Sri Lanka dominate Pakistan in Asia Cup final

Sri Lanka lifted their fifth Asia Cup title after beating Pakistan by five wickets in the final.

DHAKA: Sri Lanka thumped Pakistan by five wickets in the final to lift the Asia Cup at Shere Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.

Sri Lanka chased down a challenging 261-run target in 46.2 overs with opener Lahiru Thirimanne notching a brilliant 101.

This is Sri Lanka's fifth Asia Cup title, equalling India's number of triumphs in the event initiated in 1984.

First innings

Left-hander Fawad Alam had capped a remarkable international return with a maiden hundred to lift Pakistan to 260-5 in the Asia Cup final in Dhaka on Saturday.

Alam's 114 not out helped Pakistan recover from an early devastation by paceman Lasith Malinga, who took the first three wickets to push Pakistan on to the back foot, and finished with 5-56.

Earlier, Malinga rocked the innings with wickets of Sharjeel Khan (eight), Ahmed Shehzad (five) and Mohammad Hafeez (three) in his incisive four-over spell, pushing Pakistan to 18-3 by fifth over.

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47th over - Sri Lanka 259-5

Sri Lanka win comfortably by five wickets.

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46th over - Sri Lanka 255-5

Junaid Khan returns to bowl and there's another boundary from Sri Lanka.

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45th over - Sri Lanka 248-5

Thirimanne bowled out by Saeed Ajmal!

Sri Lanka score only one run in this over. Need 12 more to win.

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44th  over - Sri Lanka 247-4

Thirimanne scores 100!

Thirimanne you beast! A well deserved century!

— Raging Chicky🐔 (@RagingChicky) March 8, 2014

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43rd  over - Sri Lanka 239-4

Sri Lanka pick up another five runs.

We first made a match of it, but then made a hash of it. Poor fielding, physical 'un-fitness' ruined the final.

— Syed Talat Hussain (@TalatHussain12) March 8, 2014

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42nd  over - Sri Lanka 234-4

Junaid Khan is bowling and Priyanjan gets out!

Well, at least he picked up a wicket in this tournament. #Junaid #PakvSL

— Farieha Aziz (@FariehaAziz) March 8, 2014

Sri Lanka need 27 runs to win.

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41st  over - Sri Lanka 229-3

Hafeez returns to bowl. Required run rate is 3.64.

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40th  over - Sri Lanka 224-3

Good fielding from Ahmed Shehzad as he dives to block a boundary.

A couple of balls later Thirimanne hits Talha for a 4.  Thirimanne 5 runs shy of a century.

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39th  over - Sri Lanka 218-3

Ajmal is bowling and Sri Lanka need 42 runs to win.

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38th  over - Sri Lanka 217-3

Jayawardene out! Caught by Sharjeel Khan.

Shukar. Ab shukrana parhna parega. Catch tau pakra

— Farrukh K. Pitafi (@FarrukhKPitafi) March 8, 2014

Ashan Priyanjan now on strike and he hits Talha for a 4.

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37th  over - Sri Lanka 212-2

Saeed Ajmal is back. Jayawardene smashes another 4.

Sri Lanka require another 49 runs with 8 wickets and 13 overs remaining

Early congrats to gutsy Sri Lankans for their victory to Asian Championship! You have earned it!

— Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) March 8, 2014

You know what will be worse? The aftermatch feeling that you could have spent those 8 hours doing something more productive. #PakvSL

— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) March 8, 2014

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36th  over - Sri Lanka 206-2

Talha now bowling. Delivers a no-ball and Sri Lanka get a free hit.

Jayawardene hits a boundary!

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35th  over - Sri Lanka 193-2

Saeed Ajmal returns to bowl.

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34th  over - Sri Lanka 190-2

Jayawardene hits a boundary and scores his 71st ODI Fifty.

Hafeez drops a catch and Sri Lanka make another 4 runs.

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33rd  over - Sri Lanka 180-2

Shahid Afridi is bowling and Thirimanne hits his 12th 4 of the day.

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32nd  over - Sri Lanka 174-2

Thirimanne hits another 4.

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31st  over - Sri Lanka 168-2

Afridi comes in for second spell.

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30th  over - Sri Lanka 164-2

Umar Gul returns to bowl.

