bowled'im, Australia have thrashed Sri Lanka, full on middle, makes room to strike that over extra cover, misses and the stumps take a beating
Australia vs Sri Lanka, 20th Match, Group F at Bridgetown, May 09 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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20th Match, Group F, Bridgetown, May 09, 2010, ICC World Twenty20
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Australia, looking unstoppable this tournament, have more or less qualified for the semis with this comprehensive win. Their top order had been blown away during their innings but Cameron White stepped to score an unbeaten 85 to revive his team. Their bowlers were ruthless, chipping away constantly to ensure there remained no hope for Sri Lanka. We'll get you the details from the presentation in a bit.
Sangakkara: "We started off well but we missed one crucial catch which probably took them to 160. We were dismal with the bat. They grabbed this match from us. The stand between White and Michael Hussey put it beyond us. Suraj Randiv stepped in very well, and created an opportunity with Cameron that went begging. We put ourselves in a hole and we hope to win our next game."
Clarke: "We're doing well. We take a lot of confidence out of today. White and Hussey were superb, and we bowled and fielded well. We've done well in these conditions, there is a bit more pace and bounce here."
White is the Man of the Match
White: "When someone misses out, someone stands up. In all facets of our game we are playing pretty well. St Lucia will throw up different conditions for us. We need to adapt and win."
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16.2
W
Johnson to Mendis, OUT
Ajantha Mendis b Johnson 1 (7b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 14.28
16.1
1
Johnson to Welegedara, 1 run
low full toss outside off, driven towards deep point for a single
end of over 162 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 86/9CRR: 5.37 • RRR: 20.75
Chanaka Welegedara1 (2b)
Ajantha Mendis1 (6b)
Michael Clarke 1-0-2-1
Mitchell Johnson 3-0-14-2
15.6
1
Clarke to Welegedara, 1 run
driven towards long-off to keep the strike
15.5
•
Clarke to Welegedara, no run
played back to the bowler
15.4
1
Clarke to Mendis, 1 run
charges down the track to clear mid-off, gets a thick outside edge to point, just the single
15.3
•
Clarke to Mendis, no run
defends it back to the bowler with a still head
15.2
W
Clarke to Malinga, OUT
Malinga holes out, tossed up delivery on the off and he wishes to send it into the stands behind deep midwicket but finds Steve Smith who takes it calmly running a few steps from wide long-on
Lasith Malinga c Smith b Clarke 1 (8b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 12.5
15.1
•
Clarke to Malinga, no run
flighted on the off, pushed straight to extra cover
Clarke brings himself on
end of over 151 run
SL: 84/8CRR: 5.60 • RRR: 17.00
Ajantha Mendis0 (4b)
Lasith Malinga1 (6b)
Mitchell Johnson 3-0-14-2
Steven Smith 4-1-12-2
14.6
•
Johnson to Mendis, no run
how did that miss, aiming at the blockhole, almost gets it right as Mendis makes room, misses off stump by a whisker
14.5
1
Johnson to Malinga, 1 run
full outside off, makes room and plays that with an open face to third man
14.4
•
Johnson to Malinga, no run
goes past the outside edge again, short, makes room to guide it to third man, makes no contact
14.3
•
Johnson to Malinga, no run
full and wide, makes room to swipe that through cover, misses again
14.2
•
Johnson to Malinga, no run
fullish outside off, makes room to loft that over extra cover, misses
14.1
•
Johnson to Malinga, no run
short of a good length from round the wicket, pushed back to the bowler
end of over 14Wicket maiden
SL: 83/8CRR: 5.92 • RRR: 14.33
Ajantha Mendis0 (3b)
Lasith Malinga0 (1b)
Steven Smith 4-1-12-2
Shane Watson 3-0-27-0
Sri Lanka are heading for a big defeat here which will affect their net run-rate pretty badly.
13.6
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Smith to Mendis, no run
pushes it full on middle, digs it out back to the bowler
13.5
•
Smith to Mendis, no run
gets forward and defends him confidently into the off side
13.4
•
Smith to Mendis, no run
shortish, played into the leg side off the back foot
13.3
W
Smith to Chandimal, OUT
Sri Lanka are sinking now, tossed up, his eyes light up, charges down the track to dismiss him over long-on, it turns away to beat the swing of the bat and Haddin does the rest
Dinesh Chandimal st †Haddin b Smith 19 (24b 1x4 0x6 21m) SR: 79.16
13.2
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Smith to Chandimal, no run
fullish on the off, plays it with a straight bat
13.1
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Smith to Chandimal, no run
comes down the track and pushes it to extra cover
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