BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	b Dananjaya	48	57	74	6	1	84.21

Ibrahim Zadran	run out (WIA Fernando)	13	10	21	3	0	130.00

Rahmat Shah	lbw b Wellalage	65	77	104	7	1	84.41

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)	c Nissanka b Dananjaya	5	8	9	0	0	62.50

Azmatullah Omarzai	b AM Fernando	54	59	97	4	0	91.52

Ikram Alikhil †	b Wellalage	32	38	36	2	1	84.21

Mohammad Nabi	c Samarawickrama b Pramod Madushan	14	21	30	0	1	66.66

Sharafuddin Ashraf	c Asalanka b Pramod Madushan	4	9	8	0	0	44.44

Qais Ahmad	c Samarawickrama b Pramod Madushan	11	4	12	1	1	275.00

Fareed Ahmad	b AM Fernando	5	5	4	1	0	100.00

Fazalhaq Farooqi	not out	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1, w 9)	15
TOTAL	48.2 Ov (RR: 5.50)	266
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Ibrahim Zadran, 4.3 ov), 2-96 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 17.2 ov), 3-108 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 19.6 ov), 4-166 (Rahmat Shah, 29.5 ov), 5-223 (Ikram Alikhil, 39.5 ov), 6-237 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 44.2 ov), 7-250 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 46.1 ov), 8-255 (Mohammad Nabi, 46.4 ov), 9-260 (Fareed Ahmad, 47.3 ov), 10-266 (Qais Ahmad, 48.2 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dilshan Madushanka	6	0	52	0	8.66	14	8	0	4	1
Pramod Madushan	8.2	0	45	3	5.40	29	4	2	2	0
46.1 to Sharafuddin Ashraf, ahh, good catch by Asalanka! He took it reverse cupped, and above his head, with his hands stretching up entirely. The ball went flat and hard, but Asalanka did well to grab it. Before that, Madushan went on the fuller side of a length just outside off. Ashraf was standing deep in the crease for just about that length, as he went flaying at it, only for the ball to land into Asalanka's hands. 250/7 46.4 to Mohammad Nabi, gobbled at long-on! The moment it was hit, it seemed to have come off the bottom of the bat, and the long boundary wouldn't have helped him either. A dipping full toss which arrived at middle stump, with Nabi swinging at it from deep in the crease. The ball didn't go too high, nor did it travel any distance. Sadeera didn't have to move a bit at long-on. 255/8 48.2 to Qais Ahmad, well taken by Sadeera! He had to keep his eyes on the ball for a long time - not least under the floodlights - and did well to take it over his head, while almost losing his balance a few steps in the field of play. It was another slower ball from Madushan, and even the line and length were very similar to the previous ball. And so Qais decided to complete the drill by hoicking again, but this time didn't manage to clear long-on. 266/10 See all photos
Asitha Fernando	9	0	44	2	4.88	31	3	2	0	0
44.2 to Azmatullah Omarzai, bowled him! Asitha angled this in yet again - the seam was tilted towards fine leg - as he nailed the yorker this time. Omarzai was across the stumps to try and scoop it, but seemed to be beaten by the yorker length. His back leg was across, and the ball hit the base of middle and leg to barely tickle the stumps after coming off his left toe. He was in pain after that, and limped his way back to the pavilion. 237/6 47.3 to Fareed Ahmad, cleans him up with a yorker! Asitha went with one angling across the left-hander, and got it to dip on a yorker length on off. Fareed, with his right leg cleared, looked to go hard at it, but the ball landed at the base of his bat. It took a little bottom edge, and hit middle and leg stump. A very good delivery from Asitha. 260/9 See all photos
Dunith Wellalage	10	0	38	2	3.80	33	3	0	0	0
29.5 to Rahmat Shah, loud appeal for lbw, and given quite late! But Rahmat reviews. The first real-time replay indicates that this is plumb, but we'll wait and see. Wellalage angled this fullish ball into the right-hander, pitching it on middle and off. It seemed to straighten away, as Rahmat looked to sweep but missed. There's neither bat nor glove involved there, and yup, ball-tracking shows the ball would have hit the middle and off stumps. So Afghanistan lose Rahmat, and a review. 166/4 39.5 to Ikram Alikhil, ahh, bowled him! But hang on... Alikhil isn't sure, and hangs around for the umpire to confirm. The umpire will check with his TV colleague. Yup, the front-on angle does indicate that he is bowled, which is confirmed by the side-on angle. This is what happened: Alikhil was hanging deep in the crease, and Wellalage went on a length around eighth stump. The ball turned back in rather sharply, and cramped him for room as he looked to slash last moment, perhaps surprised by the good turn. But he was late on to the shot, and the ball whisked past his bat and bat to hit the middle of off stump. 223/5 See all photos
Janith Liyanage	2	0	11	0	5.50	4	1	0	0	0
Akila Dananjaya	10	0	54	2	5.40	27	4	1	2	0
17.2 to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and the turn does Gurbaz in!. This is again spun pretty hard by Dananjaya, and it pitches outside off, and Gurbaz goes down to paddle sweep. He doesn't account for the turn though, and plays down the wrong line. Takes glove I think and hits leg stump flush. Dananjaya is thrilled to have struck early in his comeback spell.. 96/2 19.6 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, tosses up a delicious googly, and Shahidi has edge it to slip! Just suckered into playing the wrong line, as the ball loops up and dips. Not a lot of turn away from the left-hander, but enough to take the outside edge and that's a decent catch from Pathum Nissanka, who takes it low to the ground. Dananjaya's return is proving fruitful for Sri Lanka. 108/3 See all photos
Charith Asalanka	3	0	17	0	5.66	4	1	0	0	0

