18.2 -
Kulasekara to Mahmudullah, FOUR, if you'd ask me to slash a Mahogany, I would do that too. Slower delivery that's not too good to deceive. Mahmudullah widens his stance as he makes room and swats it over mid-wicket with a swivel. One bounce and over the ropes
17.1 -
Chameera to Shakib, FOUR, Jayasuriya at cover was momentarily interested but just evaded him. Shakib shimmied a touch and drove it on-the-up. Didn't bother to keep it down and riding on some luck, it sped away
16.5 -
Kulasekara to Mahmudullah, FOUR, even these near yorker length deliveries aren't safe. Full and Mahmudullah stayed his ground, met it with Warney's wrists and flicks it uppishly over square leg
16.1 -
Kulasekara to Shakib, FOUR, round the wicket, slower from back-of-the-hand outside off, Shakib got low and fetched it with a sweep. Almost turned square and placed it through square leg
15.0 -
Herath to S Rahman, FOUR, shot! They just keep coming, don't they? Flighted delivery on middle, Rahman shimmies down and barrels it down the ground. Through Herath who bent low to field but it sped away
13.1 -
Chameera to S Rahman, FOUR, he has murdered that. Chameera would be wise to just turn back and walk to the top of his mark. Cleared the front leg to a fullish ball outside off and rammed it through extra-cover
12.3 -
Jayasuriya to S Rahman, FOUR, aww, look at that racing away. Sliding on with the arm outside off, Rahman simply leans into the drive and threads it past extra-cover. Sped away
12.2 -
Jayasuriya to S Rahman, FOUR, no two ways about this one. A drag down on the stumps, Rahman rocks back and swats the pull through mid-wicket
7.5 -
Herath to Shakib, FOUR, ah, lovely. Went right back in the crease and created his own length there. Not all that short but the room was there. Then brings the bat down late and back cuts it behind backward point
5.5 -
T Perera to S Rahman, FOUR, Rahman is in that mood where the cricket ball comes across as a football. He rocks back to a shortish delivery and nails the pull to the mid-wicket boundary. Now, it scurried past motionless fielders
5.4 -
T Perera to S Rahman, FOUR, now that was a crunchy stroke by Rahman. Fuller length delivery and just outside off, Rahman drills it past the mid-off fielder and the ball zooms into the fence
5.3 -
T Perera to S Rahman, FOUR, well, this can turn out to be Rahman 's day. He gets lucky there. Another short of length delivery that was angled in, Rahman aims to pull, but he got into a terrible position to play that stroke. Eventually, outside edged it over the keeper for a boundary
3.4 -
Kulasekara to S Rahman, FOUR, this time width on offer, Rahman blazes the cut and it catapults to the square third man boundary. This is exhilarating stuff from Rahman
3.3 -
Kulasekara to S Rahman, FOUR, it is raining fours and sixes at the ground. Fuller length delivery and outside off, Rahman prods forward and traces the line through the cover-region with a drive and the ball bullets to the fence
3.1 -
Kulasekara to S Rahman, FOUR, Rahman cracks the first boundary for the hosts. Much needed boundary for them. Fullish delivery that was angled in, Rahman whips it across the line after shuffling across and the ball scurries to the deep mid-wicket fence
18.4 -
Kulasekara to Mahmudullah, SIX, gets under this fullish ball and murders it down the ground. Flushes all his gymnasium workout into his bat flow and times it into the stands
15.5 -
Chameera to S Rahman, SIX, if there's ever an assassination, this is it. Slower bouncer but Rahman spots it like a hawk. Stands taller, swipes the air and hooks it out of the ground over cow corner
12.1 -
Jayasuriya to S Rahman, SIX, in the air, deep mid-wicket is interested, he thinks he has it covered. But he's tipped it over the ropes. Fifty up for Rahman too. Saw the length, saw the opportunity and swiped it hard with a slog-sweep. Don't think he got all on it. The fielder who was Kapu came hurtling to his right, stuck both arms overhead but could only manage fingertips
