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12.2 to Guptill, through the gate! Landed on a good length on middle and off and Guptill was expecting it to come back in as it usually does, however it straightened and he played down the wrong line and the ball crashed on middle and off, the stumps are upright, the bails are scattered 35/2
16.4 to Williamson, glanced down the leg side and everyone was confident! Not quite a wicket taking delivery but it's been Kula's morning so far, it swung inwards from middle was going down the leg side, Williamson tried to glance it down to fine leg but the ball shaved the bat and Prasanna J did well to follow the movement early and time his dive to his left 46/3
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3.5 to McCullum, quite unnecessary really! Herath drops it a bit short and McCullum goes deep at the crease again to repeat the six two balls earlier, only this time he went behind square and didn't get the distance, Kulasekara was placed there at deep square leg for the shot 18/1
25.2 to Taylor, that was quite adjacent, the arm ball from round the wicket, landed on the off stump and heading towards middle, Taylor was forward and trapped, straightforward decision 60/4
29.3 to Franklin, this will rank as one of the more unusual dismissals! Herath tossed it up from round the wicket and Franklin gave him the charge, he was caught in a tangle, the ball went between the batsman's legs and Prasanna J failed to gather the ball, the ball instead hit his chest and deflected onto the stumps, knocking a bail off before Franklin could make it back, third umpire takes a look 70/5
33.2 to Flynn, beaten for turn! Herath will be very pleased with that, he continues round the wicket to the left-hander, lands on off, lands close to the rough, Flynn wasn't expecting it to spin back so much and the ball sneaked past the gap between pad and bat, Flynn wasn't sure whether to go forward or back 79/6
33.3 to Bracewell, Herath has ten for the match and he's on a hat-trick! This was plumb, flatter delivery from round the wicket, the faster one that goes through with the arm, Bracewell had shuffled across and was trapped on the back foot and that was hitting middle and leg stump 79/7
37.4 to Patel, that's a sharp catch! Fluke catch if you could call it that, at short leg, tossed up on middle and he tried to flick that wide to the on side, straight off the bat and the ball was wedged between Karunaratne's legs at first 97/9
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36.6 to Southee, the morning session ends with another farcical dismissal! Randiv tossed it up from round the wicket, Southee was down the track and played all around it, the ball hits his pad and rolls towards the keeper, Prasanna J gathers the knocks the bails down quickly before Southee could comprehend what was going on 96/8
44.1 to Boult, and Sri Lanka will chase 93. Tossed up outside off, after slogging Randiv the previous over he decides to defend, gets a thick outside edge to Mahela at first slip, easy catch to round off the innings 118/10
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