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Best performances - Batsmen

S Samarawickrama
S Samarawickrama
91(107) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 23 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
1 10 19 24 12 6 3 16
SA Engelbrecht
70(82) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 6 2 10 22 6 5 15

Best performances - Bowlers

D Madushanka
D Madushanka
O9.4
M1
R49
W4
Eco5.06
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
CAK Rajitha
CAK Rajitha
O9
M0
R50
W4
Eco5.55
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Netherlands , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.30 start, First Session 10.30-14.00, Interval 14.00-14.30, Second Session 14.30-18.00

Match days

21 October 2023 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Sri Lanka 2, Netherlands 0

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

So all teams have at least one win now. But Sri Lanka are still ninth on the points table, with almost half their campaign done today. It might have too late, but who knows what awaits in the second half? Netherlands fought back from being in a hole, but weren't good enough eventually. That was it from us from Lucknow today, with the action in Mumbai going on in full flow. Until next time, see you!

Kusal Mendis, the winning captain: "Very happy today. We did really well in everything. Bowlers did really well in the first ten overs. The pitch started turning a bit towards the end of the match. Sadeera batted really well. I thought I could bowl Rajitha off straightaway, but he had only three overs left. Pathum and Sadeera batted really well, and so did Charith Asalanka. There are a lot of positives in the batting."

Scott Edwards speaks first: "We didn't start well. We got ourselves to a pretty competitive total. [There were] boundary balls, and we didn't field well. Our bowlers have been pretty good for us throughout the tournament. We had a feeling that it started to turn later. I thought Aryan bowled exceptionally well today. Our batting hasn't quite clicked yet. It's obviously great that Sybrand and Logan chipped in with 130 runs. Ideally, we would get more runs at the top."

Time for the presentations

Amish: "Sri Lanka wasted a chance to improve net run rate by slowing down too much in late overs."

Sadeera Samarawickrama is the Player of the Match: "Really happy to finish the game. We needed a win. When I went in to bat, the wicket was not easy. The ball was spinning, and the fast bowlers were bowling on a good line and length. I did my basics right. I knew it would be hard in the later part because the wicket was turning and gripping. So the plan was to bat deep."

6.27pm A hard-fought win for Sri Lanka, their first this tournament. Who knew though that it would take this long when Netherlands when 91 for 6 after opting to bat first? And even when Asalanka got out, Sri Lanka needed only another 82 in more than 17 overs; but Netherlands managed to drag them almost all the way, though Sadeera's unbeaten 91, yet another fifty from Nissanka and a crucial hand from Asalanka ensures full points. Hang around for the presentations.

48.2
4
Ackermann to Hemantha, FOUR, four over mid-on, and Sri Lanka win! He jumps out of the crease at this length ball wide-ish of off, and has a swing seeing the fielder inside the circle. The ball goes for four after two bounces
48.1
0
Ackermann to Hemantha, no run, gets a leading edge to point, as he looks to turn this full ball outside off to the leg side

END OF OVER:
48 | 2 Runs | SL: 259/5 (4 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.39, RRR: 2.00)

  • Sadeera Samarawickrama91 (107b)
  • Dushan Hemantha0 (1b)
  • Logan van Beek10-0-57-0
  • Colin Ackermann8-0-35-1
47.6
0
van Beek to Samarawickrama, no run, looks to push forward, but the ball takes the inside half of the bat towards midwicket, with the ball being on a length outside off
47.5
0
van Beek to Samarawickrama, no run, leans into a push at this full ball outside off. Played to cover
47.4
0
van Beek to Samarawickrama, no run, another drive off a fullish ball outside off to mid-on
47.3
0
van Beek to Samarawickrama, no run, drives at this full ball in the channel outside off, but to the man at mid-on

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18MDKJ PereraP Nissanka
2nd34BKG MendisP Nissanka
3rd52S SamarawickramaP Nissanka
4th77S SamarawickramaKIC Asalanka
5th76DM de SilvaS Samarawickrama
6th6S SamarawickramaMADI Hemantha