&ldquo;Everything was under control and I don&rsquo;t know what happened after that.&rdquo; Can&rsquo;t blame Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq for being short of words after his team succumbed to a 44-run defeat to Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international in Colombo on Saturday. Pakistan were strongly placed at 166-2 in the 38th over before they collapsed to 199 all out, chasing a 244-run target in the day-night contest, with man-of-the-match Perera finishing with 4-42 including a hat-trick. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/hat-trick.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 469px; " /> Thisara Perera celebrates his hat-trick after dismissing Sarfraz Ahmed in Colombo on Saturday. PIC/AFP Pakistan lost their last eight wickets for 33 runs, with six batsmen failing to open their account in the innings. Misbah didn&rsquo;t extend any excuses. &ldquo;Having played so many batsmen, each of them realise their responsibilities. We needed a run-a-ball and the batsmen should have taken more responsibility, but they didn&rsquo;t,&rdquo; Misbah said. &ldquo;We took it for granted that we had the match in our hands.&rdquo; Misbah admitted that his players lost the game in the mind. &ldquo;It was a simple equation. We should have achieved it easily, without taking risks,&rdquo; Misbah said. &ldquo;In my view the batsmen need to have a compact technique in conditions in Sri Lanka, where the ball swings and seams a bit. We need to be mentally strong.&rdquo; Opener Azhar Ali carried his bat through the innings with an unbeaten 81, hitting one six and four boundaries. He added 113 for the third wicket with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (57). Earlier, Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with a 130-ball 97 for Sri Lanka, who now lead 2-1 in the five-match series. Pakistan won the opening one-dayer by six wickets and Sri Lanka won the second game by 76 runs in Pallekele. The third match in Colombo was abandoned due to rain on Wednesday. Pakistan&rsquo;s slide began with the dismissal of Misbah, with Nuwan Kulasekara taking a brilliant catch to his right at mid-off off paceman Lasith Malinga. Misbah also defended demoting Younis to No 6, given his average of 44 in 28 innings in that position. &ldquo;He was struggling at the top. My form too was poor so I promoted myself to No 4. Asad Shafiq is playing well. Even in Sri Lankan conditions, you need experience even at the bottom. He (Younis) has played at No 6 before, so we pushed him down.&rdquo; Perera had Younis Khan caught behind and then had Shahid Afridi caught in the covers before completing the hat-trick with the wicket of Sarfraz Ahmed, caught by skipper Mahela Jayawardene in the slips. &ldquo;Thisara is improving and learning with each game,&rdquo; said Jayawardene.

No wonder Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was livid at his batsmen for the 44-run loss to Sri Lanka in the fourth one-dayer at Colombo on Saturday; six batsmen were dismissed for zero

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