- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.2 tried to pull it stayed a little low, and long walk back, biggest wicket Katchay has taken till now 26/17.5 Mubarak had no idea where the ball was, Mulla did though, he stumps him while Mubarak was thinking of a single 56/210.3 tried to sweep it, umpire says not you are out, Mahela did not like it 78/314.2 tried to sweep it caught at third man 92/510.5 Brilliant catch by Cheema 79/418.5 steps out and misses, Mulla does the rest 133/716.3 tried to loft him over midwicket straight to Dhaniram, at midwicket 106/6Extras9 (b 4, lb 1, w 4)TOTAL153/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.65)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-56 (Jehan Mubarak, 7.5 ov), 3-78 (Mahela Jayawardene, 10.3 ov), 4-79 (Thilina Kandamby, 10.5 ov), 5-92 (Jeevantha Kulatunga, 14.2 ov), 6-106 (Kaushalya Weeraratne, 16.3 ov), 7-133 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB E Katchay 4 0 27 1 6.75 1 0 HS Baidwan 4 0 44 0 11.00 1 0 Rizwan Cheema 3 0 22 0 7.33 0 0 WD Balaji Rao 4 0 21 3 5.25 2 0 S Dhaniram 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0 AS Dean 2 0 18 2 9.00 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.5 played it too early goes straight to mid off 9/116.3 slog sweep caught with a forward dive by Weeraratne 121/710.1 carom ball does the trick, Dhaniram looks at the edge of the bat 80/414.4 lofted it straight to long off 105/515.2 tried to cut it inside edge, well caught by Dilshan 107/617 trying to sweep it, given out leg before wicket 122/817.5 tried to loft it, Kandamby runs in and takes a good catch 124/920 pulls it to long on, Kandamby takes the catch 138/10Extras14 (b 1, lb 5, nb 4, w 4)TOTAL138 all out (20 Overs, RR: 6.9)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Ashif Mulla, 0.5 ov), 2-14 (Mohammad Iqbal, 2.3 ov), 3-14 (Zubin Surkari, 2.4 ov), 4-80 (Sunil Dhaniram, 10.1 ov), 5-105 (Ramesh David, 14.4 ov), 6-107 (Balaji Rao, 15.2 ov), 7-121 (Rizwan Cheema, 16.3 ov), 8-122 (Harvir Baidwan, 16.6 ov), 9-124 (Eion Katchay, 17.5 ov), 10-138 (Abzal Dean, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CRD Fernando 3 0 24 3 8.00 1 2 KMDN Kulasekara 4 0 23 1 5.75 0 1 BAW Mendis 4 1 17 4 4.25 0 0 K Weeraratne 3 0 29 0 9.66 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 4 0 33 0 8.25 1 0 LHD Dilhara 2 0 6 2 3.00 2 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.30 start, First Session 13.30-14.45, Interval 14.45-15.00, Second Session 15.00-16.15
Match days
12 October 2008 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Canada 0
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 15.6 overs
- Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 19.4 overs
- Canada innings: 50 in 6.6 overs
- Canada innings: 100 in 13.6 overs
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSri Lanka made to sweat by Cheema
Sri Lanka held their nerve to quell the plucky resistance of Canada, whose opener, Rizwan Cheema, struck an entertaining 43-ball 68 which so nearly caused an unlikely upset