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29th  over - Sri Lanka 160-2

Ajmal delivers two wide balls.    

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28th  over - Sri Lanka 157-2

Thirimanne hits Junaid for a 4.

Sri Lanka seem comfortable as 104 runs are required from 132 balls.

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27th  over - Sri Lanka 151-2

Saeed brought back into the attack.

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26th  over - Sri Lanka 148-2

Junaid Khan comes back to bowl.

Please bring Ajmal back. Play aggressively Misbah. That's the only way. Don't be defensive. Think out of the box. Stop following ur script

— Azhar Abbas (@AzharAbbas3) March 8, 2014

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25th  over - Sri Lanka 145-2

Thirimanne hits a 4 to Talha.

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24th  over - Sri Lanka 136-2

Junaid Khan is now bowling. Sri Lanka need 129 from 161 balls.

Good fielding from Talha saves a boundary.

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23rd  over - Sri Lanka 131-2

A 4 from Sri Lanka as Talha comes in to bowl.

Thirimanne achieves his 7th ODI Fifty and the required run rate drops to 4.80.

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22nd  over - Sri Lanka 122-2

Afridi is bowling and Jayawardene smashes another four.

Required run rate is 4.97.

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21st  over - Sri Lanka 114-2

Poor fielding by Umar Gul results in Sri Lanka scoring another boundary.

Butterfingers, the whole lot! Musibat! #PakvSL

— Farieha Aziz (@FariehaAziz) March 8, 2014

Jayawardene and Thirimanne's partnership is 58 runs of 64 balls.

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20th  over - Sri Lanka 105-2

Sri Lanka make three runs in this over.

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19th  over - Sri Lanka 102-2

At this stage Pakistan were 52-3.

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18th  over - Sri Lanka 96-2

Jayawardene hits a magnificent six! Afridi is bowling.

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17th  over - Sri Lanka 87-2

Hafeez returns to bowl and Pakistan concede one run in this over.

Required run rate is 5.25.

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16th  over - Sri Lanka 86-2

Afridi is now bowling.  Jayawardene hits another four.

Three dot balls in this over.

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15th  over - Sri Lanka 80-2

Saeed Ajmal is bowling and Jayawardene hits a four!

Sri Lanka require 181 runs with 35 overs remaining.

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14th  over - Sri Lanka 76-2

Talha bowls his first over of this match and concedes two 4s.

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13th  over - Sri Lanka 68-2

Another maiden over by Saeed Ajmal.

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12th  over - Sri Lanka 68-2

Mahela Jayawardene comes to bat. At this stage Pakistan were 37-3.

Junaid Khan is bowling and Thirimanne hits a four.

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11th  over - Sri Lanka 62-2

Ajmal bowls Perera out! Sangakkara comes in to bat and immediately gets out as well.

Even the umpire is impressed, what a delivery. #puremagic

— This is Clem Fendango (@ammaryasir) March 8, 2014

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10th over - Sri Lanka 56-0

A 4 and 6 by Perera. Sharjeel Khan caught the 6 but stepped over the boundary.

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Ninth over - Sri Lanka 44 -0

Maiden over by Saeed Ajmal.

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Eighth over - Sri Lanka 44 -0

Junaid Khan is now bowling.

At this stage Pakistan were 20-3.

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Seventh over - Sri Lanka 40 -0

Perera is on a roll with another 4. He has so far made 24 runs from 21 balls.

Hafeez is bowling.

Srilanka batsmen begin like their bowlers.with a vengeance. Bring Junaid to the mix. Need early wkts. #AsiaCup2014

— Salman Ahmad (@sufisal) March 8, 2014

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Sixth over - Sri Lanka 35 -0

Gul is bowling and Sri Lanka hit two 4s. One boundary saved by Misbah.

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Fifth over - Sri Lanka 25 -0

Three dot balls in this over.

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Fourth over - Sri Lanka 22 -0

Thirimanne hits a four in the first ball of the over. And then another one a couple of balls later. Umar Gul is bowling.

Ahmed Shehzad returns to the field.

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Third over - Sri Lanka 14 -0

Hafeez returns to bowl. Perera hits another 4 - his second so far.

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Second over-Sri Lanka 7 -0

Umar Gul is bowling and Perera hits a boundary.

Shehzad steps out of field nursing his wrist.

