<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam hit solid half centuries against some tight Afghanistan bowling to take Pakistan to 268-8 in the third and final one-day international in Colombo on Saturday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Rizwan scored 79-ball 67 with six boundaries and a six while Azam knocked four boundaries and a six in his 86-ball innings of 60 to anchor Pakistan's innings after they won the toss and batted.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan have already won the series with wins in the first match by 142 runs and one wicket in the second -- both played in Hambantota.</div><div><br></div><div>The Rizwan-Azam pair added 110 runs for the third wicket to steady the innings after pacer Gulbadin Naib removed openers Fakhar Zaman (27) and Imam-ul-Haq (13) to hit Pakistan at the start.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan stuttered in the middle overs with four wickets lost in the space of just 27 runs, including Azam's wicket who scored his 28th half century.</div><div><br></div><div>Saud Shakeel was run out for nine and Shadab Khan for just three as Pakistan were left struggling at 189-6.</div><div><br></div><div>Agha Salman (38 not out) and Mohammad Nawaz (30) added 61 for the seventh wicket as Pakistan added 80 in the last ten overs.</div><div><br></div><div>Salman hit four boundaries and a six in his 31-ball quickfire knock, reports AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Naib was the pick of Afghanistan bowlers with 2-36.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>