turned away from the left hander, slightly wide down off, and a thinnish edge flies through, Mahela making no mistake
Sri Lanka vs England, 1st ODI at Dambulla, Oct 01 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI (D/N), Dambulla, October 01, 2007, England tour of Sri Lanka
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Well, that was emphatic. Maharoof was the stand-out bowler today with 4 for 31 as Sri Lanka absolutely thumped England. Collingwood spoke before the game of England forgetting their routing last time they met at this ground - routed for 88, beaten by ten wickets - but here they've been beaten by another sizeable margin, this time 119 runs. Sri Lanka's plan went...to plan: Vaas was hardly used - he bowled five overs. Earlier, their batsmen negotiated a slow pitch well and were in control from the off. A sorry England now have much to do to pick themselves up and dust themselves down by Thursday. Do join us again then. In the meantime, thanks for following today, from me (Jenny), Martin and the Andrews.
34.5
W
Jayasuriya to Anderson, OUT
James Anderson c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
34.4
1
Jayasuriya to Bopara, 1 run
turned round off the front foot
34.3
•
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run
swishes away from the body
34.2
•
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run
defended on the front foot
34.1
•
Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run
skews down the leg side, chased round with some kind of sweep
end of over 342 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 149/9CRR: 4.38 • RRR: 7.56
Ravi Bopara26 (32b 2x4)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 4-0-20-2
Sanath Jayasuriya 2-0-11-0
The umpire could have, perhaps, referred that just to make sure... but he did it get it right in this instance
33.6
W
Dilshan to Sidebottom, OUT
Sangakkara is very confident immediately that he has whipped off the bails very quickly - Sidebootom's toe was in the air for only a shade of a second
Ryan Sidebottom st †Sangakkara b Dilshan 2 (6b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 33.33
33.5
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Dilshan to Sidebottom, no run
poked away from the body, and misses
33.4
1
Dilshan to Bopara, 1 run
a bit of air, driven out to the covers
33.3
•
Dilshan to Bopara, no run
chases round a sweep, too late
33.2
•
Dilshan to Bopara, no run
outside off, worked into short midwicket
33.1
1
Dilshan to Sidebottom, 1 run
driven out to the covers
end of over 332 runs
ENG: 147/8CRR: 4.45 • RRR: 7.23
Ryan Sidebottom1 (3b)
Ravi Bopara25 (29b 2x4)
Sanath Jayasuriya 2-0-11-0
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3-0-18-1
32.6
1
Jayasuriya to Sidebottom, 1 run
outside off, worked into the covers and there's some sharp work from Maharoof
32.5
•
Jayasuriya to Sidebottom, no run
creeping down leg, and skewed round to fine leg
32.4
•
Jayasuriya to Sidebottom, no run
defended on the front foot
32.3
1
Jayasuriya to Bopara, 1 run
driven more firmly this time, straight past the bowler
32.2
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Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run
played again off the back foot, patted down
32.1
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Jayasuriya to Bopara, no run
driven off the hips, without much room, to short mid-on
end of over 324 runs • 2 wickets
ENG: 145/8CRR: 4.53 • RRR: 6.94
Ravi Bopara24 (26b 2x4)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3-0-18-1
Sanath Jayasuriya 1-0-9-0
Sri Lanka surging to victory now
31.6
1W
Dilshan to Broad, 1 run, OUT
starts with a sweep and hesitated in coming back for the second, Malinga with a good return to Sangakkara who takes off the bails with ease
Stuart Broad run out (†Sangakkara/Malinga) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 100
Those two probably represented England's last glimmer of hope. Broad can bat, of course, but on this pitch and in this situation the money's with Sri Lanka
31.5
W
Dilshan to Swann, OUT
reverse sweep straight to Malinga at backward point - he got hold of it all right, but it flew towards the fielder
Graeme Swann c Malinga b Dilshan 24 (21b 3x4 0x6 27m) SR: 114.28
31.4
1
Dilshan to Bopara, 1 run
on leg, turned round the corner
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