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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