Tag: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup

COLOMBO: Charith Asalanka displayed nerves of steel to power Sri Lanka into the Asia Cup 2023 final with a thrilling two-wicket victory over Pakistan.

SL 252/8 (42 Overs)

Zaman Khan bowls the final over

SL 244/7 (41 Overs)

Shaheen bowls the penultimate over

SL 240/5 (40 Overs)

Zaman comes to bowl

SL 232/5 (39 Overs)

Shaheen continues

SL 224/5 (38 Overs)

Iftikhar continues

SL 219/4 (37 Overs)

Shaheen returns

SL 216/4 (36 Overs)

Iftikhar again

SL 210/3 (35 Overs)

Shadab bowls his last

SL 208/3 (34 Overs)

Iftikhar bowls

SL 196/3 (33 Overs)

Shadab replaces Zaman

SL 194/3 (32 Overs)

Iftikhar continues

SL 187/3 (31 Overs)

Zaman comes back

SL 179/3 (30 Overs)

Iftikhar replaces Shaheen

SL 175/2 (29 Overs)

Shadab continues

SL 167/2 (28 Overs)

Shaheen continues

SL 160/2 (27 Overs)

Shadab replaces Nawaz

SL 154/2 (26 Overs)

Shaheen comes back

SL 149/2 (25 Overs)

Nawaz continues

SL 145/2 (24 Overs)

Iftikhar again

SL 139/2 (23 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Wasim Jr

SL 134/2 (22 Overs)

Iftikhar continues

SL 132/2 (21 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

SL 124/2 (20 Overs)

Iftikhar Ahmed into the attack

SL 116/2 (19 Overs)

Wasim Jr returns

SL 111/2 (18 Overs)

Shadab bowls from Khettarama End

SL 97/2 (17 Overs)

Nawaz again

SL 96/2 (16 Overs)

Shadab continues

SL 89/2 (15 Overs)

Nawaz continues to bowl

SL 83/2 (14 Overs)

Shadab bowls

SL 77/1 (13 Overs)

Nawaz bowls his third

SL 70/1 (12 Overs)

Shadab continues

SL 65/1 (11 Overs)

Nawaz continues

SL 62/1 (10 Overs)

More spin as Shadab Khan comes on

SL 57/1 (9 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz into the attack now

SL 56/1 (8 Overs)

Mohammad Wasim Jr comes into the attack

SL 43/1 (7 Overs)

Shaheen bowls from Maligawatte End

SL 36/1 (6 Overs)

Zaman again

SL 32/1 (5 Overs)

Shaheen bowls

SL 28/1 (4 Overs)

3.2: Kusal chops this square on the offside and hesitates as Nissanka calls for the quick single. Shadab Khan comes haring in, picks it up and hits the timber at the non-striker’s end.

Zaman continues

SL 16/0 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

SL 11/0 (2 Overs)

Zaman Khan to bowl from the other end

SL 11/0 (1 Over)

Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera come out to open for Sri Lanka. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs SRI LANKA (2nd INNINGS)

COLOMBO: Mohammad Rizwan played a sensible 86-run knock and guided Pakistan to 252/7 in the must-win Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s fixture against Sri Lanka on Thursday.

PAK 252/7 (42 Overs)

Madushan bowls the final over

PAK 242/6 (41 Overs)

Pathirana bowls

PAK 235/5 (40 Overs)

Madushan comes back

PAK 221/5 (39 Overs)

Theekshana bowls his last

PAK 209/5 (38 Overs)

Pathirana continues

PAK 197/5 (37 Overs)

Theekshana continues

PAK 192/5 (36 Overs)

Pathirana comes back

PAK 184/5 (35 Overs)

Theekshana replaced Madushan

PAK 178/5 (34 Overs)

Wellalage to bowl his last

PAK 168/5 (33 Overs)

Madushan replaces de Silva

PAK 150/5 (32 Overs)

Wellalage continues

PAK 145/5 (31 Overs)

Dhananjaya bowls

PAK 138/5 (30 Overs)

Wellalage returns

PAK 135/5 (29 Overs)

Dhananjaya continues

PAK 133/5 (28 Overs)

Theekshana continues his over

The covers are off. The game has been reduced to 42 overs. There will be a 20-minute innings break, while the Powerplays will be in overs 9, 25 and 8. Three bowlers will be able to bowl eight overs, while two bowlers can bowl up to nine overs.