3.2 -
Kulasekara to S Rahman, SIX, Rahman continues to play with a touch of bravado. He shuffles across the sticks as he expects Kulasekara to slant it back into the right-hander and then heaves it over the deep mid-wicket boundary. It cleared the rope quite easily
20.0 -
Chameera to Mahmudullah, out Mortaza Run Out!! 2 runs completed. Out last ball but they were rightly trying to steal a third. Mahmudullah walked across his stumps and lofted it awkwardly over cover. Pushed hard for the second and a bit of lethargy in the deep meant that a third was on. Mortaza was intent but Mahmudullah was ball-watching. Was late and that turned off Mortaza too. Took off late and was found short courtesy Chandimal's Dhoni-like bail flicking. 147 on the board and that's decent when your openers have been ducked back into the pavilion. Mortaza run out (Shanaka/Chandimal) 2(2)
19.2 -
Chameera to Nurul Hasan, out Caught by Mathews!! Slower ball outside off, Nurul Hasan plonked his front leg and looked to go big over square leg. Ball arrived slowly, took the leading-edge and lobbed to extra cover for the simplest of catches. More importantly, Mahmudullah will have the strike. Nurul Hasan c Mathews b Chameera 2(5)
17.2 -
Chameera to Shakib, out Caught by Chandimal!! And he's bulldozed Shakib out. Fires in the bouncer thrusted with pace, Shakib was hurried on the pull. Still went on as he hid his face looking to duck, pulls it onto his helmet and the ball lobs to the keeper behind. Chameera had his arms aloft running Shoaib-esquely even before Chandimal could latch onto it. Big wicket. Shakib c Chandimal b Chameera 32(34) [4s-3]
16.0 -
Chameera to S Rahman, out Caught by Jayasuriya!! And he perishes. What an anti-climax this. The shot was on. Fuller delivery robbed of pace outside off, Rahman stooped to fetch it with a slog sweep. Seemed to have connected it well but finds the deep mid-wicket spot on. Hunches and digests the ball in his palms. Talk about placement but the slowness of the delivery has finally gobbled him up. S Rahman c Jayasuriya b Chameera 80(54) [4s-10 6s-3]
4.5 -
Mathews to Rahim, out Rahim Run Out!! Well, that is one terrible mix-up which has resulted in Rahim's run out. The crowd has gone silent for the moment. Rahim pushed a back of a length delivery that was angled in to short cover and straightaway aimed at nabbing a quick single. It felt as if the partner responded and then stopped. By then Rahim was halfway down the pitch. Mathews, with athletic strides, swooped down on the ball quickly, picked it up and broke the stumps. Rahim was nowhere in the picture. Rahim run out (Mathews) 4(9)
1.3 -
Kulasekara to Soumya Sarkar, out Caught by Mathews!! Another one bites the dust. Bangladesh are already in a spot of bother. Sarkar closed the bat face too early to a delivery that veered away from Sarkar a touch as he looked to heave it across the line. But he got a leading edge that flew towards Mathews at mid-off, who clasped it with both hands. The Sri Lankan camp is delighted for sure. Soumya Sarkar c Mathews b Kulasekara 0(3)
0.2 -
Mathews to Mithun, out Lbw!! Well, the canny manipulator of the ball has landed a blow straightaway. With subtle changes of wrist he has that uncanny ability to swing it both ways. First up, he bowled the away-swinger and then followed it with an inswinger. Mathews gets it to veer back into the right-hander, Mithun comes half forward and tries to keep it out, but is beaten on the inside edge and is trapped in front. On expected lines, the umpire answers the appeal in the affirmative. On replays, it showed that the ball was hitting top of the middle-stump. Mithun lbw b Mathews 0(2)
19.1 -
Chameera to Mahmudullah, 1 run, a missed run out! Bowls this full outside off, Mahmudullah protracts hands to tap it and hints at a run. Chameera runs across and cuts it off at short cover, fires a throw at striker's end but misses it completely. Batsmen then had time to run two but looked too shellshocked