26/08Result
2nd ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Hambantota, Aug 26 2014
Sri Lanka won by 77 runs
Player of the Match
Thisara Perera
Thisara PereraSri Lanka
26/08Result
2nd ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Hambantota, Aug 26 2014
Sri Lanka won by 77 runs
Player of the Match
Thisara Perera
Thisara PereraSri Lanka

END OF OVER:
50 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | SL: 310/9 | RR: 6.20

  • Nuwan Kulasekara5 (6b)
  • Wahab Riaz10-0-65-4
  • Junaid Khan8-0-64-1

Omair: "Anyone having an eye on over rate??? I think Misbah is getting closer to get a ban for slow over rate... and if that would be a case, who would be the captain for Pakistan in next match as no one has been nominated as vice-captain?"

Hasan Aziz: "Junaid specifically and Pak in general - death bowling has been in shambles for a while now. Whats happened to bowling yorkers. Most of Junaid's attempted yorkers and juicy full tosses now. He was very good last year specially in Natest T20. Mr Toe Crusher (waqar) has to do a better job i guess."

6.35pm A sobering stat for Pakistan. No team has successfully chased 300 in Sri Lanka...

6.30pm Sri Lanka looked to have lost their way a bit when they lost two wickets and scored only 24 in the batting Powerplay. But Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera took full toll of some wayward death bowling to power Sri Lanka to 310. Pakistan leaked 80 runs in the last six overs, and they'll have to bat out of their skins again if they are to win this one.

The innings has ended half an hour behind schedule. In the old days, that would have meant a couple of overs chopped off Pakistan's chase. I wonder whether Misbah will cop some sort of fine for the over rate, even with all the interruptions for wickets and bat changes and decision reviews.

49.6
W
Wahab Riaz to Malinga, OUT, and he sends down the perfect yorker that crashes into the base of off and middle as Malinga backs away, looking to make room

SL Malinga b Wahab Riaz 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Here's Malinga, to face the last ball

The highest successful chase at Hambantota was Pakistan's 277 in the previous ODI. They did that in 45 overs, so they will believe they can pull off 300-plus today.

49.5
W
Wahab Riaz to Perera, 1 run, OUT, that's another full-toss, at bail-height, and he pulls it away down to deep midwicket. They go for a second, but the throw catches him well short at the keeper's end. Goes to the third umpire but there was really no need for it. Well played, Thisara!

NLTC Perera run out 65 (63m 36b 5x4 4x6) SR: 180.55

49.4
1
Wahab Riaz to Kulasekara, 1 run, that's a full-toss wide outside off, and he steers it down to third man, a touch uppishly
49.3
1
Wahab Riaz to Perera, 1 run, that's full and wide and he drives it to extra cover
49.2
6
Wahab Riaz to Perera, SIX, wow! That was short, it followed Perera as he looked to make room, and his bottom hand fell off the handle as he played the pull, but he's still got enough power on it to clear the midwicket boundary
49.1
1
Wahab Riaz to Kulasekara, 1 run, full ball outside off, and it's driven hard down to long-off

END OF OVER:
49 | 12 Runs | SL: 300/7 | RR: 6.12

  • Thisara Perera57 (33b)
  • Nuwan Kulasekara3 (4b)
  • Junaid Khan8-0-64-1
  • Wahab Riaz9-0-55-3
48.6
0
Junaid Khan to Perera, no run, another slower bouncer, outside off, and Perera lets it go, looking to pick up a wide, but that's just inside the tram-line
48.5
0
Junaid Khan to Perera, no run, slower bouncer now, and Perera can't get any bat on it as he tries to pull
48.4
6
Junaid Khan to Perera, SIX, low full-toss on leg stump, and he's backed away and somehow got under it to launch that over long-off

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2014 News

Hafeez at No. 3

45

Mohammad Hafeez's ODI average in the 33 inns where he has batting at No. 3. In the 110 inns he opened, his average is 28.2

Fastest hundred

12.4

Number of overs Pakistan took to reach 100, their fourth fastest 100 since 2001

Quick start

40

Number of balls which Pakistan got to 50 - their fastest for the year, and 5th fastest while chasing, since 2001

Running dry

1

Number of times that Thisara Perera has scored 20 in his last 15 ODIs

The elusive fourth

30

Number of times that Hafeez has taken two or more wickets in an ODI innings, without ever taking 4

No. 6 batsman?

2

Number of times that Seekkuge Prasanna has got to double digits in his 11 ODI innings

Slowing down

3

Number of centuries that Tharanga has scored in his last 50 ODIs - in the 123 ODIs before that, he scored 11.