Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    14.4 And now Nissanka is gone! Just like that! This was a poor ball, short and wide, but Nissanka cuts it straight to point 80/2
    10.2 Third time's the charm, as the slower one finally gets Karunaratne! Slower ball on a length outside off, Dimuth is early on the drive and he ends up chipping a simple catch to cover 63/1
    39.1 dropped by Rashid, but is Mendis run-out at the bowler's end? The umpire has gone to the third umpire. Yup, Mendis' bat is in the air while the bails light up. He misses out on a hundred after playing a counterattacking innings. It was a low, dipping full toss bowled to Shanaka, which he chipped back to the bowler's right. But Rashid failed to grab on to the chance, with the ball fortunately going on to fall on the stumps while Mendis while straying out. Just the fortune you need as the fielding team 226/6
    16.5 tickled to the keeper! Naib is on a roll - quite literally with those celebrations. He bowls on a length around sixth stump, angling the ball into the right-hander. Sadeera went poking away from his body, and although it was angled in, the ball just hinted to straighten after pitching. A very faint outside edge, and the keeper went up immediately 86/3
    33.2 Rashid strikes! This was slower though the air, allowing the googly to get a bit more grip. Asalanka comes forward as this is tossed up, looking to work it onside, but the ball turns enough to catch the leading edge. Rashid dives forward and takes a good return catch. The partnership ends on 102. 188/4
    38.1 clips the off stump! Mujeeb slows it down, and DDS is beaten. It was tossed up with little pace to work with, and was drifting into the batter while landing around off stump. The ball hinted to turn away, by which time DDS was already through his attempted slog sweep. He missed and the ball hit the base of off stump 221/5
    39.3 bowled him! Shanaka falls two balls after Rashid dropped a return catch. Another googly, which was tossed up and was dipping on to the batter. Shanaka had shaped to sweep early, and was already through in his shot, with his front foot placed on middle stump, and the bat coming down from off stump. But the ball landed on middle and leg, and went down with the angle to strike the leg stump 227/7
    not out
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    39
    47
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    84.61
    49.6 bottom edge bowls him! This was a legcutter, bowled on a full length on fourth stump. Theekshana was backing away yet again, trying to heave across the line while getting his front leg out of the way. But the lack of pace meant he got a bottom edge, which ended up tickling leg stump 291/8
    Extras
    7 (lb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    291/8 (50 Overs, RR: 5.82)
    Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 10.2 ov), 2-80 (Pathum Nissanka, 14.4 ov), 3-86 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 16.5 ov), 4-188 (Charith Asalanka, 33.2 ov), 5-221 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 38.1 ov), 6-226 (Kusal Mendis, 39.1 ov), 7-227 (Dasun Shanaka, 39.3 ov), 8-291 (Maheesh Theekshana, 49.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Fazalhaq Farooqi715207.42216200
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman1006016.00296120
    Gulbadin Naib1006046.00306120
    Mohammad Nabi1003503.50281000
    Rashid Khan1006326.30267110
    Karim Janat302006.6681110
  • BATSMEN
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    2.2 Edged and gone! And it's the important wicket of Gurbaz! Good length ball outside off, shaping away, Gurbaz looks to drive it on the up through the offside but only ends up nicking through to Mendis for a simple take behind the stumps. Rajitha lets out a guttural scream as he knows exactly what this wicket means 10/1
    4.6 Zadran's pained innings comes to an end! This was fuller outside off, and Ibrahim just gets a thick inside edge on this attempted off drive as the stumps are disturbed. He was looking for the outswing that just wasn't as prominent as expected, ends up driving down the wrong line 27/2
    8.1 And he strikes straight away! If there's no bat on this, it looks absolutely plumb. This was a good length ball on off that struck Gulbadin's back pad in front of middle just above the knee roll. Gulbadin reviews but to no avail - three reds and he's gone 50/3
    18.4 chipped to mid-on! The slower ball at 113kph foxes Rahmat. A cross-seam ball on a slightly shorter side of a length just outside off. Rahmat was into his attempted loft early, thus failing to read the slowness of the ball. In the end, the ball ended up spooning to Pathirana, who took it low as it was dipping 121/4
    31.5 swiped to short fine leg! Wellalage turning the game around within an over. Not a great ball, and Shahidi failed to capitalise. It was short and angled in from around the wicket while pitching on leg stump. He went for the slog-pull, but ended up finding the fielder 237/7
    26.3 Nabi is gone! The wicket that all of Sri Lanka was praying for! This was a short of a length ball, that Nabi looks to pull but fails to time. It's still in the gap between deep midwicket and long-on, but DDS runs around takes this very well on the run. Mohammad Nabi take a bow! 201/5
    31.1 And he strikes! Janat is gone! Tossed up outside off, Janat looks to heave this over long-on but gets a big edge that loops to short third 234/6
    35.4 taken by fine leg moving and tumbling to his right! Some late twist here, especially with this over having already gone for quite a few runs. It was the sub fielder Hemantha there. Length ball angled in by Rajitha, as the ball finished around leg stump. Zadran went with the line, and had a big swing, only for the ball to land into the fielder's hands. Big moment in the game 276/8
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    168.75
    37.1 lofted straight to long-on! But wait, Afghanistan still have a chance to qualify. If they get to 295 off the next three balls, they can still make it. He bowled a seam-up ball, which was quite full and flat on off. Mujeeb got his front leg out of the way, and ended up giving the fielder a comfortable catch 289/9
    37.4 pinned on the back leg, and it's given leg before wicket! And for what it's worth, Farooqi reviews. The ball was loopy and full on middle and off, and barely moved back in to beat his defence. There's no bat involved, and ball-tracking shows the ball hitting the middle of middle stump. So Sri Lanka qualify for Super Fours with this two-run win 289/10
    Extras
    15 (lb 5, w 10)
    TOTAL
    289 all out (37.4 Overs, RR: 7.67)
    Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2.2 ov), 2-27 (Ibrahim Zadran, 4.6 ov), 3-50 (Gulbadin Naib, 8.1 ov), 4-121 (Rahmat Shah, 18.4 ov), 5-201 (Mohammad Nabi, 26.3 ov), 6-234 (Karim Janat, 31.1 ov), 7-237 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 31.5 ov), 8-276 (Najibullah Zadran, 35.4 ov), 9-289 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 37.1 ov), 10-289 (Fazalhaq Farooqi, 37.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CAK Rajitha1007947.90329420
    M Theekshana1006216.20276120
    DN Wellalage403629.0095100
    M Pathirana1006316.30334340
    MD Shanaka2032016.0002210
    DM de Silva1.401227.2050100

Match Notes

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st10Ibrahim ZadranRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd17Gulbadin NaibIbrahim Zadran
3rd23Gulbadin NaibRahmat Shah
4th71Hashmatullah ShahidiRahmat Shah
5th80Mohammad NabiHashmatullah Shahidi
6th33Hashmatullah ShahidiKarim Janat
7th3Hashmatullah ShahidiNajibullah Zadran
8th39Najibullah ZadranRashid Khan
9th13Rashid KhanMujeeb Ur Rahman
10th0Rashid KhanFazalhaq Farooqi

Asia Cup (ODI)

Super Four
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND32141.753
SL3214-0.134
BAN3122-0.463
PAK3122-1.283
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK21034.76
IND21031.028
NEP2020-3.572
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL22040.594
BAN21120.373
AFG2020-0.91