END OF OVER:20 | 13 Runs | SL: 131/4 | RR: 6.55
- Dinesh Chandimal54 (46b)
- Ashen Bandara44 (35b)
- Dwayne Bravo4-0-31-0
- Obed McCoy4-0-29-1
Sri Lanka were 46 for 4 in the 10th over at one point, and at serious risk of being bowled out. But Dinesh Chandimal and Ashen Bandara have orchestrated a decent recovery, putting on 85 runs off 63 balls, which is not terrible going on a pitch as slow as this.
It's not a great score by any means, but it's not awful given the surface. West Indies will back their six-hitting capability to get them to the target though. A few big blows will make 132 look tiny.
Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have their hopes resting on Hasaranga, Sandakan and Dananjaya. We'll be back with the chase in a bit.
19.6
1
Bravo to Chandimal, 1 run, yorker on the stumps. All Chandimal can do is clip that, off balance, to deep midwicket.
This is now the highest fifth-wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in T20s
19.5
1
Bravo to Bandara, 1 run, yorker on middle stump, which Bandara drills back past the bowler but without a lot of power. They take one.
19.4
0
Bravo to Bandara, no run, wide-ish yorker which Bandara throws his bat at and misses
19.3
4
Bravo to Bandara, FOUR, slower length ball outside off stump - an offcutter - which Bandara wallops down the ground again. He hits it with a cross bat past the bowler, and gets enough power into it that the deep fielders can't get across to it
19.2
6
Bravo to Bandara, SIX, clean strike! The cleanest of the evening. This is ion the stumps and in the slot for Bandara, who swings through the line and sends it high over the bowler's head for six.
19.1
1
Bravo to Chandimal, 1 run, oh wow, that was so slow it took an age to get to Chandimal, who is trying to play a pre-determined scoop/sweep over short fine leg. But this is a full toss outside off stump at 70kph. He ends up shoveling it to short fine leg for just a single
Bravo will finish the innings off.
END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs | SL: 118/4 | RR: 6.21
- Dinesh Chandimal52 (44b)
- Ashen Bandara33 (31b)
- Obed McCoy4-0-29-1
- Dwayne Bravo3-0-18-0
18.6
1
McCoy to Chandimal, 1 run, slower ball I think - length outside off. Chandimal tries to clobber this down the ground but only gets it as far as mid off and they amble through for one
18.5
1
McCoy to Bandara, 1 run, attempted yorker again but closer to the stumps this time. Hit down to long on for one
18.4
2
McCoy to Bandara, 2 runs, again it's the full, wide delivery, which Bandara slaps past cover and the they sprint two as the sweeper runs around to cut that off
18.3
0
McCoy to Bandara, no run, wide yorker again, and Bandara can't connect. Could probably have been called wide
18.2
1
McCoy to Chandimal, 1 run, full delivery again, wide of the stumps once more. Hit to deep backward point
18.1
1
McCoy to Bandara, 1 run, gets it right this time, angled way across the batsman, and yorker length. Bandara throws the bat at it and hits it to the offside sweeper
18.1
1w
McCoy to Bandara, 1 wide, attempts the wide yorker first up. Bandara reaches for it, but that's too wide, and the umpire calls it
McCoy to bowl the second to last over.
END OF OVER:18 | 6 Runs | SL: 111/4 | RR: 6.16
- Ashen Bandara29 (27b)
- Dinesh Chandimal50 (42b)
- Dwayne Bravo3-0-18-0
- Jason Holder4-0-27-1
17.6
1
Bravo to Bandara, 1 run, length ball, slower one wide of off stump. Bandara tries to drag it to the legside, but is through the shot early, and ends up hitting it out towards cover and they take one
17.5
0
Bravo to Bandara, no run, fullish ball wide of off stump, which Bandara tries to scoop over his shoulder, having shuffled all the way to off. Doesn't connect through.
17.4
1
Bravo to Chandimal, 1 run, yorker again, on the stumps, hit down to long on for a single. That's Chandimal's fifty off 42 balls. Valuable innings
17.3
2
Bravo to Chandimal, 2 runs, another full ball, almost a yorker. Chandimal takes a couple of steps forward and whips this ball to deep midwicket, and gets it far enough from the fielder there that they can sprint two
17.2
1
Bravo to Bandara, 1 run, fullish ball, which Bandara tries to hit to leg, but mistimes it, and the ball dribbles off behind square on the off side. They scamper through
17.1
1
Bravo to Chandimal, 1 run, yorker on the stumps, which Chandimal tries to bash down the ground, but it goes off the inside edge into his own pads. They run one as the ball stops on the pitch
Here's DJ Bravo again
END OF OVER:17 | 10 Runs | SL: 105/4 | RR: 6.17
- Dinesh Chandimal46 (39b)
- Ashen Bandara27 (24b)
- Jason Holder4-0-27-1
- Obed McCoy3-0-22-1
16.6
3
Holder to Chandimal, 3 runs, a three! This is a slower ball, shortish outside off stump. Chandimal tries to crash it through cover point but doesn't time it as well as he might like. But the offside sweeper has a lot of work to do, and just manages to pull it back from the rope with a dive. They have enough time to run a comfortable third
Nilesh Singh: "A term and an art truly forgotten: Dibbly Dobbly. Harris Larsen Sachin Saurav Jadeja Salim Malik Astle Ealahm etal" Everyone is dibbly-dobbling today, Nilesh
16.5
1
Holder to Bandara, 1 run, fullish ball, 128kph, Holder going for the wide yorker I think. Bandara throws his bat at it and hits it to long off for a single
16.4
1
Holder to Chandimal, 1 run, fullish delivery outside off stump, driven powerfully to long off, but there's only a single there
16.3
1
Holder to Bandara, 1 run, slower bouncer outside off stump, takes an age to get to Bandara, who bashes this to leg in the air. Again it bounces a few metres in front of the deep midwicket fielder and they take one
