Sri Lanka vs India, 5th Match at Adelaide, Feb 14 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

a tie! Malinga fires it full and wide and Dhoni reaches out and practically on one leg scoops it over extra cover, Senanayake at sweeper cover cuts it off and parries it to Kulasekara who fires the throw, that gives India enough time to take three, the players check to see if the batsmen ran one run short, but in the end it was all good

we have a run-out now! Vinay makes room and squirts it out to mid-off and sets off, Mathews under-arms it straight at the stumps and there's no need for the 3rd umpire

Sri Lanka blow a chance to get Dhoni run-out! He swings it straight to midwicket and the throw is flat and quick to Malinga, he fumbles!

Vinay calmly taps it towards point and sets off, Dhoni is quickly off the blocks

fires it full and quick and Dhoni has a swipe and gets an inside edge onto the pad and the ball lobs to the off side, now Vinay has the strike

Excellent running! Dhoni jams out a yorker down to long-on and really pushes Vinay, Vinay dives and makes his ground

he reaches out to a full delivery and squeezes it out to the off side and retains the strike

take that! Dhoni plays a booming cross-court whack over midwicket, that just whistled to the boundary and that's his fifty!

we have another twist here! Pathan swings and the ball drops on the pitch, he was uncertain whether to run or not but Dhoni was already at the other end, Irfan had to sacrifice his wicket and Angelo had enough time to take aim and hit

the full toss! Eerily similar to the previous game, he clubs that over deep square leg and it's a no-ball as well!

full and wide outside off and he bashes it along the ground straight to sweeper cover

comes round the wicket and he sprays it full outside off and Dhoni has a wild swish and misses, he could have swatted ten flies in one shot with that hit

full outside off and he mistimes the slash down to extra cover, just drops short of the fielder

bonus for India, that was a full toss very wide of the off stump and pathan couldn't make contact on the slash, close call but the umpire penalises him

fullish in length outside off and he squirts it to cover

on the blockhole and on the pads but it's hitting him wide of the leg stump, he tries to work it away and the ball rolls to the off side

well that drop didn't cost anything! Yet another slower ball and Ashwin makes room to play the spooned extra cover drive, ends up chipping it straight to extra cover, clever change of pace again does the trick

slower ball and he swings and misses, well well

Sangakkara drops a sitter! Would you believe it! Ashwin top edged it towards point and Sangakkara volunteered to run across and take the catch, point was ready and willing but he spilled it

good fielding by Ashwin, he gets in the way of a firm straight drive, deflects to the on side