49.4 -
Rob Taylor to Dushmantha Chameera, FOUR, makes room and Taylor can't get the yorker right, it's full and on the stumps, Chameera steers it wide of the short third man, inside the ring, well played and well executed too
48.4 -
Coetzer to N Kulasekara, FOUR, that's what he was aiming for the last ball, makes room and goes inside-out, on a bent knee, all the fielders are inside the ring and Kulasekara made full use of that
39.5 -
Alasdair Evans to K Perera, FOUR, just over the leaping cover. Full toss on off, Perera sliced the chip and got away, the fast outfield doing the rest. Evans is a very disappointed man
38.1 -
Davey to K Perera, FOUR, Perera latches on to a short and wide delivery outside off, cracks it over cover, the width was there and Perera didn't miss out
37.5 -
M A Leask to Mathews, FOUR, Mathews is in the mood to hit today. Shows off his skill by reverse sweeping over point. Saw the leg stump line and lifted it over the fielder. All too easy now
35.5 -
Alasdair Evans to Sangakkara, FOUR, Sangakkara is waiting to play that stroke and gets one more boundary. Evans bowls that down leg and slower, Sangakkara just played the paddle, but lifted it over short fine inside the ring, the ball beats the chasing fielder. Already 23 off the over. One more ball to come, can Sangakkara do it?
35.4 -
Alasdair Evans to Sangakkara, FOUR, again over the off-side field. Backs away and creates the room, waits for it and then smashes this over point, who was inside the ring, the ball runs away and it's all boundaries this over. Can Sangakkara emulate Dilshan? who did it the other day
35.3 -
Alasdair Evans to Sangakkara, FOUR, what does Sangakkara do now? Manipulates the field by shuffling across to off and takes the full toss, paddles it over short fine, inside the ring, another boundary. What will Evans do now?
35.2 -
Alasdair Evans to Sangakkara, FOUR, all the fielders are in on the off-side and Sangakkara will go over there once more. Makes room and then goes down on a bent knee, to go uppishly over cover. A field change is required I feel
34.1 -
Davey to Dilshan, FOUR, sliced away. Full and outside off, Dilshan threw the bat at that and got it in the gap, went hard and got it between short third and backward point, races away
33.1 -
Coetzer to Sangakkara, FOUR, that is poor, poor bowling. Short and down leg, nothing ball with no-one behind square, on the fence, Sangakkara just had to get it in the gap and he helped that offering on its way, beating backward square inside the ring
32.0 -
Coetzer to Sangakkara, FOUR, Sangakkara is peppering the off-side field today. He has taken a particular liking to the cover region. Goes over there once more, the width was there and he freed his arms to play an airy cover drive, sweeper had no chance. Moves into the nineties
31.0 -
Machan to Sangakkara, FOUR, did that carry to MacLeod at mid-wicket? Sangakkara's eyes lit up as he saw the high full toss outside off, swung across the line and didn't hit it as well as he would've liked. The bat turned as he hit it, MacLeod at mid-wicket dived full length to his left and just about got a hand on it, couldn't grasp it and shows off his disappointment, the ball runs away to the fence, beating deep mid-wicket. That has to go down as a drop chance. How much will Scotland pay for that miss?
