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00:00:00The Indian skipper has done a tremendous job to get back there.
00:00:23Ridiculous running with two balls to go!
00:00:27What a joke!
00:00:30Good evening. Day 8 of the World Cup and the big games come thick and fast this weekend.
00:00:49It was a fantastic atmosphere in Colombo as two big subcontinent rivals clashed.
00:00:54Sri Lanka, one of the pre-tournament favourites, faced their first big test.
00:01:03Against a Pakistan side who had looked full of class in their opening win, highlights on the way.
00:01:08Plus, the latest news ahead of England's big test in Bengaluru tomorrow.
00:01:17In some ways, perhaps there's more pressure on India than us in this game.
00:01:21If we can play good, smart cricket and put them under pressure, then hopefully that pressure will come to the fore at some stage and allow us to get over the line.
00:01:32Billions are set to tune in for the biggest game of the tournament so far.
00:01:44Joining me in the studio are our highlights old favourite in Bob Willis and a warm welcome to former England captain Michael Vaughan, who makes his first appearance on our sofas tonight.
00:01:54Plenty from them later, but firstly let's remind you that Australia led Group A at the start of the day on account of their seven-wicket hammering of New Zealand yesterday.
00:02:05Sri Lanka and Pakistan both won their opening matches against associate nations.
00:02:10Well, today was our first visit to the Sri Lankan capital on the west coast of the island.
00:02:18The Prima Nasa Stadium is due to host seven matches in this World Cup, including a quarter and semi-final, and has an official capacity of 35,000.
00:02:28There was a great atmosphere at the ground and the early news was that Shahid Afridi won the toss and decided to bat first.
00:02:35As far as the teams were concerned, well, Pakistan went in with exactly the same team that beat Kenya on Wednesday, which meant no place for Saeed Ajmal.
00:02:46Sri Lanka, though, made two changes to the side that beat Canada so convincingly on Sunday.
00:02:51In came Chamara Silva and left-arm spinner Rangana Harath.
00:02:55Out went Chamara Kapugedera and Ajanta Mendis.
00:02:59Strike bowler Lasif Malinga was still deemed not quite fit enough on account of a back strain.
00:03:03Pakistan were looking for their fourth consecutive win against the host at the Prima Nasa Stadium.
00:03:09Here are the highlights of their innings.
00:03:10For the second, first ball.
00:03:17Balls are cautious start by the Pakistani openers down in Hambat Fota when they were playing Kenya.
00:03:30But I don't think they can afford to do that today.
00:03:35They need to be positive and try and put the pressure on right from the word go.
00:03:38To play and a miss.
00:03:48And we are, of course, in the first of the three power plays.
00:03:52This is a ten over power play, the mandatory power play.
00:03:56This is a decent delivery by Kulisekera.
00:04:01Look at that, though. Takes it on the half.
00:04:03Volley. Now, just one slip, that's Mahela Joe Wardner.
00:04:06There's another man catching.
00:04:07There have to be two men catching in the first ten overs.
00:04:10And there can only be two outfielders on the boundary.
00:04:14And there's a fine leg and a third man.
00:04:19Bit of gentle in-swim from Kulisekera.
00:04:21Now, the thing to take note with the field here is that Kumar Sangakkara has only started with one slip and a wide slip.
00:04:33So, straight away, he doesn't expect the ball to zip through.
00:04:37On a slower track, that's what you tend to do.
00:04:39Even the third man's wider, the fine leg, much squarer.
00:04:43Well, in his mind, Russell, that might mean to Kumar Sangakkara that it's going to keep slow and low later on.
00:04:52Look at Shehzad coming down the pitch to meet that ball.
00:04:56That was just stand and deliver.
00:05:03How good was that?
00:05:08Oh, we're seeing a different batsman already. He's learned a lesson.
00:05:11From three days ago.
00:05:14This is what he needs to do.
00:05:15This is what he's good at.
00:05:21Oh, that is a wild one.
00:05:23He actually had a round arm action for Sarah.
00:05:26And that we're heading straight to a first slip.
00:05:32Kind of a role that he's not used to.
00:05:34General, he just throws our balls behind the back of Kulasekara and Lassif Malinga.
00:05:42But today, opted to go with him, give him the new ball.
00:05:47Picks up wickets and the struggle to keep him out in favour of Fernando.
00:05:50Oh, it's another wide delivery, and he's had a full swing in it, and it's gone.
00:05:59Pays the price for delivering wits.
00:06:01That was only the one slip in place.
00:06:12But that was travelling Jawadana.
00:06:17But maybe just a little too late.
00:06:19But now, there's a change here.
00:06:21Because of those wide swinging deliveries,
00:06:23that man who is in short point position has come into a second slip.
00:06:27The Samara Weira and Mahala Jawadana.
00:06:31We've got two slips, two in catching positions.
00:06:37Flies through, backward of point.
00:06:39For one, and they'll come back for a second.
00:06:41That's beautiful.
00:06:52Caressed away for four through cover.
00:07:01This time it's Huppies.
00:07:07Easy as you like.
00:07:09Good balance.
00:07:12Great use of the hands.
00:07:13Just making sure you hit the gap.
00:07:14There's value for shots on this outfield.
00:07:20Well, that's well played.
00:07:21Whipped away on the onside.
00:07:22This is a fast outfield.
00:07:24Just a little bit bumpy down there towards the boundary.
00:07:27But the throw is good.
00:07:28Just two.
00:07:33Well, that's well played.
00:07:34It's into the gap.
00:07:35Off the back foot.
00:07:36Classy shot.
00:07:38Jawad getting that one away nicely.
00:07:40They should have got three there.
00:07:43That wasn't very good running.
00:07:49Oh, it's off the middle of the bat.
00:07:50It's beautifully played.
