Australia vs Sri Lanka, 9th Match at Hobart, , Feb 24 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Sri Lanka are on top of the table! Take that says Kula. He stays beside the line to a length ball and cracks it through the covers for four. Sri Lanka have been undefeated four games in a row, and I daresay they look the best side in this tournament.

full ball on the pads, Thisara whips it behind square and they get a single ... Thisara wants a second, but they have to settle for one.

he gets a single now, squeezes it away to the leg side and keeps strike. 14 off the over, the over that has probably lose it for Australia.

Thisara!!! Sri Lanka are roaring home after a six followed by a four. Thisara plants the front foot across, gets clean under the length ball and bombards it deep over the midwicket boundary for a six. Sri Lanka can't possibly lose from here.

Thisara doesn't need two hands to get the boundary. Full length slower ball on the leg stump line, he was lining up the loft over the leg side, but the ball came on after he was into the stroke. No matter. The top hand came off, he continued with the swing and ended up slapping it square rather than through midwicket.

Gone! Mathews has perished trying another big shot. He was trying to haul the length ball over the extra cover area, but the slower ball hoodwinked him into another miscue. It landed in long-off's hands as he came across.

Mathews is holing out straight down the throats of the gaps in the outfield! Juicy full toss on the pads, Mathews tries to cart it over midwicket, but doesn't time it well enough. He mistimes it sufficiently for it to land short of long-on and midwicket who were converging.

near perfect yorker, lands outside leg and hits the pad as Perera misses the heave to leg. He was through the shot too early. Leg bye taken.

another dot ball! Mathews is unable to get a yorker away and Lee moves across to field. He even under-arms a throw at Thisara's end as he backs up too far. But Thisara is in, and Lee misses.

near yorker, Mathews can't get it away for a single. Lee collects and thinks of throwing at the keeper's end. He resists and just glares!

full toss from Lee, Sri Lanka are running like professional sprinters here! Thisara makes Forrest sweat in the deep after Mathews drove into the covers. He charged back for the second and made it easy.

near yorker on middle and leg, Thisara drags it through mid-on for a single.

another leading edge. Thisara tries to nudge to leg from outside off and the ball skims off the edge towards third man. Ohho, he charges back for the second and puts the dive in to beat Harris' throw to the keeper. He's in.

full ball on the stumps, driven hard through mid-on for a single.

Thisara has put the cheek in cheeky shot-making. He shuffles across the stumps, gets under a low Harris full toss and laps it off the middle of the bat behind square leg. He didn't try to go over the fielder at short fine-leg, and instead just went well outside his range. Much squarer than the shot Thirimanne was attempting.

Mathews nearly holes out! He tries to get under the length and shovel Harris over long-on, and nearly picked out the fielder. It landed some yards in front of him eventually.

low full toss now, Thisara whips it to midwicket and they might have contemplated two. Mathews isn't interested.

very full on off stump at 139 kph. Thisara plays it back to the bowler.

full ball sliding onto leg stump, Mathews nudges a single to midwicket.

low full toss, but he gets away with it. Thisara drives it back hard down the ground, past Harris' half-stop for a single.