- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.1 No need for replays here. Jayawardene is gone lbw. Gul has been bowling this one-off inducker every over. This one starts around the sixth-stump line, beats Jayawardene's inside edge, and hits him in front of middle and leg. No forward stride, so hardly any way for the ball to travel. Would have hit leg stump 12/24.1 Dilshan can keep his appointment. This is the fifth or sixth attempt he has tried to get out. This time he succeeds, though. Short of a length, on the stumps, Dilshan stays in the crease, and wants to send it to Kandy. Nowhere near the pitch of it, and expectedly skies it up for Ajmal at mid-on. As I said, Twenty20s are over 8/112.4 here's the good Sami. Full outswinger, 137ks, near yorker, and hits his toe in front of leg. Umpire Reifell gives him. Sanga is not happy at all. He reckons this is headed down leg. A touch-and-go decision: not big stride down the wicket, hit full in front of leg, anybody's guess after that 40/48.4 Timber. Nothing shot really. Short of a length, no room, and he wants to punch it. The seam movement back into him, and the extra bounce do for him. Dragged on 23/319.2 Tharanga has missed this by a country mile. Charges at Hafeez, who bowls full and straight. Tharanga swings around the off-stump line, and this takes out the middle stump 56/614.3 Sami is on fire here. Good outswinger. Full delivery, on off, holds its line, Mathews plays a loose drive from the back foot, edges it low and flat, and Misbah collects it clean as a whistle at first slip 41/527.3 lovely follow-up delivery. After the big sharp offbreak, he follows with the straighter delivery. Pitched outside off, angling in, hits him in front of off, would have hit the stumps, and he has been given out. Except that he also got a big inside edge before the ball hit the pad. Perera lets out a cry, but has to walk off 81/741.4 they finally catch one. Sami refuses to give them driving length. Stays back of a length, and Kula just swings at it, hoping for the best. Ends up skying it to Tanvir at third man, who catches it knee-high 131/8Extras31 (lb 7, nb 1, w 23)TOTAL135/8 (42 Overs, RR: 3.21)Did not bat: SL MalingaFall of wickets: 1-8 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 4.1 ov), 2-12 (Mahela Jayawardene, 6.1 ov), 3-23 (Dinesh Chandimal, 8.4 ov), 4-40 (Kumar Sangakkara, 12.4 ov), 5-41 (Angelo Mathews, 14.3 ov), 6-56 (Upul Tharanga, 19.2 ov), 7-81 (Thisara Perera, 27.3 ov), 8-131 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 41.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Umar Gul 9 2 24 3 2.66 46 1 0 4 0 Sohail Tanvir 8 0 30 0 3.75 33 1 0 4 1 Mohammad Sami 6 2 19 3 3.16 28 2 0 2 0 Mohammad Hafeez 10 3 20 2 2.00 45 0 0 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 5 0 23 0 4.60 14 2 0 0 0 Shahid Afridi 4 2 12 0 3.00 18 0 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR19.5 beautifully bowled. Slower through the air, 78.5ks, the ball dips on him, and turns away after pitching. Hafeez is drawn forward, but is not quite to the pitch of the ball. The back foot is dragged out as the ball turns past the bat. He tries to get it back, but he has only reached the line when Sanga stumps him. Quite a few replays seen, but there is no part of the foot behind the line when the bails are off 78/32.1 Malinga strikes. That's the start Sri Lanka needed. Short of driving lenght, just outside off, Ali pushes at it away from the body. Nothing shot really. even if he had middled it, he wouldn't got a run. All he manages is a thin edge, and Sanga doesn't drop it 11/17.1 bowled'im. The big inswinger again. Short of a length, just outside off, Younis pushes forward, but has clearly been surprised by the amount of movement. The ball beats the bat, hits him high on the pad, and then the top of the off stump. Kula is thrilled, SL are still alive 27/233.2 Oh we have a Misbah moment here. International cricket will be poorer without Misbah. He jumps out of the crease, gets to the pitch of the ball, drives it solidly to mid-off, wants a single, but Akmal sends him back because it has been hit straight to fielder. Caught well short there 133/4Extras22 (b 2, lb 13, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL135/4 (34.1 Overs, RR: 3.95)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Azhar Ali, 2.1 ov), 2-27 (Younis Khan, 7.1 ov), 3-78 (Mohammad Hafeez, 19.5 ov), 4-133 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 33.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SL Malinga 7 2 24 1 3.42 33 4 0 0 1 KMDN Kulasekara 9 3 29 1 3.22 44 4 0 3 0 AD Mathews 6 1 18 0 3.00 31 3 0 1 0 NLTC Perera 6.1 0 31 0 5.02 24 4 0 2 0 HMRKB Herath 6 0 18 1 3.00 26 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Pakistan led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days
7 June 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 3 wickets)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 40/4 in 12.4 overs (WU Tharanga 3)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 20.0 (Bowling side - 12 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 22
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 50/5 in 17.4 overs (WU Tharanga 5, HDRL Thirimanne 6)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 68/6 in 24.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 10, NLTC Perera 7)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 34.5 overs (210 balls), Extras 29
- Powerplay 3: Overs 35.1 - 39.0 (Batting side - 18 runs, 0 wicket)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 107/7 in 37.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 23, KMDN Kulasekara 11)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (HDRL Thirimanne 25, KMDN Kulasekara 18, Ex 7)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 135/8 in 42.0 overs (HDRL Thirimanne 42, HMRKB Herath 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 9.0 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 41/2 in 13.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 16, Misbah-ul-Haq 8)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 12
- Powerplay 2: Overs 16.1 - 20.0 (Bowling side - 19 runs, 1 wicket)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 25, Misbah-ul-Haq 17, Ex 8)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 27.3 overs (165 balls), Extras 20
- Drinks: Pakistan - 102/3 in 28.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 22, Umar Akmal 15)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 12, Umar Akmal 32, Ex 6)
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