00:07:51That is exquisite timing.
00:07:54Into the fence it goes for four.
00:07:56And Pakistan take their score on the 28th for no wicket.
00:08:02A little bit of width.
00:08:05Always goes for four in this part of the world.
00:08:08That's just where you don't want to be bowling.
00:08:10Wicket to wicket.
00:08:11There's not much bounce.
00:08:12Have to stay patient.
00:08:13That's out.
00:08:14Got behind.
00:08:15Beautifully taken.
00:08:16That's a magnificent delivery.
00:08:17That one pitched on offstop.
00:08:18Moved away.
00:08:19Pereira has struck.
00:08:20So.
00:08:21Wonderful bowling.
00:08:22But really cut away.
00:08:23I think it probably hit the seam and moved away.
00:08:24With a little bit of bounce.
00:08:25And nicely taken.
00:08:26Oh, boy.
00:08:27Look at Sangakara in the air.
00:08:29Milankarov struck.
00:08:30Camaran Ahmal.
00:08:3129 years of age.
00:08:32Right-handed batsman.
00:08:33Very dangerous too.
00:08:34Has arrived in the centre.
00:08:35In at number three.
00:08:36With Pakistan on 27 times.
00:08:37And no problem at the back.
00:08:38He was not about the bench.
00:08:39And at the front, he was looking at the center of the bat.
00:08:41And the back, he was looking for the first round.
00:08:42He was looking to stand up at the front.
00:08:45And the back, he was looking for the point to stand up at the back.
00:08:46From the back.
00:08:48And he was looking for the goal.
00:08:5029 years of age, right-handed batsman
00:08:52very dangerous too
00:08:54has arrived in the centre
00:08:56in at number 3 with Pakistan
00:08:58on 28 for 1
00:08:59we're into over number
00:09:026, the run rate at the moment
00:09:045 runs and over
00:09:05well played
00:09:14straight away, Kamran Akmal
00:09:16off the mark, just opening the face of the bat
00:09:18steering it away to cover
00:09:19he'll want 3, back they come
00:09:21the atmosphere here
00:09:24is just unbelievable
00:09:26but let's have a look at Pereira's
00:09:29delivery, his wicked ball
00:09:30Russell, this was a beauty
00:09:32it certainly was
00:09:36that bounces a little bit more
00:09:38and takes off
00:09:39Ahmad Shehzad
00:09:41was playing through the line well
00:09:43until then
00:09:45deceived by the ball moving away
00:09:47that's what
00:09:52Tisera Pereira can do for you
00:09:53he has the ability to pick up wickets
00:09:55oh that's a magnificent shot
00:10:01it's going all the way for 6
00:10:02way over the top of mid wicket
00:10:04well there we are
00:10:06with the swing
00:10:07that one came in
00:10:08and Hafiz decided
00:10:10this is in exactly the right place
00:10:12right out of the meat of the bat
00:10:14Tremendous shot by Muhammad Afiz
00:10:17he's blocked two deliveries before that
00:10:19he saw them coming in
00:10:21and this one was going down
00:10:23like I slightly
00:10:24picked it up beautifully
00:10:26for the maximum
00:10:27yes that was 20 metres over the boundary
00:10:32down in mid wicket
00:10:33no need to run for those
00:10:34lovely timing
00:10:35now he's moved on to 18 or 14 deliveries
00:10:38now 2 4s and a 6
00:10:40now he's the aggressor out there
00:10:42there's no doubt about that
00:10:43right what's he going to do with this one
00:10:45this is the fourth ball of the over
00:10:48oh and that's beautifully played too
00:10:49he's flicked that one in the air
00:10:51down towards fine leg
00:10:52there's a fieldsman down there
00:10:53but he won't get there
00:10:55Hafiz is the man that Sri Lanka
00:10:57will be worrying about at the moment
00:11:00two and two
00:11:01six and then four
00:11:04a very difficult shot to play
00:11:06picked it up nicely
00:11:07fine leg was up
00:11:07square leg was in front of umpire
00:11:10and the fielder has square leg no chance whatsoever
00:11:13so 10 from two deliveries
00:11:22oh he's had a go at that one over the top of square leg
00:11:25well you better go and have a word to come in and off
00:11:27while he's in a hurry it seems to me
00:11:32oh that's well played that was slightly over pitched it's running away to the boundary for four
00:11:36again this lovely timing he didn't really try and hit that too hard and of course that brings up the 50
00:11:44this was beautifully caressed away with attempted yoker
00:11:49made it to full toss and played it beautifully into the gap between extra cover and madoff
00:11:54in the air but uh into the gap no problems there that was good placement
00:12:08and it's going to go all away is it oh it was pretty close if he did drag it back that is very well done
00:12:16so they get themselves three but i've got to say that uh one gets the feeling that the sri lankans are
00:12:21getting just a little bit frustrated here because uh one or two short deliveries like that one
00:12:27easily played into the gap and then of course the ball before was a full toss
00:12:31and just judging by the reaction there of mahala jaywadana for example oh that's well fielded
00:12:37that was great effort by the sri lankan fielder chamara
00:12:40this is beautifully played shot by karma ruckman who looks in prime prime form that's in the over
00:12:5859.1
00:13:03beating the outside edge one has to say that the side of pereira has been the bowler that has looked
00:13:09most dangerous here today not only has he got the wicket but he's getting a little bit of movement
00:13:14swing bit of extra bounce and bowling at the right length the late swing did the trick there
00:13:20of his was bit lucky there he appreciated the boner after this delivery he usually don't expect swing
00:13:28in nine and tenth or eleventh over with the white ball under this condition but pereira has really been
00:13:35consistent there we are away on the onside again and another boundary that fine leg is up you cannot
00:13:43afford to bolly anything like even straight to these two because they'll whip it away on the onside and
00:13:49the drums are beating and i can tell you that these two are looking deadly at the moment
00:14:00goes for the big one smashes it hard over mirand for four
00:14:03that's why he's so dangerous karma ruckman anything you pitch him up if madoff is up he will go there
00:14:14and this time he picked it up nicely to the land delivery he wasn't full played it on the up
00:14:20and madoff was up one bounce two bounce and into the fans he's on 24 of 19 with four boundaries to his
00:14:29name so far he's looking better every second
