- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.6 he's gone this time, on the cut, backed away to a flat and widish one, but ended up getting a healthy edge through to Mushfiqur 100/42.4 uh oh, shortish, flat delivery, he's gone back for the pull, gone through with the stroke, but has missed, and the ball has hit middle, not the kind of delivery you get bowled off, but Bangladesh will take it 32/18.1 Chandimal tries to clear long on now, comes out, he's not to the pitch, has a heave and finds the man on the boundary, he's not comfortable in this format, Chandimal 77/29.6 waste of a wicket, Thirimanne turns a fast one off the pads to short fine, somehow thinks it is worth a single, and is caught a few feet in no-way-back land as the throw arrives at the striker's end 86/317.5 gone this time, Jeevan tries to swing a length ball through midwicket, misses and Rubel hits 166/5Extras26 (lb 7, w 19)TOTAL198/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.9)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Dilshan Munaweera, 2.4 ov), 2-77 (Dinesh Chandimal, 8.1 ov), 3-86 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 9.6 ov), 4-100 (Kusal Perera, 11.6 ov), 5-166 (Jeevan Mendis, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shahadat Hossain 4 0 54 0 13.50 7 6 3 1 0 Rubel Hossain 4 0 40 1 10.00 8 3 1 2 0 Sohag Gazi 4 0 30 1 7.50 9 2 1 1 0 Abdur Razzak 4 0 39 1 9.75 8 0 3 2 0 Mahmudullah 4 0 28 1 7.00 9 0 1 2 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.6 he's been given leg before, after a shout from Perera that went on and on and on, Ashraful swung and missed a full toss, but did that strike him outside leg? yes, it has, that is seriously poor from the umpire, at a crucial stage in the chase, against a batsman who's just hit three successive boundaries, the umpire has just caved into Thisara's long appeal 68/30.6 he's gone first ball, walking across to a length ball on the stumps, misses the nudge to leg, and is caught in front, nothing wrong with the line of the delivery, height could have been an issue, he was struck high above the knee roll, and was also quite some way outside the crease 9/12.6 Mathews strikes again, catches him on the crease with an incoming length delivery, and Jahurul plays on off an inside edge 27/214.4 heaves a high full toss high and down into deep midwicket's hands 135/59.5 he's picked out third man, full and wide, he's thrown bat at it, and sent it sailing to the man in the deep 85/414.5 what a gift, Mahmudullah did well to paddle a low full toss past short fine, Malinga hauled it in, threw it back to the keeper, Mominul wanted the third, Mahmudullah responded, Mominul stopped, yes and no, both ended up mid-pitch in the end, Mominul started walking back right away, but replays showed batsmen hadn't crossed over, and Mahmudullah has to go 137/617.2 full toss on middle, he backs away and has a go, sends it sailing tamely to midwicket 156/7Extras8 (lb 3, w 5)TOTAL181/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.05)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Shamsur Rahman, 0.6 ov), 2-27 (Jahurul Islam, 2.6 ov), 3-68 (Mohammad Ashraful, 7.6 ov), 4-85 (Nasir Hossain, 9.5 ov), 5-135 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 14.4 ov), 6-137 (Mahmudullah, 14.5 ov), 7-156 (Sohag Gazi, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 4 0 37 2 9.25 8 7 0 0 0 RMS Eranga 4 0 37 0 9.25 5 1 2 2 0 SL Malinga 4 0 27 1 6.75 9 2 0 0 0 SMSM Senanayake 4 0 29 1 7.25 4 2 0 0 0 NLTC Perera 2 0 25 2 12.50 4 1 2 3 0 BMAJ Mendis 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0 AK Perera 1 0 17 0 17.00 1 2 1 0 0
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- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 62 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 11
- MDKJ Perera: 50 off 30 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 14
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 25
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (AD Mathews 17, BMAJ Mendis 25, Ex 11)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 198/5 in 20.0 overs (AD Mathews 30, NLTC Perera 22)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 2 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 2
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 5
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (Mushfiqur Rahim 20, Mahmudullah 29, Ex 1)
- Bangladesh: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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After conceding the high-scoring one-off Twenty20 in Pallekele, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim criticised his bowlers' work ethic, and said it was time the country takes a proper look at the state of fast bowling
Kusal Perera sets up Sri Lanka's win
A marauding Kusal Perera set the platform for Sri Lanka's 198 for 5, which proved 17 runs too many for the valiant Bangladesh batsmen, in the one-off Twenty20 in Pallekele
Time for the old Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful has shown a new solidity to his batting on this tour, but the one-off T20I is an ideal time for him to utilise his old strengths and range of strokeplay
Pressure on SL to end on high - Chandimal
Sri Lanka's new Twenty20 captain Dinesh Chandimal has admitted there is significant pressure on the hosts to finish the home series against Bangladesh on a high note
Want to end tour with another win - Mushfiqur
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim wants to utilize the tour-ending Twenty20 against Sri Lanka to cure a number of ills that prevail in his side