Fastest 300 chase - Pakistan sucker-punch Sri Lanka and level the series

It was a excellent game of cricket and also prove fortune favors the brave. For the fifth day to have ended in a result, both teams needed to play extraordinary cricket. Pakistan were extraordinarily purposeful; Sri Lanka were extraordinarily negligent. The visitors began the day with a lead of 220 and five second-innings wickets in hand but batted so slowly, adding 19 runs in the last 16.4 overs. With a minimum of 59 overs left in two sessions Sri Lanka were still favourites, if not to win then certainly to draw, but they were ultra-defensive from the outset against a desperate Pakistan unit. As Misbah-ul-Haq’s side motored towards the target with an unfamiliar efficiency, it became too late for Angelo Mathews to snap himself and his side out of stupor. Sri Lanka sank in the Sharjah twilight, with their captain and fielders feebly complaining about not being able to see the ball.

Fastest 300 chase to win

Team	Score	Overs	RPO	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
Pakistan	302/5	57.3	5.25	4	won	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014
West Indies	344/1	66.1	5.19	4	won	v England	Lord’s	28 Jun 1984
England	315/4	73.2	4.29	4	won	v Australia	Leeds	16 Aug 2001
Australia	334/6	79.1	4.21	4	won	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002
India	387/4	98.3	3.92	4	won	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
West Indies	348/5	69.0×8	3.78	4	won	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969
Australia	362/7	101.0	3.58	4	won	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
Australia	310/8	86.5	3.57	4	won	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
Australia	404/3	114.1	3.53	4	won	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
South Africa	414/4	119.2	3.46	4	won	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
West Indies	317/2	93.1	3.40	4	won	v Pakistan	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958