Nahi yaaar! Now you don't get injured! Shehzad going off field clutching wrist #PakvSL

— Farieha Aziz (@FariehaAziz) March 8, 2014

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First over-Sri Lanka 1 -0

Hafeez comes in to bowl.

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5:17pm

Perera and Thirimanne come in to bat for Sri Lanka.

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4:57pm

Star player of the first innings Fawad says Pakistan made a good total.

"Misbah and I wanted to stay on the pitch and reach 230/240-run goal," says Fawad.

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5oth over - Pakistan 260-5

Malinga bowls the concluding over of the innings.

Umar caught out! Fawad hits a boundary as Afridi comes in to bat.

Sri Lanka need 261 runs to take away Asia Cup title from Pakistan.

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49th over - Pakistan 251-4

Dot ball after a long pause!

Over ends with a boundary.

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48th over - Pakistan 243-4

Fawad scores his maiden century with a six!

Umar-Fawad partnership: 95 runs on 66 balls.

Umar hits a boundary, completes his half-century. Hits another four!

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47th over - Pakistan 226-4

Umar hits three boundaries in the over.

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46th over - Pakistan 210-4

Fawad and Umar face Mathews in his seventh over.

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45th over - Pakistan 202-4

Malinga is here to bowl his eighth over.

With this over, Pakistan cross the 200-run mark.

No boundary in three overs.

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44th over - Pakistan 196-4

Perera is back with the ball.

Expected score for Pakistan now is 257 runs.

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43rd over - Pakistan 190-4

Fawad and Umar face the destroyer - Malinga.

Luckily for Pakistan, no wicket in the last 15 balls.

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42nd over - Pakistan 184-4

Lakmal takes the crease, delivers a wide as well.

Fawad scores a huge six (72m) as well as a four for Pakistan, making his highest ODI score ever!

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41st over - Pakistan 170-4

Umar Akmal scores two fours increasing the pace of Pakistan's batting!

Perera is bowling on Sri Lanka's behalf, delivers a wide as well.

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40th over - Pakistan 159-4

Lakmal bowls to Umar and Fawad. The current run rate is 3.97.

Score card: Umar - 10 runs from 12 balls, Fawad - 66 runs off 104 balls.

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39th over - Pakistan 154-4

Malinga returns to the field. Only four runs off the over.

The projected score at a run rate of 2.91 is 196.

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38th over - Pakistan 150-4

Fawad scores a four on the first ball of the over.

Expected score is 250.

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37th over - Pakistan 141-4

Malinga is back and strikes again, Misbah is OUT! Perera caught the ball.

Umar Akmal replaces Misbah.

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36th over - Pakistan 138-3

Senanayake returns to bowl again.

Excellent over for Pakistan as Fawad scores a four and Misbah scores a massive six increasing Pakistan's pace!

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Misbahul Haq celebrates after scoring a half century against Sri Lanka during their 2014 Asia Cup final match in Dhaka March 8, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS

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35th over - Pakistan 125-3

The run rate at the start of the over was 3.64.

Misbah and Fawad have a stable partnership that has crossed the 100-run milestone.

There was a strong appeal by Lakmal on the first ball of the over against Misbah but the Umpire gave a not out.

Five consecutive dot balls off the over while the last ball was a single.

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34th over - Pakistan 124-3

Fawad scores the second six of the match on the first ball of the over, making his 6th One Day International fifty.

Pakistan makes 10 runs from the over.

What a way to complete half century..... Go Fawad Go... :) WIN IT FOR PAK..... #AsiaCupFinal

— Waqas Ahmed 🇵🇰🇦🇪 (@waqasahmedjawed) March 8, 2014

Fawad Alam completes his 6th ODI fifty. #AsiaCupFinal

— Muhammad Hani (@muhd_hani) March 8, 2014

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33rd over - Pakistan 114-3

Lakmal takes the crease, bowling his sixth over. Three runs off the over.

Partnership: 96 runs off 28.3 overs.

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32nd over - Pakistan 111-3

Senanayake bowls his seventh over. Five singles off the over.

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31st over - Pakistan 106-3

Misbah scores a four on the first ball. Pakistan finally reaches a score of 100.

De Silva bowls to the Pakistani cricketers. Pakistan scores another 4 on the fifth ball of the over, taking Misbah's score to 50.

