47.4 -
Woakes to Maharoof, FOUR, that's a gimme from Chris Woakes. Fine leg inside the circle and he bowls a short delivery way down leg, Maharoof sees it early - Gets inside the line of the delivery and pulls it nonchalantly into the fine leg fence
42.1 -
Willey to Mathews, FOUR, finesse from the Sri Lankan skipper. The off-cutter sprayed down leg, he shuffles a fraction and plays a late glance to run it past the keeper. The bat turned in his hands on impact but he did time it well enough I reckon
41.2 -
Moeen Ali to Mathews, FOUR, Mathews loves spinners, doesn't he? Remember that game in Delhi (T20 WC) where he almost batted England out of the game! This time he skates down, isn't quite to the pitch of the delivery but still goes through with the cross-batted heave-ho. Not quite off the middle, but enough power to bisect deep mid-wicket and long-on
37.1 -
Moeen Ali to Dasun Shanaka, FOUR, uff, nailed it! Loopy off-break but it's very full. Shanaka makes it even fuller by wading out of the crease and hammers the drive through the covers
34.2 -
Plunkett to Mathews, FOUR, oh now Angelo. Mid-off is up in the ring and he picks his spot. Converts it into a full ball by running down the track and drills it over the fielder
32.4 -
Plunkett to S Prasanna, FOUR, drilled through extra-cover. This is breathtaking stuff from Prasanna. Almost a yorker, not quite, and Prasanna threads a scorching drive to the left of mid-offf
32.3 -
Plunkett to S Prasanna, FOUR, Prasanna is causing mayhem. He's swinging for the rafters and most of it is coming off. Good length delivery on middle and leg, Prasanna has a mighty swipe and it skims away off the inside half of the bat to beat the man at fine leg to his right
32.2 -
Plunkett to S Prasanna, FOUR, Prasanna whacks the free-hit to the mid-wicket fence. It's a low full toss and he has no problems picking it up and dispatching it to the ropes. Fifty up. #Carnage
32.2 -
Plunkett to S Prasanna, no ball, FOUR, oh shocker. Slower ball gone horribly wrong. Tries for the back of the hand variety but it slips out and is around Prasanna's throat when he swings it away to the backward square leg fence
31.5 -
Moeen Ali to S Prasanna, FOUR, another back of a length dart but Prasanna is waiting with his back knee grounded and he bludgeons the sweep behind square. Spins away off the turf taking it further from the deep fielder. Prasanna taking flight
28.3 -
Adil Rashid to S Prasanna, FOUR, here he goes, flailing away and whacking it over mid-wicket. It's the wrong 'un and Prasanna is hitting with the turn on the slog-sweep, good strike
27.3 -
Moeen Ali to S Prasanna, FOUR, swept away emphatically behind square and sneaks under a tumbling Woakes to the boundary. Got there in time but couldn't get the final part right
27.2 -
Moeen Ali to S Prasanna, FOUR, a genuine edge and no slip. Races away to the fence much to the dismay of Ali. Prasanna is forced back into the crease to a ball which is quicker through the air, when he should have been forward. It slides on, takes the edge and runs away
24.5 -
Adil Rashid to Mathews, FOUR, welcome boundary off Rashid. A rare short and wide ball and Mathews's eyes light up. He rocks back to thunder a cut through the backward point region, timed superbly and it races away
21.2 -
Moeen Ali to Mathews, FOUR, and a release for the Lankan skipper. He's been more edgy than a dodecahedron so far but sheds the cobwebs with a stunning reverse-sweep wallop past backward point
16.0 -
Plunkett to Chandimal, FOUR, short and plenty of width for Chandimal to smear the upper-cut over the fielder at backward point. No need to run for those
14.2 -
Adil Rashid to Chandimal, FOUR, deliciously flighted from Rashid, Chandimal sinks on one knee and tries to sweep, but ekes out a top-edge that runs away very fine and into the fence
7.5 -
Willey to Chandimal, FOUR, fuller length delivery and angled across Chandimal, he bends his front knee to get more to the pitch of the ball and then drives. He also scissors the gap between cover-point and backward point as the ball whistles away to the boundary boards
