flighted outside off, turns it into the leg side wide of short leg
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test at Colombo, Jul 20 2009 - Match Result
RESULT
3rd Test, Colombo (SSC), July 20 - 24, 2009, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka
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Scorecard summary
Pakistan • 299/10(89.4 overs)
1st INNINGS93 (197)
5/83 (20.4)
90 (146)
3/47 (16)
Sri Lanka • 233/10(68.3 overs)
1st INNINGS79 (153)
5/62 (20.3)
45 (56)
3/70 (25)
Pakistan • 425/9(123 overs)
2nd INNINGS134 (240)
5/157 (46)
74 (80)
2/55 (20)
Sri Lanka • 391/4(134 overs)
2nd INNINGS130* (303)
2/114 (36)
73 (126)
1/95 (43)
end of over 1345 runs
SL: 391/4CRR: 2.91
Angelo Mathews64 (148b 7x4 1x6)
Kumar Sangakkara130 (303b 7x4)
Saeed Ajmal 43-9-95-1
Danish Kaneria 36-3-114-2
It's time for drinks now. 101 more to get in 15 overs, but we only continue as far as 5.30pm, so we won't get all the overs in.
That ends all the suspense. The match is drawn. Just a momentary scare for Pakistan there to add some excitement at the death. Both captains agree to call it off, shake hands and Sanga, the man of the day, leads them off the field. Pakistan would have backed themselves to win this game despite a placid pitch, but they've only managed to get the solitary wicket. Sri Lanka approached the task of saving the game by way of building partnerships. The openers paved the way, and Sangakkara, along with Paranavitana, Samaraweera and Mathews ensured the task was achieved with little difficulty. They'll be satisfied with the result, and Pakistan, hoping to build some momentum going into the ODI series with a consolation win, have their hopes dashed. Their fast bowlers received little support from the track, but the spinners were countered brilliantly by some excellent footwork throughout. Sanga's the highest run-getter this series and is certainly a candidate for Man of the Series. Herath, too. We'll get you the details from the presentation shortly.
Speaking of the ODI series, Sri Lanka have just announced their squad. Vaas - he's just played his last Test - has been left out, while Samaraweera finds a place.
Rameez Raja's the man at the presentation. Chaminda Vaas gets a memento for his contribution to Sri Lankan cricket. His family watches the proceedings.
They're now showing a clip of some of the highlights of his career on the big screen. A nice way of expressing the gratitude.
Vaas: "It's a special moment for me after playing for 15 long years. I'd like to thank all the cricket lovers for supporting me throughout in my career. I'd like to thank my family for their love and support."
Younis, big smiles as usual
Younis: "They built good partnerships and Sangakkara played really well. But it's not too bad. We created chances in this series but the collapses cost us badly. The balls get soft very quick and the wicket slowed down quite a bit today. We just need to go and hang in there and learn to finish games. We have a good ODI team, with a couple of good allrounders, and hopefully some of the players can carry their good form from this Test into the ODI series."
Sangakkara is the Man of the Match for his match-saving innings.
Sanga: "We played a good fourth innings and the players got into some form which bodes well for the ODI series. Angelo is very mature for a guy so young, and hopefully we'll see bigger and better things from him in the next 12-15 years. We missed Murali really badly, but it shows that the new guys who come in are hungry for success. If Dilshan was fit, and had we made a few more runs after tea, we would have considered going for a win but I think we made the right decision in the end. We look for to play some really professional cricket, and ensuring a good start and finish to each game. Vaas has been a great inspiration for generations of cricketers. We can pay him hundreds of millions of rupees but that won't make up for his contribution to Sri Lankan cricket."
Kulasekara has been named Man of the Series.
Kulasekara: "I'm very happy because I played all three Tests. This is my first Man-of-the-Series award." The conversation ends abruptly, but he bowled brilliantly in the first two Tests and deserves the honour.
That's all we have from here folks. Thanks for tuning in and sending us your feedback. It's been a pleasure bringing you the Test series, and do join us for the ODI series which begins on the 30th in Dambulla. Until then, it's goodbye from all of us at Cricinfo. Adios!
