03/03Result
7th Match (D/N), Asia Cup at Dhaka, Mar 3 2014
Sri Lanka won by 129 runs
Player of the Match
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka
03/03Result
7th Match (D/N), Asia Cup at Dhaka, Mar 3 2014
Sri Lanka won by 129 runs
Player of the Match
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka

Best performances - Batsmen

KC Sangakkara
KC Sangakkara
76(102) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 23 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 1 6 13 19 8 17 11
AD Mathews
AD Mathews
45(41) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 25 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 0 10 2 1 5 13 10

Best performances - Bowlers

BAW Mendis
O7
M2
R11
W3
Eco1.57
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
NLTC Perera
NLTC Perera
O10
M2
R29
W3
Eco2.90
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

Sri Lanka - Innings

14
MDKJ Perera9 (18)
HDRL Thirimanne5 (16)
36
KC Sangakkara11 (26)
MDKJ Perera24 (31)
33
DPMD Jayawardene14 (14)
KC Sangakkara18 (23)
74
KC Sangakkara46 (52)
LD Chandimal26 (41)
1
KC Sangakkara1 (1)
AD Mathews0 (2)
26
AD Mathews8 (11)
PC de Silva17 (16)
69*
AD Mathews37 (28)
NLTC Perera19 (23)

Afghanistan - Innings

8
Noor Ali Zadran0 (3)
Mohammad Shahzad7 (7)
45
Noor Ali Zadran18 (31)
Asghar Afghan27 (34)
6
Nawroz Mangal3 (9)
Noor Ali Zadran3 (7)
2
Nawroz Mangal1 (4)
Samiullah Shinwari1 (2)
12
Mohammad Nabi6 (8)
Samiullah Shinwari5 (17)
48
Mohammad Nabi31 (32)
Najibullah Zadran11 (35)
0
Mohammad Nabi0 (3)
Mirwais Ashraf0 (3)
1
Mirwais Ashraf0 (6)
Amir Hamza1 (14)
2
Mirwais Ashraf1 (5)
Dawlat Zadran0 (8)
0
Shapoor Zadran0 (0)
Mirwais Ashraf0 (4)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Stalled

1-2

Scoreline for the last five overs, which has included four maidens

Chipping in

2011

Suranga Lakmal has taken at least one wicket for SL in the last 12 ODIs he's played. The last time he went wicketless was in Aug 2011 v Australia

Need a captain's innings

2

No. of fifties by Mohammad Nabi in chases for Afghanistan

Mendis menace

14.7

Ajantha Mendis' strike-rate in the Asia Cup. He has taken 22 wickets in 7 matches, with two five-fors

Have practice

76

No. of times Sri Lanka have defended a score under 255

The finisher

4

Angelo Mathews has remained unbeaten four times in his last five ODIs

Chasing's no problem

13

Afghanistan have won 13 out of 20 ODIs fielding first

Consistent performer

2

Only two times in the ten ODIs he has played has Dawlat Zadran not contributed with a wicket

Sloppy again

23-2

Sri Lanka could not reverse their issues with the batting powerplay in this Asia Cup.

Batting Powerplay blues

2

In both their previous Asia Cup games, Sri Lanka have lost two wickets in the batting powerplay. Against Pakistan they scored 29 and against India 30

Another golden run

For the second time since 2013, Sangakkara has hit fifty-plus scores in four consecutive ODI innings. Only the second SL batsman after Jayasuriya to do this twice.

Starts and stops

26.78

Dinesh Chandimal's batting average over the past 12 months, with only two fifties