full, outside off, drive squirts in the air to point who dives full length to his left to take well and Sri Lanka have won Asian Games gold!
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Final at Incheon, Oct 03 2014 - Match Result
DanielAlexander (South Africa): "Played Sri Lanka! what a year this has been for Sri Lankan cricket"
Joy unconfined from them, the team are being engulfed by their fans who have leapt the barriers, Chandimal being chaired off but the whole team did well to beat back a competitive Afghanistan who for a significant part of the game were putting themselves in a winning position. Until they came up against Sri Lanka's bowlers spearheaded by Isuru Udana that is. People think it's batsmen who win games, actually more often than not it's bowlers. Afghanistan bitterly disappointed - their second consecutive Asian Games cricket silver after doing so much right. Nevertheless, Sri Lanka are deserved champions on South Korean soil.
Thank you for being with us throughout these past two weeks of women's and men's cricket from Incheon, we have seen much to warm the spirit and recall in years to come. The medallists even more so than us. How they have wanted those ounces of precious metal!
For now, it's the ACC's Ainnur and Hamidah and Shahriar from Incheon, with the ever-present Raju and Uncle Binoy back in Bangalore and Chennai, signing off.
length outside off, clipped to backward point
Dilscooped from off to fine leg
full, on off, played to point
Bangladesh have arrived at the ground, in preparation to receive their bronze
madu: "Huray....That's It.SL won a gold medal in Asian Games from their favorite game.. "
low full toss, played to midwicket, no chance of a second, Mendis is there
comes to charge again, ball bounces over the bat
full, defended
slower on leg, full, flicked away
short, down the wicket to pull, back to the bowler
full, defended
Turned the screws well has Mendis
back of a length, defended
full, driven to mid on
full, tries a sweep, misses
full, played to off
tries to whack to leg, middle stump is, by the ball
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon | |
Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2014/15 |
Series result | Sri Lanka won the 2014/15 Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.20, Interval 15.20-15.40, Second Session 15.40-17.00 |
Match days | 3 October 2014 - day (20-over match) |
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