By Adam Ellis

Five of the best: Dilruwan Perera took five wickets to skittle Pakistan
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SO humiliating was the series defeat by Pakistan for the first time in the UAE that Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi urged patience among supporters back home.
A first ‘home series’ defeat for Pakistan in the UAE since their forced exile in 2009 was dealt by the most unlikely hand in Sri Lanka.
Whitewashed by India, degraded by Zimbabwe, and an overhaul to their committee of selectors at the end of August meant a Sri Lanka team in disarray were unfancied a...