20/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Jan 20 2009
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
220/2 (45.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
20/01Result
1st ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Jan 20 2009
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
220/2 (45.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Iftikhar Anjum
- O8.2
- M1
- R42
- W4
- Eco5.04
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Umar Gul
- O9
- M0
- R30
- W3
- Eco3.33
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Partnerships
Sri Lanka - Innings
Pakistan - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsButt century powers Pakistan to easy win
A country starved of international cricket for over six months celebrated with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the series, thanks to the efforts of Salman Butt and Khurram Manzoor, who made light work of a target
Another wow from Rao
Is it sacrilegious to suggest that what Pakistan needs more of is a Rao Iftikhar Anjum and less of the flash that we've become accustomed to? Rao is as far removed from the bling of Pakistan's pace lineage as is possible.
Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Karachi
Match home for the first ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka played in Karachi
Pakistan win early Mendis battle
Whatever Pakistan had planned for Ajantha Mendis, it worked in the first ODI at the National Stadium in Karachi
The game is back and it is on
A fine series is set up. Pakistan will battle, if only because they have hardly played. Sri Lanka will be formidable hurdles to overcome