LAHORE - Pakistan A beat their Sri Lankan counterparts by 68 runs in their first ODI of the series in a rain-interrupted match to take lead in a five match series. Reports received here said, Pakistan scored 232 runs while batting first and later reduced Sri Lanka to 173 in the 28th over. Ahmed Shahzad scored a century while Wahab Riaz with four wickets were the stars of the Pakistan A's win. Khalid Latif contributed with 54. The victory came Pakistan way on DL method after the game was stopped due to heavy rain and was played on 32 overs a side. SCOREBOARD: PAKISTAN A innings: Azhar Ali c JK Silva b Maharoof 26 Umar Amin b Welegedara 6 Ahmed Shehzad not out 130 Khalid Latif b Maharoof 54 Sarfraz Ahmed c Mubarak b Malinga 9 M Talha run out (Udawatte/Malinga) 1 Abdur Rehman b Welegedara 0 Wahab Riaz not out 1 EXTRAS: (w 4, nb 1) 5 TOTAL: (6 wickets; 32 overs) 232 Did not bat: Fahad Masood, Fahad Iqbal, Faisal Iqbal. Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Umar Amin, 3.6 ov), 2-72 (Azhar Ali, 13.6 ov), 3-189 (Khalid Latif, 27.3 ov), 4-218 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 30.1 ov), 5-221 (Mohammad Talha, 30.5 ov), 6-223 (Abdur Rehman, 31.2 ov). BOWLING: SL Malinga 7-1-41-1, UWMBCA Welegedara 7-0-56-2 MF Maharoof 6-0-26-2 NLTC Perera 6-0-51-0 KS Lokuarachchi 6-0-58-0. SRI LANKA A innings: WU Tharanga b Talha 4 ML Udawatte c Talha b Rehman 53 J Mubarak run out (Latif) 41 LPC Silva c Rehman b Riaz 1 RGMJM Rupasinghe c Iqbal b Ali 9 KS Lokuarachchi b Shehzad 7 NLTC Perera b Riaz 23 MF Maharoof b Riaz 4 JK Silva c Shehzad b Rehman 15 SL Malinga not out 2 UWMBCA Welegedara lbw b Riaz 0 EXTRAS: (lb 1, w 10, nb 3) 14 TOTAL: (all out; 27.4 overs) 173 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Tharanga, 0.4 ov), 2-90 (Udawatte, 12.4 ov), 3-95 (LPC Silva, 13.6 ov), 4-112 (Rupasinghe, 18.1 ov), 5-123 (Lokuarachchi, 19.6 ov), 6-127 (Mubarak, 20.6 ov), 7-140 (Maharoof, 23.2 ov), 8-170 (JK Silva, 26.3 ov), 9-173 (Perera, 27.3 ov), 10-173 (Welegedara, 27.4 ov) BOWLING: Mohammad Talha 5-0-44-1 Fahad Masood 4-1-19-0 Abdur Rehman 6-0-34-2 Wahab Riaz 5.4-0-44-4 Ahmed Shehzad 4-0-17-1 Azhar Ali 3-0-14-1, Toss: Pakistan A, who chose to bat Series: Pakistan A led the 5-match series 1-0 Umpires: LE Hannibal and RA Kottahachchi Match referee: S Ranatunga Reserve umpire: A Gamage.