Inzamam Unbeaten as Pakistan Smash Sri Lanka

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq cracked a powerful unbeaten half century to keep his team’s perfect record intact in the triangular one-day series with a comprehensive six-wicket win over sluggish Sri Lanka in the last league match Thursday.

Inzamam overshadowed Marvan Atapattu’s (111) century earlier in the day and remained unbeaten on 76 off 58 balls with eight fours and a six as Pakistan chased Sri Lanka’s tall target of 293 for six with a reply of 297 for 4 in 48.5 overs.

It was Pakistan’s second-most successful chase in limited-overs international play behind 300. It’s best effort was in a triangular series game at Kimberly in South Africa in 1997-98 season, also against Sri Lanka…