that's five for Herath! Sri Lanka go through to the semi-final! Saw the batsman racing down the track and shortened his length. Gets some turn off the deck as well, which he tries to ride. But there is a slip in place and Mahela pouches it safely.
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 30th Match, Group 1 at Chattogram, Mar 31 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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10.35 pm So Sri Lanka have punched their ticket into the semi-final on the back of a dramatic collapse against spin by New Zealand. And because of this result it will be India facing South Africa in the second semi-final on Apirl 4. Thank you for your company today and this is Alagappan Muthu, hoping to see you all soon
"This pitch has been slow consistently," Lasith Malinga says, "I trusted my spinners. Herath was unbelievable. We were waiting for an occasion like this and we pulled through. Really lucky to have Angelo, Mahela and Dilshan to help me. they have good experience. Rangana was waiting for his chance and he proved himself really well. We have some other good spinners in Ajantha and Seekuge. We have a good opportunity with the turning wickets in Dhaka"
"We knew there was a lot of hard work to go,"Brendon McCullum says, "Knew we needed to be positive in the first six. It was a bit dry than we expected and Herath and Sachi, the way they bowled was outstanding. They blew us away with about eight wickets for some 10 runs. Wouldn't say there was extra pressure, it was a quarter-final anway. We just didn't adapt ourselves and played some mindless cricket. We took some poor option and as a result of that we're on the plane home"
Herath is the Man of the Match, duh. "What I realised was we needed wickets and I put the ball in the right place," he says. "Luckily the dew wasn't there but we had a bad game against England. Nothing was wrong today, no dew. Malinga was asking to what we can do, nothing more"
satya: "I will credit the 2 run outs to Herath as well......as it happened by brain fade caused by Herath"
10.25 pm Take a few minutes (or bang your head over it for hours) and read this. Herath 3.3-2-3-5! That too in a knockout scenario, after his batsmen had offered him a meagre target of 120. If there was any attack that could have defended it, it was Sri Lanka's and they've made yet another semi-final in a world tournament. Spare a thought for Kane Williamson though, he scored 42 of the 60 runs made by New Zealand...
15.3
W
Herath to Boult, OUT
Trent Boult c Jayawardene b Herath 3 (8b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 37.5
15.2
•
Herath to Boult, no run
flighted just outside off, pushed down towards mid-on but Herath races after it himself
McClenaghan is the final NZ batsman for today
15.1
1W
Herath to Boult, 1 run, OUT
skips down the track and gets a leading edge which clears the cover infield. Absolute confusion out there and Williamson has been run-out at the bowlers'.
Kane Williamson run out (Mathews/Herath) 42 (43b 6x4 0x6 69m) SR: 97.67
Here he is again, Herath takes aim at the NZ tail
end of over 158 runs
NZ: 59/7CRR: 3.93 • RRR: 12.20
Trent Boult2 (5b)
Kane Williamson42 (43b 6x4)
Lasith Malinga 2-0-13-0
Sachithra Senanayake 3-0-3-2
14.6
1
Malinga to Boult, 1 run
there's the slow, dipping yorker from Malinga and Boult does very well to prevent it from clattering into his stumps
Atit: "2 Spinners: 6-2-5-6....any better combination in any form of cricket?"
14.5
1
Malinga to Williamson, 1 run
139kph, fires a yorker in on middle this time and Williamson is almost pushed off his feet. Still manages to nudge to deep square leg
No chance of Anderson batting
14.4
4
Malinga to Williamson, FOUR runs
yorker goes wrong, when was the last time you saw that from Malinga. This is way down leg and Williamson glances it away to the fine-leg boundary
14.3
1
Malinga to Boult, 1 run
goes for the short one on leg stump, Boult is not comfortable behind it but he's managed a leg bye behind square on the leg side
Widish slip in place
14.2
1
Malinga to Williamson, 1 run
another slower ball, Williamson chips it down to long-on and takes the single
14.1
•
Malinga to Williamson, no run
slower yorker on off stump, kept out quite nicely
Malinga's back, chats with Mahela en route to his bowling mark
EG: "NZ 51/7 and Williamson is 36*. This sums up the whole innings!!!" Still needs a mention of Herath.
end of over 141 run • 1 wicket
NZ: 51/7CRR: 3.64 • RRR: 11.50
Trent Boult0 (3b)
Kane Williamson36 (39b 5x4)
Sachithra Senanayake 3-0-3-2
Angelo Mathews 4-0-26-0
13.6
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Senanayake to Boult, no run
this turns away again and Boult can't really pick it. Wafts a little bat outside off and misses
Mahela calls for a second slip. Almost looks like he's captaining out there
13.5
•
Senanayake to Boult, no run
13.4
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Senanayake to Boult, no run
flighted on off stump and he keeps it out
Boult is the new batsman, seems Anderson will not be batting
13.3
W
Senanayake to Mills, OUT
goes for the reverse sweep. Nothing more than an escape shot, struck on the knee-roll and this seemed to be sneaking down leg, but the umpire doesn't think so. Concerted appeal from Sri Lanka and they've gotten away with one. This was sliding down leg, HawkEye says
Kyle Mills lbw b Senanayake 4 (9b 1x4 0x6 14m) SR: 44.44
13.2
1
Senanayake to Williamson, 1 run
waits on it and pushes down the ground, past the non-striker
13.1
•
Senanayake to Williamson, no run
wanted to chop this away behind point, but it skids on from the pitch a little too quickly
Change of bat for Williamson
end of over 1311 runs
NZ: 50/6CRR: 3.84 • RRR: 10.00
Kyle Mills4 (8b 1x4)
Kane Williamson35 (37b 5x4)
Angelo Mathews 4-0-26-0
Sachithra Senanayake 2-0-2-1
12.6
•
Angelo Mathews to Mills, no run
dug in quite short and he goes for a pull. Too high for him to connect
12.5
4
Angelo Mathews to Mills, FOUR runs
this has room on offer and he's belted that through the covers. Top shot as he had to take the slower ball on the up
12.4
1
Angelo Mathews to Williamson, 1 run
backs away as this was fired a lot fuller on middle. Got his bat between the ball and his stumps and the bottom edge saves him.
12.3
•
Angelo Mathews to Williamson, no run
back of a length just outside off, punched to mid-off
Sanga comes up to the stumps
12.2
4
Angelo Mathews to Williamson, FOUR runs
poor ball from Mathews, can't bowl short at his pace and Williamson punishes him with a solid pull shot. Beats square leg comfortably
12.1
2
Angelo Mathews to Williamson, 2 runs
skips down the track and was making a bit of room as well, had to reach for it which hurts his timing. Whacked down the ground ofr a single
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