Afridi's wonderful batting in the final gave Pakistan the ICC T20 World Cup 2009. Chasing 139, Afridi scored an unbeaten 54 from 40 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes.
Though Sri Lanka did not a good start, they managed to put a decent and fighting 138. Skipper Sangakkara played a wonderful captain's innings and reached another fifty in his T20 career. He was 64 not out in 52 balls with 7 fours.
The match started with a wicket maiden over from Mohammad Aamer picking the wicket of Dilshan in the 5th ball.
Abdul Razzak picked Mubarak for a duck putting pressure on SL. With 2 for 2 in 2 overs, SL were under deep trouble. Jayasuriya and Sangakkara added 24 for the 3rd wicket but Jayasuriya was bowled by Abdul Razzak for 17.
Jayawardene was caught by Misbah off Razzak who picked 3 wickets giving away 20 runs in his 3 overs. Silva scored 14 while Udana scored 1. SL were 70 for 6 in 13 overs, a worst start in the final.
But Sangakkara and Matthews played sensibly and ensured that they play the full quota of 20 overs. They added 68 in 42 balls to take SL to 138. Matthews scored 35 in 24 balls with 3 fours and a six.
This was not enough for Sri Lanka when a batsman like Afridi was going great guns.
The first wicket partnership was 48, a good start. Both Akmal and Hasan hammered all the bowlers. The break through came from Jayasuriya when Akmal came down the track and missed the ball to Sangakkara who stumped him.
15 runs later, other opener Hasan was caught by Jayasuriya. But after that, it was Afridi and former skipper Malik who took the Pakistani team to the winning trophy.
The three Ms of SL--Malinga, Muralitharan and Mendis could not turn the match in SL's favor. Mendis was punished as ended with 34 in his 4 overs. Malinga ended 0 for 14 in 3.4 while Muralitharan picked 1 wicket in his 3 overs giving away 20 overs.
Udana went for 44 in his 4 overs and proved costly. The show was stolen by Afridi and in both batting and bowling department.
Afridi was declared man of the match and Tilakarathne Dilshan was given player of the tournament for scoring most runs in the tournament.
Scoreboard:
Final
Date: Sunday June 21, 2009
Teams: Sri Lanka v. Pakistan
Captains: K Sangakkara and Younis Khan
Toss: Sri Lanka, decided to bat
Venue: Lord's London
Result: SL won by 8 wickets with 8 balls remaining
Man of the Match: S Afridi off Pakistan
Man of the Tournament: Dilshan off Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Innings:| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| T Dilshan | c S Hasan b M Aamer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | b A Razzaq | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| J Mubarak | c S Hasan b A Razzaq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangakkara | not out | 64 | 52 | 7 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | c Misbah b A Razzaq | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| LPC Silva | c S Ajmal b Umar Gul | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| I Udana | b S Afridi | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mathews | not out | 35 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 2, nb 1) | 6 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts in 20 overs | 138 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Dilshan, 0.5 ov), 2-2 (Mubarak, 1.3 ov), 3-26 (Jayasuriya, 3.5 ov), 4-32 (Jayawardene, 5.3 ov), 5-67 (Silva, 11.3 ov), 6-70 (Udana, 12.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| M Aamer | 4 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| S Afridi | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| S Ajmal | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| S Malik | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Pakistan Innings: (139 to win in 20 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| K Akmal | st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya | 37 | 28 | 2 | 2 |
| S Hasan | c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan | 19 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| S Afridi | not out | 54 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| S Malik | not out | 24 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2, nb 1) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 3 wkts in 18.2 overs | 139 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-48 (Kamran Akmal, 7.1 ov), 2-63 (Shahzaib Hasan, 9.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| A Mathews | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Udana | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Malinga | 3.4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Mendis | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
