Mahela Jayawardene, the winning Captain and also the Man of the Match says : "It means a lot for us, the crowd has been wonderful for us, they have been like a 12th man for us right through. It was a tough call to leave out Akila, we felt that they had a lot of right and left handers and played to our strength. We were probably 15 runs short, we have not played a lot on this surface. The bowlers backed us well and the fielding was outstanding. I am not really fussed about our oponents on Sunday, we need to win against the best to win the Cup."

The losing Pakistan Captain Mohammad Hafeez says: "I am really proud about the way the team played, everybody gave 100% on the field. There were some positives, Nasir and Hasan played really well. I will not blame the pitch, it was the same for both teams, but they played well and deserved to win. It was a good game of cricket, I thank everyone who came here to support our team. We wanted to do something for them, but it did not suffice."