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COLOMBO Pakistan ended their tour of Sri Lanka with a dramatic one-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 on Saturday to complete a 2-0 series win, having also triumphed in the test and ODI encounters. The tourists, chasing a target of 173, slumped to 40 for five before a swashbuckling knock from captain Shahid Afridi and a late assault by number nine batsman Anwar Ali saw them home with four balls to spare. Two wickets in paceman Binura Fernando’s second over and two run-outs meant Pakistan made a woeful start and it took a counter-attack from Afridi to revive their hopes

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