Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 10th Match at Dhaka, Mar 04 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did bringing it to you. Do join us for the grand finale on Sunday. It's Bangladesh against India. Sher-e-Bangla will be buzzing, and it should hopefully be a cracker. Until then, it's goodbye and goodnight from all of us at the commentary desk. Cheers!

Shahid Afridi: We're good cricketers, just that we need to have more self-belief. That's what helped us in the chase today. We wanted to keep wickets intact in the first six overs and it worked. We've backed players, we didn't want to tamper with too many things, but the selectors have done well to give everyone a sincere opportunity. We had to change a few things, we worked hard and it helped. I don't fall down easily, yes, it was tough but I'm confident the boys can deliver.

Umar Akmal is the Man of the Match for his 48. "Credit to the captain, coaching staff and team management. Waqar showed me a motivational video before the match. That fired me up. We wanted to sign off with a win, good to see some rhythm to our game before the World T20."

Dinesh Chandimal: Overall we played some good cricket. We were 10-15 short with the bat, that was the turning point in this game. It was difficult to grip the ball with this dew. Injuries are the main issues, we haven't been able to get the best combination as a result. Hopefully players will recover in time.

Sanga says it as it is

Disappointing to get only 150 after the start we got. Time now to take stock and reassess our squad to ensure the right combo for the t20 WC

— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) March 4, 2016

10:45pm That should come as some relief for Afridi, Waqar & co, for this has been an otherwise disappointing Asia Cup campaign. The scorecard may say Pakistan won with just four balls to spare, but they were never really challenged in the chase. Umar Akmal piloted the chase after that turbo start by Sharjeel. Sarfraz did what Sarfraz normally does, working the ball into the gaps and mixing his fineness with his street smart ways to eat into the target. All in all, a clinical effort

Sri Lanka would wonder where they lost this. Not much doubt, really. 14 overs - 110 without loss. Next six overs, they made just 40. Once Pakistan went into the break with momentum by their side, they didn't look back. But the form of Dilshan would come as a silver lining

sandyk: "Looks like Pakistan were beaten by their emotions/attitude in the previous games. Against India, they were overwhelmed by the big game mindset and against bangladesh they expected it to be too easy which was not to be. Here, they are playing to their strengths without any prejudice."

Imtiaz pathan: "I am in a spot of bother folks, whenever i swear not to watch any more pakistan, the next day they perform like champions and then again entice me. Just opened cricinfo tab and found Pakistan in a commanding position, could not believe it, am I dreaming??" No, it's for real. Pinch yourself if in doubt

FJ and Ahmad: "My 9 year old son, Ahmad, thinks that Umar Akmal loses his cool when he is under pressure due to failure of top three batsmen. Today, when the walking wicket of Khurram Manzoor was "rested", the result was refreshingly good. Good that the experiment of Khurram didn't ruin Pakistan's T20 WC."