END OF OVER:20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 162/5 | RR: 8.10
- Wanindu Hasaranga5 (2b)
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa5 (7b)
- Romario Shepherd3-0-23-2
- Alzarri Joseph4-0-33-1
Motie: "It's a good score, and the wicket is good. Once we get a good start we will get through. I wanted to get wickets, and I wanted to get the ball into the right area."
Doesn't seem especially pleased with his work, though he gave away only 13 from his four overs, Motie.
This is a competitive score, but not a commanding one - similar to Sunday night. Sri Lanka will need to bowl a lot better than in the first ODI to defend it, you feel.
Muthut: "Roston Chase is a special kind of bowler who doesn't pick up wickets but has a very tight economy rate in T20s. He often bowls spells like 4-0-24-0. Are there more bowlers like him in contemporary T20?" Bowled quite quickly today, and was experienced enough to bounce back from a rough second over.
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Shepherd to Hasaranga, FOUR, slower back-of-a-length ball outside off, and Wanindu backs away and thumps it over his favourite cover region, for a one-bounce four. Shepherd is annoyed with himself for giving Hasaranga the room he so famously thrives on. Sri Lanka finish with a boundary.