6.2 -
Woakes to K Perera, FOUR, shortish and angled away from Woakes, Perera jabs at it more off the front foot and off she runs away to the long-on fence. Perera got a good piece on that one
6.0 -
Willey to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, this time, Willey hits it on a length, but mediocred with width, Mendis smears the cut, and breaches the gap through the backward point region. The ball whistles away to the fence
5.2 -
Willey to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, Willey aims for the inswinger, but does not get any backward rotation on the ball, Mendis flicks the half volley in the air towards mid-wicket, where Plunkett dives to his left, but to no avail
3.1 -
Willey to Gunathilaka, FOUR, nice flow of hands there from Gunathilaka. Good length delivery and outside off, Gunathilaka uses the lofted drive and the ball zooms away to the sweeper cover boundary
2.5 -
Woakes to K Perera, FOUR, now that was nailed by Perera. Woakes again steams into the crease and pounds in a short delivery, Perera, though, rocks back quickly and cracks the pull. It beat Rashid at fine leg with ease
2.3 -
Woakes to K Perera, FOUR, a touch of width on offer, Perera slaps it on the up through the cover-region. The ball just rockets to the fence
2.2 -
Woakes to K Perera, FOUR, Woakes pulls his length back a wee bit, Perera stays back and ushers in the push-drive. He also breaches the gap through the point region and runs away to the fence
46.3 -
Plunkett to Maharoof, SIX, oh! Didn't see this coming... That's an elegant slog, yep he did play it elegantly. Sat up nicely outside off and Maharoof just twirled his wrists on the whippy slog and deposits into the deep backward square galaxy...
37.5 -
Moeen Ali to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, big booming swipe down the ground. I'd have thought Shanaka will look to survive with the skipper .. well .. what do I know! Shanaka takes a trip down the track, gets right to the ball and clobbers it over long-on
31.3 -
Moeen Ali to S Prasanna, SIX, and again. This is even bigger. It's more brutal. Dr. Hannibal Lecter would be proud of it. Soaring away deep into the mid-wicket stands. Monster hit after going down on his knees. Prasanna is playing a blinder
31.2 -
Moeen Ali to S Prasanna, SIX, six more! Gee, isn't he riding high on confidence or what. Goes down and spanks the slog-sweep with the turn over deep mid-wicket
31.0 -
Plunkett to S Prasanna, SIX, just evades a leaping Hales at deep square leg. Prasanna isn't gonna die wondering here. Good length delivery outside off, Prasanna picks it up and flogs it with super wrists, enough contact to take it over the ropes
30.4 -
Plunkett to S Prasanna, SIX, quick short ball down leg, Prasanna pulls unabashedly and it flies away off a top-edge and over the ropes at fine leg. The pace of Plunkett taking it all the way
5.4 -
Willey to Kusal Mendis, SIX, on a length, but it was bowled too straight, Mendis shuffles across the sticks and whips it over the fine leg fence. Not sure, he got it right off the screws, but on this small ground, it went all the way
50.0 -
Woakes to Maharoof, out Lakmal Run Out!! 1 run completed. "It's an okay score on a wonderful pitch" sums up Bumble (David Lloyd) on air. Exactly what I wanted to say. Coming to the final ball: Maharoof drills this towards a forward sprinting long-on and calls for a non-existent second. Lakmal responds and had to hurry his way through towards the bowler's end. The throw came in on Saturday and poor Lakmal arrived on Monday. Too late Lakmal, too late. Woakes had the easiest of jobs - flicking the bails after receiving a laser-sharp throw... Lakmal run out (Willey/Woakes) 7(8)
47.0 -
Plunkett to Mathews, out Caught by Woakes!! Oh! Commentator's curse they say. Alas! Angelo Mathews departs after a splendid knock - The Sri Lankan dressing room stand up on their feet and clap their skipper on his way to the pavilion. "A controlled knock" as MJ describes it on air. Full and dipping in at his toes, Mathews tries to clear mid-wicket with an aerial flick, was a smidge early on the shot. And thus leading edge comes into play, popping a sitter to long-off. Mathews c Woakes b Plunkett 73(109) [4s-5]
