Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    8.4 Rajapaksa takes an excellent catch at deep extra cover. It was a full ball outside off, Stirling reached out and looked to slap it to the shorter boundary. Might have gotten it straighter than he would have wanted. Rajapaksa started his run to the left from long-off and flew across to grab it. Big wicket! 55/3
    1.1 Balbirnie shuffles across to paddle, Kumara aims for middle stump and crashes it! The movement across was telegraphed early and Kumara was proactive enough to take advantage. Balbirnie looked to shovel it fine, where there was no fielder, but overbalanced with his left leg getting a bit stuck as he squared up and ended up missing it. 2/1
    4.4 Tucker goes across again, gloves it back on to the stumps. Theekshana gets out the arrow celebration. The vacant fine-leg area was the carrot that the bowler dangled and it induced the bite. Like the last ball, Tucker went early and looked to sweep it fine. This time, the connection was much weaker. Both wickets fall in a similar fashion. 26/2
    17.6 Toe-ends a full toss and it's taken at mid-off! Tector was charging down, so Fernando went wide. Tried to slash it over extra but ballooned it. 117/6
    9.6 Cuts, finds point! Asalanka takes a sharp catch to the left, it was travelling but was close to him. He clasped and held on. Karunaratne is thrilled as he jumps and pumps the air. The ball and shot were similar to the third ball in this over, the difference was the shot being aerial this time. 60/4
    16.5 Off bail dislodged. Dockrell's struggle is voer and Theekshana's arrows are firing again! It was a flicker (carrom) informs Thilak, our scorer, that landed on a length. Dockrell stayed leg side and looked to go inside out but missed it. 107/5
    18.1 And the star Sri-Lankan spinner in among the wickets. Flighted googly outside off. Delany tries to slog sweep but does not account for the longer boundary. Chamika Karunaratne seemed to have lost it but managed to grab it on the second attempt. 117/7
    18.4 Down the track, swiped. Decent connection but it's the long boundary and Chamika Karunaratne takes it at deep midwicket. It was a shortish, very slow ball outside off. Adair dragged it across and fell short by a few metres. 118/8
    not out
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    Extras
    4 (b 3, w 1)
    TOTAL
    128/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6.4)
    Did not bat: JB Little
    Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Andy Balbirnie, 1.1 ov), 2-26 (Lorcan Tucker, 4.4 ov), 3-55 (Paul Stirling, 8.4 ov), 4-60 (Curtis Campher, 9.6 ov), 5-107 (George Dockrell, 16.5 ov), 6-117 (Harry Tector, 17.6 ov), 7-117 (Gareth Delany, 18.1 ov), 8-118 (Mark Adair, 18.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    B Fernando402716.75103010
    CBRLS Kumara201216.0062000
    M Theekshana401924.7581000
    C Karunaratne402917.2572100
    PW Hasaranga402526.2560100
    DM de Silva201316.5031000

Match Notes

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