04/06Result
7th match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Cardiff, Jun 4 2019
Sri Lanka won by 34 runs (D/L)
Player of the Match
Nuwan Pradeep
Nuwan PradeepSri Lanka
04/06Result
7th match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Cardiff, Jun 4 2019
Sri Lanka won by 34 runs (D/L)
Player of the Match
Nuwan Pradeep
Nuwan PradeepSri Lanka

Mohammad Nabi: feel very good, if you see the pitch there is nothing for spinners but I tried my best. Tried my best to loop the ball, most of the batsmen are left handers, so that's good. Totally a plan, had a slip in for the new batsman and it worked. We'll try our best to achieve this total. We'll try to keep wickets in tact in the first ten.

The revised target for Afghanistan is 187. Sri Lanka would be bitterly disappointed, particularly after the openers blasted 79 in the first ten - highest so far in powerplay this world cup. A stunning Afghanistan comeback was scripted by Mohammad Nabi, who struck thrice in one over and the projected Sri Lanka score came down from 324 to 251 in the space of those deliveries. Peter Della Penna to take you through the crucial first ten overs of the chase.

36.5
W
Rashid Khan to Pradeep, OUT, an absolute snorter to end the innings, much too good for the tailender! Legspinner on middle and off, completely squared him up and clipped off stump

N Pradeep b Rashid Khan 0 (6m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

36.4
0
Rashid Khan to Pradeep, no run, length on the pads, defended to midwicket
36.4
1w
Rashid Khan to Pradeep, 1 wide, full and sliding down the leg side
36.3
0
Rashid Khan to Pradeep, no run, length on middle, skids on, Pradeep looks to go across the line and misses but it's too high
36.2
0
Rashid Khan to Pradeep, no run, full on off, comes forward and defends
36.1
1
Rashid Khan to Lakmal, 1 run, length on middle, skids on, he tries to pull it away, a dangerous option, gets a bit of a thick inside edge towards square leg

END OF OVER:
36 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 199/9 | RR: 5.52

  • Suranga Lakmal14 (12b)
  • Dawlat Zadran6-0-34-2
  • Rashid Khan7-1-15-1
35.6
W
Dawlat Zadran to Malinga, OUT, finally gets one target! reminiscent of Malinga himself at his best, a slow looping yorker on middle, dipped appreciably and Malinga couldn't squeeze it out

SL Malinga b Dawlat Zadran 4 (15m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 28.57

35.5
1
Dawlat Zadran to Lakmal, 1 run, another short one, slower ball this time, followed Lakmal as he backed away, gets an inside edge back on to his body and they come through for a quick single despite the direct hit a the non striker's end
35.4
0
Dawlat Zadran to Lakmal, no run, better delivery, yorker on middle, not particularly fast so he's able to squeeze it out

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Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st34Mohammad ShahzadHazratullah Zazai
2nd8Rahmat ShahHazratullah Zazai
3rd2Hashmatullah ShahidiHazratullah Zazai
4th13Mohammad NabiHashmatullah Shahidi
5th0Mohammad NabiGulbadin Naib
6th64Gulbadin NaibNajibullah Zadran
7th2Najibullah ZadranRashid Khan
8th13Dawlat ZadranNajibullah Zadran
9th9Hamid HassanNajibullah Zadran
10th7Hamid HassanMujeeb Ur Rahman