out, bowled, end of match! on the middle stump, there was no foot movement and the defensive stroke left a lot of gap between the bat and the pads and down went the bails
Wayamba U vs Basnahira CD, at Kandy, Aug 19 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Presentation
Mahela Jayawardene: Great to see so many fans, boys put up a decent show for them. Akila is looking good, he is enjoying his cricket, everyone's doing their job which is a good thing. Azhar is a quality performer and that makes us spoilt for choices.
T Dilshan: Did not bowl well first six-seven overs, restricted them well later, but then did not bat well. My plan was to bat throughout but got out and that put pressure on the others.
Kamran Akmal is the man of the match for his half-century, his second this tournament. He hopes he will continue his form for the Australia series next.
Basnahira's tournament has hit a roadblock, they won the first match before losing three in a row. MJ's Wayamba now have three wins from three games and are mostly only a win away from making it to the semi-finals. Presentation in some time.
short ball yet again, goes for a cut, throws the bat and the top edge goes over the third-man region for a four!
outside the off and driven through the covers, crisply done and they were going to get an easy two before it was misfielded at the fence, and they come back for the third
slower one and beats the batsman all ends, following up that quick bouncer this was an excellent fuller, slower one, he outside edges it to the point fielder
shorter ball and wanted to pull it away, ouch, hits his helmet
full-toss, toe-ends it back to the bowler, who had to dive to his right, a bit away from the bowler, the non-striker was darting for a single and the throw from mid-off did not not the stumps
outside the off, fullish and driven to the point region
push to extra cover for a quick single, MJ gets to the ball quickly enough but the batsmen are home
bit of a roll of the fingers over the ball, pitched on the leg side, pushed away to the leg side for a single
yorker length on the middle and the batsman digs it back to the bowler
outside the off, shortening the length, punched to the point fielder, hits the non-striker's stumps direct and the third umpire has to jump in to rule that not-out
outside the off again, fullish and driven to long-off for a single
outside the off, pitched right up to the bat, tries to squeeze it through but misses it, through to the keeper
short of length and on the off, he gets a bit of an inside edge trying to push it through the covers
on the off stump, slightly fuller this time, went for bit of a drive but gets no bat on it again
outside the off, angling away from the batsman and he tries to cut it away, misses it
outside the off, fuller and dug out well to the off side but not for runs
outside the off, way outside in fact, and the umpire calls it a wide
outside the off stump, short and wide too, wanted to cut it away but misses
pitched on his pads, flicked away to the leg side for a single
short ball and down the leg side, it is called a wide
Akila Dhananjaya ends with figures of 2/15 from his four. He has had a good tournament. Will Sri Lanka pick him up for the World T20?