Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 1st T20I at Dubai, Dec 11 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Afridi does it! He does it! Afridi paddle sweeps this ball pitching outside off beautifully over fine leg, timing it so sweetly that it just clears the rope to bring an end to the contest. What a knock from this experienced campaigner! He managed to hold his nerve to see his country through for a win

Afridi on strike and hits this to the off side, hesitant as he runs down, before deciding to go ahead with it. Tanvir was a little slow out of the blocks as the fielder picks up the ball and fires it at the striker's end, with Sanga taking the ball and hitting the stumps. Replays show that Tanvir was just in. Pakistan will be pleased that Afridi will be on strike for the final over

Bhatti clears the front leg, looking to belt this out of Dubai Sports City, but instead succeeds in hitting this one straight up in the air. Thisara calls for the catch, even though Sanga is close with the gloves, and manages to hold on to the skier, with a nice roll to finish it off

tests him with a shorter one as Afridi takes the bait, hitting this one high in the air, but luckily it falls just before the fielder coming in deep from the boundary

full and on middle as Bhatti just eases this to the leg side for one

cheeky shot from Bhatti as he angles his bat outside off to get this wide of third man, giving him enough to run back for the second

fires this full on the pads in search of a yorker as Afridi has this covered to get this away to the leg side

yorker from Perera which is driven down to long-off, keeping Afridi on strike for the next over

full and on the pads as Afridi flicks this behind square to fine leg, running hard in order to complete two

gets this one horribly wrong as Perera fires a full toss, which was heading leg side, and Afridi does the smart thing by paddling this on its way to the rope. Perera not at all amused as Pakistan bring it close once again

full, swinging delivery as Bhatti goes for the big heave. Perera appeals for leg before, as the ball seemed to hit the pad, and in all that commotion Bhatti runs down the track, sees his partner is not interested, and just makes it back to his crease to beat Dilshan's throw. The third umpire is called, but the decision is ruled not out

fires in a bouncer as Bhatti is not at all in control of this as he top edges this behind to third man, beating third man to the boundary, despite his dive

full from Perera as Afridi gets this away to long-on

low full toss again as Malinga goes for the yorker, but this one had some bat on it before it hit the pads. The umpire almost seemed to be moving his right arm, but was probably getting his hand into a more comfortable position in his pocket

full and on leg as Afridi is able to squirt this away to deep extra-cover

in the slot and Bhatti lofts this gently over mid-on

Afridi is not perturbed by Malinga as he heaves a full delivery down to long-on

this one looked plumb as it rapped Bhatti's front pads, with the Sri Lankans appealing while the Pakistan batsmen ran the single. Replays show that this was plumb as it was a low, full toss swinging in

Malinga adds another twist to the tail as he delivers a slower yorker bang on middle which Maqsood is late on, with the umpire raising the finger. They check for the no-ball, but he was fine

Afridi is on point so far as he lofts this over extra-cover for a straight six, leaving the equation at 29 runs off 24 balls. Surely Pakistan can see this out, can't they?