<p>Umar Gul sliced through the Sri Lanka top order on Thursday to set up an untroubled six wickets win for Pakistan in a rain-shortened first one-day international at the Pallakele Stadium. <br /><br />Paceman Gul finished with three for 24 in a modest Sri Lanka total of 135 for eight off 42 overs. Pakistan reached 135 for four off 34.1 overs to win on the Duckworth/Lewis method. <br /><br />Sri Lanka, who opted to bat on a difficult pitch after winning the toss, had their innings interrupted three times by rain and lost half their side for 41 runs by the 15th over. <br /><br />Pakistan kept up the pressure when their third seamer Mohammad Sami picked up the wickets of Kumar Sangakkara for nine and Angelo Mathews for a duck in his first two overs. He went on to take three for 19. <br /><br />Lahiru Thirimanne and Nuwan Kulasekara restored some stability to the batting, putting together a partnership of 50 for the eighth wicket. <br /><br />Pakistan's target score under the Duckworth-Lewis method was 135 and, despite losing two early wickets for 27, they played risk-free cricket to get home. Opener Mohammad Hafeez made 37.</p>.<p> SRI LANKA<br />Jayawardene lbw Gul 3<br />Dilshan c Ajmal b Gul 5<br />Sangakkara lbw Sami 9<br />Chandimal b Gul 0<br />Tharanga b Hafeez 10<br />Mathews c Misbah b Sam i 0<br />Thirimanne (not out) 42<br />Perera lbw Hafeez 17<br />Kulasekara c Tanvir b Sami 18<br />Herath (not out) 0<br />Extras (LB-7, W-23, NB-1) 31<br />Total (8 wkts; 42 overs) 135<br />Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-12, 3-23, 4-40, 5-41, 6-56, 7-81, 8-131. <br />Bowling: Gul 9-2-24-3, Tanvir 8-0-30-0, Sami 6-2-19-3, Hafeez 10-3-20-2, Ajmal 5-0-23-0, Afridi 4-2-12-0. <br />Pakistan <br />Hafeez st Sangakkara b Herath 37 <br />Azhar c Sangakkara b Malinga 3 <br />Younus b Kulasekara 5 <br />Misbah (run out) 30 <br />U Akmal (not out) 36 <br />Afridi (not out) 2 <br />Extras (B-2, LB-13, W-7) 22 <br />Total (for 4 wkts, 34.1 overs) 135 <br />Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-27, 3-78, 4-133.<br />Bowling: Lasith Malinga 7-2-24-1, Kulasekara 9-3-29-1, Angelo Mathews 6-1-18-0, Perera 6.1-0-31-0, Herath 6-0-18-1. </p>
<p>Umar Gul sliced through the Sri Lanka top order on Thursday to set up an untroubled six wickets win for Pakistan in a rain-shortened first one-day international at the Pallakele Stadium. <br /><br />Paceman Gul finished with three for 24 in a modest Sri Lanka total of 135 for eight off 42 overs. Pakistan reached 135 for four off 34.1 overs to win on the Duckworth/Lewis method. <br /><br />Sri Lanka, who opted to bat on a difficult pitch after winning the toss, had their innings interrupted three times by rain and lost half their side for 41 runs by the 15th over. <br /><br />Pakistan kept up the pressure when their third seamer Mohammad Sami picked up the wickets of Kumar Sangakkara for nine and Angelo Mathews for a duck in his first two overs. He went on to take three for 19. <br /><br />Lahiru Thirimanne and Nuwan Kulasekara restored some stability to the batting, putting together a partnership of 50 for the eighth wicket. <br /><br />Pakistan's target score under the Duckworth-Lewis method was 135 and, despite losing two early wickets for 27, they played risk-free cricket to get home. Opener Mohammad Hafeez made 37.</p>.<p> SRI LANKA<br />Jayawardene lbw Gul 3<br />Dilshan c Ajmal b Gul 5<br />Sangakkara lbw Sami 9<br />Chandimal b Gul 0<br />Tharanga b Hafeez 10<br />Mathews c Misbah b Sam i 0<br />Thirimanne (not out) 42<br />Perera lbw Hafeez 17<br />Kulasekara c Tanvir b Sami 18<br />Herath (not out) 0<br />Extras (LB-7, W-23, NB-1) 31<br />Total (8 wkts; 42 overs) 135<br />Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-12, 3-23, 4-40, 5-41, 6-56, 7-81, 8-131. <br />Bowling: Gul 9-2-24-3, Tanvir 8-0-30-0, Sami 6-2-19-3, Hafeez 10-3-20-2, Ajmal 5-0-23-0, Afridi 4-2-12-0. <br />Pakistan <br />Hafeez st Sangakkara b Herath 37 <br />Azhar c Sangakkara b Malinga 3 <br />Younus b Kulasekara 5 <br />Misbah (run out) 30 <br />U Akmal (not out) 36 <br />Afridi (not out) 2 <br />Extras (B-2, LB-13, W-7) 22 <br />Total (for 4 wkts, 34.1 overs) 135 <br />Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-27, 3-78, 4-133.<br />Bowling: Lasith Malinga 7-2-24-1, Kulasekara 9-3-29-1, Angelo Mathews 6-1-18-0, Perera 6.1-0-31-0, Herath 6-0-18-1. </p>