Pak vs SL Asia Cup 1st Match Result - Afridi's century in vain lost to Sri Lanka by 16 Runs

In an interesting low scoring 1st match of Asia Cup 2010, host Sri Lanka survive Shahid Afridi's 76 balls 109 runs and beat Pakistan by 16 runs on Tuesday, 15th June, 2010 at Dambulla. SL made 242/9 in 50 overs and Pak bowled out on 226 runs in 47 overs.

Sri Lanka made to 242 thanks to Sangakkra's 42, in-form Jayawardhane's 54 and in the end Mathews hit 55 runs to get a respectable score as come back fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar bowled brilliantly with 3 wickets for 41 runs.

Pakistan then reduced to 32-4 but Afridi played a brilliant inning of 109 runs off 76 balls with 8 fours and 7 sixes but Sangakkra took great catch to out him and match turned towards host as Malinga took 5 wickets in the end.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka - 242/9 in 50 overs (Mathews 55, Jayawardhane 54, Akhtae 3-41)

Pakistan - 226 all out in 47 overs overs (Afridi 109, Malinga 5-34)

Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Result - Sri Lanka won by 16 runs.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2010 1st ODI Live Score - Pak vs SL Asia Cup Teams

Opening One Day of the 4 nation Asia Cup 2010 will be played between Pakistan and Sri Lank on Tuesday, 15th June, 2010 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, and timing will be 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:30 IST, 15:00 PST.

This match is a test for Pakistan as two key players, Shoaib Akhtar and Shoaib Malik are doing ome back in the team. Akhtar's bowling will be crucial for them while opening was good in T20 WC and Umar Amin may got a debut.

Sri Lank just won tri-series in Zimbabwe with their 2nd string team while captain Sangakkara and Jayawardhane got a much needed break and they can start a fresh at home. Muralitharan is also coming back while Rangna Herath was surprise call.

Pakistan Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010 1st Match:

Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Umar Amin, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi (capt), Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar/Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer.

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010 1st Match:

Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk) Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby/Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Farveez Maharoof/Lasith Malinga, Suraj Randiv, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 1st ODI Live Score wit ball by ball Commentary:

Indian Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010 - Sachin rested, Saurabh Tiwary in, Yuvraj, Pathan out

Indian selectors announced team on Monday, 7th June for Asia Cup 2010 starting from 15th June, and requested Sachin Tendulkar on his request and included Jharkhan and Mumbai Indians batsman Saurabh Tiwary in the 15-man squad.

Other big changers are exclusion of Yuvraj Singh who is struggling with wrist injury and Yusuf Pathan who hasn't been able to replicate his IPL success in international cricket. Zaheer, Harbhajan, Sehwag, Gambhir, Praveen Kumar and Nehra returns in the team.

Ashok Dinda and R Ashwin retained their place from the team toured Zimbabwe. Saurabh Tiwary performed well in IPL3 with 3 half centuries while scored three centuries in five games at an average of 98.83 in Ranji Trophy for Jharkhand.

Indian team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010:

MS Dhoni (capt & wk)
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
Suresh Raina
Rohit Sharma
Ravindra Jadeja
Harbhajan Singh
Praveen Kumar
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra
Pragyan Ojha
Ashok Dinda
R Ashwin
Saurabh Tiwary

Pakistan Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010 - Shaib Akhtar and Malik recalled for Pak Asia cup squad

Pakistan selectors recalled two Shoaibs, Akhtar and Malik for the upcoming Micromax Asia Cup 2010 in Sri Lanka. Akhtar was out of action for last 1 year while Malik was banned for 1 year by PCB but last month judicial judgment allowed him to play again for country.

Many new faces Shahzaib Hasan, who played in T20 World Cup 2010, Umar Amin and Asad Shafiq has been included in the ODI team for the first time.

Find the 15-member player list of Pakistan team for Asia Cup 2010.

Pakistan Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010:

Shahid Afridi (capt)
Salman Butt (vice-capt)
Imran Farhat
Shahzaib Hasan
Umar Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Asad Shafiq
Umar Amin
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Abdul Razzaq
Mohammad Asif
Mohammad Aamer
Shoaib Akhtar
Saeed Ajmal
Abdur Rehman

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010 - Mendis, Jayasuriya out of SL Asia cup squad

New Sri Lankan selectors panel headed by Arvinda de Silva dropped veteran 40 year old Sanath Jayasuriya and spinner Ajantha Mendis from th 15-member squad for Asia Cup 2010 at home. Sangakkara, Jayawardhan and Muralitharan is back after rested for tri-series in Zimbabwe while fast-bowling allrounder Farveez Maharoof is back.

Find the 15-member player list of Sri Lanka team for Asia Cup 2010.

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for Asia Cup 2010:

Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk)
Muttiah Muralitharan (vc)
Mahela Jayawardene
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Upul Tharanga
Thilan Samaraweera
Angelo Mathews
Farveez Maharoof
Chamara Kapugedara
Nuwan Kulasekara
Chanaka Welegedara
Lasith Malinga
Suraj Randiv
Rangana Herath
Thilina Kandamby