- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.2 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. 96/24.3 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 39/129.5 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 166/419.6 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 108/344.2 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 237/639.5 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 223/546.4 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 255/846.1 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 250/748.2 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 266/1047.3 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 260/9Extras15 (lb 5, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL266 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB D Madushanka 6 0 52 0 8.66 14 8 0 4 1 Pramod Madushan 8.2 0 45 3 5.40 29 4 2 2 0 AM Fernando 9 0 44 2 4.88 31 3 2 0 0 DN Wellalage 10 0 38 2 3.80 33 3 0 0 0 J Liyanage 2 0 11 0 5.50 4 1 0 0 0 A Dananjaya 10 0 54 2 5.40 27 4 1 2 0 KIC Asalanka 3 0 17 0 5.66 4 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR32.3 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 253/322.6 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. 173/131.6 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 251/2Extras3 (nb 2, w 1)TOTAL267/3 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 5 0 54 0 10.80 14 5 4 1 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 29 0 7.25 14 6 0 0 0 Sharafuddin Ashraf 6 0 47 0 7.83 15 4 2 0 1 Fareed Ahmad 4 0 45 0 11.25 9 4 3 0 1 Mohammad Nabi 9.2 0 46 1 4.92 29 3 1 0 0 Qais Ahmad 7 0 46 2 6.57 18 5 1 0 0
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
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 1 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 160 runs, 4 wickets)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 25, Rahmat Shah 25, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 91/1 in 16.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 47, Rahmat Shah 25)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 7
- Rahmat Shah: 50 off 57 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (165 balls), Extras 7
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (Rahmat Shah 29, Azmatullah Omarzai 22, Ex 1)
- Over 29.5: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RR Wimalasiri, Batter - Rahmat Shah (Struck down)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 177/4 in 31.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 28, Ikram Alikhil 6)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 36.1 overs (218 balls), Extras 12
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (Azmatullah Omarzai 16, Ikram Alikhil 30, Ex 4)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 5 wickets)
- Azmatullah Omarzai: 50 off 53 balls (4 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 45.6 overs (277 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 266/10 in 48.2 overs (Fazalhaq Farooqi 0)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 83 runs, 0 wicket)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz kept wickets in place of injured Ikram Alikhil from 4.6 overs
- Over 5.1: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RR Wimalasiri, Batter - P Nissanka (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (P Nissanka 19, WIA Fernando 30, Ex 1)
- WIA Fernando: 50 off 24 balls (7 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 184 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 83 balls (P Nissanka 45, WIA Fernando 54, Ex 1)
- P Nissanka: 50 off 55 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 112/0 in 16.0 overs (P Nissanka 52, WIA Fernando 59)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 20.5 overs (125 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 125 balls (P Nissanka 75, WIA Fernando 77, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 26.3 overs (161 balls), Extras 3
- P Nissanka: 100 off 89 balls (13 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (P Nissanka 21, BKG Mendis 33, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 247/1 in 31.0 overs (P Nissanka 117, BKG Mendis 36)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 31.3 overs (191 balls), Extras 3
- Total attendance: 14,000
Match Coverage
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