slower again, and gone. Malinga pokes at that one and it lobs off the bat and into the hands of short third man, who takes a good low catch.
Australia vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI at Hobart, Jan 23 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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5th ODI (D/N), Hobart, January 23, 2013, Sri Lanka tour of Australia
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Looks like we can't bring the presentation to you today, but thanks for being with us. If I can hazard a guess I'd say Phil Hughes will win the man of the match, and Nuwan Kulasekara is the player of the series, but Hughes has an outside shot of taking that out too. Those would by my two picks anyway.
Dylan: "If you had to blame a period of Sri Lanka inning for the defeat, blame the 10 over block, the 17th to 26th over. 18 runs for 2 wickets in this section stalled their innings and caused unnecessary pressure to build. An extra 25 runs here would have helped."
So Australia have leveled it up. Mahela may feel he chose wrongly at the toss, given how difficult the pitch became for scoring in the second innings. Not the ideal send-off for him as captain, but he has been a terrific leader for Sri Lanka and he's got the team to a better place than he found it.
48.3
W
McKay to Malinga, OUT
Lasith Malinga c Johnson b McKay 2 (5b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 40
48.3
1w
McKay to Malinga, 1 wide
loses control of that one, down the leg side
48.2
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McKay to Malinga, no run
slower ball again, bounces just over the stumps. Malinga's cross-bat swipe gets nowhere near it.
48.1
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McKay to Malinga, no run
a slower ball outside off stump, Malinga can't get bat to it
end of over 4814 runs
SL: 214/9CRR: 4.45 • RRR: 17.00
Nuwan Kulasekara14 (11b 2x4)
Lasith Malinga2 (2b)
Mitchell Starc 9-0-48-0
Clint McKay 9-0-50-1
47.6
4
Starc to Kulasekara, FOUR runs
picked off his pads and timed well to the square leg fence. Another good shot, but coming too late for Sri Lanka, you feel
47.6
1w
Starc to Kulasekara, 1 wide
Kulasekara moves back, but Starc goes wide of the off stump. Wide is called, but it seems harsh as that was inside the tram lines.
47.5
4
Starc to Kulasekara, FOUR runs
fullish delivery on off stump, carved powerfully over the off side infield for four. Good shot. He's been trying it for a while
47.4
2
Starc to Kulasekara, 2 runs
nicely flicked over short fine leg from Kulasekara, Picked up the short ball from leg stump and sent it high towards the boundary. The sweeper comes around to cut it off.
47.3
1
Starc to Malinga, 1 run
angled into the blockhole. Malinga digs it out and the batsmen take one.
47.2
1
Starc to Kulasekara, 1 run
full and angled in, Kulasekara knocks it down to long on
Malinga seems to be okay.
47.1
1
Starc to Malinga, 1 run
nasty short ball angled into Malinga, and it looks like it's hit him on the glove. They take a run, but the physio is out there immediately.
Mitchell Starc is into the attack.
end of over 472 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 200/9CRR: 4.25 • RRR: 16.00
Nuwan Kulasekara3 (7b)
Lasith Malinga0 (0b)
Clint McKay 9-0-50-1
Moises Henriques 10-1-32-3
46.6
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McKay to Kulasekara, no run
yet another slower ball, Kulasekara, again, can't connect with a cut shot
The batsman have crossed
46.5
W
McKay to Herath, OUT
swipes across the line and gets a big top edge, which sails to Henriques at deep square leg, who runs in to take it comfortably
Rangana Herath c Henriques b McKay 2 (5b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 40
46.4
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McKay to Herath, no run
slower ball again, angled into the stumps. Herath misses with his swing and the ball shaves the stumps
46.3
1
McKay to Kulasekara, 1 run
angled into the pads and Kulasekara misses again. Appeal from McKay, but the umpire's not interested.
46.2
•
McKay to Kulasekara, no run
107kph, Kualsekara advances but cant time his shot. Goes straight back to the bowler
46.1
1
McKay to Herath, 1 run
Full and on the stumps, Herath hits that back over the bowler's head but doesn't quite time it
end of over 463 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 198/8CRR: 4.30 • RRR: 12.50
Nuwan Kulasekara2 (4b)
Rangana Herath1 (2b)
Moises Henriques 10-1-32-3
Mitchell Johnson 10-0-45-2
45.6
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Henriques to Kulasekara, no run
slower short ball again, and Kulasekara sways out of the way, having misread the pace initially
45.5
•
Henriques to Kulasekara, no run
slower ball outside off stump, Kulasekara tries to go inside out but misses
45.4
1
Henriques to Herath, 1 run
full and on the stumps, Herath opens the face and sends that to point
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