- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.4 And now Nissanka is gone! Just like that! This was a poor ball, short and wide, but Nissanka cuts it straight to point 80/210.2 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 63/139.1 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 226/616.5 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 86/333.2 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. 188/438.1 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 221/539.3 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 227/749.6 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 291/8Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL291/8 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 7 1 52 0 7.42 21 6 2 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 0 60 1 6.00 29 6 1 2 0 Gulbadin Naib 10 0 60 4 6.00 30 6 1 2 0 Mohammad Nabi 10 0 35 0 3.50 28 1 0 0 0 Rashid Khan 10 0 63 2 6.30 26 7 1 1 0 Karim Janat 3 0 20 0 6.66 8 1 1 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 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 10/14.6 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 27/28.1 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 50/318.4 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 121/431.5 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 237/726.3 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! 201/531.1 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 234/635.4 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 276/837.1 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 289/937.4 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 289/10Extras15 (lb 5, w 10)TOTAL289 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CAK Rajitha 10 0 79 4 7.90 32 9 4 2 0 M Theekshana 10 0 62 1 6.20 27 6 1 2 0 DN Wellalage 4 0 36 2 9.00 9 5 1 0 0 M Pathirana 10 0 63 1 6.30 33 4 3 4 0 MD Shanaka 2 0 32 0 16.00 0 2 2 1 0 DM de Silva 1.4 0 12 2 7.20 5 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.30, Interval 18.30-19.10, Second Session 19.10-22.40
Match days
5 September 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Afghanistan 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 62 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (P Nissanka 25, FDM Karunaratne 28, Ex 0)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 170 runs, 7 wickets)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 86/3 in 16.5 overs (BKG Mendis 10)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 0
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (BKG Mendis 30, KIC Asalanka 21, Ex 0)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (165 balls), Extras 0
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 55 balls (5 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 96 balls (BKG Mendis 64, KIC Asalanka 36, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 34.6 overs (210 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 200/4 in 35.0 overs (BKG Mendis 82, DM de Silva 5)
- Over 37.1: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - DM de Silva (Struck down)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 44.3 overs (267 balls), Extras 4
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (DN Wellalage 26, M Theekshana 23, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 291/8 in 50.0 overs (DN Wellalage 33)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 3 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 2
- Over 8.1: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - Gulbadin Naib (Struck down)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 231 runs, 7 wickets)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 92/3 in 14.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 37, Hashmatullah Shahidi 16)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (Rahmat Shah 23, Hashmatullah Shahidi 24, Ex 4)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 22.2 overs (134 balls), Extras 6
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (Hashmatullah Shahidi 4, Mohammad Nabi 42, Ex 4)
- Mohammad Nabi: 50 off 24 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 25.5 overs (155 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 201/5 in 26.3 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 48)
- Hashmatullah Shahidi: 50 off 51 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 29.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - Hashmatullah Shahidi (Struck down)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 33.1 overs (199 balls), Extras 12
- Over 37.4: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - Fazalhaq Farooqi (Struck down)
Match Coverage
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Heartbreak for Afghanistan as SL qualify by slimmest margin
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Trott admits Afghanistan were unaware of NRR permutations
"We were never communicated those calculations. All we were communicated was we needed to win in 37.1 overs."
Sri Lanka look to seal Super Fours spot as Afghanistan await in batter-friendly Lahore
Sri Lanka have won their last 11 ODIs, but their Asia Cup campaign could end if Afghanistan win - and win big