END OF OVER:20 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | SL: 131/9 | RR: 6.55
- Akila Dananjaya9 (9b)
- Dwayne Bravo4-0-26-1
- Fidel Edwards4-0-29-1
OUtstanding bowling from West Indies on what is a slow Coolidge surface. They never really allowed Sri Lanka's innings to get going, bowling frequent slower balls, and rarely strayed in line or length.
Jason Holder's spell, which brought him 1 for 19 off four overs, put the brakes on an already slow innings, and took Sri Lanka from a path towards a decent score, to their eventual journey to a modest one.
Sri Lanka's batsmen repeatedly got out to the slower balls, and no one could find the power to really challenge West Indies' bowlers. Join us again in a few for the chase.
19.6
W
Bravo to Chameera, 1 run, OUT, full delivery, almost a yorker, on the stump. Thats dug out and drilled to long on. The batsmen try to run a two to close out the innings, but there's not two there. The throw comes in and Chameera is comfortably out at the striker's end.
PVD Chameera run out 2 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
19.5
3
Bravo to Dananjaya, 3 runs, fullish delivery on off stump. Dananjaya moves across and hits it between deep midwicket and long on. A misfield in the deep allows the batsmen to run three.
19.4
1
Bravo to Chameera, 1 run, slower ball n the stumps, swung high into legside. Bounces well short of deep square leg
19.3
W
Bravo to Bandara, 1 run, OUT, hit away into space on the legside, but I think this is going to be run out, as Bandara tries to sprint two and keep the strike. Bandara hits a length ball to around midwicket, and makes the early call to run two. The throw comes in and the stumps are broken as Bandara dives desperately to make his ground. His bat has bounced though from outside the crease, and is not grounded when the bails are whipped off. He has to go
KNA Bandara run out 10 (18m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66
19.2
1
Bravo to Dananjaya, 1 run, another slower one, on the stumps. Dananjaya drags this to deep midwicket for a single
19.1
0
Bravo to Dananjaya, no run, slower ball, offcutter, that just dies off the pitch. This is pitched on a length on about leg stump. Dananajay backs off and tries to bash it but it passes under the bat
Bravo to bowl the last.
END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs | SL: 124/7 | RR: 6.52
- Akila Dananjaya5 (6b)
- Ashen Bandara9 (5b)
- Fidel Edwards4-0-29-1
- Dwayne Bravo3-0-19-1
18.6
1
Edwards to Dananjaya, 1 run, that's not badly played. Short of a length ball about hip-high. Dananjaya backs off, makes some space, and carves this to third man for a single
18.5
1
Edwards to Bandara, 1 run, full and on off stump. Bandara gets low and punches this to long off for a single
18.4
2
Edwards to Bandara, 2 runs, shortish, and slightly wide. Bandara throws his bat at it and gets a top edge that flies fine of third man. McCoy does a beautiful job getting across, diving, and stopping that ball from reaching the boundary.
18.3
1
Edwards to Dananjaya, 1 run, rib-high delivery again, which Akila just pokes square on the offside for a single
18.2
0
Edwards to Dananjaya, no run, back of a length ball again, which Dananjaya tries to ramp over the keeper. Can't connect
18.1
2
Edwards to Dananjaya, 2 runs, back of a length ball into the batsman's ribs. Akila bunts this into the offside and takes off. They sprint back for a second when Gayle misfields running in from cover, failing to pick up the ball
Edwards to bowl the penultimate over
END OF OVER:18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 117/7 | RR: 6.50
- Ashen Bandara6 (3b)
- Akila Dananjaya1 (2b)
- Dwayne Bravo3-0-19-1
- Obed McCoy4-0-25-2
17.6
4
Bravo to Bandara, FOUR, much needed boundary. This is overpitched on the stumps. Bandara clears the front leg, and swings somewhat corss-batted to send the ball scorching past the bowler's feet somehow. That's hit hard enough to beat the deep fielders.
17.5
1
Bravo to Dananjaya, 1 run, slower ball, fullish on the stumsp. Akila turns this around the corner to short fine leg for a single
17.4
0
Bravo to Dananjaya, no run, bouncer to start, just outside off. Akila ducks it.
Amraiz: "This is just painful to watch. Once mighty SL ..."
Akila Dananjaya is the new batsman.
17.3
1
Bravo to Bandara, 1 run, fullish slower ball, floated up outside off. Bandara strokes this towards cover for a single
17.2
W
Bravo to PW Hasaranga, OUT, another slower ball, another wicket. This is length on the stumps. Hasaranga clears the front leg and swings hard across the line, needing to generate a lot of power to hit the six over cow corner he is aiming for. he doesn't quite manage. Fabian Allen, running around the boundary from deep midwicket, takes a good diving catch about a metre from the boundary. Sri Lanka continue to flounder
PW Hasaranga c Allen b Bravo 12 (15m 14b 0x4 0x6) SR: 85.71
17.1
2
Bravo to PW Hasaranga, 2 runs, fullish on the stumps, drilled back past the bowler without a lot of power. They sprint two.
Bravo's back.
END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 109/6 | RR: 6.41
- Wanindu Hasaranga10 (12b)
- Ashen Bandara1 (1b)
- Obed McCoy4-0-25-2
- Dwayne Bravo2-0-11-0
16.6
1
McCoy to PW Hasaranga, 1 run, length ball just outside off, Hasaranga plays across the line and hauls this over to the legside fo ra single
16.5
0
McCoy to PW Hasaranga, no run, slower ball, short of a length, over the stumps. Hasaranga can't connect as he tries another deflection
16.4
1
McCoy to Bandara, 1 run, short of a length, angled across. Bandara also opens the face and deflects to short third man, but that's far enough from the fielder to take a single
16.3
1
McCoy to PW Hasaranga, 1 run, oof, almost a run out next ball. Hasaranga deflects the ball to Holder at short third man again and they scamper a single. Holder takes aim, and if he'd hit would have run out debutant Bandara before he'd even had the chance to face his first ball at international level
16.2
W
McCoy to Perera, OUT, slower ball, and Thisara is through this shot waaay early. It's full and on the stumps. Thisara tries to pummel this back over the bowler's head for six. But he can only hit it high into the night. Long on has eons to settle under it.
NLTC Perera c Bravo b McCoy 1 (12m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00