- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.1 Dhananjaya chips it straight to catching midwicket! DDS had been trying and failing on this stroke for the last couple of deliveries. This time it was on a good length, shaping in and once more he tries to clip this over the infield. Gets just enough to offer up an easy chipped catch to the man in the circle 18/116.5 bouncer, and Kusal has holed out. This is angled in at his body, gets up to chest-high, and gets big on him as he attempts another big pulls shot. Takes the top edge and flies high towards midwicket, where the fielder gets under it with no big issues. 140/57.4 they keep going after him, but Rishad has struck here with a topspinner. This was flat, but he rolls the hand over the ball and gets some extra bounce, as the ball goes across the batter, on with the arm. Kamindu is tryin to smack this over the straight boundary but the top edge settles in the hands of long on, who takes a nice catch. 52/212.5 excellently caught at deep third by Shoriful. This is a shoulder-high bouncer, over about off stump, which Hasaranga tries to ramp over that deep third boundary, But he doesn't get the elevation, and Shoriful Islam is there to take a few steps to his left, judge his leap nicely, and get both hands to the ball about a metre and a half inside the rope. Lovely catching from the seamer 111/314.4 top edge, caught excellently by Mustafizur at short fine. This is a shortish ball that takes off a bit, and Asalanka tries to play one of his powerful cross-bat shots, but is surprised by the bounce and can offer only a high catch. Fizz does well to track it through the air and get under it 133/417.5 that's just wonderfully clever bowling. A topspinner I think, but tossed up very wide of the stumps - just inside those wide guide lines. Mathews attempts to smash another six because come on this ball is juicy. But the line, and the extra bounce from the top spin ends up with him top-edging it to long off, who takes a decent running catch. 152/619.6 excellent from Litton, who does a behind-the-back flick to run a diving Shanaka out. Shanaka had mis-hit this short ball towards long on, and is trying to run back for another two. But although the throw comes in wide of off stump, Litton collects cleanly, and without having time to look finds the one stump available to him. Shanaka is well short. 174/7Extras14 (b 5, lb 1, w 8)TOTAL174/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.7)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 3.1 ov), 2-52 (Kamindu Mendis, 7.4 ov), 3-111 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 12.5 ov), 4-133 (Charith Asalanka, 14.4 ov), 5-140 (Kusal Mendis, 16.5 ov), 6-152 (Angelo Mathews, 17.5 ov), 7-174 (Dasun Shanaka, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shoriful Islam 4 0 28 1 7.00 9 2 1 1 0 Taskin Ahmed 4 0 25 2 6.25 13 3 1 0 0 Mahedi Hasan 3 0 22 0 7.33 7 2 1 0 0 Mustafizur Rahman 4 0 47 1 11.75 8 3 3 2 0 Rishad Hossain 4 0 35 2 8.75 8 1 3 0 0 Soumya Sarkar 1 0 11 0 11.00 1 2 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.2 strikes first ball! Litton tries to crash this flattish length ball behind square on the leg side, and top edges it! This wasn't quite a sweep, but he didn't account for the bounce, and Dasun Shanaka runs across from square leg to get under it. 13/15.3 this is breathtaking T20 bowling. Full, swinging late and viciously, and Thushara, with the ninth ball of his spell, gets his fourth wicket, but the first off a leftie. He's getting the new ball to swing so dramatically and so late, it's almost like reverse swing. THere is not much of a gap between Soumya's bat and pad, but somehow Thushara has found it. Middle and off stump are splayed. 24/53.2 wow that's a superb delivery. One of the best this series. This was a length ball, beautiful shape in to the left-hander Shanto, who plays for a straight one, and the swing takes it between bat and pad and makes a mess of the stumps. Shades of Lasith Malinga. 15/23.3 Even better! Uproots off stump. This is a spectacular way to start a spell. That swing combined with that low-arm action is magic. This pitched on middle and off, and Towhid Hridoy played the line of the ball, but it moved away past his outside edge and the stump came out of the ground. Someone in the Sri Lanka huddle says something to the batter as he walks off and there's a bit of an angry exchange. Wouldn't be a SL-Ban encounter without it 15/33.4 HAT TRICK! Mahmudullah has been given lbw first ball. But he's reviewed straight away! Whatever happens with this, this is an epic first over of the series from Thushara. This is almost the last ball, but just a touch wider, which means it pitches juuuust in line with off probably, but could the swing be taking the ball past the off stump. Nope, it's not missing off, says the ball projection. It's clipping off stump, and there are two umpires' calls (on impact with pads, and impact with stumps), but Thushara has a hat trick. What a way to live up to the legacy of hat-trick maestro Malinga. Thushara is happy, but he's not going overboard either. 