00:14:36that's for the sweet shot well clearly an accident and a major accident
00:14:40oh they missed the throw and second time around the fails are whipped
00:14:47kamran akmal was not looking at the non-strikers in
00:14:50i think hafiz maybe showing the finger here by the umpire because kamran akmal just kept on running
00:15:05just when pakistan were looking to be in control it is a major accident
00:15:10umpire there will have a word with his uh with his partner
00:15:20hamad the fees is uh all ready to walk back to the hutch have a look at this one
00:15:25tom moody has joined us tom yeah massive confusion and then a poor throw by kumar singa kari he must have
00:15:33had his heart in his mouth but uh neither batsmen attempted to try to make their ground after
00:15:40sangakara's effort but uh again a case of you need to trust your partner's call the ball has gone
00:15:47behind square murray he's throwing his hands up in the air wants to know what's going on
00:15:52umpires trying to get clarified clarification to who's out and it looks like hafiz he's gone
00:15:58a real shame because he got a good start made a a good 32 and pakistan 76 for two
00:16:09unistan is the new man in on strike 33 years of age a lot of experience he'll look to work it
00:16:16away for ones and twos not a big hitter of the ball but still maintains a good strike rate
00:16:22there's a down for one and he's off the mark
00:16:32oh delicately done that was perfectly thought out and executed
00:16:42yunis khan is waiting for that playing it's so late just wide of kumar singa kara diving effort
00:16:48it's a great execution
00:16:57it's down the leg side can't afford to stray down there and that gets punished
00:17:03okay poor delivery and matthews knows it
00:17:06oh he's gone he went for a dance down the pitch and the music stopped and there's a tantalizing
00:17:20piece of bowling by heras khanvan akmal's gone
00:17:25no real turn though straightened down the line but most important thing khanvan akmal losing the plot
00:17:43it's kenya also he was come so when he just dries up he just loses it he's out for 39
00:17:48105 to three
00:17:54nisbar ul haq who is the test captain for pakistan he comes in playing his 58th innings he scored 100
00:18:031822 runs at an average of 40 strike rate of 79.8
00:18:09one a little reverse sweep very very nicely played and it'll go all the way to the boundary for four
00:18:20so uh not a great start for dilshan but uh very well played by mishwa this one is too hard
00:18:28he had plenty of practice the game before brought that shot out a lot
00:18:32and he's put dilshan under pressure straight away
00:18:40that last boundary was the first four in 46 deliveries give you an idea of the strategy
00:18:45that they're adopting as that throw comes in
00:18:53that's gone fine this is uh this is pretty good batting it's gone all the way as well
00:18:58another four runs oh yunice is looking very dangerous he looks very controlled at the moment
00:19:07that's the worry here
00:19:10creating those opportunities that one turn
00:19:20nicely done no chance for the man in the deep boundary coming just at the right time that breaks
00:19:26the rhythm of singles and twos that's the third four in this partnership and nice flick from yunis khan
00:19:36the final leg was wider yunis knew that it drifted down leg side from metal played it perfectly into the gap
00:19:44for is the third boundary now they won 169 for three 34 forward
00:19:56this is the second success of 50 for him after getting one against kenya
00:20:09his previous previous world cup hadn't been that great just 32 runs in eight innings
00:20:14and after a good successful start in World Cup 2011
00:20:20still looking so calm that's why he's such a dangerous player Yunus Khan he's
00:20:25on 50 or 56 deliveries he only hit three boundaries but he shows that how
00:20:31important he is for Pakistan in middle order with Ms. Paul Huck with him this
00:20:36partnership of success with 83 steady the strip for Pakistan after losing
00:20:40Kamal Akmal in a very foolish manner I suppose
00:20:49bit of hesitation Yunus Khan makes his ground because the ball missed the
00:20:53stumps it's 177 foot 3
00:20:59that's gone through to Mars and Gakara misses the ball missed by like it missed
00:21:10it
00:21:12well it's stopped by the boot the fire more than does the tidying up job
00:21:19the lovely bowling ball rung in the hero that was the current ball that was the
00:21:22one that spins back in and a beat both batsman and keeper
00:21:32there's that cool shot doesn't catch it entirely but he'll come back for the
00:21:36second one he's not a big hitter of the ball Yunus Khan
00:21:41but he's effective he's got his nuisance value where he'll not knock you down
00:21:47completely but he'll punch you and earn those valuable points for every team
00:21:53needs a player like Yunus Khan a real batsman that has the ability to anchor the
00:21:59innings and accumulate runs get the stroke players on strike and he's a player of
00:22:05experience he's a player of class so where he's done an excellent job today
00:22:09just rotating the strike slow bounce and at the end he played it rather nicely
00:22:17ungainly but effective enough to pick him a single such a difficult ball for a
00:22:25batsman to deal with you know your first instinct is when a bowler bangs it in
00:22:29halfway down as it's gonna whistle past you you need to be in position early but if
00:22:34it's a slow ball bound so you're sort of into position ready to go and you're
00:22:37waiting and waiting and waiting and suddenly ball eventually arrives and you
00:22:42have to hold your nerve it's the Yunus Kardon did hand control the shot
00:22:48my leg coming into the ring mid-offs push back
00:22:57this one still to utilize the last batting power play walks away from the
00:23:02stumps and plays it fine the fun the field had come back into the ring and
00:23:07people karanga does well with a slide
00:23:12that smart piece of batting and thinking from mr. 193 for three
00:23:18that's beautifully done over cover what a shot Yunus Khan was in complete control
00:23:32playing that inside out drive over cover and nobody there to stop it well he may
00:23:38not be a big six hitter but he is a class act and this is a great example of a quality cricket shot
