LAHORE, Nov 5: A rampaging Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva proved too hot for Pakistan to handle as Sri Lanka coasted to a comfortable eight-wicket win and walked into the final of the Quadrangular tournament at the floodlit Gaddafi stadium here this evening.

Facing 281 to win, the World Cup champions had some anxious moments early in the innings losing the wickets of Marvan Atapattu (23) and Roshan Mahanama (0) with only 68 on board.

But Jayasuriya, in his usual belligerent mood, combined well with De Silva as they tore apart the Pakistani bowling before a capacity crowd. Their unbeaten third-wicket partnership of 213 runs helped them reach 281 for two in 40th over.

Jayasuriya struck his sixth one-day hundred to remain unbeaten on 134 off 114 balls with 13 fours and three sixes and was named the man of the match.

Scoreboard

Pakistan Shahid Afridi b Vaas 39, Saeed Anwar c Ranatunga b Vaas 26, Aamir Sohail c and b Muralitharan 70, Ijaz Ahmed c subs Chandana b De Silva 94, Inzamam-Ul-Haq c Aravinda b Jayasuriya 8, Wasim Akram c Lanka b Muralitharan 6, Moin Khan run out 10, Azhar Mahmood c Lanka b De Silva 15, Rashid Latif c Lanka b Vaas 1, Waqar Younis b De Silva 1, Saqlain Mushtaq n.o 1; Extras (lb6, w3) 9

Total (in 49.4 Overs) 280

Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-73, 3-195, 4-205, 5-214, 6-254, 7-269, 8-278, 9-278

Bowling: Vaas 10-0-59-3, De Silva 9.4-1-58-3 (w3), Dharmasenna 10-1-41-0, Muralitharan 10-0-37-2, Jayasuriya 6-0-54-1, A De Silva 4-0-25-0.Sri Lanka S Jayasuriya not out 134, M Atapattu run out 23, R Mahanama c Sohail b Mahmood 0, A de Silva not out 102; Extras (lb6, w13, nb3) 22.

Total (for two wickets) 281

Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-68

Bowling: Wasim Akram 8-0-44-0, Waqar Younis 6-0-49-0, Saqlain Mushtaq 8-0-55-0, Azhar Mahmood 8-0-53-1, Aamir Sohail 5-0-32-0, Shahid Afridi 5-0-42-0.

Result: Sri Lanka won by eight wickets

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