Mathews keeps Bangladesh winless

Sri Lanka's spinners effected a mid-innings trauma and Bangadesh returned the favour, before Angelo Mathews' collected 74 not out overcame a collapse and sealed victory. The hosts' bowlers made a game of the dead rubber, carving through Sri Lanka's in-form top order early in the chase, but a target of 205 had always seemed insufficient, even on a worn pitch. Bangladesh's lack of ambition both with the bat and in the field perhaps ceded crucial moments to the opposition, who strode home by three wickets, and one over remaining to extended their unbeaten run in the country. The Bangladesh...

'I am better off coaching myself' - Afridi

The Asia Cup is Pakistan's first tournament under a new-look team management, with Moin Khan as coach and Zaheer Abbas as chief consultant. The regime change has coincided with a stunning return to batting form for Shahid Afridi, whose unbeaten 18-ball 34 against India and a brutal 25-ball 59 against Bangladesh were instrumental in Pakistan reaching the final. But correlation, Afridi has said, didn't quite mean causation. While praising the support staff for backing him, he said he was essentially his own coach. "It was different earlier, it's not that it was not good," Afridi said, after Pakistan's practice...