Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan to win Asia Cup

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by five wickets to claim the Asia Cup. Lahiru Thirimanne top scored for Sri Lanka with a brilliant 101 off 108 balls. Saeed Ajmal was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers with three wickets.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and set a target of 261 for Sri Lanka behind Fawad Alam’s maiden ODI century. Lasith Malinga claimed five wickets for Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka Innings:

Over 46.2: 261/5

Over 45: 255/5

Over 44: 248/5
L.Thirimanne (101)out b Ajmal

Over 43: 247/4
L. Thirimanne scores 3rd ODI century

Over 42: 239/4

Over 41: 233/4
-Priyanjan (13)out c Umar Akmal b Junaid Khan

Over 41: 229/3

Over 40: 224/3

Over 39: 218/3

Over 38: 217/3

Over 37: 212/2
M. Jayawardene (75) out c Sharjeel Khan b Mohammad Talha

Over 36: 206/2

Over 35: 193/2

Over 34: 190/2

Over 33: 180/2

Over 32: 174/2

Over 31: 168/2

Over 30: 164/2

Over 29: 160/2

Over 28: 157/2

Over 27: 150/2

Over 26: 148/2

Over 25: 145/2

Over 24: 136/2

Over 23: 131/2
L. Thirimanne 50 (52 balls)

Over 22: 122/2

Over 21: 114/2

Over 20: 105/2

Over 19: 102/2

Over 18: 96/2

Over 17: 87/2

Over 16: 86/2

Over 15: 80/2

Over 14: 76/2

Over 13: 68/2

Over 12: 68/2

Over 11: 62/2
-K Sangakkara (0) lbw b Saeed Ajmal
-K Perera (42) runs st †Umar Akmal b Saeed Ajmal

Over 10: 56/0

Over 9: 44/0

Over 8: 44/0

Over 7: 40/0

Over 6: 35/0

Over 5: 25/0

Over 4: 22/0

Over 3: 14/0

Over 2: 7/0

Over 1: 1/0

Pakistan Innings:

Pakistan finish with 260/5 in 50 overs.
(Fawad Alam 114 no, Afridi 0 no)


Over 49: Pakistan: 251/4

Over 48: Pakistan: 243/4
Fawad Alam completes 100(126)
Umar Akmal completes 50(35)

Over 47: Pakistan: 226/4

Over 46: Pakistan: 211/4

Over 45: Pakistan: 202/4

Over 44: Pakistan: 196/4

Over 43: Pakistan: 190/4

Over 42: Pakistan: 184/4

Over 41: Pakistan: 170/4

Over 40: Pakistan: 159/4

Over 39: Pakistan: 154/4

Over 38: Pakistan: 150/4

Over 37: Pakistan: 141/4
(Misbah: caught Perera bowled Malinga 65(98))

Over 36: Pakistan: 138/3

Over 35: Pakistan: 125/3

Over 34: Pakistan: 124/3
Fawad Alam completes 50(91)

Over 33: Pakistan: 114/3

Over 32: Pakistan: 111/3

Over 31: Pakistan: 106/3
Misbah scores 50 (78 balls)

Over 30: Pakistan: 96/3

Over 29: Pakistan: 93/3

Over 28: Pakistan: 90/3

Over 27: Pakistan: 88/3

Over 26: Pakistan: 84/3

Over 25: Pakistan: 81/3

Over 24: Pakistan: 79/3

Over 23: Pakistan: 73/3

Over 22: Pakistan: 67/3

Over 21: Pakistan: 58/3

Over 20: Pakistan: 56/3

Over 19: Pakistan: 53/3

Over 18: Pakistan: 51/3

Over 17: Pakistan: 45/3

Over 16: Pakistan: 43/3

Over 15: Pakistan: 40/3

Over 14: Pakistan: 38/3

Over 13: Pakistan: 37/3

Over 12: Pakistan: 37/3

Over 11: Pakistan: 37/3

Over 10: Pakistan: 28/3

Over 9: Pakistan 24/3

Over 8: Pakistan 20/3

Over 7: Pakistan 20/3

Over 6: Pakistan 19/3

Over 5: Pakistan 18/3
Muhammad Hafeez-3 runs (c Sangakkara b Malinga)

Over 4: Pakistan 17/2

Over 3: Pakistan 17/2
Ahmed Shehzad- 5 runs (c Sangakkara b Malinga)

Over 2: Pakistan 14/1

Over 1: Pakistan 8/1
Sharjeel Khan (c NLTC Perera b Malinga 8)