Pakistan suffers worse defeat in T20 against Sri Lanka

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Pakistan suffers worse defeat in T20 against Sri Lanka

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Pakistan lost first T20 match to Srilanka by 37 runs

01 June,2012 09:58 pm

Perera, Mathews fashioned massive win in a low-scorer.Sri Lanka 132 for 7 (Perera 32, Tanvir 3-12) beat Pakistan 95 (Mathews 2-8, Malinga 2-12, Kulasekara 2-13) by 37 runs Sri Lanka threw their wickets away through reckless shots, conceded 17 runs through wides and about 10 through misfields, but thanks to the Josephian Mafia - a moniker Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews have earned from the school they shared - still won by a whopping 37 runs.It was an unremarkable night of cricket with most of the wickets owing neither to the bowling nor the pitch, but many will argue its a trait that can be attributed to Twenty cricket in general because of the devaluation of a wicket.Perera and Mathews, though, stood out. Perera first scored a two-a-ball 32 to give Sri Lanka a fighting chance from 89 for 7.Mathews then bowled a testing spell of outswing for eight runs and two wickets.The two came together when Perera flew at third man to catch Shoaib Malik off the bowling of Mathews. Perera and Mathews were the highlight of the night, which featured a lot of inexplicable cricket otherwise.