Pakistan Beat Sri Lanka by 3 Wickets in ODI Tri-Series Final; Zaman Hits 127

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The Facts

  • Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the final of the ODI tri-series at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Saturday, chasing 326 to finish on 331-7 in 48.3 overs. Al Jazeera only
  • Fakhar Zaman scored 127 off 99 balls for Pakistan, bowled by Dilshan Madushanka in the 34th over with Pakistan needing 106 more. Al Jazeera only
  • Arafat Minhas, 21, scored 61 off 31 balls including five sixes, and was named player of the series after taking nine wickets and scoring 149 runs, with two half-centuries. Al Jazeera only
  • Sri Lanka batted first and made 325-8, with Kamindu Mendis scoring 131, his maiden ODI century. Al Jazeera only
  • Zaman and 19-year-old Saad Baig (74 off 75 balls) shared a 149-run stand after Pakistan lost Maaz Sadaqat for 5 and Babar Azam for a five-ball duck. Al Jazeera only
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  • Asitha Fernando (2-72) took the wickets of Minhas and Faheem Ashraf off successive balls; Hasan Nawaz finished on 37 not out. Al Jazeera only
  • Sri Lanka's Maheesh Theekshana dropped Zaman on 69 and 106 and later dropped him again on the boundary. Al Jazeera only
  • England, the third team, was eliminated after losing three of its four games; Minhas took 6-40 against England in Rawalpindi on October 10 in an 87-run Pakistan win. Al Jazeera only
  • Attendance at Gaddafi Stadium was 31,265. Al Jazeera only

Context

Pakistan won the one-day international tri-series final against Sri Lanka in Lahore by three wickets. Fakhar Zaman's 127 and a late cameo from Arafat Minhas carried the chase after Sri Lanka posted 325-8.

Dew made the ball hard to grip for Sri Lankan bowlers. Minhas, 21, was named player of the series. Both pieces come from Al Jazeera, so all facts are single-source.

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