PAK VS SL - 5th ODI, Pakistan v Sri Lanka in UAE, 2017

Pakistan should be really delighted. If winning the series 5-0 was a cake in the rack. Unleashing outrageous talents should be the perfect icing on the cake. Sri Lanka's problems, though, continues to multiply with each series. They don't seem to find any answers. Their immediate opportunity to erase this nightmare will commence on Thursday, the 26th October, where both sides face-off in the first of 3-match T20I series. Do remember to join us then. Thanks for your company. Until next time, goodbye and good night!!

Sarfraz is fizzing with sheer joy and why? He's been handed the trophy. Poses for the cameras and here come his mates....The junior Sarfraz is being craddled by his dad. Some quirky poses. Some mocking. At the end of it all, they seem to be having great fun

Sarfraz, Pakistan captain: Can't ask for anything more from the boys. Usman was absolutely brilliant. He won us the game in the first 10 overs and the rest was just a formality. Shadab and Hasan Ali did the rest. Our batting department also proved that we are capable of adapting to the conditions batting first or second. The team management deserves a lot of credit for this success. I want to thank the crowd. They have been superb all series.

Tharanga, Sri Lanka captain: We didn't play well. Very disappointed. We couldn't handle the pressure well. Usman bowled really well and he deserved a fifer. Pakistan bowlers always think of taking wickets, they put pressure by bowling dots and that is why I think they end up taking more wickets. We keep repeating the same mistakes and I'm very disappointed to say that. Hopefully, the boys learn from their mistakes and come out strong next time.

Hasan Ali, Man of the Series: I thank the crowd for their continuous support. I follow the basics and that are your body language and attitude. I also try to outsmart the batsman by observing his style of play. The conditions here are tough, but my plan is to bowl well and focus on taking wickets. I try bouncers because I want to push the batsman on the back foot and restrict his scoring shots off the front foot.

Usman Khan, Man of the Match: It was not that easy. I'm gaining confidence with every opportunity I'm getting. I want to perform well and that's my desire no matter which side I play for. Dad forced me to play cricket and today I look back and feel happy for myself for whatever I've done. I'm dedicating this special performance [7 overs 34 runs 5 wickets] to my parents. The coach and the staff keep telling me to focus on the basics and that's what I try to do,

17:38 local: If you have just tuned in, don't mistake this for a shortened game. Pakistan, right from the word go, were never short on intent; Usman Khan - playing his second game - wreaked havoc with the ball and inflicted insurmountable pressure on the Sri Lankan batting line-up in the opening burst, recording his maiden fifer in international cricket while at it. All that in the space of 6.3 overs. From that point, there was no room for recovery. Thisara Perera's 25 stood out in what seemed like an atrocious and apalling scorecard. A defeat that should scare the devil out of their system. For Pakistan, it was just a walk in the park. A sweet revenge after being cleanswept in the Test series. Presentations not far away. Hang around...

Vandersay to Imam-ul-Haq, FOUR, cut away and that's another whitewash for Sri Lanka. Their third time in a calendar year, that's some embarassing record. Pakistan dressing room is filled with refreshingly effervescent images. Skipper Sarfraz takes his side for a stroll across the circumference of the stadium. Their fans are all pumped, hurling every bit of their (happy) emotions with their hands aloft

Vandersay to Fahim Ashraf, 1 run, full outside off, pushed to deep mid-off

One hit away

Prasanna to Fahim Ashraf, 1 run, agricultural slog, couldn't get it off the middle. Dragged off the bottom half through mid-wicket

Prasanna to Fahim Ashraf, no run, tad short just outside off, driven to mid-on

Prasanna to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 run, shuffles, gets inside the line of a flatter delivery and knocks the ball into the gap on the leg-side

Prasanna to Fahim Ashraf, 1 run, came back in sharp from a fuller length, Fahim Ashraf quells it down into the off-side

Prasanna to Fahim Ashraf, no run, looks to prod at a googly and is beaten on the outside edge

Prasanna to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 run, short and spinning into the left-hander, wristed through mid-wicket. Easy pickings

Vandersay to Fahim Ashraf, no run, tossed up on off, push-driven to short cover

Vandersay to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 run, eased away to long-on. A couple of hits away now

Vandersay to Imam-ul-Haq, no run, too full, Imam jams his bat down to dig that out

Vandersay to Fahim Ashraf, 1 run, goes for the aerial loft and could only manage a single to long-on