Sri Lanka (T: 267 runs from 50 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	c Mohammad Nabi b Qais Ahmad	118	101	136	16	2	116.83

Avishka Fernando	c Sharafuddin Ashraf b Qais Ahmad	91	66	96	10	5	137.87

Kusal Mendis (c)†	b Mohammad Nabi	40	29	36	0	4	137.93

Sadeera Samarawickrama	not out	8	5	11	1	0	160.00
Charith Asalanka	not out	7	13	8	0	0	53.84
Extras	(nb 2, w 1)	3
TOTAL	35.2 Ov (RR: 7.55)	267/3
Did not bat: Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Akila Dananjaya, Asitha Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Dilshan Madushanka
Fall of wickets: 1-173 (Avishka Fernando, 22.6 ov), 2-251 (Kusal Mendis, 31.6 ov), 3-253 (Pathum Nissanka, 32.3 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fazalhaq Farooqi	5	0	54	0	10.80	14	5	4	1	0
Azmatullah Omarzai	4	0	29	0	7.25	14	6	0	0	0
Sharafuddin Ashraf	6	0	47	0	7.83	15	4	2	0	1
Fareed Ahmad	4	0	45	0	11.25	9	4	3	0	1
Mohammad Nabi	9.2	0	46	1	4.92	29	3	1	0	0
31.6 to BKG Mendis, chopped on! Mendis falls in trying to guide it towards deep third. Afghanistan celebrate quietly. Mendis went deep in the crease early, even as Nabi got this length delivery to dip on a fourth-stump line. It turned in nicely too, finishing on middle. And with Mendis looking to tap it behind, he got a bottom edge on to middle stump. 251/2 See all photos
Qais Ahmad	7	0	46	2	6.57	18	5	1	0	0
22.6 to WIA Fernando, chipped and straight to extra cover! Another century goes begging for Avishka. It's a soft dismissal, because it's tossed up outside off and Avishka is a little early on the shot, hitting it directly to the fielder, when perhaps he'd wanted to send it squarer to the offside sweeper. He has to go for 91 off 66.. 173/1 32.3 to P Nissanka, popped up for point! Nissanka looked in a hurry to get this done, but ended up ballooning it up for a simple catch. Qais dangled this ball on a full length on off, with the ball shaping to turn away slightly. But Nissanka was early into his across-the-line slog sweep, and ended up getting a top edge for an easy take by Nabi. A defining innings comes to an end. 253/3 See all photos