00:23:44inside out over extra cover control balance everything about that was perfect
00:23:51what would be fair now here what would Pakistan have in mind put it this way I think with what
00:24:03they've got left in the tank so to speak in their middle order yet to come with a power play up their
00:24:08sleeve 300 it's got to be the target let's go 100 partnership between these two
00:24:13miss bar on Yunus and the reverse sweep comes out well the confidence is exuding here
00:24:21miss bar on Yunus and the reverse sweep comes out well the confidence is exuding here
00:24:28bold it's good stuff from Herath but two runs here
00:24:32miss bar collects a half century
00:24:41it's a very finely compiled well compiled our center of miss bar ulha 65 balls just the one four
00:24:53top edge and it could be out jar warden is underneath it and a catch easy catch for him and
00:25:05rungana hera gets the important breakthrough
00:25:18rungana hera tossing the ball up and Yunus khan looking to sweep it away and getting a top edge
00:25:24and the very safe hands of mahala jar warden at short fine leg doesn't make a mistake of that so that's the
00:25:31end of an outstanding innings by Yunus khan 72 off 76 balls pakistan 213 for four
00:25:44umar akmol
00:25:47man of a match in the previous match for pakistan their first against kenya one century and seven
00:25:53half centuries with 949 runs in his 30 previous odis this was
00:26:00khan trying to sweep head off the way against the spin
00:26:06warden takes the catch fine innings from Yunus khan he's gone for 72 it's 213 for four
00:26:14rungana hera has taken two for 46
00:26:20they've all kumar's gone up with a very convincing appeal and kumar has asked for a review here
00:26:27i can't see what kumar he thinks it's an lvw i'm not so sure because i think
00:26:34misbar actually got his bit of bat on this it was a huge raucous appeal
00:26:40from herrath we'll have a look square on was the delivery legal yes he's right behind that front
00:26:50crease and he's bowled him
00:26:55ball doesn't turn and he's hit it he's actually hit the cover
00:26:59yep it's the current ball it wasn't the ball that traditionally spins away from the right hand
00:27:04it's the ball that spins in but it certainly looked like it uh made contact with the bat
00:27:10so the original decision as you can see was not out and
00:27:17darrell harper is having a bit of fun and the original decision stands
00:27:23that's been chopped fine and they'll go back for a second with five from the over it's 218 for four
00:27:41Yunus 72 from 76
00:27:45see little cat and mouse
00:27:53now both umpires with a little bit of a conflict there umar akmal
00:28:00both umpires just had a word not with the bowler for falling through it was this
00:28:08ian gould and darrell harper saying a bit of a jump on the middle of the pitch there and
00:28:15it's not the bowler has been warned it's just there we are a little bit of an explanation you can't do that
00:28:20said ian gould
00:28:25amit shahzad is the runner
00:28:29who's out there for misbar i'm not sure what's happened to misbar here we go amit shahzad
00:28:37is the runner who's come on actually seeing misbar pulling up or anything maybe it's a hamstring
00:28:42right there yeah he may have cramps i think you know the conditions have been very very hot out
00:28:48there and he's done a lot of running and he just might be having some trouble with cramps hence the runner
00:28:57that's a great hit that's gone screaming away for four six from the over it's 224 for four
00:29:04right now seven overs to go mudali's got two left matthews has got one and it is the batting power
00:29:15play now that means that kumasangakara can only for the next five overs he can only have three
00:29:22fielders outside the inner circle so he's got to count on his bowlers of whom
00:29:30muta murulitharan has to be his most experienced to bowl two of the five overs maybe matthews will
00:29:36bowl the third he's got one over to go oh it's going to be tight this how do you see it russell
00:29:42pakistan well placed
00:29:45murali the first of the batting power play overs
00:29:50gosh it's missed by a whisker how did that miss
00:29:55bye it in by muli
00:30:05drilled it straight to mid-off oh if it hits it was gone surely
00:30:13karanga at mid-off
00:30:15he did his best he got to it quick
00:30:23aduma rakmal had to go he's just got six runs off 11 balls direct hit would certainly have had his man
00:30:31oh that would have been on a frame wouldn't it very close kukukuranga was the fielder
00:30:43folks now tilakaratni dilshan in that mid-off position that's been hoisted and it's going to
00:30:50make the gap that's gone before that's a great blow from misbah
00:31:01well he read it well he knew what fuller sakura was after so he set himself up moved across and
00:31:07deep in his crease and created that lens to get under
00:31:11his bar standing at square leg because he has the runner shahzad standing at the non-striker's end
00:31:22that's been blasted away for four we expect to see this from umu akmal that's an expensive over 11 from
00:31:30it 237 for four
00:31:32short and pulled away there is a man there tilakaratni dilshan takes a very good catch
00:31:47umar akmal perishes for the cause he's gone
00:31:50umar akmal trying to latch on to a short delivery here from murulitharan
00:32:04you can see him making way some room he tried to get underneath it to make the big hit
00:32:09and a good low down catch taken by tilakratni dilshan akmal has gone for 10 it's 238 for five
00:32:21shahid afridi pakistan's captain comes in he too could cause a lot of damage he'll be looking
00:32:28at those stands thinking i'd like to put a white cricket ball up in there
00:32:33six odi centuries
00:32:40and this entire crowd every one of them knows that afridi can
00:32:45create some havoc if he gets going
00:32:50it's well bowled and well fielded right up in the block hole that's what you've got to do there's
00:32:59some real basic things that you've got to do at the end of an innings and one of them is the bowl
00:33:04the ball up and straight oh he tries again that's well bowled again beautifully bowled
00:33:12fuller sakura is bowling a gem of an over dot ball a single and two dot balls
00:33:18oh it's in the air and it's going to go all the way one bounce for four
00:33:26well i'm afraid he didn't quite get it right there's an over pitch delivery 245 for five
