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da heads bet: ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jul-2015Tillakaratne Dilshan provided the ideal foil for Kusal, getting to his own half-century, and then reached a memorable landmark•AFPESPNcricinfo LtdThe pair added 164 before Dilshan was run out for 62. Kusal kicked on to his second ODI century, though, before he too was run out for 116•AFPRahat Ali was the only bowler to pick up any wickets, but his figures werent too flattering – 2 for 74•AFPMilinda Siriwardana smashed his first half-century in just 25 balls, including four fours and three sixes•AFPThen an Angelo Mathews fifty sparked a late blitz as 119 runs were smashed in the last 10 overs and Sri Lanka finished with 368 for 4•AFPAzhar Ali was part of a 51-run partnership for the first wicket to kick the chase off•AFPBut his partner Ahmed Shehzad was stumped for 18 in the 10th over•AFPMohammad Hafeez, who was later named Man of the Series, helped Pakistan keep pace with a steep required rate…•AFP… but once he fell, the middle order crumbled. Pakistan went from 121 for 3 to 178 for 7•AFPSachithra Senanayake, playing his first game of the series, took 3 for 39 to seal a 165-run victory for Sri Lanka. But Pakistan took the series 3-2 and will make the Champions Trophy cut, provided there is no more one-day cricket until September 30•AFP