Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Wasim starred as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the third and final ODI on Sunday, claiming the series 3-0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rizwan scored an unbeaten 61 and opener Fakhar Zaman knocked 55 to guide Pakistan past their target of 212 in 44.4 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fast bowler Wasim earlier took 3-47, while pace partner Haris Rauf and spinner Faisal Akram took two apiece to bowl out Sri Lanka on a slow-paced Rawalpindi Stadium pitch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
This becomes Pakistan's fourth consecutive ODI series win over Sri Lanka, having beaten them in 2015, 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan did lose opener Haseebullah Khan for a duck but Babar Azam joined Zaman to put 74 runs for the second wicket with both dominating the bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay brought Sri Lanka back in the game by removing Zaman, Azam (34) and Salman Agha (six) in the space of 33 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But Rizwan and Hussain Talat, who scored 42 not out, dove Pakistan past the target and to 215-4 during their unbroken 100-run stand for the fifth wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Zaman hit eight boundaries while the usually-swashbuckling Rizwan played an anchoring knock which featured just four hits to the rope.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vandersay finished with 3-42 but did not get any support from the other bowlers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi it was his second series win as captain after beating South Africa 2-1 earlier this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think winning a series gives great happiness," said Shaheen. "We bowled well in this series so it's nice for the future."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
His Sri Lankan counterpart, Kusal Mendis, rued his own side's performance with the bat, however.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The top five got good starts but did not go on long and we did not get a big total which cost us badly," said Mendis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lanka lost the first two ODIs in Rawalpindi and started the final match on a bad note when skipper Charith Asalanka was ruled out with a fever.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sadeera Samarawickrama, who top-scored with 48, added 43 for the third wicket with stand-in captain Kusal Mendis (34), but the innings then fell away badly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pathum Nissanka scored 24 and Kamil Mishara made 29 but both openers were dismissed in quick succession by the combination of Rauf and Wasim.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Akram, playing his first international in a year, dismissed Kamindu Mendis for 10 and then Samarawickrama as the tourists slumped from 143-4 to 193-8.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Debutant Pavan Rathnayake hit a fighting 32 with a six and two boundaries before he was the last man to go, run-out trying to grab a quick second.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The three-match series was overshadowed by security fears following Tuesday's suicide bombing in Islamabad, which killed 12 people and wounded dozens.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The second ODI was delayed by a day after several Sri Lankan players considered abandoning the tour over safety concerns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But the Pakistan Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket managed to convince the players to stay with enhanced security measures.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The two sides will next engage in a T20 tri-series alongside Zimbabwe, beginning November 18.
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