PAK vs SL Match 5 Highlights - Lahore (27 October 2026)

Pushed across the right-hander, on a good length. Pavan slaps it to deep point and crosses over.

Nails a yorker and it tails back in, on middle. Mendis jams it out back to the bowler.

DROPPED! These return catches are never easy but Shaheen Afridi will feel that he should have taken this. Low full toss, on middle. Mendis could have hit this anywhere but he ends up chipping it back to the bowler tamely. Afridi sticks out the left hand on his follow-through but the ball does not stick in his grasp. It clips his fingertips and rolls past the stumps.

Pace taken off, on a back of a length, on off. Mendis waits on it before steering it behind point for a single.

FOUR! Nearly went the distance. Banged in short by Shaheen at pace, on off. Rathnayake backs away towards the leg side and gets his hands high to connect with the pull. Smokes it to the left of deep square leg. One bounce and over the ropes. 21 more needed for Sri Lanka to reach the final.

Bumper over off, Rathnayake sways away from the line of the ball.

Tossed up, on middle. Mendis uses his feet and blocks it out.

Full and in line with the off stump. Mendis dances down the track and has a swing at it. Slices it off the outer half through point for a run.

Shorter and on middle. Rathnayake knocks it off the back foot to long on for one.

Direct hit! Floated up, on middle. Mendis advances and checks his drive to mid-wicket. Pavan Rathnayake is backing up at the non-striker's end. Shaheen Afridi gets low and gathers the ball before scoring a direct hit at the bowling end. Rathnayake dives to get home and the ball deflects away off the sticks, allowing a single to be taken. A quick check upstairs and Pavan is found to be safe.

Speared in on a good length, on middle. Rathnayake pushes it to cover.

Shorter and on middle. Rathnayake hangs back and turns it square on the leg side for a single. Sri Lanka require 17 more runs.

Naseem hits the good length, just outside the off stump. Rathnayake presses forward and plays a punchy drive to the right of deep cover for a couple of runs.

Straightening off a good length, on off. Rathnayake is squared up in defense but manages to keep it out.

Pushes the length up, on off. Rathnayake knocks it with a straight bat to mid off.

Moving back in off the seam, on a back of a length, on middle. Rathnayake defends it from the crease.

On top of the off stump. Rathnayake lets the ball come on and punches it to the right of deep point for a couple of runs more.

A lot fuller at the sticks. Rathnayake goes back to a ball he was better off being forward to but manages to tap it to mid off.

FOUR! Nicely done! A bit of air given, on a length, on off and middle. Mendis walks across the stumps and gets low to be able to get under the ball. He brings out the scoop and plays it over the keeper's head for a boundary. The 100 is up for Sri Lanka, and they need 9 more runs.

Flighted delivery, slower through the air but the line is a little too straight, down leg. Mendis shuffles across and plays the lap down to deep fine leg. Haris Rauf covers good ground to his left and gets low to prevent the boundary, saving a run for his side.

Flatter and shorter, on off. Rathnayake punches it to deep point for one.

On a good length, on off. Mendis stabs it down on the off side.

Slows it down, it is fuller as well, on middle. Kamindu brings his bat out in front to block it out.

Offers a bit of flight, on middle and leg. Mendis tucks it beside the strip on the leg side.

Half a shout for LBW, but the umpire is unmoved. With nothing to lose, Shaheen Afridi takes the review. Tailing back in, on a good length, on middle. Rathnayake clears the front leg and collapses his back knee for the big hit. Squeezes it out down to mid on. It has come right off the middle of the bat, with the pad well away from the ball. 

Angled in at the hips. Rathnayake nurdles it behind square leg and takes a single.

Across off, on a back of a length. Mendis stands tall on top of the bounce and angles it wide of point for one. Sri Lanka need 3 more runs.

Low full toss, on off. Rathnayake makes room and smashes it to deep cover for another single.

At 132.3 kph, skidding through, on a short of a good length. Mendis swivels for the pull but gets an inside edge and gets hit around the box. A slight grimace from Kamindu, but he is happy to carry on without needing any medical assistance.

Wide. Dug in short, this is well wide on off. Mendis thinks about going after it but then lets it be. The scores are level!

Loopy slower one, very full. Mendis leans across to unleash the cover drive but the ball dips on him and sneaks under the blade.

FOUR! Hammered away. Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets and book their place in the final, where they will meet Pakistan again. This is dragged down from around the wicket by Sadaqat, on off. Rathnayake rocks onto the back foot in a flash and makes room for himself. Spanks it through covers and it races away to the fence. Smiles and handshakes all around in the Lankan camp as they celebrate sealing their place in the final.