Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Ahmed Shehzad
Ahmed Shehzad
124(140) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %93%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 46 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 3 28 13 22 19 12 23
Misbah-ul-Haq
Misbah-ul-Haq
59(62) 2x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 29 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
3 5 12 0 5 6 14 14

Best performances - Bowlers

Junaid Khan
Junaid Khan
O10
M0
R52
W3
Eco5.20
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi
O5.4
M0
R46
W2
Eco8.11
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

5-match series level 1-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.30, Interval 18.30-19.15, Second Session 19.15-22.45

Match days

20 December 2013 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Commentator: Devashish Fuloria

It's been an amazing nail-biter. Andrew Fernando is updating his match report as I type and there will be more news later. So keep an eye for it. Thanks for yours comments and feedback, it's time to say goodbye. Devashish Fuloria signing off. Ciao cioa.


"The amount of talent that we have got, it's unbelievable," Mathews says."The way Sanga and Chandimal batted, they set it up for us. Initially, Malinga and Kulasekara bowled really well to pull them back. They were cruising at 160 for 3 and were set for a biggie. Prasanna is an unbelivable player, he can hit the ball a long way, but I had to share my thoughts, my experience with him. I am glad we were able to pull it through. It was a good fighting performance today."

"Looking at the wicket, it was really a good score,"Misbah says."We were in control, but one or two bad overs cost us the game. You have to be there for the full 100 overs. They are a good team and we know each other very well, so it's game on."

Ahmed Shehzad is the Golden Player of the Match, Shahid Afridi wins the Master Blaster award and Junaid Khan wins some cash too for his bowling. He is the Circle Player of the Match. Ahmed Shehzad gets a Highest scorer award.. The list is unending. Junaid is back to collect another prize for outstanding performance.. Wait. There is another one. Ahmed Shehzad gets one for hitting most fours... And of course, there is the final award. Angelo gets something. He is the Man of the Match


What a cracker! Sri Lanka are back in the series with a plucky win here. The series goes 1-1. Pakistan bowlers pulled things back magnificently after Dilshan and KJP had given Sri Lanka a good start, but Sanga and Chandimal didn't give it away in the face of some good bowling..Then they started playing their shots. Then they got out.. But Angelo and a little cameo from Kula as well, they all added up..A nailbiting two-wicket win for Sri Lanka. Well played both teams.

Gayan: "The Mathews & Karunaratne partnership is something that's theoretically very easy, but given the situation - very tough to achieve. Nice work by both teams. Loving this series." Vinoj Jayasundara: "SL clearly enjoying the benefit of having 10 batsmen in the team..."

Andy: "The best thing that Sri Lanka takes out of this game is not the win but the knowledge that Dimuth Karunaratne is a much better choice for the ODI team than Lahiru Thirimanne."

Chathuranga: "Yeeeeeeeeeeee we won the match... Congratulations Sri Lanka......!!!! I wish if I could be in Dubai to celebrate the victory...!!!" RK: "Very impressed by Mathews' calm attitude. May not be the best captain, but he's getting there."

AliJee: "Things would have been different if Mishab has brought his strike bowlers early in the innings. He made SL to build up their innings & confidence, applying his best when Sanga & Chandima were well set. It was fairly a difficult looking total. But cracking knock by the captain & well played SL."

Essam: "Those four overthrows are now looking more than painful."

49.4
4
Shahid Afridi to Senanayake, FOUR, but Sena does it! He has made sure Angelo's and Sanga's effort is not in vain. Cuts it fine between backward point and short third man for the winning runs

Two runs, three balls..Take it easy, says Lala to his troops

49.3
0
Shahid Afridi to Senanayake, no run, short and quick outside off, Sena cuts, but straight to point.. no single

The field comes in.. Only long on is out there.

49.2
2
Shahid Afridi to Senanayake, 2 runs, he gets a full delivery outside off that he crashes to deep point for a couple

Senanayake is here. Four runs.. Five balls

49.1
W
Shahid Afridi to Mathews, OUT, Afridi roaaaaaaarsssss! who cares if the delivery was a long hop! It's a pressure situation and Angelo fluffs his chance, he slaps it straight to midwicket. Jinxed, some would say..

AD Mathews c Ahmed Shehzad b Shahid Afridi 47 (82m 44b 2x4 0x6) SR: 106.81

Lala comes to bowl the last over.. Just four needed. One hit. That's hit. Can Afridi take Angelo out and make it interesting?

parag bhandari: "Mathews has 100+ strike rate without even getting noticed."

Gaurav Manchanda: "Mathews doing Dhoni here; dhoni tries to finish the game by 49.3 overs he never takes to 49.5"

END OF OVER:
49 | 12 Runs | SL: 281/7 (4 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.73, RRR: 4.00)

  • Angelo Mathews47 (43b)
  • Dimuth Karunaratne16 (12b)
  • Junaid Khan10-0-52-3
  • Sohail Tanvir9-0-58-0

12 runs of that over. .That's more or less game set match. Or is it?

48.6
1
Junaid Khan to Mathews, 1 run, comes down the pitch again, this time he pushes it to long on for a single
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    Misbah-ul-Haq laid the blame for Pakistan's two-wicket loss in Dubai at the feet of his bowlers, although he admitted his team could perhaps have scored 15 more runs

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  • Mathews lauds Sri Lanka's spirit

    Angelo Mathews said his team's two-wicket win over Pakistan in Dubai was borne of spirit, after Sri Lanka chased down 286 with two balls and two wickets to spare

  • Sri Lanka win with two balls to spare

    Needing two off three balls, Sachithra Senanayake cut Shahid Afridi to the third-man boundary to give Sri Lanka a two-wicket victory

  • Sharjeel, Maqsood impress Whatmore

    Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has affirmed the promise of batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Sohaib Maqsood ahead of the second ODI against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49TM DilshanMDKJ Perera
2nd16TM DilshanKC Sangakkara
3rd94KC SangakkaraLD Chandimal
4th9NLTC PereraLD Chandimal
5th5AD MathewsNLTC Perera
6th57KMDN KulasekaraAD Mathews
7th7AD MathewsS Prasanna
8th44AD MathewsFDM Karunaratne
9th6FDM KarunaratneSMSM Senanayake