00:33:36well that's well played two men up on the lake side everything that's anywhere near
00:33:41straight in fact even if it's just outside off stump they're going to have to move a fieldsman
00:33:45back on the lake side for sure
00:33:53that is always going to be four
00:33:57oh he's got that over the top that's a good shot from afridi just the wrong length that delivery
00:34:03a free he was able to pause at the back of his uplift of his back lift to get that one away over
00:34:10the top of the offside field
00:34:14that's well played too this is a fast outfield will the field to get there i don't think he will
00:34:19another four he's picked the gap well on that offside this is turning out to be a very productive over
00:34:24for pakistan three fours single so far
00:34:27well it's a full toss and it's going to go all the way is it yes i think so or was it just short
00:34:36no just short of the boundary at square leg not a good start full toss on leg stump with no one back
00:34:41at square leg
00:34:46in the air and out quarter backward point never any doubt about that dilshaan he doesn't drop them
00:34:53and that brings to an end a pretty useful innings
00:34:58fajita fridi had no option but to come in and have a real go he did
00:35:07no just another look at uh what happened here he tried to get it over the top of dilshaan's head
00:35:13to that boundary at cover point dilshaan doesn't drop those
00:35:22so pakistan have failed to finish this off they were well placed coming into the 40th
00:35:30or maybe the 40th and over but will be disappointed with the effort so far from then on
00:35:38smash through the offside mid-off will cut this off recycle come back for the second
00:35:53oh we hit that one hard and once again a four in that area behind square where they've only got
00:35:58two fieldsman saving one four more to the total fish bar goes to 82
00:36:04he did well to get bad on that one
00:36:16there we go last ball in the air this will be caught
00:36:20the zak has ended up in the air yes it's taken so a dot ball that's exactly the way they'd like to
00:36:28have ended up so 278 to win
00:36:33well shaid afridi said he wanted 270 at the toss and he got his wish the top three provided a
00:36:43reasonably fast start which allowed the experience heads younis and misbah to milk singles in the
00:36:49middle overs and provide a base to launch at the end that base perhaps wasn't fully utilized in the
00:36:54last 10 overs though and pakistan may have felt that they could have got 300. both opening bowlers were a
00:37:00little expensive although kula sakura did pull his figures back a bit with some good death bowling
00:37:07the frontline spinners muralithrin and rangana harath were the pick of the home attack the latter
00:37:12vindicating his selection ahead of a jan for mendes pakistan then had put 277 on the board and they
00:37:20would have been cheered by the fact that the team batting second in the last 13 day night matches at
00:37:25the prima dasa had only won once
00:37:31pakistan made 277 for seven in colombo with misbah ul haq and yunis khan both making half centuries
00:37:38afridi's side didn't help themselves with a silly run out and sri lanka applied the breaks well leaving
00:37:43the match evenly poised at the interval so could sri lanka chase down that score and beat their opponents
00:37:50for the first time in the world cup here are the highlights of their innings
00:38:00the first ball of the sri lanka innings
00:38:06a reminder that is for the first 10 overs the mandatory power play so only two fielders could
00:38:13field outside the inner circle which is 30 yards from the stumps at either end that's the inner circle
00:38:22the show back there i'll tell you something in a little of sweats it's this guy he really does
00:38:29works up a sweat he works up a pace he works up a passion he'll run in all day for his captain
00:38:43so the account is open for sri lanka
00:38:55short flies off that outer edge and it's gone for four that's the danger for show back there
00:39:03when you've got pace the ball can fly and uh
00:39:07trunga certainly didn't have control over this shot but he's just flicked it over the slips
00:39:14looking to go squarer but i think he was done for pace and the ball just flew off the edge
00:39:23flashed hard at that and third man is about 10 yards in but it's just a bunch short of it
00:39:37just short of length bill shine looking at that squarer for the boundary and getting a thick edge
00:39:43it's great down there razak thinking that there's half a chance for a catch but it landed well short
00:39:54well here's one for you tom to look correctly his career batting average is 35 against pakistan
00:40:00the average is just short of 47 he likes pakistan's bowlers
00:40:07good looking shot fabulous shot and it'll race away for four
00:40:17he's got this one through dilshan hitting it on top of the bounce and it's gone for four
00:40:23that was a great shot effortless good shot slightly outside of stern he rested towards extra cover no
00:40:37need to run for that beautiful great shot everybody's not very happy
00:40:46and i don't think you can blame abdul razak too much for that there was nowhere near a half volley
00:40:51just hit it smoothly on the up bill shot on eight
00:40:57similar length and it's flown before maybe it could have gone to slip but there are no slips
00:41:09oh if it's a hit it could be gone it could have gone it was an uncertain run
00:41:1510 from the over might have been a runner six gone 26 for naught
00:41:25a slice hard no chance for the man in the deep
00:41:29umber goal will collect the ball it's gone rather quickly for a four
00:41:34so that's where he's very very strong dilshan anything wide he will throw his back at it
00:41:43and obviously third man was wider with shweb's pace it should be slightly finer because he's quick
00:41:49if anything it will go finer not wider and look shweb is also shocked where where is the fielder but
00:41:56that's his fault he should look his feelings before he's bowling it's a habit
00:42:04this time follows him doesn't give him the width 35 without a wicket
00:42:08goes for the cut shot finds the gap beautifully done umar goal just a touch wide and paying the price
00:42:22upu taranga making most of his stay at the crease
