- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR28.2 half-tracker snares Nissanka! Long hop on seventh stump, Nissanka tries to drag this over the leg side either than go with the angle through the off side and miscues this tamely to Mackintosh at short midwicket, who does a bunny hop reaching above his head to intercept it. 142/44.2 bullseye! Length ball swinging in toward off stump from a fourth stump line, Karunaratne is flat-footed stabbing his bat down at this and a faint inside edge goes onto the stumps. 34/18.4 Leask with a juggling take at backward point! Short and wide, Mendis tries to attack to release the mounting pressure but picks out Leask reaching to his left across his body at chest height. He mishandles it initially as it bobbles up to his left but Leask keeps his cool and dives under control to his left to pluck it one-handed with his right paw on the second effort. 43/219.2 short on seventh stump, tries to flay a cut over backward point but the extra bounce means he can't keep the ball down and he sends this to Leask at head height at backward point who snaps this up with ease. 98/340.4 Gottim! Tossed up, carbon copy of the previous delivery, Asalanka tries to reach for it, playing away from his body as he attempts to play a late cut, gets a thick outside edge to the keeper! Sri Lanka in a spot of bother! Pure elation fills the air as he raises his arms in triumph, a wide smile stretching across his face. 207/739.2 doesn't pick this googly! This time he drags the length back to pitch it on a good length on fourth stump, it spins in but more importantly skids low and castles de Silva playing back to flick through midwicket. 203/539.3 two in two! Googly again flighted full on sixth stump, Shanaka tries to smash him over mid-on up in the ring but miscues the drive and picks out Sole doing a bunny hop to take the catch reaching above his head. 203/643.1 Loopy delivery on a fuller length, follows the batter who was shimming down leg, Hasaranga goes hard at it, larrups it over the bowler's head but didn't get all of it. Sole at long-on swoops to his left, covers a lot of ground and pouches an absolute stunner! Scotland get another prized scalp as wickets continue to tumble for Sri Lanka. That's a good breakthrough for Scotland because he is a dangerous customer 223/844.4 Tries to target that knee roll, that looked plumb! Quicker delivery, goes on with the arm, beats his flick and the umpire agrees, raises the dreaded finger as another one bites the dust. Watt's eyes light up with sheer delight as he jumps for joy, pumping his fists in celebration 228/949.3 Miscues the skier! Low full toss on off, he launches it over the bowler's head and Sole at long-off didn't have to move a muscle to swallow it up, he is safe as a house in that fielding position and Sri Lanka have been bowled out in the last over. Remarkable effort from Scotland and they have done the job with the ball 245/10Extras13 (lb 3, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL245 all out (49.3 Overs, RR: 4.94)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 4.2 ov), 2-43 (Kusal Mendis, 8.4 ov), 3-98 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 19.2 ov), 4-142 (Pathum Nissanka, 28.2 ov), 5-203 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 39.2 ov), 6-203 (Dasun Shanaka, 39.3 ov), 7-207 (Charith Asalanka, 40.4 ov), 8-223 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 43.1 ov), 9-228 (Kasun Rajitha, 44.4 ov), 10-245 (Lahiru Kumara, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CB Sole 10 1 46 2 4.60 37 5 0 1 0 B McMullen 5 0 19 0 3.80 21 2 0 1 0 J Jarvis 3 0 15 0 5.00 10 2 0 0 0 AC Evans 7 0 35 1 5.00 20 4 0 0 0 CM McBride 2 0 13 0 6.50 6 2 0 0 0 MRJ Watt 10 0 52 3 5.20 28 4 0 2 1 MA Leask 6 0 30 0 5.00 19 1 2 0 0 CN Greaves 6.3 0 32 4 4.92 21 4 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.3 Soft dismissal! A harmless full-toss looping outside off, he swats at it and Shanaka pockets the catch low at cover-point. Scotland are in complete disarray here! Shanaka just routinely flicks out his hand and the ball stuck in! Hasaranga revels in the ecstasy and his teammates rush to join them, forming a jubilant circle of celebration. 