ICC World Twenty20 Final: Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan at Lords

[IanG]

For discussion on the ICC World Twenty20 Final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Lords.

Match will be on Channel 9 starting at 11:50pm according to the guide it's LIVE!

PAKISTAN: Younis Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Ahmed Shehzad, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Shahzaib Hasan, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul.

SRI LANKA: Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Indika de Saram, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Farveez Maharoof,
Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Silva, Thilan Thushara, Isuru Udana

 

[TV Ted Ellery]

It has been a surprisingly good tournament.

Sri Lanka have proven that a good bowling line up will more than make up for an absence of big-hitters. Hopefully they win.

 

[hineyrulz]

Sri Lanka has the better bowling attack, but the Paki's team is full of enigmas. Who knows if they come of the Paki's may win the thing.

 

[IanG]

Should be an absolute cracker

 

[eddiesmith]

Pakistan have been the form side over the short history of this format, both sides though rely on their bowlers, but Sri Lanka have the better no1 batsman in Dilshan

Sri Lanka favourites, but get Dilshan and Sanath early and anything could happen

 

[TheParraboy]

SL crumbling to Razzaq, 4/32 in the 6th over

 

[ozbash]

Shahid Afridi struck an exuberant unbeaten 54 to take Pakistan to an eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 World Cup final at Lord's early today (NZ time).
Afridi, the man at the heart of Pakistan's revival with bat and ball after they lost their opening game to England, stood and saluted the thousands of elated Pakistani supporters after hitting two sixes and two fours.
He was named man-of-the-match after his team had completed an easy victory with eight balls to spare against the previously unbeaten Sri Lankans.
It was the second global one-day title for Pakistan after Imran Khan's side rallied in similar fashion to win the 1992 50- over World Cup. Pakistan lost the inaugural Twenty20 final in 2007 to India.
The match was effectively won in the six powerplay overs of the Sri Lanka innings with the fielding restrictions in place.
Abdul Razzaq claimed a wicket in each of his first three overs, removing Jehan Mubarak for a duck, Sanath Jayasuriya for 17 and Mahela Jaywardene for one after 17-year-old Mohammad Amir had dismissed the tournament's top scorer Tillakaratne Dilshan for nought.
Razzaq had been recalled to the side after two years in the rebel Indian Cricket League as an injury replacement for Yasir Arafat.
Sri Lanka looked down and out after struggling to 78 for six with fives overs remaining.
Crucially, though, captain Kumar Sangakkara was still at the crease and his partnership with the increasingly impressive Angelo Mathews transformed the innings.
The pair scored 59 runs off the last five overs with Sangakkara unbeaten on 64 from 52 balls and Mathews on 35 from 24.
Sangakkara, looking to continue that momentum, switched his bowlers around continually but Pakistan never looked in trouble and eased to their target on a sun-baked evening.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/2522413/Pakistan-crush-Sri-Lanka-in-Twenty20-final

 

[Panther_Daz]

Absolute stupidity by Sri Lanka, batting a guy with a First Class average of 55 at Number 8 :crazy:

 

[hineyrulz]

Afridi does it again, he looks like he is starting to put it together.

 

[TheParraboy]

Pakistan will be hard to beat at home I reckon....

 

[hineyrulz]

Pakistan will be hard to beat at home I reckon....

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[zombie jesus]

Interesting side note, maybe just a coincidence, the only Test playing nation with no IPL players won the tournament.