Bangladesh were done in by yet another woeful batting performance. Their bowlers tried their best but 137 was never going to enough. The visitors will have to do something about the batting; it has led them down throughout this tour. They will get one more chance at redemption on July 25th.
Join us then. Meanwhile, at Lord's, India are teetering on the precipice. This is Sriram Veera signing off
31.1
4
Abdur Razzak to Dilshan, FOUR, And Dilshan gets it with his favourite cut shot. Short and outside off, he spanks it past point. Mahela and Trevor Penny applaud in the pavilion. Hand shakes in the middle. Another series has been won by the Sri Lankans.
Just one run away from the series win
END OF OVER:31 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 137/5 (1 run required from 19 overs, RR: 4.41, RRR: 0.05)
- Jehan Mubarak0 (1b)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan16 (40b)
- Mohammad Ashraful1-0-2-1
- Abdur Razzak8-0-33-1
30.6
0
Mohammad Ashraful to Mubarak, no run, flighted delivery on the off stump line, wristed to midwicket
30.6
1w
Mohammad Ashraful to Mubarak, 1 wide, lands on the leg stump and spins down leg side. wide. The scores are level.
30.5
W
Mohammad Ashraful to Silva, OUT, Chamara falls going for the winning shot. It was tossed up, slightly short in length and Chamara went down on the front knee and went for a pull shot but couldn't keep it down. Caught at deep midwicket. Ashraful looks very pleased with the wicket. He pumps his fist and screams in delight.
LPC Silva c Aftab Ahmed b Mohammad Ashraful 36 (60m 49b 5x4 0x6) SR: 73.46
30.4
0
Mohammad Ashraful to Silva, no run, spinning towards off stump, Chamara goes back to push it to cover
30.3
1
Mohammad Ashraful to Dilshan, 1 run, lands on the off and middle, turns away, cut to deep point
30.2
0
Mohammad Ashraful to Dilshan, no run, pushed to cover.
30.1
1lb
Mohammad Ashraful to Silva, 1 leg bye, full and outside off stump, Silva goes for another sweep shot but misses and gets a leg bye
END OF OVER:30 | 10 Runs | SL: 134/4 (4 runs required from 20 overs, RR: 4.46, RRR: 0.20)
- Chamara Silva36 (46b)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan15 (38b)
- Abdur Razzak8-0-33-1
- Farhad Reza2-0-12-0
29.6
1
Abdur Razzak to Silva, 1 run, tossed-up, inviting him to go for it and Silva sweeps it from the middle to long leg. Four more runs. One shot away from victory.
29.5
4
Abdur Razzak to Silva, FOUR, full and on the leg and middle line, Silva sweeps it wide of long leg fielder. 5 more to win.
29.4
0
Abdur Razzak to Silva, no run, on the middle and leg, turned to midwicket
29.3
1
Abdur Razzak to Dilshan, 1 run, arm-ball, on the off stump, full in length but again Dilshan backs away, looking for that cut and he dabs it away to cover point
29.2
0
Abdur Razzak to Dilshan, no run, comes down the track, drives back to Razzak who has a shy at the striker's end.
29.1
4
Abdur Razzak to Dilshan, FOUR, Another Dilshan cut. Slightly short and he jumps back to slap it past backward point
END OF OVER:29 | 2 Runs | SL: 124/4 (14 runs required from 21 overs, RR: 4.27, RRR: 0.66)
- Chamara Silva31 (43b)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan10 (35b)
- Farhad Reza2-0-12-0
- Abdur Razzak7-0-23-1
28.6
0
Farhad Reza to Silva, no run, on the off stump line, steered to backward point
28.5
0
Farhad Reza to Silva, no run, full in length, on the middle, Silva has a swing across the line and is struck in front of leg and middle. Appeal for lbw but Rudi reckons it would be going down leg side
28.4
0
Farhad Reza to Silva, no run, lands on a length, around the off stump, slides in a touch, defended on the front foot. Good stride forward.
28.3
0
Farhad Reza to Silva, no run, leans forward to drive to cover. 14 more to win.
28.2
1
Farhad Reza to Dilshan, 1 run, short of length, outside off stump, cut away to deep point
28.1
1
Farhad Reza to Silva, 1 run, fullish, outside off stump, square driven through backward point
END OF OVER:28 | 8 Runs | SL: 122/4 (16 runs required from 22 overs, RR: 4.35, RRR: 0.72)
- Chamara Silva30 (38b)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan9 (34b)
- Abdur Razzak7-0-23-1
- Shahadat Hossain10-1-45-1
27.6
1
Abdur Razzak to Silva, 1 run, full again and this time he is on the front foot to square drive through backward point
27.5
0
Abdur Razzak to Silva, no run, on the off stump line, turning away, nudged towards cover. He had wanted to cut it but again the length was not right. Both these batsmen favour the cut shot and some times, choose the wrong length