20 balls with five boundaries when he was bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan. The off-spinner,also bowled Umar soon after, the delivery after being hit for a six.<br /><br />Pakistan plundered 86 runs in the last 10 overs to compile the highest total at the venue, surpassing Sri Lanka’s 282 against India in 2004.<br /><br />Abdul Razzaq and Rana Naved made 30 runs apiece with a flurry of boundaries and sixes.<br /><br /><br />SCORE BOARD</p>.<p>PAKISTAN<br /><br />K Akmal c S’kkara b Mathews 45<br />Jamshed c S’weera b Thushara 1<br />Younis (run out) 44<br />Malik c Sangakkara b Fernando 12 <br />U Akmal b Muralitharan 66<br />Alam c & b Mathews 13<br />Afridi b Muralitharan 32<br />Razzaq c J’rdene b Kulasekara 30<br />N Hasan (not out) 30<br />Aamer (not out) 4<br /><br />Extras (LB-1, W-10) 11<br />Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 288 <br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-80, 3-101, 4-107, 5-149, 6-190, 7-226, 8-266. <br />Bowling: Kulasekara 10-0-74-1, Thushara 10-0-46-1, Fernando 10-1-62-1, Mathews 10-0-41-2, Muralitharan 10-0-64-2.<br /><br />SRI LANKA<br /><br />Tharanga lbw Ajmal 76<br />Jayawardene c Alam b Razzaq 123<br />Sangakkara (not out) 37<br />Samaraweera c & b Ajmal 0<br />Kandamby b Aamer 32<br />Kapugedera (not out) 8<br /><br />Extras (B-1, LB-4, W-8) 13 <br />Total (for 4 wkts, 46.3 overs) 289<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-202, 2-210, 3-212, 4-268.<br /><br />Bowling: Mohammad Aamer 9.3-1-45-1, Abdul Razzaq 9-0-62-1, Naved ul Rana 7-0-41-0, Shahid Afridi 6-0-45-0, Saeed Ajmal 9-0-54-2, Shoaib Malik 6-0-37-0. </p>
<p>The former captain made 123 and shared an opening stand of 202 with Upul Tharanga (76) as the hosts cruised past Pakistan’s challenging 288-8 in the 47th over of the high-scoring match.<br /><br />Sri Lanka, who had won the preceding Test series 2-0, made light work of an improved batting display by Pakistan in which teenager Umar Akmal led the way with 66 off 65 balls.<br /><br />The 19-year-old, whose elder brother Kamran Akmal is the team’s wicket-keeper, propelled Pakistan to the highest total ever at the Rangiri International Stadium.<br /><br />But Jayawardene, opening the batting in place of the indisposed Sanath Jayasuriya, and Tharanga gave Sri Lanka the perfect start in good batting conditions.<br /><br />Jayawardene hit 14 boundaries and a six in his 11th one-day century and his first since making 107 for Asia against Africa in the Afro-Asia Cup in Chennai in June, 2007. <br />Left-handed Tharanga helped himself to nine fours, before both batsmen fell in successive overs. Sri Lanka lost a third wicket in the space of 10 runs as Thilan Samaraweera gave Saeed Ajmal a return catch, but Thilina Kandamby (32) and captain Kumar Sangakkara (37 not out) steered Sri Lanka home. <br /><br />Pakistan lost despite putting up their best total in the series after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Kamran Akmal made 45 during a 71-run stand for the second wicket with skipper Younus Khan (44) after opener Nasir Jamshed had fallen in the second over.<br />Pakistan suffered a middle-order slump when three wickets fell for 27 runs, before an aggressive Shahid Afridi helped Umar add 41 for the sixth wicket.<br /><br />Afridi had smashed 32 off 20 balls with five boundaries when he was bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan. The off-spinner,also bowled Umar soon after, the delivery after being hit for a six.<br /><br />Pakistan plundered 86 runs in the last 10 overs to compile the highest total at the venue, surpassing Sri Lanka’s 282 against India in 2004.<br /><br />Abdul Razzaq and Rana Naved made 30 runs apiece with a flurry of boundaries and sixes.<br /><br /><br />SCORE BOARD</p>.<p>PAKISTAN<br /><br />K Akmal c S’kkara b Mathews 45<br />Jamshed c S’weera b Thushara 1<br />Younis (run out) 44<br />Malik c Sangakkara b Fernando 12 <br />U Akmal b Muralitharan 66<br />Alam c & b Mathews 13<br />Afridi b Muralitharan 32<br />Razzaq c J’rdene b Kulasekara 30<br />N Hasan (not out) 30<br />Aamer (not out) 4<br /><br />Extras (LB-1, W-10) 11<br />Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 288 <br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-80, 3-101, 4-107, 5-149, 6-190, 7-226, 8-266. <br />Bowling: Kulasekara 10-0-74-1, Thushara 10-0-46-1, Fernando 10-1-62-1, Mathews 10-0-41-2, Muralitharan 10-0-64-2.<br /><br />SRI LANKA<br /><br />Tharanga lbw Ajmal 76<br />Jayawardene c Alam b Razzaq 123<br />Sangakkara (not out) 37<br />Samaraweera c & b Ajmal 0<br />Kandamby b Aamer 32<br />Kapugedera (not out) 8<br /><br />Extras (B-1, LB-4, W-8) 13 <br />Total (for 4 wkts, 46.3 overs) 289<br /><br />Fall of wickets: 1-202, 2-210, 3-212, 4-268.<br /><br />Bowling: Mohammad Aamer 9.3-1-45-1, Abdul Razzaq 9-0-62-1, Naved ul Rana 7-0-41-0, Shahid Afridi 6-0-45-0, Saeed Ajmal 9-0-54-2, Shoaib Malik 6-0-37-0. </p>