Afridi shines with ball in Pakistan's thrilling win over Lanka

Colombo: Pakistan held their nerves to pull off a stunning 11-run victory over title aspirants Sri Lanka in a nail-biting group A World Cup league match here today.

The Pakistani first posted a competitive 277 for seven, relying on half centuries by Misbah-ul-Haq (unbeaten 83) and Younis Khan (72) and then restricted Sri Lanka to 266 for nine to virtually assure themselves a quarter-final berth.

Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi sparkled with the ball as he took four wickets and became only the third bowler from his country to take 300 or more ODI wickets.

In Image: Pakistan team members celebrate their victory over Sri Lanka

Text: PTI

Images: AP

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