73/51.4 Wrecked the stumps, he sounds the death rattle with this brute of a delivery! Shorter length, starts off from outside off stump and nips back extravagantly, middle stump goes cartwheeling. What a sight for Kumara and a tremendous riposte after being slammed for boundary 14/16.2 McMullen makes a mess of his stumps! Top bowling from Theekshana! Tossed up on a length and he doesn't know where it's gonna spin, gets stuck on his crease and leaves a big gap, ball rips through the stumps and he has to take the long walk back into the pavilion. Mystery spinner has produced the first bit of magic as McMullen plays it down the wrong line 38/210.2 Sharp catch like a lizard pouching its prey at first slip! He tries to work this to the leg side but gets an edge straight to de Silva at first slip who dived to his left and made sure to keep his fingers underneath the ball. Theekshana strikes again as Scotland finds themselves in a rut! 55/311.6 Pleading for an lbw and up goes the finger! Hits the hard length and it swerves back, raps him on the backleg and it looked plumb! Wow, the emotion, the pride, he is absolutely fired up. Scotland's chase is beset by the loss of wickets at regular intervals 60/415.6 That looked a bit high but the umpire thinks otherwise, no reviews available and he has to go! Sri Lanka tighten the screws, dots were building up, pitched a little short, skiddy, nips back sharply and thudded the pads, Leask goes for the flick and misses it completely, didn't take long for the umpire to raise his finger. 74/620.5 Stone dead lbw, looks like I have jinxed him, just when he was starting to cut loose and was working the ball nicely into the gap, he got stuck on the crease on this occasion, went back and it looks stone dead lbw. Another teasing legbreak from round the wicket, turning in extravagantly from outside off, misses the line and he is adjudged lbw. Hasaranga's face beams with unadulterated joy 99/721.2 Tossed up, fuller and gets it to spin ever so slightly, beats his flick and he is pinned in front, no doubt in the umpire's mind and up goes the finger. The deluge is getting suffocating for Scotland 100/828.3 Shuffles across and paddles it over the keepers head, finds short fine, Greaves calls for the second run which was never on, mix-up in the middle and Sole wasn't interested at all in the second run and he is not even in the picture, Lahiru throws at the right end (non striker) and de Silva quickly whips the bails off. 155/928.6 Another botch up as he tucks it into the leg side and was trying to sneak a run, fielder quickly gathers the ball and pings a sharp throw to the keeper, he is well short of his crease as Sri Lanka register an emphatic win over Scotland. 163/10Extras17 (lb 7, w 10)TOTAL163 all out (29 Overs, RR: 5.62)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Matthew Cross, 1.4 ov), 2-38 (Brandon McMullen, 6.2 ov), 3-55 (Richie Berrington, 10.2 ov), 4-60 (Tomas Mackintosh, 11.6 ov), 5-73 (Christopher McBride, 14.3 ov), 6-74 (Michael Leask, 15.6 ov), 7-99 (Mark Watt, 20.5 ov), 8-100 (Jack Jarvis, 21.2 ov), 9-155 (Chris Sole, 28.3 ov), 10-163 (Alasdair Evans, 28.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CAK Rajitha 5 0 25 1 5.00 20 2 0 1 0 CBRLS Kumara 5 0 30 1 6.00 22 4 1 4 0 M Theekshana 10 0 41 3 4.10 37 3 1 0 0 PW Hasaranga 6 0 42 2 7.00 19 6 1 1 0 MD Shanaka 1 1 0 1 0.00 6 0 0 0 0 DM de Silva 2 0 18 0 9.00 4 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Scotland , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
9.00 start, First Session 9.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-13.00, Second Session 13.00-16.30
Match days
27 June 2023 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Scotland 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 161 runs, 4 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 74/2 in 16.0 overs (P Nissanka 46, S Samarawickrama 12)
- P Nissanka: 50 off 50 balls (7 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (P Nissanka 28, S Samarawickrama 21, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 20.1 overs (121 balls), Extras 8
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 30.4 overs (185 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 158/4 in 33.0 overs (KIC Asalanka 32, DM de Silva 7)
- KIC Asalanka: 50 off 47 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (KIC Asalanka 33, DM de Silva 17, Ex 0)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 39.1 overs (236 balls), Extras 10
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 4 wickets)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 245/10 in 49.3 overs (M Theekshana 16)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 2 wickets)
- Scotland: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 9
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 109 runs, 8 wickets)
- Drinks: Scotland - 73/5 in 14.3 overs (MA Leask 5)
- Scotland: 100 runs in 21.1 overs (127 balls), Extras 16
- Scotland: 150 runs in 27.5 overs (167 balls), Extras 17
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (CN Greaves 36, CB Sole 16, Ex 1)
- CN Greaves: 50 off 39 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match Coverage
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