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Sri Lanka A steamroll Pakistan Shaheens in Muscat to book final berth in Emerging Teams Asia Cup

Pakistan Shaheens had booked a place in the semifinal of the ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup after finishing second in Group B behind India A. Pakistan's batting capitulated as Sri Lanka applied tremendous amount of pressure.

Edited By: Kumar Rupesh @afiestysoul New Delhi Published : Oct 25, 2024 17:43 IST, Updated : Oct 25, 2024 17:59 IST
Nuwanidu Fernando and Mohammad Haris at the toss during the second semifinal.
Image Source : ACC Nuwanidu Fernando and Mohammad Haris at the toss during the second semifinal.

Dushan Hemantha's brilliant spell of spin bowling shattered Pakistan Shaheens's dreams of defending their ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup on Friday, October 25 as Sri Lanka won the first semifinal by seven wickets. Pakistan Shaheens won the toss and opted to bat first in order to put an impressive total on the board.

However, their intentions didn't bear fruit as the Sri Lankan bowlers applied relentless pressure and restricted them to just 135 runs. The target was never going to be much for the Lankan Lions and they chased it down with 21 balls to spare.

Hemantha was the star of the show as he bamboozled the Pakistan batter with his fizzing leg breaks. Hemantha accounted for Omair bin Yousuf, Abdul Samad, Arafat Minhas and Haider Ali and finished with bowling figures of 4/21 in his four overs.

Omair bin Yousuf was the only player who staged a fight against the Sri Lankan bowlers at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1). Yousuf scored five fours and four sixes during his 68-run knock off 46 balls at a strike rate of 147.82.

Two of the Pakistan players i.e. Abdul Samad and Qasim Akram bagged ducks. Skipper Mohammad Haris came to bat number three instead of opening the innings, however, his move didn't come to fruition as he scored just six runs and got out to Eshan Malinga.

Nipun Ransika and Malinga also supported Hemantha very well as they accounted for two batters each and finished with figures of 2/21 and 2/28 in their four overs respectively.

The chase didn't turn out to be too big a deal for Sri Lanka A. Though Pakistan Shaheens dismissed Yashodha Lanka in the third over, a 64-run stand for the second wicket between wicketkeeper-batter Lahiru Udara and Ahan Wickramasinghe killed the game for Pakistan.

 

 

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