- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR36.2 caught! Reza angles the ball into Tharanga from round the wicket and moves it away from the left-hander off the pitch, Tharanga moves forward and drives loosely at it and gets a thick edge to Mushfiqur who takes the simplest of catches 150/47.4 bowled him, Rasel pitches one outside off stump and cuts it back into Jayasuriya who pushes away from his body with a gap between bat and pad, the ball bats the inside edge of Jayasuriya's bat and crashes into off stump, that moves a fair bit off the pitch into the left-hander, huge wicket for Bangladesh 33/112.4 caught, Mortaza pitches it on middle stump and seams it away from Sangakkara who is caught on the crease, he gets squared up and tries to defend, the seam movement induces the outside edge to Mushfiqur who makes no mistake this time 58/217.4 caught! Rasel slants one across Jayawardene who moves on to the front foot and spoons the cover drive to Shakib at cover, that was a simple catch, lazy shot from Jayawardene, the length wasn't there for the drive and he played away from his body, a soft dismissal 67/343.5 that's close and Asoka de Silva raises the finger! Razzak bowls a quicker ball on middle stump and it goes straight through to Silva who moves back and tries to flick, he misses and the ball hits him on the back pad plumb in front, big wicket for Bangladesh during the final overs 190/546.1 caught! Mortaza bangs it in short on off stump, Dilshan tries to pull and loses grip of his bat, the ball flies off the edge towards Ashraful at cover, who takes an easy catch, while the bat flies a fair distance towards Rasel at midwicket 206/6Extras11 (lb 4, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL234/6 (50 Overs, RR: 4.68)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 7.4 ov), 2-58 (Kumar Sangakkara, 12.4 ov), 3-67 (Mahela Jayawardene, 17.4 ov), 4-150 (Upul Tharanga, 36.2 ov), 5-190 (Chamara Silva, 43.5 ov), 6-206 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 46.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mashrafe Mortaza 10 1 31 2 3.10 43 3 0 2 0 Syed Rasel 10 2 43 2 4.30 42 4 1 0 1 Abdur Razzak 10 0 48 1 4.80 33 3 1 1 0 Farhad Reza 10 0 42 1 4.20 39 5 0 2 0 Shakib Al Hasan 8 0 50 0 6.25 22 4 1 0 0 Aftab Ahmed 2 0 16 0 8.00 4 2 0 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.2 caught at slip, Fernando pitches the ball short of a length on middle stump and angles it across Tamim who hardly moves his feet and plays with the bat away from the body, he gets a thick edge through to Jayawardene at waist height 45/115.5 it's Nafees' turn to go, the carnage continues, Fernando bowls the heavy ball short of a length and angles it into Nafees, Nafees moves back in his crease and closes the face of the bat to play the ball through midwicket, the ball hits the inside edge and bounced off the thigh pad to Silva at gully 56/511.6 Fernando has two in the same over! He bowls full and straight, Imran takes half a stride across his stumps and is caught on the crease when the ball thuds into pad, Asoka de Silva takes his time but eventually raises the finger 46/212.3 another one goes, Maharoof pitches on a good length on off stump, gets the ball to bounce and angle across Shakib who doesn't move his feet while playing away from his body, Sangakkara gleefully accepts the edge 47/313.6 Ashraful falls, Fernando gives him another short delivery, Ashraful tries to play a pull but mis-times it and gets a top edge that flies somewhere mid-way towards fine leg, Sangakkara and Jayawardene, at first slip, both give chase but Maharoof runs in from the fine-leg fence, slides as he reaches the ball, and takes a well-judged catch 52/422.3 87mph from Malinga, full and straight on off and middle stump, the ball swings back into Aftab who is caught on the crease as he tries to flick and gets hit on the pad plumb in front, Rudi Koertzen doesn't hesitate in sending Aftab on his way 76/635.6 the ninth wicket falls, Bandara pitches it on leg stump inducing Mushfiqur to sweep against the turn, the ball hits the top edge and lobs up to Tharanga who takes a dolly at short fine leg 148/930.4 gone! Reza gets a bit too aggressive this time, attempting to go downtown again against Jayasuriya, but only manages to hole out to a diving Tharanga at long-on 118/733.3 caught and bowled! Bandara bowls it flat on leg and middle stump, Mortaza leans forward and closes the face of the bat, trying to play it to midwicket against the spin, the leading edge lobs up towards silly mid-on and Bandara runs in front of the non-striker and takes an easy catch 131/840.3 that's the end of the match, Rasel moves on to the back foot and nudges towards midwicket for a quick single, Dilshan charges in from midwicket, the pick up is spot on and he fires the throw into Sangakkara who whips off the bails in a flash with Razzak inches short of his crease 164/10Extras9 (lb 3, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL164 all out (40.3 Overs, RR: 4.04)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Tamim Iqbal, 11.2 ov), 2-46 (Tushar Imran, 11.6 ov), 3-47 (Shakib Al Hasan, 12.3 ov), 4-52 (Mohammad Ashraful, 13.6 ov), 5-56 (Shahriar Nafees, 15.5 ov), 6-76 (Aftab Ahmed, 22.3 ov), 7-118 (Farhad Reza, 30.4 ov), 8-131 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 33.3 ov), 9-148 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 35.6 ov), 10-164 (Abdur Razzak, 40.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MF Maharoof 10 3 32 1 3.20 47 5 0 2 1 SL Malinga 7 0 17 1 2.42 29 1 0 1 0 CRD Fernando 9 1 24 4 2.66 42 3 0 2 0 HMCM Bandara 9 0 64 2 7.11 22 4 3 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 4 0 23 1 5.75 17 0 3 0 0 TM Dilshan 1 1 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0 J Mubarak 0.3 0 1 0 2.00 2 0 0 0 0
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- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 60/2 in 15.0 overs (WU Tharanga 19, DPMD Jayawardene 1)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 27.2 overs (168 balls), Extras 5
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (WU Tharanga 20, LPC Silva 29, Ex 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 120/3 in 31.0 overs (WU Tharanga 45, LPC Silva 29)
- WU Tharanga: 50 off 95 balls (6 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 36.1 overs (223 balls), Extras 8
- LPC Silva: 50 off 63 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 45.2 overs (278 balls), Extras 9
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (83 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 52/4 in 14.0 overs (Shahriar Nafees 29)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 28.2 overs (175 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 118/7 in 30.4 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 18)
- Bangladesh: 150 runs in 37.3 overs (230 balls), Extras 8
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