Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    17.2 and the turn does Gurbaz in!. This is again spun pretty hard by Dananjaya, and it pitches outside off, and Gurbaz goes down to paddle sweep. He doesn't account for the turn though, and plays down the wrong line. Takes glove I think and hits leg stump flush. Dananjaya is thrilled to have struck early in his comeback spell. 96/2
    4.3 Avishka Fernando with a spectacular piece of fielding! Incredible dive, pick up, and direct hit at the non-striker's end. Wow. Ibrahim has punched this wide-ish length ball along the ground straight of extra cover, where Avishka is fielding. And he flings himself to his right along the ground, collects the ball, and in a smooth motion, gets up and throws down the stumps. Ibrahim had called for that run expecting to have beaten the infield. Instead he's not even in the frame as he's run out 39/1
    29.5 loud appeal for lbw, and given quite late! But Rahmat reviews. The first real-time replay indicates that this is plumb, but we'll wait and see. Wellalage angled this fullish ball into the right-hander, pitching it on middle and off. It seemed to straighten away, as Rahmat looked to sweep but missed. There's neither bat nor glove involved there, and yup, ball-tracking shows the ball would have hit the middle and off stumps. So Afghanistan lose Rahmat, and a review 166/4
    19.6 tosses up a delicious googly, and Shahidi has edge it to slip! Just suckered into playing the wrong line, as the ball loops up and dips. Not a lot of turn away from the left-hander, but enough to take the outside edge and that's a decent catch from Pathum Nissanka, who takes it low to the ground. Dananjaya's return is proving fruitful for Sri Lanka 108/3
    44.2 bowled him! Asitha angled this in yet again - the seam was tilted towards fine leg - as he nailed the yorker this time. Omarzai was across the stumps to try and scoop it, but seemed to be beaten by the yorker length. His back leg was across, and the ball hit the base of middle and leg to barely tickle the stumps after coming off his left toe. He was in pain after that, and limped his way back to the pavilion 237/6
    39.5 ahh, bowled him! But hang on... Alikhil isn't sure, and hangs around for the umpire to confirm. The umpire will check with his TV colleague. Yup, the front-on angle does indicate that he is bowled, which is confirmed by the side-on angle. This is what happened: Alikhil was hanging deep in the crease, and Wellalage went on a length around eighth stump. The ball turned back in rather sharply, and cramped him for room as he looked to slash last moment, perhaps surprised by the good turn. But he was late on to the shot, and the ball whisked past his bat and bat to hit the middle of off stump 223/5
    46.4 gobbled at long-on! The moment it was hit, it seemed to have come off the bottom of the bat, and the long boundary wouldn't have helped him either. A dipping full toss which arrived at middle stump, with Nabi swinging at it from deep in the crease. The ball didn't go too high, nor did it travel any distance. Sadeera didn't have to move a bit at long-on 255/8
    46.1 ahh, good catch by Asalanka! He took it reverse cupped, and above his head, with his hands stretching up entirely. The ball went flat and hard, but Asalanka did well to grab it. Before that, Madushan went on the fuller side of a length just outside off. Ashraf was standing deep in the crease for just about that length, as he went flaying at it, only for the ball to land into Asalanka's hands 250/7
    48.2 well taken by Sadeera! He had to keep his eyes on the ball for a long time - not least under the floodlights - and did well to take it over his head, while almost losing his balance a few steps in the field of play. It was another slower ball from Madushan, and even the line and length were very similar to the previous ball. And so Qais decided to complete the drill by hoicking again, but this time didn't manage to clear long-on 266/10
    47.3 cleans him up with a yorker! Asitha went with one angling across the left-hander, and got it to dip on a yorker length on off. Fareed, with his right leg cleared, looked to go hard at it, but the ball landed at the base of his bat. It took a little bottom edge, and hit middle and leg stump. A very good delivery from Asitha 260/9
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    Extras
    15 (lb 5, nb 1, w 9)
    TOTAL
    266 all out (48.2 Overs, RR: 5.5)
    Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Ibrahim Zadran, 4.3 ov), 2-96 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 17.2 ov), 3-108 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 19.6 ov), 4-166 (Rahmat Shah, 29.5 ov), 5-223 (Ikram Alikhil, 39.5 ov), 6-237 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 44.2 ov), 7-250 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 46.1 ov), 8-255 (Mohammad Nabi, 46.4 ov), 9-260 (Fareed Ahmad, 47.3 ov), 10-266 (Qais Ahmad, 48.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    D Madushanka605208.66148041
    Pramod Madushan8.204535.40294220
    AM Fernando904424.88313200
    DN Wellalage1003823.80333000
    J Liyanage201105.5041000
    A Dananjaya1005425.40274120
    KIC Asalanka301705.6641000
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    32.3 popped up for point! Nissanka looked in a hurry to get this done, but ended up ballooning it up for a simple catch. Qais dangled this ball on a full length on off, with the ball shaping to turn away slightly. But Nissanka was early into his across-the-line slog sweep, and ended up getting a top edge for an easy take by Nabi. A defining innings comes to an end 253/3
    22.6 chipped and straight to extra cover! Another century goes begging for Avishka. It's a soft dismissal, because it's tossed up outside off and Avishka is a little early on the shot, hitting it directly to the fielder, when perhaps he'd wanted to send it squarer to the offside sweeper. He has to go for 91 off 66. 173/1
    31.6 chopped on! Mendis falls in trying to guide it towards deep third. Afghanistan celebrate quietly. Mendis went deep in the crease early, even as Nabi got this length delivery to dip on a fourth-stump line. It turned in nicely too, finishing on middle. And with Mendis looking to tap it behind, he got a bottom edge on to middle stump 251/2
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    Extras
    3 (nb 2, w 1)
    TOTAL
    267/3 (35.2 Overs, RR: 7.55)
    Fall of wickets: 1-173 (Avishka Fernando, 22.6 ov), 2-251 (Kusal Mendis, 31.6 ov), 3-253 (Pathum Nissanka, 32.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Fazalhaq Farooqi5054010.80145410
    Azmatullah Omarzai402907.25146000
    Sharafuddin Ashraf604707.83154201
    Fareed Ahmad4045011.2594301
    Mohammad Nabi9.204614.92293100
    Qais Ahmad704626.57185100

Match Details

Toss

Afghanistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.30, Second Session 18.30-22.00

Match days

14 February 2024 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st173WIA FernandoP Nissanka
2nd78BKG MendisP Nissanka
3rd2S SamarawickramaP Nissanka
4th14S SamarawickramaKIC Asalanka