50 for Mr. Consistent. Mr. Dependant and Dr. Of collapse disease :D #AsiaCUP #PAKvSL

— Harami Billa (@HaramiBilla) March 8, 2014

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30th over - Pakistan 96-3

Senanayake takes the crease.

Pressure building on Sri Lanka as they have not able to take any wicket in the past one and a half hour. Pakistan playing it slow and steady.

Misbah and Fawad need to get a move on here, as Malinga has 6 overs left and I don't think we can make many runs with him.#AsiaCup

— 💚🇵🇰Riz🏆2017 CHAMP🏏🇵🇸❤ (@riz007_007) March 8, 2014

Fawad Alam's first-class ave of 55.87 is the best by a Pakistani batsman, while his List-A ave of 47.05 is the 4th best!#PakvSL #AsiaCup

— Irfan Siddiqui (@IrfanSiddiqui12) March 8, 2014

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29th over - Pakistan 93-3

It's De Silva bowling again.

Sri Lanka giving no boundary to Pakistan.

Partnership: 75 runs off 147 balls.

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Fawad Alam (L) plays a shot as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara (R) and fielder Ashan Priy (2R) look on. PHOTO: AFP

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28th over - Pakistan 90-3

Misbah and Fawad face Senanayake.

Pakistan's expected score is 241.

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27th over - Pakistan 88-3

De Silva comes for his second over.

Pakistan score four runs taking singles.

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26th over - Pakistan 84-3

This is Senanayake's fourth over, gives only three runs.

Scorecard:

Misbahul Haq: 34 (62)

Fawad Alam: 32 (68)

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25th over - Pakistan 81-3

De Silva replaces Mathews.

Only two runs made from the over.

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24th over - Pakistan 79-3

Senanayake comes back for his third over.

Pakistan's projected score is 159 at the current runrate of 3.17.

Partnership: 61 runs off 19.3 overs.

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23rd over - Pakistan 73-3

Misbah scores a four on the first ball of the over by Mathews.

Pakistan seem to be picking up pace.

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22nd over - Pakistan 67-3

T Perera bowls his sixth over to Misbah and Fawad.

Misbah picks up pace, scores the first sixer of the match.

MISBAH UL HAQ <3 CHAKKA :D #PakvSL #AsiaCup

— Tuba Shah (@ShahTuba) March 8, 2014

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21st over - Pakistan 58-3

Sri Lanka appeal strongly on Mathews' third ball of the over against Misbah. Umpire says not out, Misbah takes a sigh of relief.

Pakistan's projected score is 139 as per the current runrate of 2.78.

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20th over - Pakistan 56-3

Only three runs given by Mathews in this over.

Pakistan's runrate is now 2.77.

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19th over - Pakistan 53-3

Mathews bowls his fourth over.

Another slow over by Pakistan with no boundaries.

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18th over - Pakistan 51-3

T Perera comes back for his fourth over, gives one wide.

Six total runs from the over.

Pakistan playing it slow after a loss of three early wickets, only taking singles and doubles.

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17th over - Pakistan 45-3

Mathews bowls, giving only two runs during the over.

Pakistan haven't hit a boundary since the 11th over.

One thing i like abt fawad most is that at least he always luks for runs unlike misbah. #PakvSL #AsiaCup #AsiaCupFinal

— JayDee (@Stoodup4Change) March 8, 2014

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16th over - Pakistan 43-3

T Perera bowls to Misbah and Fawad.

Sri Lanka give another slow over to Pakistan.

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15th over - Pakistan 40-3

Pakistan's expected score is 219 runs.

Fawad and Misbah face Mathews.

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14th over - Pakistan 38-3

Perera bowls to slow-yet-steady Fawad and Misbah.

Eighteen balls since the last boundary.

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13th over - Pakistan 37-3

Mathews is the new bowler for the over.

Misbah and Fawad partnership: 19 runs on 51 balls.

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12th over - Pakistan 37-3

Perera bowls his first over.

Maiden over!
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11th over - Pakistan 37-3

Fawad smashes a boundary on the second ball. Misbah hits a four too on the last ball.

Senanayake bowls to Pakistan.

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Tenth over - Pakistan 28-3

Fawad and Misbah face Lakmal in the over.

Good running between the wickets.

