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    3.4 And Rajitha with his first ball to Vikram, gets the man! The Dutch go upstairs, but this looks pretty adjacent as Singh is rapped on the back pad by one tailing in late off a good length. It's the quintessential right-arm swing bowlers delivery to a left-hander. Pitching on middle, impact on middle and crashing into the top of middle. And a review lost to boot. 7/1
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    59.25
    9.6 Drags it on! Rajitha has his second! This was full outside off, O'Dowd goes for the drive but only manages to get a thick inside edge that clatters into the stumps. Rajitha is pumped 48/2
    11.6 slashes away from his body, and Rajitha has his third! Ackermann walks back shaking his head. Rajitha went on the shorter side of a length, while angling it into the batter. The ball landed outside off, and moved away after pitching, as Ackermann went flashing with a flat bat. He got an outside edge, and Mendis took it low for a simple catch 54/3
    16.5 taken at deep third! The first impression was that Perera there was almost grabbing at the ball, even as he was hitting the ground. But eventually he kept it safely, as he fell across to his right. Madushanka bowled on a short of a length outside off, angling it into the right-hander from around the wicket. De Leede rode the bounce, and ramped it late. And the pace on the ball just took it away for another strike by Sri Lanka 68/4
    18.4 Madushanka ends all the way at the other end of the pitch while appealing in elation, but umpire Erasmus is unmoved. And Mendis reviews. It was an inswinger, with the ball landing on the fuller side of a length on middle and off. Teja was leaning forward to push, and was beaten entirely by the movement back in. There is a big gap between bat and pad, so the third umpire is convinced that there is no inside edge. And, and... replays show the ball hitting the middle of leg stump, despite the sharp movement. Madushanka gets his second, and Netherlands lose half their side 71/5
    21.2 Theekshana has the skipper! And Sri Lanka are ecstatic! As they should be. This one was tossed up slower from Theekshana, and it's the offbreak outside off. Turns back sharper than Edwards expected as he gets forward and pushes at this away from his body, takes the inside edge and the stumps are disturbed. Netherlands in some trouble here 91/6
    45.1 strikes first ball! Sybrand departs for 70, and Sri Lanka have some relief. It was on a yorker length bang on middle stump, as Sybrand got across the stumps early to try and scoop this behind the wicket. But the length was too full for that shot, and the dipping ball meant it went on to hit the base of middle stump. A potentially game-changing stand is broken 221/7
    48.4 well taken by Asalanka tumbling at deep midwicket! He took a few steps to his right, before throwing himself full stretch on the edge of the rope. The third umpire takes a look to confirm, but looks out from every possible angle. That was hit hard too - and timed pretty well - by van Beek, as he got across the stumps and heaved across the line at this slower ball on a fullish length outside off 252/9
    47.2 wow, almost an inaudible tickle behind! Given out in what ends up as a soft dismissal. VDM was standing around leg stump, and Madushanka bowled a short ball. The batter tried to get out of the way by half-swaying away, falling on his back in the end even as his bat and gloves were placed high up. The ball took a faint nudge off his right glove and went to Mendis, even as VDM ended down on the pitch 244/8
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    150.00
    49.4 shapes to scoop, then looks to reverse scoop, and is eventually run-out at the bowler's end! Add to that drama the fact that it's a no-ball; but of course you can be run-out off a no-ball. Van Meekeren looked to have a swing but missed, and they ran for a bye. While Dutt was almost all the way through, van Meekeren was well short when Mendis' throw to Madushanka arrived. Madushanka had a lot of time, and found van Meekeren short. So for what it's worth, Netherlands miss out on a free hit 262/10
    Extras
    33 (lb 1, nb 1, w 26, pen 5)
    TOTAL
    262 all out (49.4 Overs, RR: 5.27)
    Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Vikramjit Singh, 3.4 ov), 2-48 (Max O'Dowd, 9.6 ov), 3-54 (Colin Ackermann, 11.6 ov), 4-68 (Bas de Leede, 16.5 ov), 5-71 (Teja Nidamanuru, 18.4 ov), 6-91 (Scott Edwards, 21.2 ov), 7-221 (Sybrand Engelbrecht, 45.1 ov), 8-244 (Roelof van der Merwe, 47.2 ov), 9-252 (Logan van Beek, 48.4 ov), 10-262 (Paul van Meekeren, 49.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    D Madushanka9.414945.06334031
    CAK Rajitha905045.55325060
    C Karunaratne915806.44251260
    M Theekshana1004414.40280020
    MADI Hemantha804205.25233100
    DM de Silva401303.25160030
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    16.1 gone first ball after drinks! Nissanka loses his concentration, as Edwards nabs a good catch. He had to move to his right - he eventually tumbled while taking that - and did well to let the ball come on to him. Van Meekeren bowled on a short of a length just outside off, getting the ball to come back in after it pitched. Nissanka went slashing, but got an outside edge behind to give Netherlands an opening again, with hardly any room to play that shot 104/3
    4.3 And now he finds the fielder! This was short and wide, but Perera can't get enough elevation on this cut, as he ends up slicing it straight to short third. Just the start the Dutch would have wanted 18/1
    9.3 Mendis doesn't get as lucky though! And the Sri Lankan skipper is gone! He too looks for the big slog sweep, but he only manages to top edge it straight up in the air and over the keeper. Short fine leg comes around and completes an easy take 52/2
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    32.4 And Dutt strikes in his final over! Is there hope yet for the Dutch? Again Asalanka looks for that big slog sweep. He had tried the same in the last over and missed, only for the ball to turn and bounce past off stump. This time though it goes on with the arm and crashes into middle! 181/4
    46.5 skips out, and is bowled! Perhaps in search of a six to finish this off, he jumps out at this length ball dipping around sixth stump. But he swings early, and is beaten by the turn and the dip, as the ball goes on to hit the off stump. Too late for Netherlands though 257/5
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    133.33
    Extras
    24 (b 13, w 11)
    TOTAL
    263/5 (48.2 Overs, RR: 5.44)
    Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Kusal Perera, 4.3 ov), 2-52 (Kusal Mendis, 9.3 ov), 3-104 (Pathum Nissanka, 16.1 ov), 4-181 (Charith Asalanka, 32.4 ov), 5-257 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 46.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    A Dutt1004434.40383120
    LV van Beek1005705.70366200
    PA van Meekeren813914.87294020
    BFW de Leede302909.6674020
    RE van der Merwe904204.66253010
    CN Ackermann8.203914.68253000

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

Match Notes

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