00:00To all a good evening, you join us for this match between Sri Lanka and India.
00:25I'm Mel Jones, and beside me in...
00:41Sri Lanka wins the toss, the home crowd roar their approval as their captain decides to
00:46bat first.
00:51Singh has the privilege of bowling with the new ball.
00:54The umpires have signalled that they're ready, let's get this match started.
01:02Couldn't get it through the field.
01:05Lovely shot to start the innings, unfortunate they couldn't find the gap.
01:17Great shot and finds the gap, perfect timing.
01:21It just looks so easy, gets onto the front foot and eases through the ball, they can
01:26just stand and admire that shot.
01:41That's too easy to pick up a single.
01:49A great opportunity to prove the critics wrong, a good innings will do the job just
01:53as well for them as for the team.
02:04Exquisite back foot shot, that just races away.
02:08A lovely shot off the back foot, the shorter ball having no joy and getting dispatched
02:12for four runs.
02:15Always difficult to focus after what happened the last ball, but just got to stay positive
02:20and believe the wicket will come.
02:22Oh, nice shot.
02:27That's just a brilliantly aggressive shot, gets onto the front foot and it's flown over
02:31the boundary.
02:35Boundary last ball, what's to come this delivery I wonder.
02:40Bold, stunning delivery.
02:48An innings that promised much and really in the end delivered very little, pretty disappointing
02:54all round.
02:58With the fall of that wicket the new batter comes out to the crease, they're quick to
03:06take guard and face up.
03:08The right arm pace bowler is coming into the attack from the north end.
03:22Good shot, a beauty.
03:24That was a boundary the moment the ball left the bat, can't time that any better, perfection.
03:31Being nicely settled at the crease now, would have been very happy with that last shot.
03:41Solid shot, going for four.
03:43Doesn't even wait to see if the ball's going to do anything, onto the front foot, punches
03:48it away to the boundary.
03:49Cool, I don't think we'll be too happy with their bowler at the moment.
03:56Yep, edged, amazing delivery.
04:03Ours on the side of bowling slightly fuller and they've been put away.
04:07Got to follow up that last delivery, found the edge but with no reward, putting plenty
04:12of pressure on the batter.
04:15Yes, great shot, gets hold of that and places it through square leg.
04:23No pressure on that run, good running, just finding the gap and that allows for rotation
04:28of the strike, keep the pressure up on the bowlers.
04:32As they get ready to face their first ball, early on you want to get the batter coming
04:35forward and getting them to play away from the body before they get themselves settled.
04:41Nice shot, found the middle of the bat, great timing, lovely front foot shot that's raced
04:48to the boundary.
04:50Just need to keep it simple, line and length around the top of off stump, eventually it'll
04:54force a mistake.
05:01Great shot through the gap there, threaded it through brilliantly, all timing on that
05:06shot.
05:07End of a high scoring over, superb batting, plenty of boundaries, these two will be full
05:12of confidence now.
05:18And that's the end of the innings, Sri Lanka have set a target of 37 runs.
06:18The openers come out and have a mammoth task, you almost need to forget about the total
06:39and just chip away at the run rate.
06:41Keep that in mind and don't let it get out of control.
06:56Lovely hook shot, might even make it to the boundary, avoided the fielders, one bounce
07:01and four fantastic shots.
07:06I'd like to see them aim for top of off now, as a bowler you've got to make them play on
07:10your terms.
07:19A poor delivery and you don't pass up chances like that, crashed away for four.
07:26After being hit for consecutive boundaries, I'm really interested to see how they can
07:29bounce back in the next ball.
07:36Dealt with that beautifully, saw the short one and got out of the way.
07:40No more of those in this over.
07:55Brilliant shot.
07:56That's for the crowd.
07:57Well, that's a waste of a delivery, absolutely no trouble getting onto it and dispatching
08:01it for six.
08:03It can be disheartening seeing good delivery smacked around, sometimes though you just
08:08have to accept it and move on.
08:13Quick to get onto the back foot and that's flown to the boundary.
08:16Yeah, too wide, it was there to be hit and it was really given the treatment.
08:22This delivery just needs to be pitched up on a good length, too short and you'll get
08:27punished on this pitch.
08:32Stunning shot, fired straight back at the bowler and running away for four.
08:36There's the drive down the ground, cracking stroke.
08:41I don't feel there was too much wrong with that last delivery.
08:44Just need to keep getting the ball in the right spots and the reward will come.
08:52Hit that hard and fast.
08:54Hit that so hard, pressed forward, got the body shape right and launched it.
09:00One for the textbook.
09:0129 runs added in that over, India are 29 for none.
09:17Verma comes in to bat, has performed well over the last few matches and is in really
09:21good touch.
09:22The right armour is coming on to bowl from the north end.
09:31Yes!
09:34Batter doesn't even have to move.
09:38Absolutely middled that one.
09:39Well the bowler watches that one go straight back over their head for six.
09:42Brilliant shot.
09:44Verma has gotten the big shot away this over, now they can focus on playing the next ball
09:49on its merits.
09:50Yes!
09:51Too good!
09:52That is huge.
09:53And that marks the end of the match.
09:55India have taken the victory.
09:56Thank you very much for joining us here for this match.
09:58Please take care and drive safely.
09:59That was a mighty win.
10:00Really, just too easy to score runs and chase down that total with time.
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