All is well and ends with a catch: Faheem Ashraf saves Pakistan after Baig’s fall – Watch
Ashraf completed the relay catch Faheem Ashraf pulled off a relay catch to break Sri Lanka’s opening partnership in the ODI Tri-Series against Pakistan after debutant Saad Baig failed to retain the ball.Pakistan posted 305 runs after batting first and Sri Lanka got off to a steady start with their 30-run chase. However, the partnership ended in the sixth over when Naseem Shah dismissed Aishka Fernando in an unusual manner.Naseem played a short delivery that Fernando tried to pull but the batter was tight and had a top edge. The ball went high to short fine leg where Baig ran in to take the catch.The debutant got to the ball with both hands but lost his balance, allowing it to fall out of his gloves. Ashraf, who was behind Baig near deep fine leg, reacted quickly to catch the ball after it slipped from the keeper’s hands, completing a relay catch.Earlier, Pakistan posted 305 after Salman Ali Agha scored 107 off 90 balls. Babar Azam contributed 45 runs to cross the 16,000-run mark in international cricket, becoming the fifth Pakistani batsman to do so.Javed Miandad, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Younis Khan are the other Pakistani batsmen who have scored more than 16,000 international runs across three formats.Sri Lanka were bowled out for 268 as Pakistan won the match by 37 runs.