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Umar Akmal hit 48 off 37 balls as Pakistan ended its Asia Cup with a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Friday.
Pakistan reached 151-4 in 19.2 overs after Sri Lanka posted 150-4 with opener Tillakaratne Dilshan undefeated on 75 off 56 balls.
Sarfraz Ahmed scored 38 for Pakistan while opener Sharjeel Khan made 31.
Akmal's 56-run partnership with Shoaib Malik (13 not out) was key to Pakistan's victory. Akmal smashed a six to level the score before another attempt cost his wicket. Malik took a single for victory.
Dilshan claimed 1-2 with his off-spin.
Both teams were already out of contention for Sunday's final between Bangladesh and India.
Squads:
Pakistan
Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi*, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz (3)
Sri Lanka
LD Chandimal*, TM Dilshan, DSNFG Jayasuriya, N Dickwella†, CK Kapugedera, TAM Siriwardana, MD Shanaka, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, HMRKB Herath, PVD Chameera
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Mar 04, 2016 06:26pm
Was Iftikhar Ahmed not replaced in the squad by Khalid Latif before the tournament began?
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Mar 04, 2016 06:30pm
Pakistan will win. All the best guys...
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Mar 04, 2016 06:31pm
Let's see who will succeed in cementing his position for WC.coz there is no pressure!
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Mar 04, 2016 06:35pm
Hope Pakistan contains Lankans in two digits , so that they can try to chase it !!
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Mar 04, 2016 06:47pm
sri lanka playing sensible so far...
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Mar 04, 2016 06:58pm
Looks like this match is also lost for pakistan. Dilshan striking some form before the worldcup.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:01pm
It is not about changes, it is about a captain operating without brains. Look how he operates with two spinners in first 6 overs and Nawaz gets hit for 18 by Dilshan, who was just surviving the fast bowlers. And captaincy aside Nawaz is no way of international level. You would need Mohammad Asghar.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:01pm
sri lanka playing sensible so far...Pakistan playing like Minnows..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:02pm
@CALCUTTA MAN , Pakistan could have won but unfortunately they are playing against SL not UAE..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:08pm
Play sensibly pak game is not yet over.... Good luck
Sl 66-0 in 10
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Mar 04, 2016 07:12pm
@Logic
It's so frustrating, did you see the dolly that Irfan dropped?
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Mar 04, 2016 07:14pm
Any sensible person would first sack afridi..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:15pm
When you have 3 pacers, 2 spinners bowled inside powerplay. Absolute stupid captaincy. This is not a batting pitch as the scores suggest. There is turn and there is steep bounce for pacers. If Pakistan do not pick wickets, SL batsmen are just going to play gilli danda with your bowlers in last overs. And as I am typing this comment Dilshan has just murdered Wahab's bowling. It's 90/0 from 12 overs. Expecting a big loss for Pakistan in this match.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:15pm
I just have bad feeling.. PCB is selling out Pak cricket..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:17pm
World class bowlers ! 91-0 (12 overs) ! Really !
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Mar 04, 2016 07:17pm
By performing below standard in the whole tournament, Pakistan has earned a lot of sympathies than respect form others.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:20pm
sri lanka have put enough runs on the board to win by 50 runs
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Mar 04, 2016 07:21pm
@Fact only sympathy. No respect !!!
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Mar 04, 2016 07:22pm
After watching first 4 overs, I thought Dilshan should retire. But looks like old Dilshan is back. Looking at the things are shaping up in this T20 - It's going to be carnage for Pakistan. Irfan has bowled out 3 Afridi has bowled out, Wahab is leaking runs, so apart from Amir's 2 overs (who is not getting swing today), who will bowl the remaining 4?
Wow! SL is 103 in just 13.1 overs. Surely 150+ is on cards...and if they bat really well, which they should, 180 is not impossible either.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:23pm
Being a pak fan I really want Sti lanka to win hopefully this way we should see few changes in world T20.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:23pm
look how dilshan and chandimal have scored against pakistan bowlers..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:23pm
Nawaz is a spinner, then why is he bowling like a fast bowler? The day he would love to forget.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:24pm
The best bowling side is unable to get a single wicket and is getting bashed all over the place. touche!
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Mar 04, 2016 07:25pm
Zak
The best world attack at full display..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:26pm
This is exclusive: Why is Afridi giving overs after overs to Nawaz despite being hammered by batsmen? Socho..socho...
Because before the start of the match Afridi had "promised" him the full quota of 4 overs!