15/48.1 there's Hasaranga's googly, and it's immediately yielded a lbw wicket.. Or has it? The batter has reviewed. Has he edged this? That's the only thing that will save him, I suspect. But Jaker Ali has not touched that, and the ball projection shows the ball crashing into leg stump. Understand why you'd review that, though. Bangladesh are running out of batters fast. 32/613.2 Hasaranga breaks the stand! He tosses yet another one up, it's his googly this time. Mahedi gets low and looks to swing this over the leg side but misses completely. The wickets are utterly disturbed 76/716.5 And Rishad's resistance comes to an end! The entire stadium applauds as he walks off. This was a good length just outside off, Rishad looks to drag this to his favoured cow corner, but ends up top edging it near the bottom of the bat. It goes straight up in the air towards mid-off, where Sadeera hustles around and completes a very good take 117/819.4 Excellent work by DDS to end the game! This was mistimed pull to deep midwicket, where DDS leaps up and takes it well over head, but pops it up before stepping over the ropes and coming back in to complete the catch. Sri Lanka win by 28 runs and take the series 2-1! 146/1017.6 Thushara gets his fifth! Pace-on, good length. Taskin looks to heave this onside but his bottom hand comes off and he's only able to find deep square leg. The Lankan bench is on its feet applauding Thushara 134/9Extras9 (b 1, lb 1, w 7)TOTAL146 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 7.42)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Litton Das, 2.2 ov), 2-15 (Najmul Hossain Shanto, 3.2 ov), 3-15 (Towhid Hridoy, 3.3 ov), 4-15 (Mahmudullah, 3.4 ov), 5-24 (Soumya Sarkar, 5.3 ov), 6-32 (Jaker Ali, 8.1 ov), 7-76 (Mahedi Hasan, 13.2 ov), 8-117 (Rishad Hossain, 16.5 ov), 9-134 (Shoriful Islam, 17.6 ov), 10-146 (Taskin Ahmed, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 1.1 0 5 0 4.28 4 0 0 1 0 B Fernando 4 0 39 0 9.75 9 4 2 1 0 DM de Silva 0.5 0 2 1 2.40 4 0 0 1 0 N Thushara 4 1 20 5 5.00 16 0 2 2 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 32 2 8.00 10 2 2 0 0 M Theekshana 4 0 35 1 8.75 12 1 4 0 0 MD Shanaka 1.4 0 11 1 6.60 7 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Bangladesh , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20
Match days
9 March 2024 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 0.6: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - DM de Silva (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 81/2 in 10.0 overs (BKG Mendis 42, PW Hasaranga 7)
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 12
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (BKG Mendis 36, PW Hasaranga 14, Ex 5)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 174/7 in 20.0 overs (S Samarawickrama 7)
- Over 0.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - Litton Das (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 25 runs, 5 wickets)
- Over 3.4: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Tanvir Ahmed, Batter - Mahmudullah (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Nuwan Thushara took a hat-trick with the wickets of 2-15 (Najmul Hossain Shanto, 3.2 ov), 3-15 (Towhid Hridoy, 3.3 ov), 4-15 (Mahmudullah, 3.4 ov)
- Over 8.1: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - Jaker Ali (Struck down)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 42/6 in 10.0 overs (Mahedi Hasan 7, Rishad Hossain 6)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 6
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 7
- Rishad Hossain: 50 off 26 balls (7 x 6)
- Over 16.3: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - Taskin Ahmed (Upheld)
Match Coverage
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Najmul Hossain Shanto: 'Sri Lanka haven't moved on from timed-out incident'
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Thushara claims hat-trick on way to five-for to finish Bangladesh off in decider
Despite the big defeat, Rishad Hossain's performance with ball and bat would have made Bangladesh happy
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The fast bowler sustained the injury during the second T20I, where he was unable to finish his spell