there it is, this time he goes back and punches this back-of-a-length delivery through covers and gets Sri Lanka home with 5.1 overs to spare
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Match at Dhaka, Jan 04 2010 - Match Result
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
Presentation for the first ODI of the decade
Kumar Sangakkara "I've seen dew before, but never like this. I wouldn't want to field in conditions like this, my bowlers wouldn't want to bowl in these conditions. The difference is, literally, day and night. Perhaps we need an 11am start, and finish the games before 6.45pm types. Talks are on, everybody has to like the idea, including the TV network." Cheeky Kumar there, but an issue certainly worth a thought in the coming six matches. Cheers
Tillkaratne Dilshan is the Man of the Match, but because of his hamstring injury he can't come out to accept the trophy.
Shakib Al Hasan "We batted really well, but the dew came in at 6pm, so it hampered us. We have four spinners, so it hurt us. Some of our middle-order batsmen didn't click today, but we are moving in the right direction."
short, hurries him into the shot, is played back to the bowler
another wide down the leg side here, and not by a short margin
short, turning in, can't get it past cover
into the pads and worked away for a single
drives it down to long-on and gets a one
flighted, just outside off, and defended into the covers
flat and full, driven down the ground for one
flighted but into the pads, and worked away for another single
turned around the corner and a fumble at short fine leg, by Rubel, allows them come through for one
looks to cut but it is too full and gets the bottom edge for a single to short third man
fulltoss and driven down the ground
tossed up outside off, defended back towards the bowler
gets onto the front foot and flicks it past fine leg for one
turned around the corner for another single
turning into the pads, and helped away to square leg for one
another short ball, this time Samaraweera is up to it, and rocks back and cuts it for four
quicker delivery, stays low too, defended back to the bowler
Naeem Islam to bowl
flighted outside off, gets onto the front foot and defends
Chamara Silva is the new man in
and Dilshan goes, goes for the pull shot, is hurried into it by the skidding ball, and can't get it over midwicket where Naeem takes a nice overhead catch
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | |
Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2009/10 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | ODI no. 2937 |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15 |
Match days | 4 January 2010 - daynight (50-over match) |
ODI debut | |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Sri Lanka 4, Bangladesh 0 |