It seemed as if the Pakistani batsmen have started to gain confidence as was evident from their performance in the first ODI. Hafeez showed his immense form by scoring 122, while ODI débutante Sharjeel and Sohaib Maqsood showed their muscles.
As for bowling, Pakistan's bowlers will have to aim to be less wayward in the second match, after having allowed indiscipline to creep in towards the later stages of Sri Lanka's innings. Their fielding too, slipped from poor to abysmal in the last hour, much to the chagrin of Misbah-ul-Haq who had warned against exactly that kind of complacency before the match. They know now that Sri Lanka are among the more dangerous teams to ease off on.
The Islanders on the other side should not have any problems as even Seekkuge Prasanna and Sachithra Senanayake hit the highest eighth-wicket stand ever in Sharjah, who chased a target which many thought was not possible to meet.
Opposing Teams:
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Bilawal Bhatti, Haris Sohail, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal†
Sri Lanka squad
AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, TM Dilshan, FDM Karunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, MDKJ Perera†, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, SMA Priyanjan, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne, KDK Vithanage
Umpires Ahsan Raza and RK Illingworth
The match is scheduled for Friday, December 20, 2013 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium at 1500 local (1100 GMT)
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