Related Link : Asia Cup 2008
Venue : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (Day/Night)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 142 runs
Man of the Match : Ajantha Mendis
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) lbw b Zahid Shah 0 (6)
Mahela Udawatte c Mohammad Tauqir b Fahad Alhashmi 67 (74) 6 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) run out (Aman Ali) 61 (43) 9 ‘4s’
Chamara Kapugedera c Amjad Ali b Mohammad Tauqir 11 (7) 2 ‘4s’
Chamara Silva c Batuwitarachchi b Mohammad Tauqir 6 (9)
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Amjad Ali b Fahad Alhashmi 24 (30) 1 ‘4s’
Kaushalya Weeraratne c Batuwitarachchi b Saqib Ali 40 (54) 2 ‘4s’
Thilan Thushara c Amjad Ali b Zahid Shah 10 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara c Khurram Khan b Zahid Shah 37 (51)
Ajantha Mendis not out 15 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Dilhara Fernando not out 0 (0)
Extras: 19 (Wides : 11 No Balls: 0 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 7)
Total : 290/9 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Sangakkara, 0.6 ovs), 2-114 (Jayawardene, 14.4 ovs), 3-131 (Kapugedera, 16.5 ovs), 4-142 (Silva, 18.6 ovs), 5-180 (Udawatte, 27.3 ovs), 6-189 (Dilshan, 29.5 ovs), 7-209 (Thushara, 33.5 ovs), 8-262 (Weeraratne, 45.2 ovs), 9-286 (Kulasekara, 49.5 ovs)
United Arab Emirates Bowling
Zahid Shah 10-1-49-3
Fahad Alhashmi 5-0-39-2 (6wd)
Aman Ali 2-0-22-0 (2wd)
Saqib Ali 7-0-44-1 (1wd)
Mohammad Tauqir 10-0-47-2 (1wd)
Khurram Khan 10-0-55-0 (1wd)
Arshad Ali 6-0-26-0
U.A.E (Target : 291 from 50 Overs)
Amjad Ali (WK) c Weeraratne b Dilshan 77 (79) 12 ‘4s’
Arshad Ali run out (Kapugedera) 6 (10)
Indika Batuwitarachchi c Sangakkara b Thushara 14 (46)
Saqib Ali (C) lbw b Mendis 19 (32) 1 ‘4s’
Khurram Khan c Sangakkara b Thushara 2 (7)
Mohammad Tauqir lbw b Fernando 9 (15) 2 ‘4s’
Nizel Fernandes st Sangakkara b Mendis 5 (13)
Alawi Shukri c Jayawardene b Mendis 1 (3)
Zahid Shah not out 6 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Fahad Alhashmi lbw b Mendis 0 (3)
Aman Ali lbw b Mendis 0 (2)
Extras: 9 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 2 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 148 all out (Overs : 36.3)
Fall of Wickets: 1-25 (Arshad Ali, 2.4 ovs), 2-95 (Batuwitarachchi, 18.6 ovs), 3-107 (Amjad Ali, 23.6 ovs), 4-114 (Khurram Khan, 26.1 ovs), 5-133 (Mohammad Tauqir, 29.4 ovs), 6-139 (Saqib Ali, 32.2 ovs), 7-141 (Shukri, 32.6 ovs), 8-142 (Fernandes, 34.4 ovs), 9-148 (Fahad Alhashmi, 36.1 ovs), 10-148 (Aman Ali, 36.3 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Kulasekara 5-2-25-0 (2wd)
Weeraratne 4-1-23-0
Fernando 7-0-40-1 (2nb)
Mendis 6.3-1-22-5 (1wd)
Dilshan 7-2-14-1 (1wd)
Thushara 7-0-22-2 (1wd)