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Asia Cup, 2008 / Scorecard

Asia Cup - 9th match, Super Four

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by 158 runs

ODI no. 2726 | 2008 season
Played at National Stadium, Karachi (neutral venue)
30 June 2008 - day/night (50-over match)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ST Jayasuriya	c Tamim Iqbal b Alok Kapali	130	119	88	16	6	147.72
27.5 Caught at deep cover. It was the short of length slider and Sanath carved it to the fielder. Out for a furious 130. Legend. 201/1
KC Sangakkara†	b Abdur Razzak	121	193	128	16	1	94.53
44.3 oh he has bowled him. Sangakkara went for a pull shot but played all around it. But another ton from Mr Consistent. 292/6
DPMD Jayawardene*	c Mohammad Ashraful b Alok Kapali	20	19	22	2	0	90.90
33.5 Caught at midwicket. Mahela pulled a short delivery low but straight to Ashraful. Not a great delivery but he picks up a wicket 235/2
CK Kapugedera	c Alok Kapali b Shahadat Hossain	1	11	5	0	0	20.00
35.3 gone! line and length delivery on the stumps, Kapugedera tires to work it away on the leg side but only manages to chip it towards short midwicket. Kapali moves across quickly, drive low towards his left and takes it cleanly 243/3
LPC Silva	lbw b Farhad Reza	5	23	14	0	0	35.71
39.6 trapped by the yorker. It swung in to crash into the left boot. The bat came down a second later. Plumb. 263/4
TM Dilshan	run out (Raqibul Hasan)	2	4	3	0	0	66.66
40.6 Abdur Razzak to Sangakkara, Dilshan is run out trying to get Sangakkara the hundred. Sanga looks very disappointed. It was pushed towards midwicket, Raqibul rushes forward to under arm a direct hit at the striker's end. 267/5
WPUJC Vaas	c Raqibul Hasan b Farhad Reza	7	28	15	0	0	46.66
47.3 Vaas walked down the track, tried to ping the cowcorner but skied the lofted shot towards long-on where Raqibul stationed himself under the ball and pouched it. 310/8
T Thushara	b Mashrafe Mortaza	10	9	9	1	0	111.11
46.3 super yorker. Tushara had moved towards off and was looking to swing it to the on side but the ball crashed into middle stump 304/7
KMDN Kulasekara	not out	18	15	12	0	1	150.00

BAW Mendis	not out	8	9	6	1	0	133.33

Extras	(lb 3, w 5, nb 2)	10

Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 219 mins)	332	(6.64 runs per over)

Did not bat M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets 1-201 (Jayasuriya, 27.5 ov), 2-235 (Jayawardene, 33.5 ov), 3-243 (Kapugedera, 35.3 ov), 4-263 (Silva, 39.6 ov), 5-267 (Dilshan, 40.6 ov), 6-292 (Sangakkara, 44.3 ov), 7-304 (Thushara, 46.3 ov), 8-310 (Vaas, 47.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	10	0	78	1	7.80	(2w)
46.3 to Thushara, super yorker. Tushara had moved towards off and was looking to swing it to the on side but the ball crashed into middle stump 304/7
Shahadat Hossain	7	1	46	1	6.57	(2w)
35.3 to Kapugedera, gone! line and length delivery on the stumps, Kapugedera tires to work it away on the leg side but only manages to chip it towards short midwicket. Kapali moves across quickly, drive low towards his left and takes it cleanly 243/3
Abdur Razzak	10	0	71	1	7.10	(2nb)
44.3 to Sangakkara, oh he has bowled him. Sangakkara went for a pull shot but played all around it. But another ton from Mr Consistent. 292/6
Farhad Reza	9	1	51	2	5.66
39.6 to Silva, trapped by the yorker. It swung in to crash into the left boot. The bat came down a second later. Plumb. 263/4 47.3 to Vaas, Vaas walked down the track, tried to ping the cowcorner but skied the lofted shot towards long-on where Raqibul stationed himself under the ball and pouched it. 310/8
Mahmudullah	8	0	43	0	5.37

