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Pakistan gets an historic win over Sri Lanka in final test at Sharjah

Azhar Ali raises his bat after scoring century, he was also awarded man of the match. (Photo AFP)
Sharjah : Pakistan has defeated Sri Lank by 5 wickets in final test to level the three match series by 1-1 here in natural venue of Sharjah cricket stadium.

Pakistan needed 302 runs after the lunch which was almost impossible to get in a test match but Pakistan got the challenge and won the match  by sparing five wickets to level the series as it was a do or die match for Pakistan.

Azhar Ali and Misbah ul Haq played a very good knock and built a brilliant partnership to get Pakistan an historic win.

With the win, Pakistan has proved that they can accept the challenge and get result on every cost.

Ahmed Shehzad played very good knock in first innings by scoring 147, where as Azhar Ali played his part in the match winning by scoring 103 in second innings. Misbah ul Haq keep the ground and he played a good innings of 68 not out.

Scores 
Sri Lanka : 428/9 dec & 214 all out
Pakistan   :  341 & 302/5

Man of the Match : Azhar Ali (Pakistan)
Man the the Series: Mathews (Sri Lanka)

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