Sri Lanka bat after winning the toss

24 January,2009 01:01 PM IST |   |  AFP

Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and opted to bat in the final day-night international match against Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium here today.


Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and opted to bat in the final day-night international match against Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium here today.

The visitors made no change from the team which won by 129 runs in Karachi on Wednesday.

Pakistan made two changes, dropping out-of-form Shoaib Akhtar and Sohail Tanvir and bringing in paceman Sohail Khan and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal.

Pakistan won the first match, also played in Karachi, on Tuesday.


Teams: Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (capt), Khurram Manzoor, Salman Butt, Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Khan, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Saeed Ajmal


Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilina Kandamby, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Farveez Maharoof

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