Sri Lanka Bowled Out For 219 In Karachi

1st One Day International, Karachi National Stadium

Pace bowlers Iftikhar Anjum and Umar Gul shared seven wickets as Pakistan made a stong start to 2009 by bowling Sri Lanka out for 219 in the first One Day International in Karachi...

After Sri Lanka's opening batsmen Tillakaratne Dilshan (42) and Sanath Jayasuriya (38) had seen off new ball bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Sohail Tanvir, Gul ended a stand of 71 in 8.4 overs when he had Dilshan caught by Salman Butt...

Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene (1) were dismissed within five balls of each other before a stand worth 54 for the fourth wicket between Kumar Sangakkara and Chamara Kapugedera put the match back in the balance...

Sangakkara stroked 49 in 70 balls before he offered Salman Butt another catch off of Iftikhar and Kapugedera made 27 in 43 balls before he was bowled by leg-spinner Shahid Afridi...

Pakistan then seized complete control and once all-rounders Jehan Mubarak (8), Farveez Maharoof (11) and Thilan Thushara (0) were dismissed cheaply, Iftikhar ran through the tail to complete career-best ODI figures of four for 42 with Umar Gul closing on three for 30...

Shoaib Malik was the other man to take a wicket, his victim being Maharoof after Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat...

Dilshan returned to the Sri Lankan side, opening the batting at the expense of Upul Tharanga, who struggled in Bangladesh...

Pakistan: Salman Butt, Khurram Manzoor, Younus Khan, Shoaib Malik (captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Iftikhar Anjum

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Jehan Mubarak, Farveez Maharoof, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekera, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis