Clean sweep by Sri Lanka

LAHORE, FEB. 19. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 104 runs in the third and final one-day cricket match on Saturday, making a 3-0 clean sweep of the series.

Sri Lanka made 241 for nine in its allotted 50 overs with Marvan Atapattu hitting a fine 77. Mahela Jayawardene made 43. Abdur Razzak took four for 36 while Wasim Akram claimed three wickets.

Pakistan in reply was bundled out for 137, with opener Saeed Anwar being the top scorer with only 30 runs.

Sri Lanka won the first match in Karachi by 29 runs and doubled its lead with a 34-run win in the second at Gujranwala.

The three-match Test series commences with a game in Rawalpindi starting on February 26.

- AFP

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