That is that! A second-string SL side tramples the No.1 T20I team. Udana sews up an emphatic win for the visitors. Amir makes some swinging room and mis-hits another slower ball into the lap of long-off
9.55pm So, Sri Lanka throw the first punch in the T20I series and consign Pakistan to a 64-run defeat. Gunathilaka laid down the marker with a blazing fifty, before Sri Lanka wobbled in the middle overs, and then landed some late blows to reach 165 for 5. Pakistan then unravelled quickly in the face of a challenging chase. Their reply was so muddled that at one point Ifthikhar and Sarfaraz were dashing towards the same end. Dew set in later in the evening, but Sri Lanka had enough runs in the bank. Pradeep and Udana came away with three wickets each while Hasaranga picked up two. The victory is Sri Lanka's first of the tour and they lead this three-match series 1-0
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Danushka Gunathilaka, Man of the Match: It was a great win for the unit, and we did well in the one-dayers as well. Avishka batted well and it helped me a lot. When we go forward, we can win more games.
Dasun Shanaka, SL captain: It's a great achievement for us without our top guns. Our openers were tremendous on this wicket. We had great belief in this team. All the credit need to go to the openers and debutant Banuka. The bowlers also started well.
That's a wrap of this game. Thanks for tuning in. This is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Andrew Miller and Chandan Duorah. Goodbye and good night
ShivaRam : "Wow.. This has to be one of the worst t20 chases ever. Surely, Pakistan are a better batting side than this. "
Ali: "I don't know what selecters and coaches see in Shahzad and Umar what fans don't see. They are not international material they can perform good in local let them stay there."
Khawaja: "Dropping Fakhar cost them initial start. Dropping Haris cost them momentum. Dropping Shinwari cost them early break throughs. Picking tried and tested players (Ahmed, Akmal) cost them match.
Shadab holes out to Avishka at deep midwicket. Slower short ball outside off, Shadab, having shuffled across off, slogs this back-of-the-hand variation to the outfielder
wide yorker, squeezed back to Udana
Tasmeem: "Lol, T20 rankings. Should they lose two series on the trott, they will be back being 5th or 6th."
Amir moves away outside leg, Udana follows him, jabbed into the off side
Ranodeep Dutta: "Why drop Fakhar Zaman? He was in really good form in odis scoring 2 50s in 2 innings. Just when he was getting confidence the team management decides to drop him. Poor selection"
pretty full on middle, Shadab sizes it up and scoops it with the bottom hand over mid-off. Some belated cheer for the Lahore fans
Aabis: "Whatever's happening now is because of the nonsense partnership of dots between Sarfaraz and Iftikhar. Sarfaraz should simply understand and accept that he does not have the calibre to play in the white ball cricket. He should stick with the red ball and let someone deserving to represent Pakistan in the shorter formats. He might be a good captain but he's also occupying an important slot in the batting order."
short and outside off, Shadab swings hard and almost drags it back onto his own stumps
full-toss on the pads, picked up and hit into the lap of Danushka at deep square leg. Ashraf adds to Pakistan's collapse. The umpires check for a possible front-foot no-ball, but Pradeep is okay on that count as well. Ashraf has to keep going
full on off, driven with an open face to sweeper cover
Ranodeep Dutta: "Rizwan should be Pakistan's keeper for Odis and tests and Sarfaraz should be pakistans keeper in t20s only"
length ball on off, Ashraf wants to slog this out of the Gadaffi Stadium, instead he splices it back to the bowler
DaMan: "I know Pakistan are world number 1 in T20, but I feel they are more suited to UAE wickets where 150 is par first innings score"
Pradeep bowls a yorker on middle stump, Ashraf clears his front leg and scythes it up and over extra-cover. That's some hit from Ashraf
Khalid: "how many times do Shehzad and Umar Akmal have to remind everyone they are not good enough to be in the team before everyone stops calling for them to be recalled every few months?"
back of a length on middle, forced off the back foot for one
short and breaks away outside off, swished down to long-off
shorter and on off, stabbed back to the bowler
Dr Atif Azad: "All those calling for Rizwan, he is no 6 hitter himself. Just a more consistently scoring version of Sarfraz. "
good length and sliding across off, edged to short third man
liberally tossed up on off stump, Asif Ali aims to launch it downtown. He does not get hold of it though and winds up slicing it in the air. Danushka, SL's first-innings hero, runs across to his left and grabs the catch
slider from Hasaranga, beats the reverse-sweep, hits the pad, and wanders away. Not given out lbw. It looks very tight, but SL have exhausted their review
full on the pads, picked up and the ball landed in front of deep square leg
off-stump yorker, dug out
Hasaranga pouches it at mid-off. Full-toss outside off, Imad aims to launch it over him, no dice, he simply slaps it to the man there
full-toss on leg stump, miscued to square leg and throw is to the non-striker's end. Hits his bat and rolls away to the deep
1W | 1W | |||
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Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | |
Toss | Pakistan, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2019/20 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | T20I no. 914 |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50 |
Match days | 05 October 2019 - night (20-over match) |
T20I debut | Minod Bhanuka Bhanuka Rajapaksa |
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