00:42:30this was short this was wide and that's where taranga's strength lies you can't
00:42:34bowl him there he's waiting on the back foot for this particular delivery
00:42:38oh a little bit of spin for him yes that little pause means that he can
00:42:48know how the batsman is feeling him look at the feet changes angle or game plan
00:42:57also watch for what movements the batsman is doing
00:43:00goes back cuts he likes that shot in this time finds the gap
00:43:08costly boundary of the last ball of the over 48 without a wicket
00:43:17cuts finds the gap that's gone like a bullet
00:43:2150 comes up for sri lanka oh my god once again shot wide
00:43:25can't hold that link to kill it right that the sean is so good with the cut shot
00:43:34as usual no feet movement
00:43:39in the bank
00:43:47goes over younes khan for another four slashes hard once again
00:43:51philagraat that they'll shine omar goal is so frustrated with all this
00:43:56because that wasn't such a bad delivering
00:44:04certainly no width
00:44:06this time on length but dilshan will throw his parallel
00:44:11the slashing slash hard
00:44:14with no chance to the slip filter
00:44:15still feel omar goal needs to be up
00:44:21i think he's pulling the uh the link of a pitch where there's something in it for the bowlers this
00:44:25is a beautiful batting track so you've got to keep the ball just a little bit more up
00:44:30the driving link that's more like it
00:44:33it's been signaled as a no ball so omar goal over stepping nothing working for him
00:44:42it'll be a free hit
00:44:45the banners are already out
00:44:48they want a four at least of this free hit
00:44:51there's a confusion with the running that was a single on
00:45:04dilshan needs to be careful here not to go too hard at the ball
00:45:08be making that mistake throughout this innings
00:45:13he holds a lovely yorker i don't know whether he'll have control to bowl that yorker this ball is still new
00:45:18it made the slip out of his fingers
00:45:28let's see where he hits him
00:45:33it's a bouncer over the keeper's head it's a wide so the free hit stays
00:45:38more misery for omar goal and april he doesn't like it one bit
00:45:42it's all about control at this stage that controlled sri lanka quite nicely in the first
00:45:4610 but it's just falling apart now
00:45:53this one gets another goal pressure relievers
00:46:0114 runs from this over so far three boundaries are freely there clearly
00:46:08not in sync he wanted omar goal really to bowl the perfect bouncer
00:46:13the yorker that's wide and this time finds the fielder
00:46:21do not go one more to go
00:46:29that always kind of change things around for sri lanka
00:46:32required rate coming down to almost where they started the innings at
00:46:42pakistan look clearly worried now all wickets in the tank 62 without a wicket this partnership now
00:46:49looking a lot more looking a lot more meaningful
00:46:52a lot more action from taranga and delshan delshan
00:46:55delhi now has the floor strike rate has improved over 70
00:47:03drives it nicely past the field at point will come back for the second
00:47:07big over for the sri lankans 64 without a wicket
00:47:21well that's a lovely hit pickup shot mid-off has got
00:47:28really nothing to do with it in the end because he was late getting across to that one beautifully timed by
00:47:33ukul karanga it muscle it it was all about timing and placement
00:47:39picked his spot well be done in the circle
00:47:44just hit the top of him control the shot rather than look for pace
00:47:48the outfield is value for shots out here
00:47:54fieldsman back there that's it well though it'll be cut off
00:47:57he's starting to have to feel well they really are
00:48:06well that one's cut away off the stumps and into the gap i think the fieldsman slipped there
00:48:11perhaps it was well placed he was never going to get to it i don't think but that's nice timing
00:48:16the ball was actually taken off the stumps the approval of something cara
00:48:21it's not shot he loves that area it's been also being in his favor it's coming away from the field
00:48:30there
00:48:32the drive beautiful trade make sure that he timed it by becoming too hard
00:48:39but i'm going to 33 or 42 dilschein's 34 or 44. no wickets down they've got the 76
00:48:47four off the first ball of the over that always puts pressure on the bowler
00:48:51in the air and that's it he's got him well he's just got a little overconfident having hit a four
00:48:57off the first ball taranga has tried to blast that through the offside field he was never quite to the
00:49:02pitch of it this is a big wicket
00:49:04here's the dismissal again there's the drive in the air pretty straightforward catch really
00:49:18a pretty taking it and boy look at the celebration there they needed a wicket desperately they've now
00:49:24got one so karanga 33 it's 76 for one
00:49:34oh and he's got him he's dragged it back onto the stumps well afridi has struck and it's taken
00:49:39him no time at all that was not a very good shot from dilschein we were we've mentioned that he tends
00:49:45to bowl a bit of a top spinner the ball nips back a little bit he was cutting the wrong delivery so
00:49:51all of a sudden two down
00:49:52yeah there it is dilschein it's just too close afridi gets this angle into the right hander
00:50:08and it's very difficult to hit the ball square of the wicket which dilschein was looking to do
00:50:13hence him getting that bottom edge so dilschein departs for 41 on 55 balls
00:50:19tri-lanka 88 for two
00:50:26a healer joe other 33 years of age and a wonderful player joins kumar sangakara so no doubt about the
00:50:36fact that there are two champions at the crease right now
00:50:39two of them over the years have put on many a good and match winning partnership
00:50:50will it be required today
00:50:57good sound to that bat from the sri lankan captain
00:51:01and they've settled for two 20 overs gone here it's 95 for two
00:51:12balled him roll him over
00:51:15show back there fires in an exocet and jaya warden has gone he's gone for two
00:51:22a shake of the head from my hello joe water and the damage tells its story
00:51:34show back there firing one in an absolute beauty by akdar just coming in off the scene creeping between
00:51:42bat and pad and this is what he's been brought back for for afridi the captain brought him back to
