DUBAI: Sri Lankan bowlers – Pramod Madushan and Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva – decimated Pakistan’s batting line-up and defended 171 runs in the final against Pakistan to lift their sixth Asia Cup title.
Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs to lift their sixth Asia Cup title
PAK 147 (20 Overs)
Karunaratne to bowl the final over
PAK 139-9 (19 Overs)
Madushan comes to bowl his last
PAK 120-8 (18 Overs)
Theekshana comes back
PAK 112-7 (17 Overs)
Hasaranga comes back
PAK 110-4 (16 Overs)
15.2: Short ball, on leg stump. Nawaz tries to pull but the ball gets somewhat big on him. Nonetheless, he’s got some connection, but clearly not good enough!
Karunaratne replaces Madushan
PAK 101-3 (15 Overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva comes into the attack
PAK 97-3 (14 Overs)
13.2: A 127kph delivery, full on off. Iftikhar clears the front leg and tries to hammer it for half a dozen, but he’s sliced the shot. The fielder at deep backward square leg got under it, then waited nervously for the ball to come down, and then took a catch before taking a tumble onto the ground.
Madushan comes back into the attack
PAK 91-2 (13 Overs)
Theekshana replaces Karunaratne
PAK 88-2 (12 Overs)
Hasaranga continues
PAK 74-2 (11 Overs)
Karunaratne comes back
PAK 68-2 (10 Overs)
Hasaranga comes to bowl his second
PAK 63-2 (9 Overs)
Theekshana comes back
PAK 53-2 (8 Overs)
Chamika Karunaratne comes into the attack
PAK 43-2 (7 Overs)
Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva comes into the attack
PAK 37-2 (6 Overs)
Madushan continues
PAK 32-2 (5 Overs)
Madushanka comes again
PAK 24-2 (4 Overs)
Pramod Madushan comes to bowl his first
PAK 20-0 (3 Overs)
Madushanka continues
PAK 16-1 (2 Overs)
Maheesh Theekshana comes to bowl from the other end
PAK 12-0 (1 Over)
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to run chase for Pakistan. Dilshan Madushanka to open the bowling attack.
PAKISTAN vs SRI LANKA (2nd INNING)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa played an anchoring knock of 71 not-out in the all-important final of the Asia Cup 2022 and bolstered Sri Lanka to finish at 170-6 in 20 overs despite a dismal start.
SL 170-6 (20 Overs)
Naseem to bowl the final over
SL 155-6 (19 Overs)
Hasnain comes to bowl his last
SL 147-6 (18 Overs)
Haris comes to bowl his last
SL 136-6 (17 Overs)
Naseem replaces Haris
SL 120-6 (16 Overs)
Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack
SL 117-6 (15 Overs)
14.5: Overpitched ball just outside off. Hasaranga backs away to play a square drive, but the ball moves away slightly, takes the outside edge of the bat, and Rizwan gobbles it up!
Haris replaces Hasnain
SL 106-5 (14 Overs)
Shadab comes to bowl his last
SL 99-5 (13 Overs)
Hasnain comes back into the attack
SL 85-5 (12 Overs)
Iftikhar comes again
SL 77-5 (11 Overs)
Shadab comes again
SL 67-5 (10 Overs)
Iftikhar continues
SL 62-5 (9 Overs)
8.5: Tried to sweep it across the line, and the ball was much too full to be pulled. Ends up missing it by a long, long way and it cleans him up.
Shadab continues
SL 55-4 (8 Overs)
7.4: Dhananjaya de Silva tried to slap it over the bowler’s head. But he never found the elevation, and Iftikhar takes a splendid reflex catch to send de Silva packing.
Iftikhar Ahmed comes into the attack
SL 47-3 (7 Overs)
Shadab Khan comes into the attack
SL 42-3 (6 Overs)
Haris continues
SL 36-2 (5 Overs)
Hasnain replaces Naseem
SL 28-2 (4 Overs)
3.2: Tried to swipe it back down the ground, but it ends up flying up towards mid-off, where Babar Azam takes a good catch running backwards. Nissanka miscued the shot, getting it out of the outer half of the bat, which meant it never got the distance on it he intended.
Haris Rauf comes into the attack
SL 23-1 (3 Overs)
Naseem continues
SL 16-1 (2 Overs)
Mohammad Hasnain comes to bowl from the other end
SL 4-1 (1 Over)
0.3: Tailing in at 142 kph, seaming in, clips the pads and uproots off stump. Enthralling start from Pakistan and Mendis is gone for a golden duck.
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis come out to bat for Sri Lanka. Naseem Shah to open the bowling attack for Pakistan.
PAKISTAN vs SRI LANKA (1st INNING)
DUBAI: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first against Sri Lanka in the much-anticipated final of the Asia Cup 2022.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan made two changes in the Playing XI as Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan replace Hasan Ali and Usman Qadir, while Sri Lanka remain unchanged.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Danushka Gunathilaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madushan, Dilshan Madushanka.
HEAD TO HEAD (Asia Cup)
Matches-16, Sri Lanka-11, Pakistan-5