133.6
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Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, no run
133.5
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Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, no run
flighted it just outside off and Mathews went for it, mistimed it and it was in the air, but landed just short of Khurram Manzoor at midwicket who's outside the circle but not too deep
Slip, short leg, leg slip and a short midwicket
133.4
1
Ajmal to Sangakkara, 1 run
teasing him with a flighted delivery just outside off stump, he steers it behind point for a single
133.3
•
Ajmal to Sangakkara, no run
short of a length outside off, turns away and he lets it be
Round the wicket...
133.2
1
Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, 1 run
slightly short just outside off, gets forward and works it just past short leg for a single
133.1
3
Ajmal to Sangakkara, 3 runs
tossed it up outside off, drove it firmly through the line wide of mid-off, neatly done and they get three
Owen: "Don't forget the number of overs left will be less than normal because of the latest finishing time. Also, there was no drinks break yet this session, and Pakistan could take one if they wanted to take another over off."
The cut-off time is 5.30 local time, which is 55 minutes from now. Can they squeeze in 16 overs?
end of over 1333 runs
SL: 386/4CRR: 2.90
Angelo Mathews63 (145b 7x4 1x6)
Kumar Sangakkara126 (300b 7x4)
Danish Kaneria 36-3-114-2
Saeed Ajmal 42-9-90-1
132.6
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Danish Kaneria to Angelo Mathews, no run
pushed off the front foot back to the bowler
Dilshan is padded up. He's worn his gloves as well. Hmm
132.5
•
Danish Kaneria to Angelo Mathews, no run
slightly short, just outside off, gets back and punches it towards the bowler
132.4
1
Danish Kaneria to Sangakkara, 1 run
slightly short just outside off, cut away down towards deep point for a single
132.3
•
Danish Kaneria to Sangakkara, no run
flighted it just outside off, gets forward and defends it watchfully towards cover
132.2
2
Danish Kaneria to Sangakkara, 2 runs
slightly short outside leg stump, walks across and gets a faint touch just wide of the keeper towards fine leg, there's a chance of them getting three but they settle for two
132.1
•
Danish Kaneria to Sangakkara, no run
googly, tossed it up just outside leg stump, defended from the crease towards midwicket
Just a slip in place
end of over 132Maiden
SL: 383/4CRR: 2.90
Angelo Mathews63 (143b 7x4 1x6)
Kumar Sangakkara123 (296b 7x4)
Saeed Ajmal 42-9-90-1
Danish Kaneria 35-3-111-2
131.6
•
Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, no run
turned in sharply and got a bit of extra bounce as he came forward to defend, was struck hard on the gloves but no damage done
131.5
•
Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, no run
tossed it up, was the doosra, lunged forward to defend it on the off side
131.4
•
Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, no run
turning it sharply from outside off, punched off the back foot towards mid-off
131.3
2lb
Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, 2 leg byes
two more, slipped it just outside leg and it spun further down to beat the keeper and leg slip for a couple more, given leg byes
131.2
•
Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, no run
quicker through the air, bowled short on leg stump, defended towards short leg
131.1
•
Ajmal to Angelo Mathews, no run
tossed it up just outside off, reached forward, closed the face and played it back to the bowler
A slip, leg slip and a short leg
end of over 1312 runs
SL: 381/4CRR: 2.90
Kumar Sangakkara123 (296b 7x4)
Angelo Mathews63 (137b 7x4 1x6)
Danish Kaneria 35-3-111-2
Saeed Ajmal 41-8-90-1
130.6
•
Danish Kaneria to Sangakkara, no run
flatter this time, just a fraction full outside off, defended with a straight bat to cover
130.5
•
Danish Kaneria to Sangakkara, no run
spun away, this one was the googly, watched it onto the bat on the back foot and pushed it to cover
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
PAK
134 runs (240)
13 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
49 runs
4 fours1 six
Control
91%
130 runs (303)
7 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
33 runs
0 four0 six
Control
95%
Match details
| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | |
| Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2009 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1927 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00 |
| Match days | 20,21,22,23,24 July 2009 - day (5-day match) |
| Umpires | |
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| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
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