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40.3 to Mohammad Ashraful, oh my! What a delivery! That one was flatter, quicker, it pitched on off stump and straightened and hit the top of off. Ashraful was rooted to the crease and played inside the line of that one and completely missed it. Excellent start to the session for Sri Lanka. He should have gone forward to that one, but it was the length that deceived him 96/2
59.3 to Jahurul Islam, game over! Flight, turn and some brain freeze from Jahurul! He was playing so well and so patiently, but he decides to come out of the crease - much like Mahmudullah in the first Test - he is not to the pitch of the ball and it turns past his bat, Chandimal does the rest. He is really annoyed with himself as he walks off, just two short of his half-century 143/3
59.4 to Mahmudullah, oh my god, this is two in two! This is a similar delivery that did Ashraful..if not better.. It was flatter, grips the surface and turns past the outside edge of Mahmudullah's bat to knock the off stump back..Stunning delivery 143/4
69.6 to Mominul Haque, some turn and he strikes, caught at short-leg! This one is loopy, but it's not up there to drive, the batsman goes back to defend it, but it turns into him, bounces a touch extra, hits the inside edge on to the thigh pad and lobs up for an easy catch for the short-leg fielder. Big blow in the first over, is it going to be another Herath show then? 160/5
73.2 to Nasir Hossain, No. 5 for Herath, No. 10 in the Match! An outrageous shot from Nasir. He tosses it up on the stumps, the ball drifts towards the leg stump and it's very full, Nasir, for some reason, goes for an expansive drive through the leg side, plays across the line completely and yorks himself...Then he hears the clatter of stumps behind him...What's up with these batsmen!!! 171/6
81.5 to Sohag Gazi, caught at long-on! He is gone! He wanted to repeat the previous shot as he came out, but this time he goes aerial and finds the man at widish long-on. He probably wanted to go towards extra cover..Wicket no. 6 for Herath.. 202/7
89.1 to Mushfiqur Rahim, appeal for catch and lbw! In the end, the umpire gives him out for being caught at slip.. It was a flighted delivery on the stumps, the batsman comes forward, gets a faint nick on to the pads and Angelo takes the catch low to his left at first slip. The bowler went for an appeal immediately for lbw, but Angelo probably had heard the nick and he appealed for the catch..Mush has to depart.. 228/8
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35.2 to Tamim Iqbal, oh the changed has made an immediate impact! It looked like a harmless length delivery just outside off stump and Tamim tried to chop it to the off side, it was too close to cut and the ball takes an inside edge and hits the stumps. That was a loose shot to play after a fine innings. 91/1
100.4 to Robiul Islam, inswinging yorker signals the catering company to ready the lunch, it was full, it was pacy, it slides under the bat and hits the base of off stump. 265/10
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