Pakistan finished the one-day series against Sri Lanka on a high with a commanding 132-run win in the final match.
Fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Naved-ul Hasan shared eight wickets between them.
Aamer dismissed opener Upul Tharanga for a three-ball duck and later snared Mahela Jayawardene (31), Chamara Kapugedera (one) and Angelo Mathews (five), while Naved claimed the wickets of captain Sanath Jayasuriya (six), Kumar Sangakkara (16) as well as a couple of tailenders as Sri Lanka imploded under the pressure of an ever-increasing required run rate in Colombo.
Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi picked up the last two wickets to fall as the home side, in reply to Pakistan's score of 289 for eight, were bowled out for 147 in 34.2 overs.
Sri Lanka's hopes of chasing Pakistan's target of 290 for an unlikely victory - it would have been the highest chase on this ground had they achieved it - were immediately blunted when opener Tharanga steered Aamer to Umar Akmal at second slip.
Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's highest run getter at the R Premadasa Stadium, followed his opening partner back to the pavilion shortly after, failing to pick a slow delivery from Naved and instead presenting Misbah-ul Haq a simple catch at second slip.
His dismissal brought captain Sangakkara and former captain Jayawardene together and for a while Sri Lanka looked to be in the hunt.
Jayawardene was particularly destructive as he carted the bowlers around the park. He got off the mark with a couple to third man - steered just past second slip- and then smacked Aamer to consecutive boundaries in the left-arm bowler's second over.
Sangakkara too looked in good touch, but when he fell to another slow ball from Naved - caught at point by Afridi - the wheels came off Sri Lanka's chase.
Aamer then dismissed the dangerous Jayawardene caught behind by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and sent back Kapugedera two deliveries later as Sri Lanka crumbled.
From 54 for two, Sri Lanka slipped to 69 for six and later 74 for eight as Naved was brought on for a second spell.
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Thilina Kandamby (42 not out) and Malinga Bandara (31) staved off the inevitable with a 71-run stand for the ninth wicket, reducing the margin of defeat in the process.
But Afridi brought up victory for Pakistan by having Bandara stumped and last man Ajantha Mendis caught for a duck by Misbah at slip.
Aamer finished with four wicket for 28 from nine overs, while Naved had figures of four for 44 from eight.
Earlier, Pakistan had begun their innings in similarly poor fashion, losing Kamran off the first ball from Nuwan Kulasekara.
Kamran was adjudged leg-before by umpire Gamini Silva much to the consternation of opening batsman as replays showed a huge inside edge.
Other opener Imran Nazir, however, had relieved the pressure with a few superb drives early on.
Fast bowler Dammika Prasad, back in the team at the expense of Lasith Malinga and playing his first one-dayer since December last year, shared the new ball with Kulasekara and was hit for three consecutive boundaries in his first over by the opener.
Nazir clubbed him for two more in his second and had raced to 35 off just 23 deliveries when spinner Mendis trapped him in front.
Mendis, introduced in the eighth over and with the powerplay in progress, got one to hold its line and hit the batsman well below the knee roll. There was little doubt with umpire Steve Davis' decision.
Younus and Mohammad Yousuf (43) repaired the damage, but Jayasuriya broke that partnership with his left-arm spin before it could reach threatening proportions by removing Yousuf.
Misbah (73 not out) then joined Younus and duo continued to frustrate the home side with a stand worth 83 for the fourth wicket.
Younus got to his 37th one-day half-century and his second in a row with a brace off Jayasuriya to long-on and then survived another strong appeal, this time for caught behind when on 70 off Prasad.
Silva turned down the appeal even though Sangakkara was certain the Pakistan captain had nicked it, leading to a heated exchange between the two captains.
Younus added only six more to his innings after the incident when he was bowled via an under-edge off Prasad.
Misbah, however, continued to amass runs, guiding the visitors through the batting power play and getting Pakistan past the 250-run mark in the company of Naved.
Kulasekara was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers with three for 46 from 10 overs.
The teams:
Sri Lanka: WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, SHT Kandamby, AD Mathews, KTGD Prasad, KMDN Kulasekara, CM Bandara, BAW Mendis.
Pakistan: Kamran Akmal†, Imran Nazir, Younis Khan*, Mohammad Yousuf, Umar Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Aamer, Iftikhar Anjum, Saeed Ajmal.
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