game, set and match! Morgan sees the flight, and decides to give it an almighty thwack. Gets down on one knee and slog sweeps that deep into the stands at deep midwicket to finish off the game in grand style
England vs Sri Lanka, Only T20I at Southampton, Jul 05 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Only T20I (N), Southampton, July 05, 2016, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland
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Right then, folks. Hope you enjoyed the coverage tonight. England host Pakistan for what should be a fascinating Test series to come. It all begins at Lord's next week. Do join us then. Until then, i'll say goodbye and goodnight on behalf of my colleague Andrew McGlashan. Cheers!
9.30pm Two years is a long time in sport, isn't it? Sri Lanka won all three formats in 2014, winless this time. Series scoreline then: 20-4 to England. Did someone say Morgan dislocated his finger in his left hand? It didn't look like, for he was sensational tonight. Sri Lanka were only briefly in it when they nipped out two early wickets, but Buttler and Morgan made lightwork of what wasn't the easiest target to defend. Sri Lanka didn't help their cause by fluffing a couple of opportunities too. How relieved they must be to take the flight back home?
Jos Buttler is the Player of the Match: I'm delighted to take the opportunity, really enjoyed batting. I didn't change my approach massively. There was a different rhythm to my batting. The wicket was slow, so it was going to be a bit tough. The total wasn't way short, but under-par for sure. 160 would have been a par score. Bowling first suited us, I thought. The side captains itself, I enjoyed my little time when Morgs was out. When you get dropped, you have the hunger to get back in. I'll wait and see (on Test selection), but whatever the format, you just have to keep hitting it well.
Clean sweep in a home summer for England for the first time since 2012.
Sabyasachi Chow: "Wonder if Mahela Jayawardene would have fancied a hit in the middle, instead of watching it from the comm box." Well, he couldn't have done much worse, really.
17.3
6
RLB Rambukwella to Morgan, SIX runs
17.2
1
RLB Rambukwella to Buttler, 1 run
drilled back past the bowler, long-on comes around to keep it down to a single. Hit too well
17.1
•
RLB Rambukwella to Buttler, no run
steps out and flicks, straight to midwicket
end of over 176 runs
ENG: 137/2CRR: 8.05 • RRR: 1.33
Jos Buttler72 (47b 3x4 4x6)
Eoin Morgan41 (38b 1x4 1x6)
Seekkuge Prasanna 4-0-31-0
Ramith Rambukwella 2-0-20-0
16.6
1
Prasanna to Buttler, 1 run
gives him the charge but Prasanna shortens his length to see the ball being pushed past him to long-off
16.5
1
Prasanna to Morgan, 1 run
punches a short ball to long-on
16.4
1
Prasanna to Buttler, 1 run
nearly picked out the man at long-off, flat hit, on the bounce to the man there
16.3
2
Prasanna to Buttler, 2 runs
drifting into middle and leg from wide of the crease, worked into the gap between deep square and deep midwicket
16.2
1
Prasanna to Morgan, 1 run
worked with the spin to square leg
16.1
•
Prasanna to Morgan, no run
the reverse hit again as Prasanna fires it short and wide, Morgan hits it straight to short third man
end of over 1611 runs
ENG: 131/2CRR: 8.18 • RRR: 2.50
Jos Buttler68 (44b 3x4 4x6)
Eoin Morgan39 (35b 1x4 1x6)
Ramith Rambukwella 2-0-20-0
Farveez Maharoof 3-0-26-0
15.6
2
RLB Rambukwella to Buttler, 2 runs
flatter hit this time as he backs away and drills it back past the bowler, top work by the long-off fielder who dived full length to his right before deflecting the ball to the long-on fielder
15.5
6
RLB Rambukwella to Buttler, SIX runs
makes room, gets underneath the flight and lofts him straight into the sightscreen. He gave away his intentions even before the bowler delivered the ball, and it didn't make a difference to the end result
15.4
1
RLB Rambukwella to Morgan, 1 run
worked with the angle to long-on
15.3
•
RLB Rambukwella to Morgan, no run
steps out but the bowler does well to slow it down, Morgan, who didn't get to the pitch, offers a dead bat
15.2
1
RLB Rambukwella to Buttler, 1 run
too full, flicked to deep midwcket
15.1
1
RLB Rambukwella to Morgan, 1 run
slides one into middle and leg, tipped towards square leg for an easy single
Rambukwella back into the attack
end of over 1512 runs
ENG: 120/2CRR: 8.00 • RRR: 4.20
Jos Buttler59 (41b 3x4 3x6)
Eoin Morgan37 (32b 1x4 1x6)
Farveez Maharoof 3-0-26-0
Angelo Mathews 4-0-27-2
14.6
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Maharoof to Buttler, no run
another slower ball, predictably, punched to cover
14.5
1
Maharoof to Morgan, 1 run
back of length delivery slanting across Morgan, who runs it down to third man
14.4
1
Maharoof to Buttler, 1 run
leg-cutter this time, but too short, Buttler wrists it to deep midwicket. The call was for two, but they settled for just a single
14.3
1
Maharoof to Morgan, 1 run
bunted into the leg side, the long-on fielder started running even as the shot was played
14.2
2
Maharoof to Morgan, 2 runs
pulled, but not entirely off the middle. Long on and deep midwicket converge, enough time to hare back for the second as the ball was hit between the two boundary riders
Sabyasachi Chow: "Good to see a matured and calm-headed innings from Buttler. Danger signs for oppositions if he can mix caution into his batting repertoire along with his aggression "
14.1
2
Maharoof to Morgan, 2 runs
uses the pace of the bowler to steer it behind point, two easy runs
14.1
5w
Maharoof to Morgan, 5 wide
missed everything. Slower ball, but gets the direction horribly wrong. Morgan missed the flick, Chandimal, blinded by that, also couldn't hop over to his right. Result: Five wides
This is a cruise, could be over very quickly if Sri Lanka don't get couple of wickets now. Maharoof is back
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