Alok Kapali	6	0	40	2	6.66
27.5 to Jayasuriya, Caught at deep cover. It was the short of length slider and Sanath carved it to the fielder. Out for a furious 130. Legend. 201/1 33.5 to Jayawardene, Caught at midwicket. Mahela pulled a short delivery low but straight to Ashraful. Not a great delivery but he picks up a wicket 235/2


Bangladesh innings (target: 333 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	c †Dilshan b Vaas	8	17	15	1	0	53.33
4.5 And Tamim is gone. Vaas gets it to curve away off a length, Tamim tries to dab it to third man but edges it behind to Dilshan. Remember, Dilshan is the 'keeper. Sanga has not taken the field 10/1
Nazimuddin	run out (Kapugedera/Mendis)	47	78	59	7	1	79.66
16.5 Mendis to Raqibul Hasan, Nazimuddin is run out now. He just kept running despite Raqibul shouting NO No. It was turned to square leg, Raqibul had taken a step or two but shouted out to his partner to go back but Nazim couldn't stop his charge. 96/3
Mohammad Ashraful*	c †Dilshan b Thushara	14	32	15	3	0	93.33
11.5 Another pull that goes awry. Tushara picks up a wicket with a short-of-length delivery that skids on to the batsman quicker than he anticipates. Nazim had survived a few times but Ash's pull went straight up and Dilshan got under it. 53/2
Raqibul Hasan	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	52	81	63	7	0	82.53
31.2 The doosra does the trick again. It landed just outside off, sucked Raqibul forward and he pushed inside the line and nicked it to Mahela at first slip 158/6
Mushfiqur Rahim†	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	8	19	12	1	0	66.66
21.5 got him this time, doosra again, bounced and there was a bit of width, Mushfiqur tries a cute dab which goes straight to Jayawardene at slip 116/4
Alok Kapali	lbw b Muralitharan	9	13	11	1	0	81.81
25.5 done in by the doosra. It landed on the middle and straightened, Kapali missed the sweep and was caught in front of the stumps. 135/5
Mahmudullah	c sub (J Mubarak) b Mendis	8	26	19	0	0	42.10
32.6 Mendis picks his first wicket. Flicked a loopy delivery on the middle and leg, Mahmudullah pushed tentatively at it and edged it to leg gully 162/7
Abdur Razzak	b Muralitharan	7	15	14	0	0	50.00
35.1 lands it on the middle stump line, slight turn and Razzak went for the slog sweep and dragged it on to his stumps. The wickets are tumbling at a rapid rate here. The end is nigh. 168/8
Farhad Reza	c Jayawardene b Mendis	5	20	16	0	0	31.25
38.3 All over. Charges down the track, has a heave and edges it to Mahela at first slip. Emphatic win for Sri Lanka. Murali and Mendis. What a potent combo. The latter half of Bangladesh couldn't handle the spicy combination. Double Jeopardy. 174/10
Mashrafe Mortaza	c Silva b Muralitharan	2	8	8	0	0	25.00
37.6 Murali bags the five-for. Mortaza top edged a sweep to Silva at short fine leg.Murali waits for the catch to be taken, claps in delight and turns back to take the cap from Taufel who breaks into a smile himself. Completely mesmerizing stuff from the magician. 172/9
Shahadat Hossain	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-

Extras	(lb 6, w 7, nb 1)	14

Total	(all out; 38.3 overs; 160 mins)	174	(4.51 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-10 (Tamim Iqbal, 4.5 ov), 2-53 (Mohammad Ashraful, 11.5 ov), 3-96 (Nazimuddin, 16.5 ov), 4-116 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 21.5 ov), 5-135 (Alok Kapali, 25.5 ov), 6-158 (Raqibul Hasan, 31.2 ov), 7-162 (Mahmudullah, 32.6 ov), 8-168 (Abdur Razzak, 35.1 ov), 9-172 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 37.6 ov), 10-174 (Farhad Reza, 38.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	5	0	21	1	4.20
4.5 to Tamim Iqbal, And Tamim is gone. Vaas gets it to curve away off a length, Tamim tries to dab it to third man but edges it behind to Dilshan. Remember, Dilshan is the 'keeper. Sanga has not taken the field 10/1
KMDN Kulasekara	6	1	26	0	4.33