40.1 -
Willey to Mathews, out Dasun Shanaka Run Out!! Brilliant work from Plunkett, brilliant work from England. Mathews drives this full delivery to the right of extra cover and briefly waited to see if the ball had gone past him. Unfortunately for him and Sri Lanka, it didn't. The big boy Liam Plunkett dives full length to his right and engulfs the ball in his palms. Dasun Shanaka was nowhere in the picture, was half-way down and Plunkett didn't panic. Just composes himself and lobs the ball to Willey who does the rest. Dasun Shanaka run out (Plunkett/Willey) 20(19) [4s-1 6s-1]
34.4 -
Plunkett to Tharanga, out Caught by Buttler!! The hurting Plunkett gets rid of Tharanga. A full, wide tempter .. Tharanga can't resist and goes stretching out with a cross-batted drive in mind. But the ball kicks off the deck, takes the edge and Buttler has an easy grab. Loose from the left-hander given that he has barely spent any time in the middle. Tharanga c Buttler b Plunkett 3(4)
33.1 -
Woakes to S Prasanna, out Caught&Bowled!! Oh it's done. Woakes is the man to bring relief to the England camp and end Prasanna's joyride. Good pace with the first ball of his new spell, bangs it in on a short of length outside off, rushes Prasanna who is late on the pull. Gets it on the splice and results in a simple return catch for Woakes who doesn't panic - an easy thing to do given the monstrous batswing - waits for it and holds on calmly. S Prasanna c and b Woakes 59(28) [4s-8 6s-4]
25.3 -
Moeen Ali to Chandimal, out Caught by Woakes!! Top-edged sweep and gone! All the hard work, to build and build, and it's fallen away for Chandimal's sense of adventure. He moves a long way across looking to sweep, so much so that he gets outside the line of ball which lands on off, there is decent enough contact but there is a semblance of a top-edge due to which Chandimal isn't in total control of the shot. Finds Woakes perfectly at deep backward square, with the all-rounder having to just trundle a couple of steps forward for the grab. Chandimal c Woakes b Moeen Ali 37(56) [4s-3]
8.4 -
Woakes to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by Buttler!! The tourists are in a spot of bother now as Mendis, too, makes his way back to the hutch. Even when he made his County debut in 2006, Woakes was well known for pounding in a handy short delivery. Here he brings out the bumper to snaffle the key scalp. Woakes uses the short delivery and looks to follow the batsman, Mendis rocks back and aims to pull, but gets a glove on it. The keeper moves to his left to grab the chance gleefully. Kusal Mendis c Buttler b Woakes 17(14) [4s-2 6s-1]
7.2 -
Willey to K Perera, out Caught by Jason Roy!! The Surrey opener, Jason Roy, is known for his athletic efforts in the County circuit. He shows a glimpse of it, with a fine diving catch at backward point to prise out the dangerous Perera. Good length delivery that perhaps just about held its line after pitching, Perera was attempting to nudge it around the corner. Eventually, gets a leading edge to Roy at backward point, who dives to his right and snaffles the catch with two hands. He also keeps his balance to make sure that the ball does not pop out. K Perera c Jason Roy b Willey 24(23) [4s-4]
3.3 -
Willey to Gunathilaka, out Caught by Bairstow!! The man from Panadura, Gunathilaka, has been chugged down early. Late swing for Willey yet again, but this time around, he got his line and length right. The away-swinger on a good length from Willey, Gunathilaka pushes half forward and drives it rather hesitantly to Bairstow at cover, who pouches a rather easy chance with both hands. Gunathilaka c Bairstow b Willey 9(10) [4s-1]
38.4 -
Willey to Mathews, 1 run, yes sir, fifty for Mathews. Excellent batting acumen, playing the situations shrewdly as ever. Fraction full outside off, pushes to long-off and garners all the applause