The victory propelled Pakistan (5 points), into the summit clash, and left Sri Lanka (3) on the brink of elimination. Pak take on West Indies (2) in the last league tie tomorrow.

Earlier, opener Shahid Afridi (58: 50b, 2x4, 5x6) and all-rounder Abdur Razzaq (59 n.o: 50b, 2x4, 3x6) spurred the Pak innings.

SCOREBOARD

PAKISTAN: S Anwar c Jayasuriya b Zoysa 0, S Afridi c Jayawardena b Vaas 58, W Wasti st Kalu b Chandana 21, I Haq st Kalu b Jayasuriya 33, Y Youhanna c&b Murali 3, M Khan b Jayasuriya 29, A Razzaq not out 59, W Akram st Kalu b Jayasuriya 3, A Mahmood b Vaas 16, S Malik not out 3. Extras: (lb 6, w 5, nb 3): 14. Total (for eight wkts in 50 overs): 239
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-70, 3-96, 4-105, 5-137, 6-186,7-198, 8-233
Bowling: Vaas 9-1-38-2, Zoysa 8-0-32-1, Muralitharan 10-1-57-1, Chandana 10-0-38-1, Jayasuriya 10-0-41-3, Arnold 3-0-27-0

SRI LANKA: S Jayasuriya c Anwar b Shabbir 5, R Kaluwitharana c Moin b Shabbir 2, R Arnold c&b Akram 4, A de Silva run out 35, M Atapattu c Haq b Mahmood 29, M Jayawardena c Shabbir b S Malik 2, C Silva run out 8, U Chandana b Afridi 5, C Vaas c Mahmood b Afridi 7, N Zoysa c&b S Malik 1, M Muralitharan not out 2; Extras: (lb6, w4, nb11) 21. Total: (all out in 33.4 overs) 121
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-15, 3-15, 4-84, 5-91, 6-103,7-110, 8-111, 9-118
Bowling: Akram 6-1-16-1, Shabbir 6-2-11-2, Mahmood 5-0-23-1, Razzaq 5-0-23-0, Shoaib Malik 8.4-0-36-2, Afridi 3-1-6-2

Result: Pakistan won by 118 runs.
Man of the Match: Shahid Afridi