29.4 -
M A Leask to Sangakkara, FOUR, Sangakkara hits the gap once more. Has had enough of blocking and prodding. Waltzes down and then goes inside out, wanted to go towards deep cover, but manages to beat long-off to his right, the fielder didn't dive and the ball beat him to the boundary
26.1 -
Berrington to Dilshan, FOUR, cracking cut shot! Short and wide and Dilshan didn't miss out. Rocked back and smashed the shot past the diving point fielder, quickly Dilshan has raced to 83 after a flurry of boundaries
25.5 -
M A Leask to Sangakkara, FOUR, fantastic shot! Great use of the feet. Sangakkara was just eyeing that gap. He shimmies down the track, makes a bit of room and lofts it inside out over extra cover, the ball whistles to the fence
24.4 -
Davey to Dilshan, FOUR, this is excellent batting, good length ball just outside off, Dilshan shuffles across, bends his front knee and sweeps it behind square, the ball was timed superbly as it races across to the fence
24.3 -
Davey to Dilshan, FOUR, fabulous shot! It was the off-cutter from Davey, Dilshan spotted it early, he kneels down and heaves it behind square, the ball bounces once before reaching the fence. Another 100-run stand between these two
22.1 -
Davey to Sangakkara, FOUR, Sangakkara might just be shifting gears. He charges Davey and lofts it straight over the bowler's head, didn't middle it but had got enough wood for the ball to roll away to the fence
20.2 -
Coetzer to Sangakkara, FOUR, poor delivery and Sangakkara capitalises on it. Down leg, he bends his right knee and helps it on the way to the fence, the fine leg fielder was very square and had no chance of stopping that
18.0 -
M A Leask to Dilshan, FOUR, Leask goes over the wicket, pushes it through just outside off, Dilshan comes forward, opens the bat face at the last second and steers it to third man, the ball had enough pace to reach the fence
11.2 -
Davey to Dilshan, FOUR, Davey is just not getting his line and length right against Dilshan. This was full and outside off, Dilshan drives it on-the-up through extra cover, the ball runs away to the fence in no time
10.2 -
Rob Taylor to Sangakkara, FOUR, poor effort from Coetzer at mid-on. It was full and on off, Sangakkara drills it hard and to the right of mid-on, Coetzer gets across and allows the ball to burst through his hands
9.5 -
Davey to Dilshan, FOUR, lovely shot! It was a half volley alright, but still needed to be put away. Dilshan waits for it to arrive and drives it to the left of mid-off, the fielder gives chase only to come second
9.3 -
Davey to Dilshan, FOUR, full and slanting into the stumps, Dilshan drives it past Sangakkara, beats mid-on to his left and the ball races away to the fence. It was all timing from the Sri Lankan opener
7.1 -
Alasdair Evans to Sangakkara, FOUR, superb shot! Fullish and outside off, Sangakkara comes well forward, bends his left knee and drives it beautifully through extra cover, Machan gives up the chase halfway through
5.1 -
Alasdair Evans to Dilshan, FOUR, Dilshan is quick to pounce on that, it was not all that short, but Dilshan got into position quickly and pulled it square of the wicket to pick up his second boundary
1.1 -
Alasdair Evans to Dilshan, FOUR, crunched! Full and well wide of off, Dilshan had plenty of room to throw his bat at that, he drives it in the air well wide of the cover fielder. The ball travels to the fence in no time
48.5 -
Coetzer to N Kulasekara, SIX, half-volley on the stumps, Kulasekara presented the full face of the bat and played a copybook front foot loft, straight back over the bowler's head. Went all the way. Held the pose too - one for the cameramen to latch and get their lenses into action, click away now!
43.5 -
Machan to Mathews, SIX, this is buffet bowling from Machan and Mathews brings up his fifty. It was floated up on middle and leg, Mathews slogs it high and over cow corner, the fielder watches it sail over his head. He is doing heavy damage here, Mathews
43.4 -
Machan to Mathews, SIX, Machan goes over the wicket, but the result remains the same. Low full toss on off, Mathews gets his front foot out of the way, he slugs it over deep mid-wicket, for the third six in a row. Good catch in the crowd
43.3 -
Machan to Mathews, SIX, this is poor bowling from Machan, full toss on middle and leg, Mathews hoicks it over deep mid-wicket, that is too easy for the Sri Lankan skipper
43.2 -
