that's the end of the match, Rasel moves on to the back foot and nudges towards midwicket for a quick single, Dilshan charges in from midwicket, the pick up is spot on and he fires the throw into Sangakkara who whips off the bails in a flash with Razzak inches short of his crease
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 1st ODI at Colombo, Jul 20 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
5.13 pm Sri Lanka have won the first match of the three-ODI series by 70 runs. Bangladesh had an excellent opportunity to win this game after their bowlers kept Sri Lanka to 235 and Nafees and Tamim added 45 for the first wicket.
Then Fernando tirggered the slide and Bangladesh lost five wickets for eleven runs, a position from which they never recovered. Fernando finished with 4 for 24 off nine overs and wins the Man-of-the-Match award for his effort.
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flicked off the pads through midwicket
flat ball on leg and middle, defended on the front foot
We're into the final ten overs now. Bangladesh need another 72 runs with one wicket in hand. Jehan Mubarak replaces Fernando. He's going to bowl offspin from over the wicket.
blocked on the front foot
bowled slower through the air on off stump, Rasel defends towards the off side
played back to the bowler on the front foot
Rasel leans forward and defends
bowled flat on of stump, cut to point
defended towards cover on the front foot
Dilshan replaces Bandara.
fuller delivery angling into Razzak's pads, he plays off the front foot towards mid-on
another short ball but wider outside the off stump this time
another one takes off from a good length and surprises Razzak who has to drop his wrists to avoid playing the ball
bowled short of a length on off stump, the ball gets big on Razzak who moves back in his crease and takes one hand off the bat while defending
defended on the back foot towards Fernando
Fernando angles the ball into Razzak from round the wicket, Razzak is cramped for room and defends on the back foot
Fernando bowls one down leg side, easy decision for the umpire to make
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pushed off the back foot towards fine leg
played off the pads through midwicket for two more
this is massive, Razzak slogs Bandara with the spin over wide long-on for six, that cleared the fence but a huge distance
Razzak clears his front foot out of the way and slog-sweeps Bandara into the gap at deep midwicket, four more