Shinwari leads SL whitewash

Left-arm paceman Usman Shinwari devastated Sri Lanka with a five-wicket burst to enable Pakistan to accomplish a persuading nine-wicket win in the fifth and last match for a 5-0 decisive victory of the arrangement on Monday.

Shinwari's 5-34 of every seven overs decreased Sri Lanka to 103 hard and fast in 26.2 overs in Sharjah before openers Fakhar Zaman (48) and Imam-ul-Haq (45 not out) knocked off the irrelevant focus in 20.2 overs.

This is Pakistan's 6th whitewash in a five-coordinate ODI arrangement. They had blanked Zimbabwe (2002 and 2008), Bangladesh (2003 and 2008) and New Zealand in 2003 before.

The outcome was never in question once Shinwari helped by Hasan Ali (2-19) and Shadab Khan (2-24) had decimated Sri Lanka who had sums of 209, 187, 208 and 173 in the arrangement.

The win is Pakistan's ninth in succession since winning the Champions Trophy in June this year while Sri Lanka plummetted to their twelfth thrashing in succession, additionally losing 5-0 each to South Africa and India this year.

Zaman hit seven limits in his 47-ball thump before he fell with only 20 required. Imam hit the triumphant limit, completing his 64-ball thump with four limits and a six.

In any case, it was Pakistan's new discover Shinwari who shook the Sri Lankans.

The 23-year-old completed with 5-34 as Sri Lanka, who won the hurl and batted on a simple paced Sharjah stadium pitch, never recouped from early jars of losing four wickets in the initial three overs.

Just Thisara Perera (25), Lahiru Thirimanne (19), Seekuge Prasanna (16) and Dushmantha Chameera (11) achieved twofold figures in an appalling batting execution by Sri Lanka, their second most reduced aggregate in an ODI against Pakistan.

Their least aggregate of 78 against Pakistan had additionally come at Sharjah in 2002.

Shinwari, who appeared in the fourth one-day of this arrangement, played Sadeera Samarawickrama with the fifth bundle of the match for nothing and afterward had Dinesh Chandimal next ball, got behind without scoring.

In his next finished Shinwari had captain Upul Tharanga knocked down some pins off a nippy conveyance for eight and after that caught Niroshan Dickwella leg before with the fifth to leave Sri Lanka tottering at 8-4.

Shinwari finished his lady five-wicket pull when he had Milinda Siriwardana (six) got by Fakhar Zaman, his wickets falling off only 21 balls - third speediest to five wickets in an ODI.

Perera hit three limits and a six preceding he ended up noticeably one of two wickets by leg-spinner Shadab Khan in one over. Hasan Ali likewise took 2-19, 14 wickets in the arrangement.

The two groups now play a three-coordinate Twenty20 worldwide arrangement, the initial two in Abu Dhabi on October 26 and 27 while the rearward in Lahore on October 29.