• BATSMEN
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    4.4 Another slower ball and this time he picks out deep square leg. Gives himself room by backing away but Pathirana follows him and gets the slower ball full. Avishka flicks but just cannot get enough bat to clear the fielder. Lakshan moves to his left and completes a good catch. 24/1
    15.2 Gets the wicket now. Mendis it is who departs for an excellent 46-ball 87! Was on a length outside off at 145kph. It is the pace that did Mendis in. Looks for a loft over mid-off, but is a touch late. The bat turns in his hand and the ball spoons straight up. Babar at mid-off, gets to his left and pouches a comfortable catch 144/2
    16.5 Oh, drags it back onto the stumps but Samarawickrama has played a splendid hand. Fuller outside off, he tries to force him through the covers, but think Karunaratne took the pace off the ball again. Samarawickrama can only get a thick inside-edge that rattles his stumps 164/3
    17.1 Pathirana comes back and cleans up Perera with a pacy length ball! On leg stump, he backs away looking to go across the line. Is nowhere near it and sees his stumps in a mess. 168/4
    not out
    15
    7
    2
    0
    214.28
    18.5 Cleans him up with a 138.7kph full toss! Gets it on the stumps as Ross looks to shuffle across for a scoop. He misses, Naseem does not and the leg stump takes a firm beating. Naseem has bowled his heart out today. 179/5
    19.4 Pathirana gets his third and it is the slower ball that does Kerr in! Slower length ball on the stumps. The you miss, I hit kind of stuff. Kerr misses and Pathirana hits. He was looking to go across the line, is through the shot much early. 186/6
    not out
    6
    2
    1
    0
    300.00
    Extras
    7 (lb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    192/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.6)
    Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Avishka Fernando, 4.4 ov), 2-144 (Kusal Mendis, 15.2 ov), 3-164 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 16.5 ov), 4-168 (Kusal Perera, 17.1 ov), 5-179 (Alex Ross, 18.5 ov), 6-186 (Hayden Kerr, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Naseem Shah402125.25133000
    C Karunaratne4055113.7586400
    Mohammad Nawaz(3)3037012.3341400
    M Pathirana403137.7593030
    JDF Vandersay403308.2541110
    D Lakshan1014014.0011100
  • BATSMEN
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    1.3 And he holes out next ball! Drags this slog sweep from outside off, he gets it nice and clean but just doesn't get the distance. Finds the man at deep square leg. Big wicket in the context of this chase, Dickwella was shaping up to do some real damage 17/1
    8.5 Babar is gone! Appeal for leg before not given, but as it's Babar Dambulla review. This was full, and possibly pitching on leg. Babar goes for the sweep and is struck on the front pad. It's the googly, so it should be striking the stumps, only question is, is it pitching outside leg? And no it's not, it's three reds! Great review, one pushed for by Noor. Huge wicket 79/2
    12.2 Chops on! Nissanka goes across the line, looks to slog this from outside off, but ends up dragging an under edge on to the stumps. 108/3
    not out
    56
    39
    4
    4
    143.58
    17.6 Kerr holds on in the deep! Lakshan skips down the track and slices this leg break to deep extra cover, where Kerr completes a good catch 158/4
    not out
    20
    7
    1
    2
    285.71
    Extras
    9 (lb 6, nb 1, w 2)
    TOTAL
    182/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)
    Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Niroshan Dickwella, 1.3 ov), 2-79 (Babar Azam, 8.5 ov), 3-108 (Pathum Nissanka, 12.2 ov), 4-158 (Dhananjaya Lakshan, 17.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    H Kerr402716.7583000
    DM de Silva302518.3362100
    Pramod Madushan3036012.0043201
    P Jayawickrama201608.0061100
    Hasan Ali403809.5085110
    Noor Ahmad403428.50144210

Match Notes

Colombo 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17Babar AzamN Dickwella
2nd62Babar AzamP Nissanka
3rd29P NissankaMNK Fernando
4th50D LakshanMNK Fernando
5th24C KarunaratneMNK Fernando