- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR19.2 soft dismissal! Back of a length delivery on off stump that stops in the surface again. Nissanka opens up his stance, looking to pull it but like Mathews, is early into the stroke. The ball also seems to bounce a tad extra and spoons up off the top edge. Shahidi judges it, runs to his left from short mid wicket and completes a diving catch! 84/42.2 Edged and gone! Dimuth's return to ODI cricket is not a fruitful one. This is a length ball just outside off, and Dimuth just has a nothing waft at this. Simple take at second slip. 6/18.2 Gone this time! Soft dismissal. This is short and Mendis has pulled it straight into the grateful pouch of square leg. Ball stuck a bit in the surface and Mendis ended up being a bit early on the stroke. Toe ends this straight to Rahmat Shah. 38/214.4 edged and taken behind the stumps! Banged into the track outside off stump and this one, like countless deliveries before it, seems to just stick in the surface. Mathews tries to pull it away but is early into his stroke, only managing a feather that Gurbaz gobbles up! 61/349.1 Disaster for Sri Lanka! Kumara misses the drive as this goes to the keeper. They look to run the bye to the keeper to get Asalanka on strike, but Gurbaz throws down the striker's stumps. Asalanka is not even in the frame. 264/837.1 And Nabi strikes! A loose stroke from DDS sees Nabi rattle the stumps. This was just a plain straight delivery on off, on a length. Dhananjaya looks to sweep but gets nowhere near it as the ball crashes into off stump. The partnership is broken on 99. 183/542.5 but Noor strikes straight back! This was the googly and it has Shanaka in a total tangle! Pitches on leg, and spins towards off. Shanaka looks to work this onside but is beaten all ends up as the top of off stump is disturbed. Big wicket for Afghanistan. 215/648.4 And Hemantha's cameo comes to an end! Full toss on off, but he only manages to slice this drive straight to mid-off 263/749.2 Corker first up! Yorker on leg stump, rifles into the stumps off Rajitha's pads. 264/949.6 full on off, driven straight to cover! They have to try this single, but it's an easy run out at the non-striker's end 268/10Extras17 (lb 2, nb 1, w 14)TOTAL268 all out (50 Overs, RR: 5.36)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 2.2 ov), 2-38 (Kusal Mendis, 8.2 ov), 3-61 (Angelo Mathews, 14.4 ov), 4-84 (Pathum Nissanka, 19.2 ov), 5-183 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 37.1 ov), 6-215 (Dasun Shanaka, 42.5 ov), 7-263 (Dushan Hemantha, 48.4 ov), 8-264 (Charith Asalanka, 49.1 ov), 9-264 (Kasun Rajitha, 49.2 ov), 10-268 (Matheesha Pathirana, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 9 0 58 2 6.44 31 8 0 5 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 8 1 35 1 4.37 29 4 0 1 0 Fareed Ahmad 8 0 43 2 5.37 24 4 1 1 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 1 45 1 4.50 30 3 0 1 0 Noor Ahmad 8 0 54 1 6.75 22 6 0 4 1 Mohammad Nabi 7 0 31 1 4.42 22 2 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.2 chops it on! Short and wide outside off stump. Gurbaz, after playing so many dot balls, feels the time is right to break free with this delivery. This one, though, just comes onto him a little slow, meaning that he is early into the stroke and can only drag it back onto his stumps! Massive, massive breakthrough! 25/129.6 holes out to deep backward square leg! Oh my! Banged into the track outside off stump. Ibrahim, looking to get to his hundred with a boundary, has a swipe at it. This one, though, just gets a little big on him and he cannot control it, splicing it straight to the sweeper on the deep backward square leg fence! He has missed out on a hundred but take nothing away from what was another wonderful innings! 171/236.6 And Pathirana gets his maiden ODI wicket! This one was dug in short, 127kph, but it skidded on to Shah, who goes for the pull but only manages a top edge down to fine leg, who completes a good catch. Shah must go for a well played 55. 211/345.1 Edged and gone! Shahidi must go after a strange passage of play. This was short of a length outside off, and Shahidi slashes at it. There's a noise as it goes through to the keeper, who doesn't appeal. While Rajitha too follows through without much celebration. There's vociferous appeal from a few surrounding fielders, and then eventually Rajitha turns back and appeals. At which point the umpire raises the finger. 253/4Extras30 (b 1, lb 6, nb 1, w 22)TOTAL269/4 (46.5 Overs, RR: 5.74)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.2 ov), 2-171 (Ibrahim Zadran, 29.6 ov), 3-211 (Rahmat Shah, 36.6 ov), 4-253 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 45.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CAK Rajitha 10 0 49 2 4.90 40 7 0 3 0 CBRLS Kumara 4.3 1 21 1 4.66 18 2 0 2 0 M Pathirana 8.5 0 66 1 7.47 27 4 2 8 0 MD Shanaka 4.3 0 32 0 7.11 12 5 0 0 1 MADI Hemantha 9 0 50 0 5.55 20 4 0 1 0 DM de Silva 10 0 44 0 4.40 29 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Afghanistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
02 June 2023 (50-over match)
ODI debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 152 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 59/2 in 14.0 overs (P Nissanka 27, AD Mathews 11)
- Over 16.6: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RMPJ Rambukwella, Batter - KIC Asalanka (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (137 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 131/4 in 29.0 overs (KIC Asalanka 37, DM de Silva 19)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (KIC Asalanka 25, DM de Silva 21, Ex 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 32.0 overs (193 balls), Extras 12
- KIC Asalanka: 50 off 57 balls (8 x 4)
- DM de Silva: 50 off 56 balls (5 x 4)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 72 runs, 5 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 40.5 overs (246 balls), Extras 12
- Over 46.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RMPJ Rambukwella, Batter - MADI Hemantha (Upheld)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 47.2 overs (285 balls), Extras 17
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 268/10 in 50.0 overs (CBRLS Kumara 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 184 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 37, Rahmat Shah 7, Ex 6)
- Ibrahim Zadran: 50 off 35 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 98/1 in 16.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 59, Rahmat Shah 11)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 16.4 overs (101 balls), Extras 14
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 99 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 72, Rahmat Shah 19, Ex 9)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 25.1 overs (152 balls), Extras 22
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 172/2 in 31.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 36, Hashmatullah Shahidi 0)
- Rahmat Shah: 50 off 75 balls (2 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 35.2 overs (213 balls), Extras 27
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 1 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 44.3 overs (268 balls), Extras 30
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