Related Link : Asia Cup 2008
Venue : National Stadium, Karachi (Day/Night)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Brian Jerling (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 158 runs
Man of the Match : Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Sanath Jayasuriya c Tamim Iqbal b Alok Kapali 130 (88) 16 ‘4s’ 6 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara b Abdur Razzak 121 (128) 16 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Mohammad Ashraful b Alok Kapali 20 (22) 2 ‘4s’
Chamara Kapugedera c Alok Kapali b Shahadat Hossain 1 (5)
Chamara Silva lbw b Farhad Reza 5 (14)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (WK) run out (Raqibul Hasan) 2 (3)
Chaminda Vaas c Raqibul Hasan b Farhad Reza 7 (15)
Thilan Thushara b Mashrafe Mortaza 10 (9) 1 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 18 (12) 1 ‘6s’
Ajantha Mendis not out 8 (6) 1 ‘4s’
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 10 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 332/8 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-201 (Jayasuriya, 27.5 ovs), 2-235 (Jayawardene, 33.5 ovs), 3-243 (Kapugedera, 35.3 ovs), 4-263 (Silva, 39.6 ovs), 5-267 (Dilshan, 40.6 ovs), 6-292 (Sangakkara, 44.3 ovs), 7-304 (Thushara, 46.3 ovs), 8-310 (Vaas, 47.3 ovs)
Bangladesh Bowling
Mashrafe Mortaza 10-0-78-1 (2wd)
Shahadat Hossain 7-1-46-1 (2wd)
Abdur Razzak 10-0-71-1 (2nb)
Farhad Reza 9-1-51-2
Mahmudullah 8-0-43-0
Alok Kapali 6-0-40-2
Bangladesh (Target : 333 from 50 Overs)
Tamim Iqbal c Dilshan b Vaas 8 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Nazimuddin run out (Kapugedera/Mendis) 47 (59) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mohammad Ashraful (C) c Dilshan b Thushara 14 (15) 3 ‘4s’
Raqibul Al Hasan c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 52 (63) 7 ‘4s’
Mushfiqur Rahim (WK) c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 8 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Alok Kapali lbw b Muralitharan 9 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Mahmudullah c sub (Mubarak) b Mendis 8 (19)
Abdur Razzak b Muralitharan 7 (14)
Farhad Reza c Jayawardene b Mendis 5 (16)
Mashrafe Mortaza c Silva b Muralitharan 2 (8)
Shahadat Hossain not out 0 (0)
Extras: 14 (Wides : 7 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total : 174 all out (Overs : 38.3)
Fall of Wickets: 1-10 (Tamim Iqbal, 4.5 ovs), 2-53 (Mohammad Ashraful, 11.5 ovs), 3-96 (Nazimuddin, 16.5 ovs), 4-116 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 21.5 ovs), 5-135 (Alok Kapali, 25.5 ovs), 6-158 (Raqibul Hasan, 31.2 ovs), 7-162 (Mahmudullah, 32.6 ovs), 8-168 (Abdur Razzak, 35.1 ovs), 9-172 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 37.6 ovs), 10-174 (Farhad Reza, 38.3 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 5-0-21-1
Kulasekara 6-1-26-0
Thushara 5-0-36-1 (1wd 1nb)
Mendis 7.3-0-29-2
Muralitharan 10-1-31-5 (3wd)
Kapugedera 5-0-25-0