full, driven, straight to cover
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Semi-Final at Incheon, Oct 02 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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2nd Semi-Final, Incheon, October 02, 2014, Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition
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5.30 PM ...The ground remains unplayable. Match Referee Venkatapathi Raju has taken the two captains out to toss for the result. Raju tossed. Lahiru Thirimanne called. "Tails". Tails it was. Sri Lanka are through to the Asian Games Final where they play Afghanistan for gold tomorrow. Big cheers from them. Groans from Bangladesh. No rain is forecast for the Final, or the Bronze Medal playoff where Bangladesh take on Hong Kong.
No team wants to lose the right to win an Asian Games gold medal on a coin toss, everyone keen to play cricket to win. And yet....
5.15 PM The covers are still on, the outfield has a couple of wide puddles. Race against time to ready the ground for 'OOPS', One Over Per Side
4.57 PM Bangladesh are on the outfield with a football, still very wet out there, there is a terrific sand-drainage system but 4 mm of rain have fallen in the past two hours and that's asking a lot of any ground.
4.47 PM Who'd a thunk watching grass dry could be so exciting? The big sheets covering the square are being taken off. With so much water on their surface, it is a delicate operation. If 5 overs are possible Sri Lanka's target is 38.
4.30 PM Which indeed they have, the rain has stopped. Just one swatch of dark cloud coming in with the breeze above the ground. The ground staff are on. Let's see what they can do. 5.10 PM is the cut off time for Sri Lanka to bat 5 overs and make a match of it according to a Duckworth/Lewis target.
The only consolation is that, the heavier the rain, the quicker the clouds above Yeonhui can empty. It's a fast-draining ground, I am forever the optimist. What about you all?
Aruna: "If you wan't rain in your country play a cricket match with the Sri Lankans. They almost brought rain to the middle east once." Thanks for the advice Aruna, not much help now though!
3.52 PM Another heavy shower
3.45 PM Spots of drizzle now
3.40 PM The unseasonal rain has stopped
3.30 PM A heavy burst, almost thunderous has just stopped. It's now back to gentle drizzle; the clouds still circle the ground, dark and brooding.
3.02 PM The whole square is being covered
3.00 PM The rain's becoming gentler now, though it is still rain.
end of over 1110 runs
BAN: 59/3CRR: 5.36
Tamim Iqbal24 (33b 2x4)
Sabbir Rahman27 (25b 2x4 1x6)
Kosala Kulasekara 3-0-23-0
Jeevan Mendis 1-0-5-0
Umpires conferrring, the rain hasn't eased. The covers are coming on, by hand and by golf-cart. Young men and women, almost all of them Asian Games volunteers, have been helping groundsman Mr. Khokon these past two weeks
10.6
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Kulasekara to Tamim, no run
10.6
1w
Kulasekara to Tamim, 1 wide
short, down leg, Kosala hasn't bowled well since Tamim and he had a chat a couple of overs ago
10.5
1
Kulasekara to Sabbir, 1 run
walks down the wicket to play to leg
Rain falling now
10.4
4
Kulasekara to Sabbir, FOUR runs
short and swung over midwicket
10.3
1
Kulasekara to Tamim, 1 run
full on off, Tamim sets the front foot down and opens the stance to swing on the bounce to long on
10.2
2
Kulasekara to Tamim, 2 runs
driven on the up, having made room outside off
10.1
1
Kulasekara to Sabbir, 1 run
full, on leg, driven to midwicket
end of over 106 runs
BAN: 49/3CRR: 4.90
Sabbir Rahman21 (22b 1x4 1x6)
Tamim Iqbal21 (30b 2x4)
Jeevan Mendis 1-0-5-0
Ramith Rambukwella 2-0-16-0
Sri Lanka happier with the first half, Bangladesh building towards 120, Sabbir looking good
9.6
1lb
Jeevan Mendis to Sabbir, 1 leg bye
turns from outside leg, late on the sweep, almost sneaked round the pad
9.5
1
Jeevan Mendis to Tamim, 1 run
short and wide, cut to extra cover
9.5
1w
Jeevan Mendis to Tamim, 1 wide
9.4
1
Jeevan Mendis to Sabbir, 1 run
fast and flat, driven off the back foot to extra cover
9.3
1
Jeevan Mendis to Tamim, 1 run
full, on off, driven to long on
9.2
1
Jeevan Mendis to Sabbir, 1 run
tossed up outside off, driven square
9.1
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Jeevan Mendis to Sabbir, no run
full and flat, defended in front of middle
The experienced Mendis on, fast and flat top-spinners with the occasional slower leg-break
end of over 99 runs
BAN: 43/3CRR: 4.77
Tamim Iqbal19 (28b 2x4)
Sabbir Rahman19 (18b 1x4 1x6)
Ramith Rambukwella 2-0-16-0
Kosala Kulasekara 2-0-13-0
8.6
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RLB Rambukwella to Tamim, no run
full, defended
8.5
1
RLB Rambukwella to Sabbir, 1 run
fuller, flatter, on off, flicked to leg
8.4
6
RLB Rambukwella to Sabbir, SIX runs
pataassh! Swung high over midwicket
8.3
1
RLB Rambukwella to Tamim, 1 run
tucked round the corner
8.2
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RLB Rambukwella to Tamim, no run
forward to defend
8.1
1
RLB Rambukwella to Sabbir, 1 run
clipped off the hip
Still around the wicket
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