DUBAI : Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq hopes his team can learn from its
mistakes and show improvement in the third one-day international against
Sri Lanka on Friday.Pakistan won the first of five matches
by eight wickets last week but allowed Sri Lanka to level the series
with a 25-run victory in the second, on Monday.Misbah said his team made mistakes in all three departments."We discussed about mistakes committed in the last game," he said. "We dropped
a catch, then gave away 17 extra runs and lost early wickets while
batting so we need to overcome those mistakes if we want to win the next
game.Sri Lanka posted a challenging 235-7 on the back of
Upal Tharanga's 77 and Mahela Jayawardene's return to form 50 before
restricting Pakistan to 210.Misbah agreed Sri Lanka, who scored three run-outs in Pakistan's innings, were ahead in the field."They
definitely have an edge in fielding and that's where we have to catch
them because they effected good run-outs of Abdul Razzaq and Shahid
Afridi," said Misbah.Pakistan are likely to bring in paceman Sohail Tanvir in place of Razzaq.Sri
Lanka were also forced to summon left-arm paceman Chanaka Welegedara
from Colombo after Suranga Lakmal broke down with an ankle injury and
was ruled out of the remaining matches.Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said his team is determined to carry the momentum from Monday.We
played some good cricket and can take a lot of positives into Friday's
game because that's an important match for both the teams as they can
take lead in the series," said Dilshan, who has yet to win a series
since appointed captain in May.Dilshan said he was enjoying support from the Sri Lankan fans who came in big numbers in the first two matches.It's
great to see so many Sri Lankans turning up and in between overs we
feel the noise," said Dilshan. "We hope more people come on Friday,
which is a holiday here, it gives you encouragement.The
remaining matches will be played in Sharjah (November 20) and Abu
Dhabi(November 23). Both teams will also play a Twenty20 international
in Abu Dhabi on November 25
