Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    21.4 Pathirana strikes! And it's the set man! This was dug in short on off, Shafique goes for the pull but only manages to top edge straight to the man at deep square leg, who was in place for just such a stroke. This will have to go down as a bit of a gift 100/3
    4.2 Beauty from Madushan gets Fakhar! Full and swinging in late, Fakhar goes for the drive but this tails in right through the gate and crashes into the base of the stumps. 9/1
    15.6 Is Babar stumped here? Sri Lanka are very confident they have their man. And they are right. What a stunning delivery this. Very similar to the first ball of the over. Wellalage tosses it up around off stump. Babar reckons this one is coming in as he strides forward. But the ball pitches and turns away and Mendis flicks off the bails in a jiffy. Babar's back foot was in the air when the bails lit up. Wellalage, what a bowler! 73/2
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    125
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    117.80
    23.6 Taken on the return! The Pathirana resurgence continues. This was slightly pace-off, and it catches Haris early on the drive off a good length. It's chipped back quickly around hip high and Pathirana holds on with two hands in his follow through 108/4
    27.4 Fantastically mapped out from Theekshana! He moved around the wicket to the left hander with just this delivery in mind. The last one was a littler wide. But this angled in on off on a good length and straightened just enough. Nawaz went back but failed to negotiate the turn, poking at this, as it went past the edge and crashed into off stump 130/5
    40.3 Toe-ender that spoons straight to mid-off! Change of pace does the job for Pathirana. Slower length ball outside off. Iftikhar fails to pick it and is way too early into his shot. Looks to clear mid-off but the ball catches the cue end of his bat straight to Shanaka. Ends a top innings. 238/6
    41.2 Edged and a stunning catch from Mendis leaping to his right! Fuller outside off. Shadab has a massive swing at it, gets a thick edge bit Mendis times his leap to perfection. Grabs the ball and most importantly hangs on when coming down. 243/7
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    Extras
    15 (lb 1, nb 1, w 13)
    TOTAL
    252/7 (42 Overs, RR: 6)
    Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Fakhar Zaman, 4.2 ov), 2-73 (Babar Azam, 15.6 ov), 3-100 (Abdullah Shafique, 21.4 ov), 4-108 (Mohammad Haris, 23.6 ov), 5-130 (Mohammad Nawaz, 27.4 ov), 6-238 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 40.3 ov), 7-243 (Shadab Khan, 41.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Pramod Madushan715828.28203341
    M Theekshana904214.66243000
    MD Shanaka301806.0091020
    DN Wellalage904014.44342210
    M Pathirana806538.12157050
    DM de Silva602804.66202110
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    13.2 Caught and bowled and isn't Shadab pumped! Such an important wicket this. Lovely flight on the length ball on middle. Nissanka jumps down the track looking to go straight over the bowler's head. However, he ends up getting too close of the ball. The bat turns in his hand and he mistimes it back to the right of the bowler, who makes no mistake. 77/2
    3.2 Oh dear, is this the breakthrough?! Disaster for Sri Lanka and Perera, elation for Pakistan! Kusal chops this square on the offside, and he hesitates as Nissanka calls for the quick single. But that hesitation is enough as point comes haring in, picks it up and throws down the stumps at the non-striker's end. 20/1
    35.1 Leading catch and Haris has plucked off a stunning catch diving forward. Or has he? Mendis is not going anywhere, with the umpires going up to the third umpire have a check. Iftikhar floats the length ball on middle stump and gets the ball to stick on the surface. Mendis was looking to clip it to the on-side but he closed the bat face a bit too early. The leading edge carries to Haris who leaps forward from extra cover and plucks a good catch inches of the ground. For the second time in this Asia Cup, Mendis has fallen in the nineties. 210/4
    29.4 Partnership broken! Sadeera comes down the track, but this one doesn't turn and goes past the edge. Easy stumping. Is this the opening Pakistan needed? 177/3
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    37.4 Has he picked out long-on? Has the fielder caught it? Yes to both. Length ball away from Shanaka's arc. He was looking to go over the fielder's head, but gets it off the bottom half of the blade straight to long-on who dives forward and completes a lovely catch. Nawaz was the fielder. Is there a twist? 222/5
    40.4 Knee-high full toss has been spanked straight down long-on's throat. Dhananjaya! The umpires are checking for the height, but that is fine. It was right there to be hit anywhere. DDS does not get the full swing of the bat going his way. Waseem keeps his composure and hangs on reverse-cupped. 243/6
    40.5 SHAHEEN YOU BEAUTY! He's been off colour today isn't he? But that's what champions do. Stand up tall when the team needs them. That was a length ball tailing just a touch away from Wellalage. He goes for an almighty hoick only to get a thick edge through to Rizwan. 243/7
    41.4 Another play and a miss! There is a run out. Oh, dear me, chaos, chaos everywhere! On-pace full length ball outside off. Madushan swings at it and misses. But why isn't he running. Asalanka is haring down. Rizwan throws it back to Zaman, who nails a direct hit at the non-striker's end 246/8
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    Extras
    10 (b 1, lb 4, w 5)
    TOTAL
    252/8 (42 Overs, RR: 6)
    Did not bat: M Theekshana
    Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Kusal Perera, 3.2 ov), 2-77 (Pathum Nissanka, 13.2 ov), 3-177 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 29.4 ov), 4-210 (Kusal Mendis, 35.1 ov), 5-222 (Dasun Shanaka, 37.4 ov), 6-243 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 40.4 ov), 7-243 (Dunith Wellalage, 40.5 ov), 8-246 (Pramod Madushan, 41.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi905225.77317040
    Zaman Khan613906.50206000
    Mohammad Wasim(1)302508.3353010
    Mohammad Nawaz(3)702603.71211000
    Shadab Khan905516.11235000
    Iftikhar Ahmed805036.25181200

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , 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

14 September 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)

ODI debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Sri Lanka 2, Pakistan 0

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st20MDKJ PereraP Nissanka
2nd57BKG MendisP Nissanka
3rd100BKG MendisS Samarawickrama
4th33BKG MendisKIC Asalanka
5th12MD ShanakaKIC Asalanka
6th21DM de SilvaKIC Asalanka
7th0KIC AsalankaDN Wellalage
8th3KIC AsalankaPramod Madushan
9th6KIC AsalankaM Pathirana

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