Rain halts the action

PAK 130/5 (27.4 Overs)

Theekshana replaces Pathirana

PAK 128/4 (27 Overs)

Dhananjaya de Silva bowls

PAK 122/4 (26 Overs)

Pathirana again

PAK 109/4 (25 Overs)

Dhananjaya de Silva again

PAK 108/4 (24 Overs)

Pathirana continues

PAK 103/3 (23 Overs)

Dhananjaya de Silva continues

PAK 100/3 (22 Overs)

21.4: This was dug in short on off, Shafique goes for the pull but only manages to top edge straight to the man at deep square leg.

Pathirana replaces Wellalage

PAK 97/2 (21 Overs)

Dhananjaya de Silva into the attack

PAK 88/2 (20 Overs)

Wellalaga bowls again

PAK 86/2 (19 Overs)

Theekshana bowls

PAK 83/2 (18 Overs)

Wellalage again

PAK 75/2 (17 Overs)

Theekshana continues

PAK 73/2 (16 Overs)

15.6: Wellalage tosses it up around off stump. Babar strides forward but the ball pitches and turns away and Mendis flicks off the bails in a jiffy.

Wellalage replaces Pathirana

PAK 72/1 (15 Overs)

Theekshana replaces Wellalage

PAK 68/1 (14 Overs)

Pathirana continues

PAK 58/1 (13 Overs)

Wellalage again

PAK 56/1 (12 Overs)

Matheesha Pathirana into the attack

PAK 48/1 (11 Overs)

Wellalage continues

PAK 40/1 (10 Overs)

Shanaka again

PAK 36/1 (9 Overs)

Dunith Wellalage comes into the attack

PAK 35/1 (8 Overs)

Shanaka continues

PAK 27/1 (7 Overs)

Madushan continues to bowl

PAK 19/1 (6 Overs)

Dasun Shanaka comes into the attack

PAK 13/1 (5 Overs)

Madushan again

PAK 9/0 (4 Overs)

Theekshana continues from the other end

PAK 6/0 (3 Overs)

Madushan continues

PAK 2/0 (2 Overs)

Maheesh Theekshana to bowl from the other end

PAK 0/0 (1 Over)

Abdullah Shafique and Fakhar Zaman come out to open the innings. Pramod Madushan to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs SRI LANKA (1st INNINGS)

COLOMBO: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lanka in the eleventh match of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2023.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan make two changes to their already-announced Playing XI as Imam-ul-Haq has a back spasm and back in comes Fakhar Zaman. Saud Shakeel has a fever, in comes Abdullah Shafique. For Sri Lanka, Kusal Perera and Pramod Madushan are in.

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana

Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Abdullah Shafique, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Zaman Khan.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:

Overall ODIs: Matches 155, Pakistan 92, Sri Lanka 58, NR 4, Tie 1

Asia Cup ODI: Matches 15, Pakistan 4, Sri Lanka 11

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DUBAI: Two former Asian champions Pakistan and Sri Lanka will collide in the final of the Asia Cup 2022 in a bid to extend their tally of titles and seal their supremacy in the continent.

Five-time champions Sri Lanka and two-time champions Pakistan have met thrice in the Asia Cup Final in 1986, 2000, and 2014 with Sri Lanka coming out on top twice, while Pakistan only managed to win once.

The two sides will meet again in the Asia Cup final today under the sheds of the glittering Dubai International Stadium after displaying an exceptional run in the group stage and Super Four.

