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| Muhamad Hafeez after scoring his third consecutive century (Photo ESPN) |
Abu Dhabi : Pakistan has defeated Sri Lanka in fourth one day international by claiming the five match series with the lead of 3-1 .
Sri Lanka after winning the toss decided to bat first and scored 225 runs and were all out without consuming their allotted quota of overs.
Pakistan bowlers Umer Gul and Saeed Ajmal bowled well, Umer Gul strike in his first spell by taking 3 Sri Lankan wickets whereas, Saeed Ajmal took 4 wickets in his later spell.
Debutant Priyanjan of Sri Lanka scored 74 runs whereas, Sangakara scored 51 runs.
Muhammad Hafeez of Pakistan is having a very good series by once again scoring century, his third in the series with this he also broke the record of Pakistan's former legend batsman Zaheer Abbas. Muhammad Hafeez remained not out on 113 runs.
Muhammad Hafeez was awarded man of the match.