LIVE Cricket Score, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ICC Champions Trophy 2017: PAK win by 3 wickets; qualify for semi-finals

In Match No. 12, the last league match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, Pakistan will take on Sri Lanka at Cardiff. I am Kaustubh Mayekar, and will bring live scores, interesting posts from social media and statistics in CricketCountry’s live updates blog for today. As mentioned in the preview, this will be a virtual quarter-final for both the teams. Whichever team wins, will be through to the semi-finals from Group B along with the India. England and Bangladesh have already qualified for the semi-finals from Group A. While India have potentially set-up a semi-final date with Bangladesh, the winner of this match, in all probability, will take on England in semi-final 1.  FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, ICC Champions Trophy 2017, Match 12

Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won one match each in the tournament so far. Pakistan got the better of a rusty South Africa, while Sri Lanka beat a rampaging India. This match now will determine which of these two teams joins India in the semis from their group. Most of the games in this tournament have been affected by rain. The weather forecast for this particular match suggests cloudy but dry conditions, so hopefully we are in for a full match. A fresh pitch is likely to be used for this match, with score of around 280-300 being par.

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The spotlight in this match will be on the likes of Shoaib Malik, who will be playing his 250th ODI, skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, speedster Hasan Ali and Mohammad Hafeez from the Pakistan camp. For Sri Lanka, skipper Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, Lasith Malinga and Danushka Gunathilaka will hold the key.

Both these teams have played each other three times in Champions Trophy history, in 2000, 2002 and 2006. Sri Lanka won only once in 2002, while playing at home. They have never faced Pakistan on an English venue in Champions Trophy history though.

Squads:

Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Fahim Ashraf, Rumman Raees, Mohammad Aamer, Junaid Khan, Shadab Khan, Haris Sohail

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (c), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka, Asela Gunaratne, Nuwan Pradeep, Thisara Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Seekkuge Prasanna, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Kulasekara, Upul Tharanga