Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Australia vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI 2013

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Looks like we can't bring the presentation to you today, but thanks for being with us. If I can hazard a guess I'd say Phil Hughes will win the man of the match, and Nuwan Kulasekara is the player of the series, but Hughes has an outside shot of taking that out too. Those would by my two picks anyway.

Dylan: "If you had to blame a period of Sri Lanka inning for the defeat, blame the 10 over block, the 17th to 26th over. 18 runs for 2 wickets in this section stalled their innings and caused unnecessary pressure to build. An extra 25 runs here would have helped."

So Australia have leveled it up. Mahela may feel he chose wrongly at the toss, given how difficult the pitch became for scoring in the second innings. Not the ideal send-off for him as captain, but he has been a terrific leader for Sri Lanka and he's got the team to a better place than he found it.

48.3

McKay to Malinga, OUT, slower again, and gone. Malinga pokes at that one and it lobs off the bat and into the hands of short third man, who takes a good low catch.

SL Malinga c Johnson b McKay 2 (10m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

48.3

McKay to Malinga, 1 wide, loses control of that one, down the leg side

48.2

McKay to Malinga, no run, slower ball again, bounces just over the stumps. Malinga's cross-bat swipe gets nowhere near it.

48.1

McKay to Malinga, no run, a slower ball outside off stump, Malinga can't get bat to it

END OF OVER:
48 | 14 Runs | SL: 214/9 (34 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.45, RRR: 17.00)

Nuwan Kulasekara14 (11b)
Lasith Malinga2 (2b)

Mitchell Starc9-0-48-0
Clint McKay9-0-50-1

47.6

Starc to Kulasekara, FOUR, picked off his pads and timed well to the square leg fence. Another good shot, but coming too late for Sri Lanka, you feel

47.6

Starc to Kulasekara, 1 wide, Kulasekara moves back, but Starc goes wide of the off stump. Wide is called, but it seems harsh as that was inside the tram lines.

47.5

Starc to Kulasekara, FOUR, fullish delivery on off stump, carved powerfully over the off side infield for four. Good shot. He's been trying it for a while

47.4

Starc to Kulasekara, 2 runs, nicely flicked over short fine leg from Kulasekara, Picked up the short ball from leg stump and sent it high towards the boundary. The sweeper comes around to cut it off.

47.3

Starc to Malinga, 1 run, angled into the blockhole. Malinga digs it out and the batsmen take one.

47.2

Starc to Kulasekara, 1 run, full and angled in, Kulasekara knocks it down to long on

Malinga seems to be okay.

47.1

Starc to Malinga, 1 run, nasty short ball angled into Malinga, and it looks like it's hit him on the glove. They take a run, but the physio is out there immediately.

Mitchell Starc is into the attack.

END OF OVER:
47 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 200/9 (48 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.25, RRR: 16.00)

Nuwan Kulasekara3 (7b)
Lasith Malinga0 (0b)

Clint McKay9-0-50-1
Moises Henriques10-1-32-3

46.6

McKay to Kulasekara, no run, yet another slower ball, Kulasekara, again, can't connect with a cut shot

The batsman have crossed

46.5

McKay to Herath, OUT, swipes across the line and gets a big top edge, which sails to Henriques at deep square leg, who runs in to take it comfortably

HMRKB Herath c Henriques b McKay 2 (6m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

46.4

McKay to Herath, no run, slower ball again, angled into the stumps. Herath misses with his swing and the ball shaves the stumps

46.3

McKay to Kulasekara, 1 run, angled into the pads and Kulasekara misses again. Appeal from McKay, but the umpire's not interested.

46.2

McKay to Kulasekara, no run, 107kph, Kualsekara advances but cant time his shot. Goes straight back to the bowler

46.1

McKay to Herath, 1 run, Full and on the stumps, Herath hits that back over the bowler's head but doesn't quite time it

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 198/8 (50 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 12.50)

Nuwan Kulasekara2 (4b)
Rangana Herath1 (2b)

Moises Henriques10-1-32-3
Mitchell Johnson10-0-45-2

45.6

Henriques to Kulasekara, no run, slower short ball again, and Kulasekara sways out of the way, having misread the pace initially

45.5

Henriques to Kulasekara, no run, slower ball outside off stump, Kulasekara tries to go inside out but misses

45.4

Henriques to Herath, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Herath opens the face and sends that to point

45.3

Henriques to Kulasekara, 1 run, shortish ball outside off stump, Kulasekara clubs it down the ground

45.2

1lb

Henriques to Herath, 1 leg bye, length ball on the pads, Herath gets bat to it and they scamper one

Herath comes to the crease.

45.1

Henriques to NLTC Perera, OUT, and Perera goes! A fullish ball angled into the stumps and Perera plays all around that one, Crashes into middle stump again.

NLTC Perera b Henriques 7 (8m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 116.66

Sri Lanka INNINGS		R	B
DPMD Jayawardene	caught	38	39
TM Dilshan	caught wk	19	48
HDRL Thirimanne	caught	1	10
LD Chandimal	bowled	6	19
AD Mathews	caught	67	79
MDKJ Perera	caught	14	30
BMAJ Mendis	bowled	26	40
NLTC Perera	bowled	7	6
KMDN Kulasekara	not out	14	11
HMRKB Herath	caught	2	5
SL Malinga	caught	2	5
EXTRAS	(lb 12, w 6, nb 1)
TOTAL	215 (all out; 48.3 ovs)

Australia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
CJ McKay	9.3	0	51	2	5.36	(2w)
MA Starc	9.0	0	48	0	5.33	(1nb, 3w)
MG Johnson	10.0	0	45	2	4.50	(1w)
XJ Doherty	8.0	1	21	3	2.62
MC Henriques	10.0	1	32	3	3.20
GJ Maxwell	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	57	DPMD Jayawardene	TM Dilshan
2nd	5	TM Dilshan	HDRL Thirimanne
3rd	9	TM Dilshan	LD Chandimal
4th	6	AD Mathews	LD Chandimal
5th	31	AD Mathews	MDKJ Perera
6th	79	BMAJ Mendis	AD Mathews
7th	0	AD Mathews	NLTC Perera
8th	8	KMDN Kulasekara	NLTC Perera
9th	5	HMRKB Herath	KMDN Kulasekara
10th	15	SL Malinga	KMDN Kulasekara

END OF OVER:
48 | 14 Runs | SL: 214/9 (34 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.45, RRR: 17.00)

END OF OVER:
47 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 200/9 (48 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.25, RRR: 16.00)

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 198/8 (50 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 12.50)

Match Coverage

Outgoing captain Jayawardene confident of series win

Hughes hundred ensures Australia draw series

Clarke sprains ankle at training

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

END OF OVER:48 | 14 Runs | SL: 214/9 (34 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.45, RRR: 17.00)

END OF OVER:47 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 200/9 (48 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.25, RRR: 16.00)

END OF OVER:46 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 198/8 (50 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 12.50)

Outgoing captain Jayawardene confident of series win

Hughes hundred ensures Australia draw series

Clarke sprains ankle at training

END OF OVER:
48 | 14 Runs | SL: 214/9 (34 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.45, RRR: 17.00)

END OF OVER:
47 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 200/9 (48 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.25, RRR: 16.00)

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 198/8 (50 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 12.50)