Date-stamped : 07 Aug94 - 10:29 Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ODI 2, Khettarama Stadium, Colombo, 6 Aug 1994 KALPAGE SNAPS UP CAREER-BEST AS SRI LANKA SQUARE SERIES A one-day career-best of four for 36 from off-spinner Ruwan Kal- page and a record opening stand by Sanath Jayasuriya and Sanjeeva Ranatunga spurred Sri Lanka to a series-levelling win over Pakis- tan on Saturday. Beaten on faster run rate by Pakistan in the first of their three limited overs internationals on Wednesday, Sri Lanka bounced back with an emphatic seven-wicket victory. Sri Lanka restricted World Cup holders Pakistan to 180 for eight in their 50 overs and swept home at 181 for three with 16 balls to spare. The win kept alive Sri Lanka's hopes of maintaining their unbeaten one-day series record at home. Pakistan, put in to bat in overcast conditions, were always struggling after losing their prolific opener Saeed Anwar to the second ball of the match. Their total was built around a fourth-wicket stand of 74 between captain Salim Malik and Basit Ali, fit after missing the first one-dayer because of a groin in- jury. Basit made 40 off 69 balls before becoming the first of Kalpage's four victims. Malik, judging the pace of the sluggish pitch well, went on to complete his fourth successive tour half-century before being dismissed for 61 off 111 balls with three fours. Apart from a late flourish by wicketkeeper Rashid Latif, who hit 27 off 31 deliveries, the rest of the free-scoring Pakistan batsmen were shackled by tight Sri Lankan out-cricket. Kalpage finished his quota of 10 overs in style, dismissing Latif and Waqar Younis with his final two deliveries to beat his previ- ous one-day best of four for 45 against West Indies on the same ground last December. When Sri Lanka began their run chase the conditions had changed for the better and, under a strong sun, Jayasuriya and Sanjeeva Ranatunga produced Sri Lanka's first century opening stand against Pakistan in a limited overs game. They posted 104 runs off 27.2 overs with each completing contrasting half-centuries. Jayasuriya went to his second successive fifty of the series off 92 balls with five fours before off-spinner Akram Raza had him stumped by Latif. Sanjeeva Ranatunga, in only his second one-day match, batted with calm assurance for 70 off 116 balls with four fours, an effort which won him the man-of-the-match award. Sri Lanka lost both Sanjeeva and Aravinda de Silva at 153, but, with almost nine overs in hand, victory always seemed certain. The winning run was scored by captain Arjuna Ranatunga, under whom Sri Lanka have never lost a home one-day series since beat- ing Pakistan in the Asia Cup final in 1986. Contributed by Vicky (vigneswa@sisko.ecs.umass.edu)