Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan to win Asia Cup

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by five wickets to claim the Asia Cup. Lahiru Thirimanne top scored for Sri Lanka with a brilliant 101 off 108 balls. Saeed Ajmal was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers with three wickets. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat and set a target of 261 for Sri Lanka behind Fawad Alam’s maiden ODI century. Lasith Malinga claimed five wickets for Sri Lanka. END OF LIVE UPDATES Sri Lanka Innings: Over 46.2: 261/5 Over 45: 255/5 Over 44: 248/5 L.Thirimanne (101)out b Ajmal Over 43: 247/4 L. Thirimanne scores 3rd ODI century Over 42: 239/4 Over 41: 233/4 -Priyanjan (13)out c Umar Akmal b Junaid Khan Over 41: 229/3 Over 40: 224/3 Over 39: 218/3 Over 38: 217/3 Over 37: 212/2 M. Jayawardene (75) out c Sharjeel Khan b Mohammad Talha Over 36: 206/2 Over 35: 193/2 Over 34: 190/2 Over 33: 180/2 Over 32: 174/2 Over 31: 168/2 Over 30: 164/2 Over 29: 160/2 Over 28: 157/2 Over 27: 150/2 Over 26: 148/2 Over 25: 145/2 Over 24: 136/2 Over 23: 131/2 L. Thirimanne 50 (52 balls) Over 22: 122/2 Over 21: 114/2 Over 20: 105/2 Over 19: 102/2 Over 18: 96/2 Over 17: 87/2 Over 16: 86/2 Over 15: 80/2 Over 14: 76/2 Over 13: 68/2 Over 12: 68/2 Over 11: 62/2 -K Sangakkara (0) lbw b Saeed Ajmal -K Perera (42) runs st †Umar Akmal b Saeed Ajmal Over 10: 56/0 Over 9: 44/0 Over 8: 44/0 Over 7: 40/0 Over 6: 35/0 Over 5: 25/0 Over 4: 22/0 Over 3: 14/0 Over 2: 7/0 Over 1: 1/0 Pakistan Innings: Pakistan finish with 260/5 in 50 overs. (Fawad Alam 114 no, Afridi 0 no) Over 49: Pakistan: 251/4 Over 48: Pakistan: 243/4 Fawad Alam completes 100(126) Umar Akmal completes 50(35) Over 47: Pakistan: 226/4 Over 46: Pakistan: 211/4 Over 45: Pakistan: 202/4 Over 44: Pakistan: 196/4 Over 43: Pakistan: 190/4 Over 42: Pakistan: 184/4 Over 41: Pakistan: 170/4 Over 40: Pakistan: 159/4 Over 39: Pakistan: 154/4 Over 38: Pakistan: 150/4 Over 37: Pakistan: 141/4 (Misbah: caught Perera bowled Malinga 65(98)) Over 36: Pakistan: 138/3 Over 35: Pakistan: 125/3 Over 34: Pakistan: 124/3 Fawad Alam completes 50(91) Over 33: Pakistan: 114/3 Over 32: Pakistan: 111/3 Over 31: Pakistan: 106/3 Misbah scores 50 (78 balls) Over 30: Pakistan: 96/3 Over 29: Pakistan: 93/3 Over 28: Pakistan: 90/3 Over 27: Pakistan: 88/3 Over 26: Pakistan: 84/3 Over 25: Pakistan: 81/3 Over 24: Pakistan: 79/3 Over 23: Pakistan: 73/3 Over 22: Pakistan: 67/3 Over 21: Pakistan: 58/3 Over 20: Pakistan: 56/3 Over 19: Pakistan: 53/3 Over 18: Pakistan: 51/3 Over 17: Pakistan: 45/3 Over 16: Pakistan: 43/3 Over 15: Pakistan: 40/3 Over 14: Pakistan: 38/3 Over 13: Pakistan: 37/3 Over 12: Pakistan: 37/3 Over 11: Pakistan: 37/3 Over 10: Pakistan: 28/3 Over 9: Pakistan 24/3 Over 8: Pakistan 20/3 Over 7: Pakistan 20/3 Over 6: Pakistan 19/3 Over 5: Pakistan 18/3 Muhammad Hafeez-3 runs (c Sangakkara b Malinga) Over 4: Pakistan 17/2 Over 3: Pakistan 17/2 Ahmed Shehzad- 5 runs (c Sangakkara b Malinga) Over 2: Pakistan 14/1 Over 1: Pakistan 8/1 Sharjeel Khan (c NLTC Perera b Malinga 8)