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Mar 04, 2016 07:28pm
110/0 after 14th over. Sirlanka need to delcear now and give Pakistan some chance to win ;)
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Mar 04, 2016 07:29pm
the awesome pakistani bowling finally get a wicket
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Mar 04, 2016 07:31pm
Mr. Najam Sethi,
Doesn't matter how our batting faired, just look at our fast bowlers stats and compare them with fast bowlers from any other team. You should of course leave Mohammad Amir out of this equation because he didn't spend much time with Waqar. Now please ask Waqar to tell us how and in what sense we have the best attack. Did any one of Wahab, Irfan and Sami have routed some innings? They have pace but little control. Wides and balls on leg wicket would run for LB fours but of course not counted in bowlers stats. I would conclude, Fire Waqar, he has made us at par with UAE.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:33pm
@CALCUTTA MAN , Dropping catches also show weakness of a team.. Do you find it justifiable statement that we lost because we dropped catches.. Pakistan will lose because its a poor fielding, batting and bowling unit.. Fielding is also part of the game..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:34pm
Pakistan batsman will be tested for the last time in Asia cup with score of around 160 . Expected to wilt under pressure going by past history.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:36pm
Carnaged, humiliated, punched, punctured, done and dusted. RIP Pakistan Cricket.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:36pm
Afridi doesn't know how to use his bowlers. He should have given more overs to Malik.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:37pm
I wish I am wrong. Pakistan has lost against Sri Lanka as well even though neither Sri Lanka has completed its innings nor Pakistan has batted yet. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait / Former Pakistani Diplomat
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Mar 04, 2016 07:40pm
@CALCUTTA MAN , Is fielding not part of the game..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:42pm
On the top of mountain of worries there is one big thing to worry about for Pakistan: They rely exclusively on their pacers. And in India conditions will favor spin: a department where Pakistan looks weak at the moment.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:45pm
How much would Afridi score........ less than 10 or more than 30. I will vote for less then 10. He has to maintain his form.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:45pm
Don't be fooled and trapped by seeing that Sri Lankans are losing wickets. Just see their rate of scoring. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi
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Mar 04, 2016 07:50pm
I think our best bowler has started loosing his form ..
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Mar 04, 2016 07:53pm
Dilshan just played reverse Dilscoop against Amir. 31 runs from 4 overs is surely not the sign of the best bowler in the World. Please don't get me wrong here: he is a good bowler on a swinging track, but otherwise his weaknesses have been exposed in other matches.
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Mar 04, 2016 07:54pm
See how sensible is Dilshan who scored 14 runs and took bat again for last over. Do we also do alike? Iqbal Hadi Zaidi
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Mar 04, 2016 07:55pm
One spell wonders Amir stats
4-31-0
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Mar 04, 2016 07:56pm
Dar lag raha bhai!!!
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Mar 04, 2016 07:59pm
Pakistani bowlers on pace friendly pitches have managed to take just 5 wickets per match on an average (5,6,5,4).
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Mar 04, 2016 08:00pm
Malik stats
1-3-1 vs bangla
1-3-1 vs srilanka
He deserves at least one more over.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:02pm
Missbah we can defend 120-130. but can we stop them to 100 to score get chasable..
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Mar 04, 2016 08:03pm
Dear Pakistanis - either pray for a rain or change the channel.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:03pm
Looks like batsmen have started reading Mohammed Amir bowling
His stats are showing a downward trend. The unknown factor is becoming evident now
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Mar 04, 2016 08:04pm
SL batting - Final nail in the coffin for Afridi captaincy
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Mar 04, 2016 08:04pm
@Pratap he was an enigma initially and now batsmen are able to read him comfortably.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:05pm
Amir should be declared man of the series.. He certainly has emerged as the best player of the tournament..
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Mar 04, 2016 08:05pm
I doubt neither BOOM BOOM nor his team will score 150 what to talk of 151. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi, Kuwait
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Mar 04, 2016 08:07pm
Mohammad Irfan drops catch twice of Dilshan Tillakratne!!!
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Mar 04, 2016 08:09pm
Think it's a tough target for Pakistan.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:10pm
@Sarah ..U don't get 'man of the series' when your team loses all games except one....That's normally reserved for either a player from the winning team or the runner up team.....Sorry to burst your bubble....and as I write this today he got hammered for 30 odd runs without taking a single wicket......
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Mar 04, 2016 08:11pm
Sri Lanka playing the same pattern like India against Pakistan.
Somehow push the total to 150 plus and then let bat under lights to chase.
Will be interesting to see how they chase.
Having said that, it looks like a better wicket but they play under pressure while chasing.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:15pm
Earlier Sangakkara used to be Dilshan's best friend. Now it's Irfan.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:19pm
(1) Who selected Nawaz, Khurram and Iftekhar , send that selector home as surely he either is incompetent or corrupt.
and then if these were recommended by the coach then fire him too. (2) Who made the decision of batting first against Bangladesh? Is it Afridi or the coach or both. And if after playing decades of cricket they have no sense of cricket then they don't deserve to wear a green star (3) Look at the fielding, it is just pathetic. The man on the ropes just jogs toward incoming boundry shot and then lets it go. Every one juggles with the ball while fielding, and if a shot is stopped by some one, all fielder run towards him to congratulate while he who stopped the ball is still nursing his hand which he used to stop the ball (4) You will see the bowler in action getting angry when some one drops a catch of his bowling but then the same bowler will be dropping twice as many catches of other bowlers.
CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING RELATED TO THE COACH HERE, MR, SETHI AND SHAHARYAR.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:20pm
Look at the eyes of our players. They look like lost kids in a park.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:22pm
Come on Pakistan this SL bowling is not that strong. It looks difficult, but you have a chance of winning if you keep your wickets intact.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:24pm
Pakistan can't chase 151 in a 50 over watch also
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Mar 04, 2016 08:27pm
@Vivek -- take my word, Pak will win today. Also they will win WT20 in India.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:31pm
@Ajay bringing back kaneria is the only option they have, if they can bring amir back why not kaneria?
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Mar 04, 2016 08:33pm
Against India was a seamer friendly wicket & people got emotional on Amir.All bowlers exposed today .I think no one missed reverse Dilscoop to Amir.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:48pm
Amir and Irfan should have been rested for this match as the outcome has no bearing to the series.
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Mar 04, 2016 08:57pm
My GOD,Are our bowlers playing a revenge on Afreedi?
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Mar 04, 2016 09:08pm
What a come back by Pakistan...
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Mar 04, 2016 09:09pm
Good job by Pak Batsmen! good comeback!
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Mar 04, 2016 09:14pm
@Rahim proud indian i can sense your jealousy. even your top players , kohli and dhoni, praised him even before that ind-pak match. what happened to kohli in 2012 ind-pak series which india lost. have you seen any batsman who scores atleast 50 in every match of any bowler who takes 4-5 wickets in every match through out his career?
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Mar 04, 2016 09:15pm
@spellbinder How can Amir & Irfan be rested? Didn't you notice the miserable batting line up of Pakistan.
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Mar 04, 2016 09:21pm
Pakistan should win from here unless they do something stupid.
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Mar 04, 2016 09:23pm
why indians are so much jealous of pak bowling. it was a relatively batting track and still score of 150 in T20 is not a mighty score. dropped catches have played huge role in this score but at one stage SL was expected to score over 170.
credit should be given to the SL openers. what happened to the rest of the batsmen?
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Mar 04, 2016 09:27pm
Not impressed even if they win the match. Too late.
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Mar 04, 2016 09:42pm
Loving the smartass comments from our friends across the border - their unbridled excitement at our recent misfortune in cricket is understandable - have been traumatised so brutally over the years, they certainly need to blow off some steam :)
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Mar 04, 2016 09:45pm
so mr iqbal hadi zaidi. whats up
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Mar 04, 2016 09:46pm
The fact that Pakistan won this match despite Amir not being effective, shows that batting is more important than blowing in T20!
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Mar 04, 2016 09:47pm
Charity win. Pointless.
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Mar 04, 2016 09:51pm
Sri Lanka played worse than Pakistan but I don't see Sri Lankan fans bashing their team like Pakistani fans. Every team goes through a lean patch and you must support your team in hard times. I have not heard even a single player in current Pakistani team whom fan hasn't spoken harshly against.
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Mar 04, 2016 10:01pm
Congrats Pak team for consolation win !!! But too late....
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Mar 04, 2016 10:02pm
i can not understand the relation between Malik and afridi.
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Mar 04, 2016 10:07pm
@Desi Bhai one amir can't do anything. winning a match needs team effort. your batting has to support the bowling .restricting SL on this track was a good bowling effort in the last overs despite of the dropped catch .
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Mar 04, 2016 10:12pm
@fahd well looks like amir is exposed in this match
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Mar 04, 2016 10:15pm
I second Misbah that on batting friendly wickets, Pakistan will win more matches because our batting can score 150,160 runs on easy wickets and we have the bowlers to defend it. Aamir, Irfan and Wahab are difficult bowlers to hit in death overs and can defend a decent enough score. Pakistan chased this target without any issue which is shocking news for a lot of people. Suddenly comments have stopped from across the border. :)
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Mar 04, 2016 10:16pm
@fahd our mediocre bowling got Pakistan all out for 83,none of other teams where able to do that. So my friend, India is neither worried about their bowling nor they are jealous of pakistan bowlers..remember 2007 world t20, none of ur bowlers could manage to hit wicket on a ball out event where all India bowlers managed to get wicket and won the match..
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Mar 04, 2016 10:18pm
Win is a win, please cherish the victory moments.
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Mar 04, 2016 10:36pm
@Sarah ..
How he is the best player of the tournament ?? how ?
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Mar 04, 2016 10:47pm
@fahd Why only Kohli, Dhoni whole India knows Amir is a good bowler. All I say pakistan got little excited & emotional on Amir ina seamer friendly wicket that day.Where jealously comes here? You seemed neither a good learner nor reader.
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Mar 04, 2016 10:52pm
@Haider Why cursing your misfortune brother? It is the mismanagement & individual self arrogance in the team that led you down.
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