- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 what a start!bowling left-arm over the wicket, ball pitches on the off stump line and comes back in, Sehwag goes half forward, rapped on the pads, loud shout! given out lbw! 0/14.4 short outside the off, a real bad ball indeed, Ganguly could have hit it anywhere on the off side, cuts it hard and straight to the man at point, Sangakkara makes no mistake, Ganguly is OUT for a duck! 7/29.1 good length delivery, fast and furious as always, Laxman stays put in his crease and hits it through th eline, ball goes wide of mid-off, Jayasuriya makes good ground around to his left, takes a good catch, Laxman is OUT! 31/335.1 well flighted on off and middle, spinning away, Dravid walks down the track and closes the face of the bat a bit too early, beats the bat and Kalu does the rest, partenrship broken! 140/513.2 short of a length and just about the off stump line,fast and furious again, Badani plays a cut too close to the body, the ball flies off the edge to first slip, good sharp catch by Jayawardene 38/445.3 good length ball, spins in sharply, Sodhi stays put and tries to squeeze it down to third-man, oh ho, Sodhi has done himself again, bowled right through the gate, you dont do this to Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling 197/646.1 pitched outside the off, too quick for Dighe', takes the edge and goes low down to Kalu's right, good catch 200/747.3 The duel between the two off spinners! Murali wins, bowls him through the gate, harbhajn going for a big swipe, hears the rattling sound of stumps disturbed, leg stump pegged back! 213/8Extras30 (b 2, lb 7, nb 6, w 15)TOTAL227/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.54)Did not bat: A NehraFall of wickets: 1-0 (Virender Sehwag, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Sourav Ganguly, 4.4 ov), 3-31 (VVS Laxman, 9.1 ov), 4-38 (Hemang Badani, 13.2 ov), 5-140 (Rahul Dravid, 35.1 ov), 6-197 (Reetinder Sodhi, 45.3 ov), 7-200 (Sameer Dighe, 46.1 ov), 8-213 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 9 1 35 2 3.88 0 5 CRD Fernando 9 1 47 3 5.22 4 1 ASA Perera 3 0 20 0 6.66 4 0 M Muralitharan 10 2 29 2 2.90 1 0 HDPK Dharmasena 8 0 39 0 4.87 1 0 ST Jayasuriya 7 0 28 1 4.00 1 0 RP Arnold 4 0 20 0 5.00 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 on the pads, whipped away to midwicket, Rahul Dravid at short mid-wicket throws himself to the right, good diving effort, gets the right hand to the ball, pops out, takes the catch cleanly on the second attempt, TV umpire concurs, Jayasuriya 24/31.4 on the pads, played to square leg, goes for the quick single, Kalu being sent back by his skipper, Harbhajan picks up the ball and hits the bull's eye, throws down the stumps, Run Out! 6/12.3 a real quick one, beats the forward defensive push, Dighe takes the ball behind the stumps, loud shout for caught behind, given out! Atapattu not too pleased by the decision, walks back to the pavilion 7/227.3 comes out of his crease to play an ambitious shot, plays all over it and is bowled! 93/521.2 a slow wobbler from Ganguly, pitched on middle and not going anywhere, going straight on... rapped on the pad, big shout, OUT lbw! 67/432.1 pitched outside off, angling in, takes the off stump on its way as Sangakkar plays all over it 109/640.3 a bit more air and outside the off, Perera takes the bait and goes for a big heave, the ball goes high up in the air and Zaheer Khan settles under the ball and long off 151/742.1 full and on the pads, tapped to the on side, the batsmen begin to come for a single, Dharmasena is sent back half way through, he slips falls and watches as the bails are whipped off 157/845.5 heaves it in the air towards extra cover, Harbhajan Singh takes a good catch! 181/1044.5 heaves it in the air, high and high, Agarkar comes around at mid-wicket takes the catch 178/9Extras19 (lb 8, nb 8, w 3)TOTAL181 all out (45.5 Overs, RR: 3.94)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 1.4 ov), 2-7 (Marvan Atapattu, 2.3 ov), 3-24 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 7.3 ov), 4-67 (Russel Arnold, 21.2 ov), 5-93 (Mahela Jayawardene, 27.3 ov), 6-109 (Kumar Sangakkara, 32.1 ov), 7-151 (Suresh Perera, 40.3 ov), 8-157 (Kumar Dharmasena, 42.1 ov), 9-178 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 44.5 ov), 10-181 (Chaminda Vaas, 45.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 8 1 24 2 3.00 0 1 A Nehra 8.5 0 35 3 3.96 1 5 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 30 1 3.00 0 0 SC Ganguly 10 1 31 2 3.10 2 1 V Sehwag 3 0 19 0 6.33 0 1 RS Sodhi 6 0 34 0 5.66 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
1 August 2001 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
India 2, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- Indian innings:
- India 50 in 14.5 overs, 80 mins
- India 100 in 27 overs, 125 mins
- Yuvraj Singh 50 off 69 mins, 67 balls, 4x4
- India 150 in 37 overs, 157 mins
- India 200 in 45.5 overs, 190 mins
- Sri Lankan innings:
- Sri Lanka 50 in 15.2 overs, 79 mins
- Sri Lanka innings: 1x7 ball over (30th over - Ganguly's 9th over, given by Umpire G Silva)
- Sri Lanka 100 in 30 overs, 142 mins
- Sri Lanka 150 in 41 overs, 189 mins
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