Machan to Mathews, SIX, monster hit! Machan stays round the wicket for Mathews, fires it full and on leg-stump, Mathews clears his front leg and heaves it over deep mid-wicket, the ball had plenty of air time, but cleared the rope easily
40.2 -
Rob Taylor to K Perera, SIX, the bottom-hand comes into play as he flicks this over square leg, the fielder was running to his left and trying to catch, but the ball eluded his outstretched left-hand, Perera flicking ala Sanath with those strong wrists of his and gets six
39.4 -
Alasdair Evans to K Perera, SIX, Perera is a fine striker of the cricket ball and he puts this back of a length delivery away over square leg, rocked back and muscled it flat. A spectator tries to catch it to his left, but fails to do so
38.0 -
M A Leask to Mathews, SIX, make that 16 off the last three balls. Leask is tossing it up and Mathews won't let go. Gets forward and muscles it flat over deep mid-wicket, just too much power packed into that bottom-hand of Mathews
37.4 -
M A Leask to Mathews, SIX, well-caught in the crowd at deep backward square leg, by a senior citizen. Mathews just knelt down and nonchalantly swept a middle stump delivery over backward square leg, where it was held with both hands by a man in the stands
35.1 -
Alasdair Evans to Sangakkara, SIX, now Sangakkara will help himself. The slower cutting short delivery, Sangakkara skips out, makes room and then carves the bowler over point, the ball thuds into the advertising boards on the full. Evans just shrugs his shoulders and puffs his cheeks out, before walking back to his mark
30.4 -
Machan to Sangakkara, SIX, so easy for Sangakkara. He sees the tossed up delivery outside off, kneels down and then slog-sweeps way over deep mid-wicket. There are no mishits or mistimes from Sangakkara when he is playing like this. He serenely moves onto 84 now
27.5 -
M A Leask to Sangakkara, SIX, Sangakkara plays another of those brilliant strokes of his. So eye-catching and pleasing to the eye. Down the track, makes room and then goes over cover, inside out, hit superbly and deliberately in the air, it carries all the way, just, but that will do
26.3 -
Berrington to Sangakkara, SIX, Sangakkara wants to join in the fun too. From round the wicket by Berrington, Sangakkara comes down the track and then goes through with the lofted shot, connected beautifully and it went a long way over long-on. Remember these aren't short boundaries at this ground, but Sangakkara cleared long-on comfortably
24.5 -
Davey to Dilshan, SIX, this time Dilshan manages to clear the fence. Davey is taking a pasting here. He is too predictable, keeps it on a length, Dilshan once more goes on his knee and hoicks it over deep backward square, the ball carried over the ropes this time.
46.5 -
Berrington to Malinga, out Caught by M A Leask!! Now he can smile. Slower one outside off, Malinga wanted to go over cover, but the weight was on the back foot. Sliced it completely, point ran back and then hung on. It was in the air for a good while, which made the catch easier, despite the fielder having to run back and circle around the ball. Malinga c M A Leask b Berrington 1(3)
45.4 -
Alasdair Evans to S Prasanna, out Caught by Coleman!! Despite a couple of drops in the field, Scotland have caught well. Coleman coming from deep mid-wicket and hanging onto a low chance. His third catch of the innings. Prasanna was hurried on the pull and top-edged it as he rocked back to essay the shot, it seemed to be falling short, but Coleman had the plot of the ball tracked and came forward and took it. Evans gets his second wicket. S Prasanna c Coleman b Alasdair Evans 3(5)
44.4 -
Berrington to T Perera, out Caught by Coleman!! Scotland are taking wickets, despite leaking runs. Typical Perera slog, to leg, after clearing his front leg, these are big boundaries and Perera finds the man placed at deep square leg, who takes another well-judged catch to his left. The bowler followed the path of the ball and then clapped the fielder for taking it. It was taken with fingers pointed upwards. T Perera c Coleman b Berrington 7(11)
44.0 -
Machan to Mathews, out Caught by Coleman!! That is a good catch at the edge of the rope by the fielder. Held his composure and took it above his head. Mathews went for more glory, took on the full toss and hit it well, but hit it a bit too flat for one's liking, he didn't get the required elevation on the hit and it was caught by the fielder at deep mid-wicket. The bowler must have thought it was another six when the ball went off the bat, but relief in the end. The ball was going over the head of the fielder, who arched backwards and took it even as he was losing balance. Checked his footing after taking the catch and he was inside the field of play. That is a big wicket, too for Mathews could've hurt Scotland no end. Mathews c Coleman b Machan 51(21) [4s-1 6s-6]
