GEO 436 DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: Shahid Afridi smashed a brilliant 124 off 60 balls as Pakistan piled up their highest one-day total, with 385-7 against Bangladesh in their Asia Cup match Monday. Afridi plundered 17 boundaries and four sixes after he won the toss in a match that held only academic interest after India and Sri Lanka qualified for Thursday’’s final. Pakistan’’s total surpassed their previous best of 371-9 against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996, a match in which Afridi cracked 102 off 40 balls. Pakistan, who lost narrowly to both India and Sri Lanka, used the game to display their batting power after openers Imran Farhat (66) and Shahzaib Hasan (50) put on 81 by the 13th over. There was another half-century from Umar Akmal, who made 50 during a fifth-wicket stand of 136 with Afridi. The talking point of the innings was the bizarre dismissal of Umar Amin, who was run out by Mohammad Mahmudullah while moving from the off to the leg-side at the non-striker’’s end after completing a single. Amin’’s bat was in the air as he walked across the popping crease and was clearly not trying to steal a single when Mahmudullah broke the stumps. Umpires Billy Doctrove and Bruce Oxenford referred the decision to the TV umpire, who declared Amin run out.
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