00:51:47break this partnership jaya warden are gone for two sri lanka now 95 for three
00:51:58kylan samarawira comes in with sri lanka having lost three top order batters
00:52:06and that was a huge blow for the home side
00:52:09oh oh i think his foot was up i think this might be reviewed upstairs
00:52:18oh i think his back foot just lifted for a second and it was enough for kamran akmal
00:52:26and samarawira comes forward that back leg goes out and he's out he's gone
00:52:32his back foot has gone behind the line and the line belongs to the keeper this is not going to make
00:52:43good reading for samarawira and he's gone it was a short stay at the crease of 3d strikes 96 for four
00:52:52samarawira has gone for one
00:52:53samarawira silva 31 years of age comes in at six for sri lanka and sri lanka are just teetering here
00:53:06at 96 for four average of 30 with one one day century tamara silva's going to play an innings
00:53:13here to support his captain
00:53:14oh that's nicely played it's really exquisitely timed it's the 100 up for sri lanka
00:53:28and it's come after 22.2 overs
00:53:37in a long while since we saw a loose ball
00:53:45good use of the hands
00:53:51gone for the appeal and given by the umpire he waited and waited
00:53:57and i think batsman straightaway has asked for a referral
00:54:01kumash sangakara is walking up to his partner
00:54:14the original decision stands out one red box is ticked
00:54:26was it spinning it was clearly spinning and possibly missing the stumps
00:54:33pitching outside impact
00:54:34is just a little outside the off stump the ball spinning away and missing the stumps
00:54:44and so sri lanka possibly will survive this scale
00:54:49the decision is turned back in favor of the batsman i think
00:54:54there was always that little bit of doubt with the ball spinning and pitching on that off stone channel
00:54:58oh mr stumping chance
00:55:05extra bit of bounce and up the ramon is not impressed camera netball has been decent behind the stumps
00:55:11four whites
00:55:12but clearly there was a chance to pick up kumash sangakara have a look at this one
00:55:21nicely bowled by outdoor ramon tricked the batsman completely by pulling it just a little wide outside
00:55:26the next step it come around had plenty of time really to collect it i think got beaten by the extra bit of lift
00:55:33a good throw good pickup just wide
00:55:59still but not even in the picture
00:56:03oh and he's dropped it again that was a missed dumping
00:56:09i think the bowlers and wide signaled but of course that wouldn't have mattered i think the
00:56:14bowler saw him coming he's seen this happen before so that's the second time sangakara has been missed
00:56:22yeah kumash sangakara coming early ramon picking it up just spearing it down the lake side
00:56:28then makamal fortunately it's not gloving it bouncing out
00:56:38right to sangakara
00:56:43going for the sweep bottom edge was it yes i think it was and that'll go to the boundary for four
00:56:47well that's a bit of a relief it's 149 for four
00:56:57well that's in the air and this is going to be caught at mid wicket i don't think there's any data
00:57:01oh i cannot believe it i cannot believe it i've given it away out caught for sure that is where
00:57:10things can change pakistan one minute they look at stone cold certainty and all of a sudden this sort of
00:57:18thing happens raymond the culprit absolute sitter well i say that not any there's certainly no catch
00:57:27is an easy catch but there there is a catch that should have been taken certainly at this level
00:57:32raymond the left arm spinner dropping a sitter and charmer of silver has another chance to resurrect this innings
00:57:42it's going to go all the way all the way for six well sangakara smashing through that one it's gone all
00:57:55the way to the boundary for six that's the first six of the innings things starting to go a little bit
00:58:01shranker's way now umar gul banging it in umar sangakara giving himself room and flashing that
00:58:09over third man getting it off the middle of the back you'd have to say but top edge that just flies
00:58:23it's well played he's hit that nice and hard oh it's well filled it too umar gul boy is committed
00:58:29is he not and what a good throw as well umar gul diving full length they're skidding across this uh
00:58:36this green surface here at primadasa just watch this for commitment the guy has done some bowling
00:58:41as well beautifully fielded great effort by umar gul under pressure he was firmly hit by sangakara
00:58:48he waited and he died at the last second we've saved two very important runs for pakistan
00:58:55that's in the air this is going to be caught surely it's going to be caught is it going to be
00:58:59caught yes it is caught that time it's definitely taken once again afridi has this happy knack of
00:59:07coming out there and doing something special
00:59:17right well uh the end of sangakara that might well be
00:59:21the end of the match it was a wrong one and uh sangakara didn't quite get it right
00:59:28and that brings up afridi's 300 wicket in one day at the nationals
00:59:33karakara goes to 49 sridanka 169 to five
00:59:43that's an edge and that'll run down to the boundary it might even go for four matthews getting a boundary
00:59:49they've been few and far between and she's loving every moment of it absolutely more fours please
00:59:59well that's useful isn't it we'll take a four of those
01:00:05his first boundary silver moves on to 34 67 deliveries needs a few more of these ways we do actually
01:00:14the five runners has gone down 11 and over now he's not very happy with his bowling unlucky
01:00:20he has been unlucky today he's going very well throughout has gone awake a bit now excited
01:00:27you can see a chance 84 from 46 deliveries no batting power play remember
01:00:32it took their batting power play from 34 to 38 so now no one's been set but this final as well this could
01:00:45run away as well for another four but that'll do sri lanka a power of good
01:00:49he's hit this one flat and hard and it's gone the way for four to bring it over for sri lanka it's 200 up 203
01:01:03for five seven overs to go
01:01:10dabbed away and it's gone fine it's beaten umar gul who can just chase it
01:01:14he's not going to cut it off look at the crowd they got berserk
