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Hafeez made a 101-ball 83 and Farhat notched an 82-ball 70 to give Pakistan, who won the toss and batted, a sold 151-run start before Sri Lanka grabbed four quick wickets to restrict the innings to 257-8 in their allotted 50 overs.
Pakistan, aiming to bounce back in the five-match series after losing the second match by 25 runs here on Monday, lost track of a big total after losing four wickets in the space of 26 runs.
Pakistan won the first match, also played here last Friday, by eight wickets.
Hafeez, who took 26 balls for his first ten runs, hit paceman Dilhara Fernando for four boundaries in the 18th over to step up the tempo before he was finally bowled by spinner Seekkuge Prasanna in the 30th over.
Hafeez hit nine boundaries and a six during his 11th one-day half century.
Ten runs later Farhat followed, caught at long-on off Tillakaratne Dilshan. He hit six boundaries and a six.
Pakistan’s decision to promote Abdul Razzaq backfired as the allrounder hit Prasanna straight into the hands of long-on after scoring just six off 16 balls.
Pakistan was forced to take the batting power-play in the 36th over and managed just 22 runs losing Umar Akmal and Misbah-ul (seven each) but Younis Khan hit a fighting 52-ball 42 to ensure Pakistan cross the 250-mark.
Prasanna and Malinga finished with two wickets apiece.
SCORES
Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez b Prasanna 83
Imran Farhat c Jayawardene b Dilshan 70
Abdul Razzaq c Perera b Prasanna 6
Younus Khan run out (Prasanna) 42
Umar Akmal b Malinga 7
Misbah-ul-Haq run out (Malinga) 7
Shahid Afridi c Mathews b Perera 15
Sarfraz Ahmed b Malinga 3
Sohail Tanvir not out 10
Umar Gul not out 0
Extras: (4lb, 9w, 1nb) 14
TOTAL: (for 8 wickets) 257
Overs: 50.
Fall of wickets: 1-151, 2-161, 3-167, 4-177, 5-193, 6-226, 7-234, 8-256.
Did not bat: Saeed Ajmal.
Bowling: Lasith Malinga 10-0-57-2 (1nb, 5w), Thisara Perera 10-1-45-1 (1w), Dilhara Fernando 10-1-59-0 (3w), Tillakaratne Dishan 8-0-38-1, Seekkuge Prasanna 9-0-39-2, Jeevan Mendis 3-0-15-0.
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando.
Toss: Pakistan.
Umpires: Ahsan Raza, Pakistan, and Marais Erasmus, South Africa.
Third umpire: Richard Illingworth, England. Match referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe.
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