T Thushara	5	0	36	1	7.20	(1nb, 1w)
11.5 to Mohammad Ashraful, Another pull that goes awry. Tushara picks up a wicket with a short-of-length delivery that skids on to the batsman quicker than he anticipates. Nazim had survived a few times but Ash's pull went straight up and Dilshan got under it. 53/2
BAW Mendis	7.3	0	29	2	3.86
32.6 to Mahmudullah, Mendis picks his first wicket. Flicked a loopy delivery on the middle and leg, Mahmudullah pushed tentatively at it and edged it to leg gully 162/7 38.3 to Farhad Reza, All over. Charges down the track, has a heave and edges it to Mahela at first slip. Emphatic win for Sri Lanka. Murali and Mendis. What a potent combo. The latter half of Bangladesh couldn't handle the spicy combination. Double Jeopardy. 174/10
M Muralitharan	10	1	31	5	3.10	(3w)
21.5 to Mushfiqur Rahim, got him this time, doosra again, bounced and there was a bit of width, Mushfiqur tries a cute dab which goes straight to Jayawardene at slip 116/4 25.5 to Alok Kapali, done in by the doosra. It landed on the middle and straightened, Kapali missed the sweep and was caught in front of the stumps. 135/5 31.2 to Raqibul Hasan, The doosra does the trick again. It landed just outside off, sucked Raqibul forward and he pushed inside the line and nicked it to Mahela at first slip 158/6 35.1 to Abdur Razzak, lands it on the middle stump line, slight turn and Razzak went for the slog sweep and dragged it on to his stumps. The wickets are tumbling at a rapid rate here. The end is nigh. 168/8 37.6 to Mashrafe Mortaza, Murali bags the five-for. Mortaza top edged a sweep to Silva at short fine leg.Murali waits for the catch to be taken, claps in delight and turns back to take the cap from Taufel who breaks into a smile himself. Completely mesmerizing stuff from the magician. 172/9
CK Kapugedera	5	0	25	0	5.00

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Points Sri Lanka 2, Bangladesh 0

Player of the match ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

Umpires BG Jerling (South Africa) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire AM Saheba (India)
Match referee AG Hurst (Australia)
Reserve umpire Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Match notes

Sri Lanka innings
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (51 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (ST Jayasuriya 24, KC Sangakkara 23, Ex 3)
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
ST Jayasuriya: 50 off 31 balls (6 x 4, 4 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 12.2 overs (78 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 78 balls (ST Jayasuriya 64, KC Sangakkara 31, Ex 5)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 123/0 in 14.0 overs (ST Jayasuriya 86, KC Sangakkara 32)
ST Jayasuriya: 100 off 55 balls (14 x 4, 5 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 20.2 overs (126 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 150 runs in 126 balls (ST Jayasuriya 103, KC Sangakkara 42, Ex 5)
KC Sangakkara: 50 off 72 balls (6 x 4)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 27.3 overs (169 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 200 runs in 169 balls (ST Jayasuriya 130, KC Sangakkara 64, Ex 6)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 235/2 in 33.5 overs (KC Sangakkara 79)
Power Play 3: Overs 34.1 - 39.0
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 37.1 overs (227 balls), Extras 7
KC Sangakkara: 100 off 117 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 46.1 overs (283 balls), Extras 10
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 332/8 in 50.0 overs (KMDN Kulasekara 18, BAW Mendis 8)

Bangladesh innings
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Bangladesh: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 5
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
Drinks: Bangladesh - 93/2 in 16.0 overs (Nazimuddin 45, Raqibul Hasan 18)
Bangladesh: 100 runs in 17.5 overs (109 balls), Extras 8
Bangladesh: 150 runs in 29.2 overs (181 balls), Extras 14
Raqibul Hasan: 50 off 62 balls (7 x 4)
Drinks: Bangladesh - 162/7 in 33.0 overs (Abdur Razzak 2)