The better team deserves to win, and if TeamGreen continue to play like this, then the trophy would just be a dream!#PakvSL #AsiaCup

— Umer (@MUmer90) March 8, 2014

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Ninth over - Pakistan 24-3

Senanayake bowls to Fawad and Misbah.

Fawad hits his first boundary of the innings.

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Eighth over - Pakistan 20-3

The run rate at the start of the over was 2.85.

Sri Lanka wins 74% of the matches when Malinga takes 3 or more wickets.

Maiden over by Lakmal.

AND THEY BLAME LALA. Just saying. Hawa mei matt urro, zameen per aao #PakvSL

— Farieha Aziz (@FariehaAziz) March 8, 2014

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Seventh over - Pakistan 20-3

Danger man Malinga is back!

One run for the over again.
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GO GREENS GO!!
Still have 7 wickets!!
Stay calm!
#asiacup#pakvssri http://t.co/cPt6i7ajm5

— Munib Khan (@mkhuan1) March 8, 2014

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Sixth over - Pakistan 19-3

Lakmal bowls to the Pakistani side. Only one run for the over.

Run rate drops to 3.35.

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Fifth over - Pakistan 18-3

The run rate at the start of the over was 4.25.

Malinga is on fire! Claims Hafeez.

Fawad Alam comes in to support Misbah.

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Fourth over - Pakistan 17-2

Misbahul Haq is on the pitch to bring stability to the shaky top order.

Lakmal bowls to Pakistani captain and Hafeez.

And this was a maiden over!

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Third over - Pakistan 17-2

Malinga bowls to Shehzad and Hafeez.

Two dot balls open the over.

Shehzad bowled out!

Malinga has now taken 15 wickets in first overs after claiming Sharjeel.

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Second over - Pakistan 14-1

Early loss of Sharjeel shakes Pakistan a little. Muhammad Hafeez is the new batsman.

Lakmal is bowling this over.

The first two balls of the over were dot, while Shehzad hits a four on the third ball.

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First over - Pakistan 8-1

Sharjeel hits two boundaries in the opening over.

When batting first and scoring 300+, Pakistan have won all matches against Sri Lanka.

Sharjeel caught out!

Dramatic 1st over! Sharjeel punches Malinga for 2 screaming boundaries , goes for a 3rd and is caught at midon!this is not a T-20! #AsiaCup

— Salman Ahmad (@sufisal) March 8, 2014

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1:00pm

Ahmed Shehzad and Sharjeel Khan are the opening batsmen from Pakistan, about to face Lasith Malinga.

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12:55pm

The teams have lined up in the field as the national anthems play in the stadium.


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12:37pm

Pakistan makes two changes to the team by replacing Sohaib Maqsood and Abdur Rehman with Sharjeel Khan and Junaid Khan. Sri Lanka makes a change as well. Lasith Malinga will be playing instead of Ajantha Mendis.

Surprised to see SL dropping Ajantha Mendis for final. All build-up Ajmal V Mendis wasted #AsiaCup #PakvsSL

— APRAMEYA .C | ಅಪ್ರಮೇಯ .ಸಿ (@APRAMEYAC) March 8, 2014

Unanimous decision on my TL that Sohaib shd be playing instead of Sharjil. Maybe the reverse jinx will cause Sharjeel to hit a 100 #AsiaCup

— Farhan Saya (@farhan_saya) March 8, 2014

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12:35pm

Pakistan: Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbahul Haq, Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Talha, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan

Sri Lanka: MDKJ Perera, HDRL Thirimanne, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, SMA Priyanjan, AD Mathews, PC de Silva, NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, RAS Lakmal, SL Malinga

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12:30pm

Pakistan win toss and elect to bat.

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12:20pm

Shahid Afridi clears fitness test and will be playing the final match.

Stat: Shahid Afridi is the only player to have won both Asia Cups for Pakistan. Today he will vying for the third.

— Imy (@PakCricket_) March 8, 2014

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aaj sirf #lala ka balla nh puri team ka balla chalna chaye ...#final #pakvsri #Asiacup

— libra princess (@libraprincess2) March 8, 2014

@SAfridiOfficial has been declared FIT to play the final of #AsiaCup #PakvSL Good Luck #Teamgreen

— M Jawad (@Im_MJH) March 8, 2014