Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | AFG: 144/8 | RR: 7.20

  • Azmatullah Omarzai3 (4b)
  • Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-13-3
  • Kasun Rajitha4-0-31-1

Sri Lanka should be confident of gunning the total down. Let's find out shortly if Afghanistan allow them to. Madushka should be back soon with the reply.

3:42pm Superb spell from Hasaranga and it limits Afghanistan towards the end. He was ably assisted by Kumara and some good death-overs bowling by Rajitha as well. Afghanistan have a lot of cause to be disappointed. They were 68 for 1 at the halfway stage in the innings but couldn't really find the tall finish they would have liked. How glad will Sri Lanka with be with their bowling performance, despite not always getting the fielders' support.

Here's Rahmanullah Gurbaz: "We didn't play the last two games because of rain. It is not in our control and our focus was on this game. The score is good, not too bad. [Pitch] It is little but slow, good for the spinners. It was seaming with the new ball and then the spinners did well. Hopefully our bowling side does well. Bigger boundaries are a good sign for us, hopefully we get some early wickets and put some pressure on them."

19.6
W
PW Hasaranga to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, OUT, Caps off the final over with a stumping! Tossed up around off, comes down to hack it across the line but misses it. Afghanistan have been restricted to 144.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman st †Mendis b PW Hasaranga 1 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

19.5
1
PW Hasaranga to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run, Shortish, heaved on the bounce to long-on.

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd34DM de SilvaBKG Mendis
3rd54DM de SilvaKIC Asalanka
4th42PBB RajapaksaDM de Silva
5th6MD ShanakaDM de Silva

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL32140.667
NED3214-0.162
NAM31220.73
UAE3122-1.235
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM32140.2
IRE32140.105
SCOT31220.304
WI3122-0.563
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ53172.113
ENG53170.473
AUS5317-0.173
SL5234-0.422
IRE5133-1.615
AFG5032-0.571
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND54181.319
PAK53261.028
SA52250.874
NED5234-0.849
BAN5234-1.176
ZIM5133-1.138