Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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.

19.1
W
Pramod Madushan to Haris Rauf, OUT, and he ends up with two. Bowls a wide slower ball, back of the hand, Rauf doesn't have too many options. He just goes hard at it, and finds long-on to perfection

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
18.6
0
Madushanka to Mohammad Hasnain, no run, yorker, he digs it out, back to the bowler

Hasnain is the last man in

18.5
W
Madushanka to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, OUT, goes back and across, pulls this to deep midwicket, and risks a second. Nawaz dives in, but he falls short. Lovely throw on the top of the stumps

Mohammad Nawaz (3) run out 26 (30m 18b 1x4 2x6) SR: 144.44

18.4
6
Madushanka to Mohammad Nawaz, SIX, this is right in the slot, he clears the front leg and drives this clean over long-off. Nawaz is giving himself something to bowl at
18.3
2
Madushanka to Mohammad Nawaz, 2 runs, he backs away, Madushanka follows him with a yorker, but Nawaz has managed to put it in a hole deep on the leg side
18.2
0
Madushanka to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, smart bowling. Dug in and wide outside off, away from Nawaz's reach. Good comeback

Free hit coming up

18.2
1nb
Madushanka to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 no ball, on a length, into the pads, there to be hit, but misses it and is hit on the pad. It is a no-ball
18.1
1
Madushanka to Haris Rauf, 1 run, on a length, outside off, pushed to deep cover for one

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
17.6
0
Theekshana to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, looks to work to leg for a singer to keep strike but is cramped

Nawaz to face the last ball of this over

17.5
W
Theekshana to Usman Qadir, OUT, Qadir tries the big slog sweep here but this is an offbreak that turns away from him outside off, and he gets a massive top edge to deep midwicket

Usman Qadir c Nissanka b Theekshana 3 (9m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

17.4
1
Theekshana to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, full, middle and leg, driven to long-on for one
17.3
0
Theekshana to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, short of a length, cut away, but straight to point

C1 is the code from Silverwood

17.2
6
Theekshana to Mohammad Nawaz, SIX, superb shot. Wide offbreak, and he plays an inside-out drive over extra cover. Flat six
17.1
1
Theekshana to Usman Qadir, 1 run, on a length, angling in, pushed down to long-on for one

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
16.6
4
Madushanka to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, lovely shot. Picks the slower ball, clears the front leg, and also clears mid-off who is inside the circle
16.5
1
Madushanka to Usman Qadir, 1 run, yorker, on leg, dug out for one to mid-on
16.4
0
Madushanka to Usman Qadir, no run, bouncer, middle and leg, Qadir ducks under it
16.3
1
Madushanka to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, dug in short, low bounce, bottom-edged on the pull for one
16.2
1
Madushanka to Usman Qadir, 1 run, nearly run out. Pushed just to the right of short midwicket, and he is gone if Rajapaksa hits. But Rajapaksa misses. He is quick to get to it, though
16.1
0
Madushanka to Usman Qadir, no run, on a length, on off, no room defended back to him

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
15.6
W
Theekshana to Hasan Ali, OUT, No. 7. Hasan shuffles across to try the big sweep, but is nowhere near the pitch, gets a massive top edge to be caught at deep square leg

Hasan Ali c PW Hasaranga b Theekshana 0 (5m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

15.5
0
Theekshana to Hasan Ali, no run, plays the reverse sweep now, but straight to point

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd1MD GunathilakaP Nissanka
3rd27DM de SilvaP Nissanka
4th51PBB RajapaksaP Nissanka
5th33MD ShanakaP Nissanka
6th11PW HasarangaP Nissanka

Men's T20 Asia Cup

Super Four
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.701
PAK3214-0.279
IND31221.607
AFG3030-2.006
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.096
PAK21123.811
HKG2020-4.875
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG22042.467
SL2112-2.233
BAN2020-0.576