2.45 pm Pakistan had enjoyed a pretty good start with Mohammad Irfan hustling Sri Lanka with his bounce and Wahab Riaz's pace forcing a few batsmen off their game. But Mahela Jayawardene set about laying the foundation, Angelo Mathews matched him shot for shot and raced to his fifty and kicked on from there. He was hunting a maiden ODI hundred, until the team's needs took over. And Ashan Priyanjan came out with a breathtaking 39 off 15 balls to force a mammoth task on Pakistan's batsmen. They did afford a few too many easy singles in the middle overs but Wahab was intense. The real let down was Afridi who leaked 50-odd runs in his nine overs

predicted : "It's a new experience for Misbah of bowling last ten overs without Ajmal. He's not handling it well. "

Sarun: "Is priyanjan lil Kaluwitharana in disguise?"