01:01:24they have a way of hope now the wide run bit ten and a half this was beautifully played shot
01:01:31waited quicker delivery and shot hurtman was slightly wider no chance once the ball is gone you don't have
01:01:39to run out there it's a really really fast outfield
01:01:50well a flurry of boundaries here and a couple of sixes would just spice it up a little bit more
01:02:00that's a big hit but there is a man right underneath it and he takes a great catch
01:02:04and then shazad takes the catch shahid afridi picks up another wicket
01:02:22matthews looking for the big hit a rush of adrenaline maybe and he didn't quite connect and that's the end
01:02:31arm a big hope for angelo matthews and maybe sri lanka's hopes have gone with angelo matthews walking
01:02:39back he's made 22 from 20 deliveries
01:02:47cara perera 21 years of age comes in and his country needs him
01:02:54as angelo matthews has gone
01:02:55short smacked away that beats the man out there in the deep and that has gone so fast before
01:03:12the swivel used the pace of umar gul
01:03:15that was traveling this is what we're used to seeing from chamara silver so unfortunate
01:03:26taken a long while to find his touch
01:03:33good looking shot it'll just be for one run
01:03:37and that brings up a half century for chamara silver 50
01:03:42from 75 deliveries with four batteries it's a strike rate of 66
01:03:47and he's going to have to improve upon that if sri lanka are going to come through this tonight
01:03:56full toss hits straight down the ground and it's gone all the way
01:04:01oh that was well hit 45 over has gone 223 for six
01:04:11he's hit this like bay bruce
01:04:17he has absolutely monitored
01:04:25far from all one this is the chamara sumabino
01:04:33sri lanka needs 46 from 26
01:04:36six it's still on
01:04:43ballroom show back that rattles the woodwork yet again
01:04:50pereira follows the same way as jaw warden a victim of the face of akta
01:05:04and it was not quite yorker length but it was the shot that allowed the ball to
01:05:17infiltrate the sara pereira has gone for eight from six it's 232 for seven
01:05:25nine runs from the over plus the wicket
01:05:38nine runs from the over plus the wicket
01:05:42he's been stumped off a wide the finger of triumph from rayman
01:05:54and that will surely be it for sri lanka chamara silver looking to waft at a wide delivery here
01:06:08it's been called the wide and of course you can be stumped off a wide he's way down the track
01:06:14down on the silver goes 57 from 79 the good innings sri lanka 232 for eight
01:06:30that's a nice little nudge that'll run away
01:06:33rehmans not impressed but he's conceded four runs
01:06:41oh rogold spearing that ball in full length and they're going back for the second because the throw is wayward
01:06:49well this will go all the way that's the six that sri lanka need
01:07:0449 overs 260 for eight 18 needed off the last over
01:07:08there is the edge there's no slip and it's beaten third man afridi looks down at the ground
01:07:23it's still on
01:07:29how far has this gone it's gone straight into the hands
01:07:33of umar akmal
01:07:36try to free he can smile now
01:07:39but that was a magnificent effort by no one could a secular he's gone for 24
01:07:51just didn't get enough of it i thought he'd got enough
01:07:55well in morocco had about five to ten meters to play around with
01:07:59he'd be full and straight that's your best option
01:08:02koulasekhar gone for 24 sri lanka nine down for 265
01:08:08muradharan is the final man for sri lanka
01:08:12it's the last ball
01:08:15and pakistan under the captaincy of shahid afridi have beaten sri lanka and sri lanka's first ever
01:08:22defeat at home in world cup matches
01:08:25and now pakistan have beaten sri lanka in all seven world cup games between
01:08:30these two countries pakistan have won by 11 runs
01:08:35so an exciting game almost went all the way down to the wire
01:08:39but in the end 278 too much for sri lanka
01:08:43joe wardner's wicket was a big blow as was that of captain sangakara who fell to take advantage of
01:08:49pakistan's generosity in the field
01:08:51chamara silver was the only man to pass 50 but took a long time to get going probably too long
01:08:58gull was a long way off his best and it was left to show him to carry the seam attack
01:09:02the royal pindi express may not be as rapid as he used to be but at 35 he showed he can still cut
01:09:08it at the highest level with an impressive performance and figures to go with it of the
01:09:12spinners remand started well but faded at the end of his spell while his captain was the star of the
01:09:18show four wickets for him means it's nine in his first two world cup games he's in red hot form
01:09:26it's pakistan then who upset the odds and beat sri lanka by 11 runs leaving hordes of home fans
01:09:32disappointed here's what both captains made of a cracking game in colombo
01:09:37how tough was this defeat in front of the home crowd well any any defeat is tough but uh quite a
01:09:43few positives to take out i thought we both pretty well on a really flat deck unfortunately lost uh
01:09:47three wickets at the wrong time is chasing a difficult proposition on a pitch like this
01:09:54well it's not too difficult i think we made it a bit difficult for ourselves by losing wickets but
01:09:58we got a good start uh we needed uh you know a couple of blokes to just kick on from there and
01:10:04and keep batting for a longer time unfortunately pakistan played very well very impressive win in
01:10:08front of uh the sri lankan crowd i think it was first of all i want to thank my mighty allah without his
01:10:13help nothing is possible that's what i believe uh but i think uh that was a big game and the boys they
01:10:18all knew how big that game was but i think uh the way uh miss ball hug i must say miss ball like a
01:10:25unus khan beautiful inning very mature uh cricket from these guys and the way we boys started the
01:10:31inning was amazing how important was this win afridi at the end of the day because you're playing sri
01:10:37lanka at home you wanted to win this to have the rhythm with you i think it's a great message for
01:10:41other teams that we will definitely come harder and harder in game by game
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