Both sides had an unwanted start to their Asia Cup 2022 campaign as Sri Lanka lost to Afghanistan in the curtain-raiser on August 27, while Pakistan suffered a frustrating defeat at the hands of their arch-rivals India, a day later.

The two sides then recollected themselves and won their respective group matches to make their way into the Super Four.

The next stage of the tournament marked an astounding turnaround for both teams as Sri Lanka and Pakistan both won their first two matches against India and Afghanistan to book their place in the final, forcing the latter two sides to crash out of the tournament.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka then met in the tournament’s last Super Four clash on Friday in a Final rehearsal and the Islanders secured a comfortable five-wicket victory over the Green Shirts to carry on their winning momentum.

In the anticipated final, however, Pakistan will be looking to bounce back from their Super Four defeat to end their decade-long title drought, while Sri Lanka will be looking to extend their tally to six. India, on the other hand, won must number of titles (7).
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The Green Shirts will be taking the field with a revamped Playing XI as their key players Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan will rejoin the side for the final after resting in the Super Four clash.

Pakistan have been majorly relying on their bowling department but will be hoping for their batting to fire on the big stage including their key batters Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, and Mohammad Rizwan.

Sri Lanka, too, also rely heavily on their spin bowling while their openers Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis and captain Dasun Shanaka can play a vital role in the team’s success.

HEAD TO HEAD (Asia Cup)

Matches-16, Sri Lanka-11, Pakistan-5

DUBAI: Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq confirmed that the changes will be made to the Playing XI for the Asia Cup 2022 Final against Sri Lanka.

Following Pakistan’s disappointing loss to Sri Lanka in the last Asia Cup Super Four match on Friday, Saqlain assured at the post-match press conference that changes would undoubtedly be made to the Playing XI since it was important to give some of our players a rest.

“Fast bowlers are constantly playing and it is important to give them rest. We will learn from mistakes and play with passion in the final against Sri Lanka,” Saqlain said.

“It is certain that there will be changes for the final, some players were rested,” he maintained.

The head coach further opined on Pakistan’s middle-order vows and asserted that he is satisfied with the performance.

“We are playing T20 cricket well, the middle order of all teams are not scoring centuries. I will not comment much on the batting, I am happy and confident,” said Saqlain.

Saqlain then went on to comment on the recent slump in Babar Azam’s performance in the ongoing Asia Cup and stated that the latter is playing decent shots while the luck is not in the right-handed batter’s favour.

“Babar Azam has been playing well, playing good shots, but unfortunately the luck is not favouring him to go on and score big,” he claimed.

It is pertinent to mention here Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by five wickets in a dead rubber Super Four match on Friday before meeting in the final of the Asia Cup 2022.

READ: ‘We’ll not consider Pakistan an easy opponent’ Sri Lankan captain Shanaka 

DUBAI: Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka asserted that his side would not consider Pakistan an easy opponent despite beating the Green Shirts comfortably in the Asia Cup Super Four clash on Friday.

Following Sri Lanka’s comfortable five-wicket victory over Pakistan with 18 balls to spare, Shanaka, in a scheduled press conference, lauded his team’s brilliance in the Super Four stage of the tournament, while claiming that the Islanders would not take Pakistan easily.

“Our team’s performance in the Asia Cup remained quite brilliant. All the players in our team played really well in Super Four,” Shanaka stated.

“We do not consider Pakistan an easy opponent and will come strongly in the final as well,” he added.

Shanaka then went on to emphasize the importance of toss in the ongoing tournament, while also revealing the team’s strategy if they lose the toss in the final.

“The toss is very important in this tournament. If we lose the toss in the final and bat first, then we will try to score plenty of runs in the powerplay,” he concluded.

It is pertinent to mention here Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by five wickets in a dead rubber Super Four match on Friday before meeting in the final of the Asia Cup 2022.

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