overthrow to seal the win! Sangakkara came down the track and chipped it to short extra cover who flung himself to his left and couldn't pluck it, the throw to the bowler's end was wide
Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 18th Match, Group 1 at Kandy, Sep 29 2012 - Match Result
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)
Presentation
Sammy: The bowlers bowled really well to us. NZ game is a must-win for us. We are always a boundary hitting team. We bowled too short and wide. The SL bowlers bowled fuller and we didn't do that enough.
Jayawardene: "Overall a very good effort. When they were going after our bowlers I just kept changing the bowlers. Once we got through the first 12 overs I told Kumar we should finish this as quickly as possible."
Jayawardene is also the Man of the Match.
The big one's coming up tomorrow - India v Pakistan. Before that, Australia v South Africa. Your Sunday's packed.
That's it from us. Thanks for the mails and your company. Cheers!
End of match: That's SL's best win in T20 internationals in terms of balls remaining - 28. After Australia yesterday, we've witnessed yet another comprehensive thrashing. Really disappointing from WI's point of view. Their dependence on Gayle was exposed and the rest were never quite good enough to challenge the hosts. There were too many rubbish deliveries.
Not taking any credit away from Sri Lanka. Their fielding was sharp, the bowlers didn't give away too many scoring opportunities and the batsmen never looked in trouble.
gets across and pushes it to the off side
nearly finished it off! Pitched up outside off and he lofts crisply down to wide long-off, one bounce and four
Jayawardene at his best! Back to his silent-killing best, makes room and cheekily dabs the ball past the keeper and down to third man, really dents a bowler's confidence
slower ball outside the off stump and he swings and misses, the keeper fumbles
stays back and punches it towards cover point
another "hit me" ball, drops it too short and he had the time to swivel and pull it cleanly down to deep square leg
starts off with a juicy half volley from round the wicket, gets under the bounce and he lofts it crisply through the line to long-off
The sooner SL get home the more damaging to WI's NRR
makes a lot of room to heave it away and gets an inside edge past the stumps to fine leg
fuller delivery and he dabs it down to third man
bang! He bowls it too short and Jayawardene rocks back and gives it a whack over deep midwicket, clean strike
waits for it and dabs it down to third man
slower ball wide down the leg side and Sanga tried to heave that away but was frustrated he couldn't put it away
stays back and punches it wide of extra cover for a couple
brings up his fifty! Makes room and slashes on the up and drops short of backward point, sneaks a single
Cris: "The disadvantage for the Windies is that England play the last game of Group 1 and will know exactly what they need to do for qualification. I am praying for a SA win tomo so that Group 2 also remains open till the final game. If Ind beat Pak and SA beat Aus, the final games of Group 2 will be virtual knockouts! However, Pak look a far superior side to India, who have lost 7 Super 8 games consecutively."
fuller delivery on middle and he clips it towards midwicket
it's Mahela's day today, once again he makes room to unsettle the bowler, carves it just over Gayle's reach at extra cover and it races away
drops it short and it hurries onto him and he stays back and defends
gives him too much width outside the off stump and he slaps it straight to sweeper cover
drifts on the pads and he clips it down to fine leg
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | West Indies, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2012/13 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | T20I no. 280 |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-20.50, Interval 20.50-21.10, Second Session 21.10-22.30 |
Match days | 29 September 2012 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Sri Lanka 2, West Indies 0 |