Sri Lanka lift Asia Cup

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by five wickets to clinch the Asia Cup title here today.

Brief Scores:

Pakistan: 260 for five in 50 overs (Fawad Alam not out 114, Misbah-ul-Haq 65, Umar Akmal 59; Lasith Malinga 5/56).

Sri Lanka: 261 for 5 in 46.2 overs (Lahiru Thirimanne 101; Mahela Jayawardene 75; Saeed Ajmal 3/26).