- BATSMENRB4s6sSR10.1 good length ball on the middle and leg stump line, turned away behind square, Tharanga comes back for the 2nd run, excellent fielding from Butt and a good accurate throw, Tharanga short of the crease and 2nd wicket for Pakistan 34/22.2 Great delivery from Asif! swings in from just outside off stump, Jayasuriya beaten all ends up and ball strikes the pads, caught plumb in front and ball would have crashed the stumps 4/115.6 Slower ball from Gul, Kapugedera tries to loft straight but gets a big inside edge onto his stumps. Clever change of pace from Gul and that does the trick 61/319.1 One more! fuller length ball outside off stump, Jayawardene goes for a big drive and gets a thick outside edge, simple catch taken by Akmal 72/441.3 another run out! Silva dabs it towards the leg side and calls for a risky single, Maharoof responds, Razzaq moves across in a flash, picks up, turns around and hits the stumps with Silva just short of his crease 177/725.4 Five down! length ball on the middle and leg stump, Dilshan tries to flick off his legs and gets a leading edge to mid-on, Gul takes a simple catch 103/533.6 Imran Nazir hits the stumps direct from pont and Jayawardene has to go, outstanding fielding. Silva dropped the ball with soft hands towards point and set off for the single, Nazir sprinted towards the ball, picked up cleanly and hit the base of the stumps with Jayawardene well short of his crease 141/645.6 that was quick and straight from Gul, 135kmh, Bandara plonks his front foot down the pitch and tries to smash it over the off side, he gets an inside edge and the ball crashes into off and middle stump 203/848.2 another yorker and this one bursts through the defences of Malinga, who stood rooted to his crease, and uproots leg stump, Sri Lanka are nine down 215/9Extras11 (b 1, lb 3, nb 4, w 3)TOTAL235/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.7)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (ST Jayasuriya, 2.3 ov), 2-34 (WU Tharanga, 10.1 ov), 3-61 (CK Kapugedera, 15.6 ov), 4-72 (DPMD Jayawardene, 19.1 ov), 5-103 (TM Dilshan, 25.4 ov), 6-141 (HAPW Jayawardene, 33.6 ov), 7-177 (LPC Silva, 41.3 ov), 8-203 (HMCM Bandara, 45.6 ov), 9-215 (SL Malinga, 48.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Asif 10 1 26 1 2.60 42 1 0 1 0 Mohammad Sami 10 0 49 1 4.90 31 6 0 1 0 Umar Gul 10 0 61 3 6.10 42 8 2 1 1 Abdul Razzaq 10 0 52 1 5.20 36 7 0 0 3 Shahid Afridi 10 0 43 0 4.30 33 5 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR20.4 Now that's reckless. Yousuf pushes to the leg side and thinks of a single, Butt is already halfway down the track and Kapugedera, at point, swoops in and lets rip a fierce throw. It isn't accurate but Bandara manages to snatch it clean and whip off the bails. Butt is just short of his crease and the third umpire flashes the red light. 88/39.1 Afridi, the bye-runner, runs out Nazir! Nazir drives on the up through cover, he didn't time that well enough and Jayasuriya pulled it in just inside the fence, Afridi set off for the third run but Jayasuriya's flat throw to Malinga found him terribly short of his ground, poor runnng for there was never a third in it 53/118.5 That's nailed him. Tossed up beautifully by the legspinner, pitches on leg and spins back, Hameed gets his front foot forward and pushes tamely but is struck on the front pad. Loud appeal and though he's well forward, umpire Mark benson lifts the finger straight away. He was no doubt well forward but that ball was going on to strike off. Bandara gets his reward for persisting with flight. Now then, is there a twist in store? 84/225.5 What a jaffa! Maharoof unleashes a special. Is this Abu Dhabi or is this Lord's? Short of a length, pitched on middle, cutting away viciously and rattling off stump. Yousuf drives but misses it all ends up and can only look back in anguish. That was one lethal blow and Pakistan slipping here 105/431.3 That's such a bizzarre way to get out. Sweeps wonderfully past short fine leg and watches as the ball races away towards the fence, Upul Tharanga dives full length and pulls off a fine save, the batsmen complete two and call for the third but there's a misunderstanding and Malik is standed halfway down, the ball is fired into the wicketkeeper and the simplest of run-outs completed. The umpires check if it's a four or not but Tharanga's save is deemed fine, Malik has to go 137/5Extras10 (lb 1, nb 5, w 4)TOTAL239/5 (42 Overs, RR: 5.69)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Imran Nazir, 9.1 ov), 2-84 (Yasir Hameed, 18.5 ov), 3-88 (Salman Butt, 20.4 ov), 4-105 (Mohammad Yousuf, 25.5 ov), 5-137 (Shoaib Malik, 31.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MF Maharoof 8 1 47 1 5.87 31 8 0 0 4 SL Malinga 9 1 53 0 5.88 32 5 1 2 1 MKDI Amerasinghe 7 2 31 0 4.42 29 5 0 2 0 TM Dilshan 3 0 9 0 3.00 10 0 0 0 0 HMCM Bandara 10 1 69 1 6.90 31 6 4 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 5 0 29 0 5.80 12 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-19.30 Interval 19.30-20.15, Second Session 20.15-23.45
Match days
18 May 2007 - night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (80 balls), Extras 1
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Sri Lanka Innings: 1x7 ball over (16th over, Umar Gul, called by Umpire SL Shastri)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 24.3 overs (152 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 126/5 in 30.0 overs (LPC Silva 27, HAPW Jayawardene 15)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 35.4 overs (220 balls), Extras 6
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 44.6 overs (277 balls), Extras 9
- MF Maharoof: 50 off 46 balls (6 x 4)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 0/0
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (51 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (Salman Butt 11, Imran Nazir 36, Ex 4)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 71/1 in 14.0 overs (Salman Butt 22, Yasir Hameed 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 24.4 overs (152 balls), Extras 5
- Power Play 3: Overs 25.1 - 30.0
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 33.4 overs (209 balls), Extras 8
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (Kamran Akmal 14, Shahid Afridi 39, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 38.5 overs (240 balls), Extras 8
- Shahid Afridi: 50 off 22 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Kamran Akmal: 50 off 51 balls (8 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 65 balls (Kamran Akmal 27, Shahid Afridi 73, Ex 2)
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