7.45pm Thank you, Sidharth. Hello everyone! Walk in the park for Sri Lanka? No Shadab Khan to trouble 'em either, but Usman Qadir will want to put in a top audition before the final even though a place for him seems very hard to find in the XI if Shadab is playing. All the SL spinners went for under six an over with four wickets between them, so no reason why Qadir can't do the same. But that will come later, up top it will be Sri Lanka's batters against Pakistan's pace battery.
Dnm: "Think about the impact Wanindu had on the game. 3 wickets, 2 catches and a runout."
Dhananjaya de Silva: "We wanted to check out combinations before the big game, so that's what the team is trying out. Both the spinners are wicket-taking bowlers. All I need to do is to support them."
That's it. Just 121. Yes it is a difficult pitch, and Sri Lanka's bowling has been spot on, but the lack of intent in the first half was baffling. That is when you can get your runs really because the second half of the innings has been getting difficult here. Sreshth Shah will be with you soon with the chase.
Haris Rauf c de Silva b Pramod Madushan 1 (12m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
Last over coming up. Madushan has the ball
END OF OVER:19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 121/9 | RR: 6.36
- Mohammad Hasnain0 (1b)
- Haris Rauf1 (1b)
- Dilshan Madushanka4-0-35-0
- Maheesh Theekshana4-0-21-2
Hasnain is the last man in
Mohammad Nawaz (3) run out 26 (30m 18b 1x4 2x6) SR: 144.44
Free hit coming up
Haris Rauf on strike
END OF OVER:18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 110/8 | RR: 6.11
- Mohammad Nawaz17 (13b)
- Haris Rauf0 (0b)
- Maheesh Theekshana4-0-21-2
- Dilshan Madushanka3-0-24-0
Nawaz to face the last ball of this over
Usman Qadir c Nissanka b Theekshana 3 (9m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
C1 is the code from Silverwood
Theekshana to bowl out
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | PAK: 102/7 | RR: 6.00
- Mohammad Nawaz10 (9b)
- Usman Qadir2 (4b)
- Dilshan Madushanka3-0-24-0
- Maheesh Theekshana3-0-13-1
Into the death overs with seven down. Madushanka is back. Usman Qadir is in
END OF OVER:16 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 95/7 | RR: 5.93
- Mohammad Nawaz5 (7b)
- Maheesh Theekshana3-0-13-1
- Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-21-3
Hasan Ali c PW Hasaranga b Theekshana 0 (5m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00