40.4 -
Rob Taylor to K Perera, out Caught by MacLeod!! Terrific running catch to his right at long-on. Perera's bat turned as he went for the big hit over long-on, that skewed all timing on the shot, the ball seemed to be falling in no-man's land, but MacLeod running across, took it and then tumbled to the turf. He gets up and has a smile on his face before being congratulated by his mates. K Perera c MacLeod b Rob Taylor 24(13) [4s-2 6s-2]
36.5 -
Davey to Sangakkara, out Caught by Matthew Cross!! Davey is on a hat-trick now. He has got the big wicket of Sangakkara. Well bowled actually by Davey, saw Sangakkara charging and bowled it full and wide outside off, Sangakkara had to reach out to drive and edged the shot behind, easy take for Cross. Sangakkara walks off, without even waiting for the umpire's decision. A few claps here and there from the sparse crowd. Sangakkara c Matthew Cross b Davey 124(95) [4s-13 6s-4]
36.4 -
Davey to M Jayawardene, out Caught by MacLeod!! Davey strikes again in the powerplay. Some respite for the Scots. It was a slower delivery from Davey, Jayawardene came down the track and was looking to go over mid-off, but completely mistimed it, the skier is easily held at mid-off. M Jayawardene c MacLeod b Davey 2(6)
34.2 -
Davey to Dilshan, out Caught by MacLeod!! Dilshan is gone, trying to clear mid-off. Davey did well to follow Dilshan as he charged down, slipped it in towards Dilshan who mishit the loft, MacLeod at mid-off, leapt and took it on the second attempt. Dilshan c MacLeod b Davey 104(99) [4s-10 6s-1]
5.3 -
Alasdair Evans to Thirimanne, out Caught by Mommsen!! Evans ends Thirimanne's stay. He never looked comfortable at the crease. And the pressure of the dot balls was getting to him. Full and outside off, teases the batsman to go for it, Thirimanne drives with no footwork, the outside edge flies to second slip, Mommsen takes a good catch. Thirimanne c Mommsen b Alasdair Evans 4(21)
46.4 -
Berrington to N Kulasekara, 1 run, that is a tough chance, but will go down as a drop. Low full toss, Kulasekara sliced the drive, but hit it hard, and to Berrington's left, the bowler was in his followthrough, reacted, got both hands, but couldn't cling on. Disappointment for Berrington
41.3 -
Machan to Mathews, 2 runs, that's dropped by Coleman at deep mid-wicket. Slogged high in the air, deep mid-wicket runs forward and tries to take it, but he fails to take it. That should've been taken
34.0 -
Coetzer to Sangakkara, 2 runs, Sangaaaaaaaaaa! What.A.Playa! The first man ever in ODI history to make four tons in a row. Many have done it thrice. But no-one till today has got to that peak. What's more. He has done it in a World Cup. At the age of 37. In his last World Cup. Is there a better all-round player than this man in the world currently? Only AB de Villiers can lay claim to that title. Gets there with a steer to third man and takes a couple. Look at that celebration from him. No aggro, no brashness, no over-the-top shouting, no show of emotion. Just a calm face, removes the helmet and then raises the bat. Has a word with Dilshan. That's how to do it - if he wants to, he could bat on for the next three, four years - such is the form he is in at the moment. It was inevitable, the moment he came out to bat today against Scotland, that the record would be broken, without any disrespect shown to the Scots. Sanga is too good a player to miss out on such a golden chance to break a record that has stood there for a long time
33.5 -
Coetzer to Dilshan, 1 run, fourth WC hundred for Dilshan! 22nd overall for Dilshan. Gets there with a nudge to fine leg. A look at the heavens and then a raise of the bat. Sanath applauds
28.5 -
Machan to Dilshan, 1 run, on a length and on the stumps, wristed off the back foot to long-on
25.3 -
M A Leask to Sangakkara, 1 run, Sangakkara just keeps piling it on, he notches up his 94th ODI fifty. Another hundred on the cards? Flighted delivery outside off, Sangakkara drives it to deep extra cover and gets to the landmark
18.2 -
Coetzer to Dilshan, 1 run, Dilshan brings up another World Cup fifty. It is his third fifty plus score in this World Cup. Short and outside off, Dilshan cuts it to sweeper cover. Jayasuriya and Arnold were seen applauding from the stands