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Hambantota: Kusal Perera starred with the bat while Senanayake did well with the ball as Sri Lanka won the fifth ODI by 165 runs in Hambantota on Sunday.
Pakistan already wrapped up the series when they won the 4th ODI and thus completed a double as they also won the Test series earlier.
Angelo Mathews won the toss and had elected to bat first on a good looking wicket. Sri Lanka made a bold statement by dropping Lasith Malinga from the playing XI and replaced him with Lahiru Gamage. Kusal Perera and Tillakaratne Dilshan began cautiously in the initial overs before turning on the heat.
They put on 164 runs for the opening wicket and Dilshan during the course of his knock became only the 4th Sri Lankan and the 11th overall to go past 10.000 ODI runs. He was run out for 62, but Perera kept going at the other end.
He reached his second ODI hundred off just 90 deliveries and finally fell for 116. But the onslaught just did not stop as the skipper Mathews strode into the middle and took the attack to the opposition by plundering an unbeaten 70 off just 40 deliveries thus leading his side to a total of 368 for the loss of 4 wickets. Three bowlers conceded more than 70 runs.
Pakistan were never in the hunt during the run chase as Ahmed Shehzad found it hard to score during the first 10 overs. The in-form Hafeez threatened for a while with some delightful strokes, but couldn't make more than 37 runs.
Off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 3 wickets for 39 runs. Sri Lanka will now have to recover from this series quickly as they will be hosting India for 3 Test matches in a few days time.
Brief scores
Sri Lanka - 368/4 (Kusal 116, Mathews 70*, Dilshan 62, Siriwardana 52*)
Pakistan - 203 (Senanayake 3-39)
Result - Sri Lanka won by 165 runs
MOM - Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series - Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