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Afghanistan innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 1 wicket)
Afghanistan: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 4
Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 160 runs, 4 wickets)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 25, Rahmat Shah 25, Ex 2)
Drinks: Afghanistan - 91/1 in 16.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 47, Rahmat Shah 25)
Afghanistan: 100 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 7
Rahmat Shah: 50 off 57 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Afghanistan: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (165 balls), Extras 7
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (Rahmat Shah 29, Azmatullah Omarzai 22, Ex 1)
Over 29.5: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RR Wimalasiri, Batter - Rahmat Shah (Struck down)
Drinks: Afghanistan - 177/4 in 31.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 28, Ikram Alikhil 6)
Afghanistan: 200 runs in 36.1 overs (218 balls), Extras 12
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (Azmatullah Omarzai 16, Ikram Alikhil 30, Ex 4)
Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 5 wickets)
Azmatullah Omarzai: 50 off 53 balls (4 x 4)
Afghanistan: 250 runs in 45.6 overs (277 balls), Extras 15
Innings Break: Afghanistan - 266/10 in 48.2 overs (Fazalhaq Farooqi 0)

Sri Lanka innings
Rain: Sri Lanka - 0/0
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 83 runs, 0 wicket)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz kept wickets in place of injured Ikram Alikhil from 4.6 overs
Over 5.1: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RR Wimalasiri, Batter - P Nissanka (Struck down)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (P Nissanka 19, WIA Fernando 30, Ex 1)
WIA Fernando: 50 off 24 balls (7 x 4, 3 x 6)
Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 184 runs, 3 wickets)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 83 balls (P Nissanka 45, WIA Fernando 54, Ex 1)
P Nissanka: 50 off 55 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 112/0 in 16.0 overs (P Nissanka 52, WIA Fernando 59)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 20.5 overs (125 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 150 runs in 125 balls (P Nissanka 75, WIA Fernando 77, Ex 1)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 26.3 overs (161 balls), Extras 3
P Nissanka: 100 off 89 balls (13 x 4, 2 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (P Nissanka 21, BKG Mendis 33, Ex 1)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 247/1 in 31.0 overs (P Nissanka 117, BKG Mendis 36)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 31.3 overs (191 balls), Extras 3
Total attendance: 14,000

MATCH DETAILS

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Toss	Afghanistan, elected to bat first
Series	Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2023/24
Player Of The Match	Pathum Nissanka
Player Of The Series	Pathum Nissanka
Series result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number	ODI no. 4729
Hours of play (local time)	14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.30, Second Session 18.30-22.00
Match days	14 February 2024 - daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Michael GoughDRS Raveendra WimalasiriDRS
TV Umpire	Alex Wharf
Reserve Umpire	Prageeth Rambukwella
Match Referee	Chris Broad

Language

English

Win Probability

SL 100%

AFGSL

100%50%100%

Over 36 • SL 267/3

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 88 balls remaining)

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
P Nissanka	caught	118	101
WIA Fernando	caught	91	66
BKG Mendis	bowled	40	29
S Samarawickrama	not out	8	5
KIC Asalanka	not out	7	13
Extras	(nb 2, w 1)
Total	267(3 wkts; 35.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Fazalhaq Farooqi	5	54	0	10.8
Azmatullah Omarzai	4	29	0	7.25
Sharafuddin Ashraf	6	47	0	7.83 (1 nb)
Fareed Ahmad	4	45	0	11.25 (1 nb)
Mohammad Nabi	9.2	46	1	4.92
Qais Ahmad	7	46	2	6.57

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	173	Avishka Fernando	Pathum Nissanka
2nd	78	Kusal Mendis	Pathum Nissanka
3rd	2	Sadeera Samarawickrama	Pathum Nissanka
4th	14	Sadeera Samarawickrama	Charith Asalanka

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