Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam hits a ball in pursuit of his maiden century during the final match against Sri Lanka. Photo
Lankan batsmen picked up their victory defeating Pakistan by five wickets in the final match of Asia Cup 2014 in Mirpur today.
Sri Lankan got the easy victory losing just five wickets in their chase of 260.
Lahiru Thirimanne's brilliant century off 106 balls and Mahela Jayawardene's 75 run-innings off 93 balls spearheaded Sri Lanka towards a win despite Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal's consecutive dismissal of their top two batsmen.
Ajmal made early inroads dismissing Sangakkara before he could score any run in the wake of MDKJ Perera's departure.
Thirimanne left crease with his 101 runs off 109 balls while Mahela Jayawardene went back to the pavilion scoring 75 runs off 93 balls.
Jayawardene was dismissed as he gave a catch to Sharjeel Khan took in a delivery of Mohammad after making a 156-run partnership with Thirimanne.
Pakistan middle-order batsman Fawad Alam helped to score the runs with his maiden century despite the strike of Sri Lankan ace speed demon Lasith Malinga. He scored 114 runs off 134 balls remaining unbeaten.Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq's 65 runs off 98 balls and Umar Akmal 59 runs off 42 balls powered Pakistan, giving a fighting score against Lankan.
Malinga solely took all five wickets. He dismissed first-down batsman Mohammad Hafiz after picking up both openers Ahmed Shehzad and Sharjeel Khan.
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq went back to the pavilion scoring 65 runs off 98 balls after giving a catch to MDKJ Perera in a delivery of Malinga.
Malinga finally dismissed Umar AKmal at 59 runs off 42Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The match will begin from local time 2:00pm8:00am GMT at Sher-e Bangla Stadium.State-run Bangladesh Television and private channel, Channel 9, broadcasted the match live.Lankans are leading the tourney with 17 points bagging all four matches in their favour while Pakistan lost only one match of their four with 13 points the inaugural one against today’s opponents.Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbahul-Haq, Umar Akma Fawad Alam, ShahidAfridi, MDKJ Perera, HDRLThirimanne, KC Sangakkara DPMD Jayawardene, SMA Priyanjan, AD Mathews PC de Silva NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, RAS Lakmal and SL Malinga
Sri Lankan got the easy victory losing just five wickets in their chase of 260.
Lahiru Thirimanne's brilliant century off 106 balls and Mahela Jayawardene's 75 run-innings off 93 balls spearheaded Sri Lanka towards a win despite Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal's consecutive dismissal of their top two batsmen.
Ajmal made early inroads dismissing Sangakkara before he could score any run in the wake of MDKJ Perera's departure.
Thirimanne left crease with his 101 runs off 109 balls while Mahela Jayawardene went back to the pavilion scoring 75 runs off 93 balls.
Jayawardene was dismissed as he gave a catch to Sharjeel Khan took in a delivery of Mohammad after making a 156-run partnership with Thirimanne.
Pakistan middle-order batsman Fawad Alam helped to score the runs with his maiden century despite the strike of Sri Lankan ace speed demon Lasith Malinga. He scored 114 runs off 134 balls remaining unbeaten.Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq's 65 runs off 98 balls and Umar Akmal 59 runs off 42 balls powered Pakistan, giving a fighting score against Lankan.
Malinga solely took all five wickets. He dismissed first-down batsman Mohammad Hafiz after picking up both openers Ahmed Shehzad and Sharjeel Khan.
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq went back to the pavilion scoring 65 runs off 98 balls after giving a catch to MDKJ Perera in a delivery of Malinga.
Malinga finally dismissed Umar AKmal at 59 runs off 42Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The match will begin from local time 2:00pm8:00am GMT at Sher-e Bangla Stadium.State-run Bangladesh Television and private channel, Channel 9, broadcasted the match live.Lankans are leading the tourney with 17 points bagging all four matches in their favour while Pakistan lost only one match of their four with 13 points the inaugural one against today’s opponents.Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbahul-Haq, Umar Akma Fawad Alam, ShahidAfridi, MDKJ Perera, HDRLThirimanne, KC Sangakkara DPMD Jayawardene, SMA Priyanjan, AD Mathews PC de Silva NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, RAS Lakmal and SL Malinga
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