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00:00You called it, Russ.
00:17Well, you know how the mind works.
00:24That'll be four.
00:26Wrong line.
00:30From Asita Fernando.
00:32And all Ben Curran had to do there was get some bat on it.
00:34And he's got a boundary.
00:38Cracking pull shot by Ben Curran.
00:41It wasn't all that short.
00:42But he picked up the length so quickly.
00:48That'll be four more.
00:50On to the pads.
00:52And Ben Curran doesn't miss out.
00:57Welcome to the bowling crease.
01:00What a cracking pull shot that was again by Ben Curran.
01:07Wasn't all that far away from square leg.
01:10It's still going to go for four.
01:11Comindu Mendes almost turned that into a catch.
01:18Reached him on the half volley.
01:19But it's back to back boundaries for Ben Curran.
01:21Nicely done.
01:25Wait there.
01:26And he'll put it away.
01:27Such a good batting track this.
01:30Bennett will get a lot of confidence with that shot.
01:32He's been the slow one of the two.
01:33Immediately you see that.
01:38And equally solidly played by Bennett.
01:41Very straight bat down the line.
01:43Go on.
01:47You just feel he's close the face of the bat a little early.
01:51And that shape in has worked with that breeze.
01:53So Dushmanta's decision to change ends has worked.
01:57And they've found an opening by sending Brian Bennett back into the dugout.
02:02This is a good change of ends for Dushmanta.
02:10And he's got the wicket of Bennett.
02:13Just come across.
02:14Balance goes slightly off.
02:15He's falling over towards the offside.
02:18And he's disappointed.
02:20He was starting to look really good.
02:21He's gone for 21.
02:23And Zababu lose their first at 55 for 1.
02:29Bruins here.
02:29You see that's the important part of Curran's innings.
02:33Any bad ball.
02:34And he makes sure that he puts it away.
02:36For a boundary or runs there.
02:41What a shot.
02:43That's probably the shot of the morning.
02:46High elbow.
02:48Full face of the bat.
02:49Use them.
02:49You need to get him out of those zones.
02:53And you play shots like this.
02:56It just keeps you pushing away.
02:58And more pressure on the fielding team.
03:0184 for 1.
03:05Oh, it's the outside edge.
03:06I think that's genuine.
03:08But Ben Curran won't mind.
03:11Back-to-back 50s for Ben Curran in the series.
03:15Out.
03:21Taylor goes.
03:24Chimera takes the catch at short, fine leg.
03:29He was looking to get on with it.
03:30Brendan Taylor.
03:32He's taken up a lot of balls over that 20.
03:35In the end, he's perished.
03:37Good tactical awareness from the Sri Lankan captain.
03:45Just used his fifth bowlers to keep Brendan Taylor under pressure.
03:49Three chances.
03:50Eventually, the third one is taken.
03:53Brendan Taylor.
03:5520 from 37.
03:56116 for 2.
03:57Board moving.
04:01Lovely shot from Williams.
04:03Almost into the commentary box.
04:06Teams win.
04:07Oh, that's good cricket.
04:16Good awareness.
04:17It's gone for four, in fact.
04:20Signals are wide.
04:22In that first inning.
04:24Oh, he's gone.
04:25He's gone.
04:26I'd call that a soft dismissal.
04:29He's trying to pull that, and he's just handed it over to short mid-wicket.
04:32He didn't go anywhere with that shot.
04:34That could really be the turning point in the game, because still, 19 overs are to go,
04:40and a set batter has been dismissed.
04:46Disappointing from Ben Curran's point of view, because he's played the pull shot so well today.
04:53And that one, I just don't think, was short enough.
04:55The line wasn't right to play the shot.
04:58He was good while he lasted.
04:5979 and 95.
05:00150 for 3.
05:02Straight up, but very, very straight to beat all the fielders.
05:07Now, they'll go to the boundary, because there are a sports club has an outfield that gives you value for your shots.
05:14Oh, no, no, no, horizontal bad.
05:20He's just swung it, and the ball has just beaten him completely.
05:25Now, that's the kind of dismissal you don't want to watch when you go back to the hotel, and the highlights are on.
05:31Well, after playing such a beautiful stroke, the ball before, unfortunately, Sean Williams has thrown it away again.
05:44That's not short enough to play the pull shot, too.
05:46And he's got himself in all sorts of trouble.
05:51Probably got a bottom edge as well.
05:52He's gone for 20.
05:53155 for 4.
05:57Hammered for 4.
05:58They needed to break the shackles.
06:01Raza does.
06:02167 for 4.
06:07Hammered.
06:07That's a lovely hit.
06:10Saw him coming, and he dug it in, but Tony Mnongo went to the leg side.
06:18Bould.
06:21Goes across the line.
06:22Madhusanka picks up his first wicket of the game.
06:29Persistent pressure.
06:33Sri Lanka have pressured Tony Mnongo.
06:37Interplaying a bad shot.
06:40And he's gone across the line.
06:43And bowled into the line of the stumps.
06:46He's forced to try and attempt something here.
06:49And doesn't come off.
06:55He's gone for 10 from 13.
06:57176 for 5.
07:02Clever.
07:03Really good.
07:044 more.
07:07Oh, nice hit.
07:11Good use of the feet.
07:12That'll skip away as well.
07:16Back-to-back boundaries for Sikandar Raza.
07:19Edge.
07:22That'll be 4.
07:24Just the luck they needed.
07:27Beat him all ends up, but...
07:31Short one.
07:34Hit hard.
07:36And hit well.
07:38200 on the board.
07:39Improvisation at its glorious best from Raza.
07:52Cracking shot down the ground by Raza.
07:55By Medande, rather.
07:57Raza just giving himself a little bit of room.
07:59And again, it's an orthodox shot.
08:04That's Raza at his best.
08:06Giving himself a little bit of room.
08:08Such quick hands through the ball.
08:10Or 4, if you get it off the outside edge.
08:22Bold.
08:24Medande going across his stumps.
08:26You miss, I hit, says Chimera.
08:33Smart from Dushmanta Chimera.
08:36He knows Medande is looking to get outside the line of that off-stump.
08:39Let me get this one full in strength.
08:42Because he's not expecting it.
08:44Bang on target.
08:48Enterprising contribution from Medande of 36 at a run of all.
08:512.52 for 6.
08:56That'll be 4.
08:58Zimbabwe won't mind how they come at this stage of proceedings.
09:07It's gone a long way up.
09:08And it falls safely
09:12into the hands of the substitute fielder.
09:16Havan Ratnayka.
09:18Evans out.
09:20And Zimbabwe lose their 7th wicket.
09:32A quick check of
09:33the front foot.
09:35Whether it's a legal delivery.
09:37Sri Lankans have been very good.
09:39No problems there.
09:42Brad Evans.
09:44Undone by the slow ball.
09:46A very good one.
09:49And an even better catch.
09:51So,
09:52Evans goes
09:53for 8.
09:542.64 for 7.
09:55That's what he was targeting Raza.
10:09There's nothing he can do about that though.
10:11Terrific yorker
10:12to end the innings
10:13by Dushmantha Chimera.
10:16Knocks the bat out of
10:17in Garava's hands
10:19in Zimbabwe
10:20having been put into bat
10:21finish up
10:23with
10:23277 for 7.
10:28What that means is
10:29they got 83 runs
10:31from their last 10 overs.
10:33and from their last 5 overs
10:35they got 15.
10:39Zimbabwe
10:39asked to bat first.
10:41Current
10:41hidden shoulders above the rest
10:43again at the top of the inning.
10:4479
10:45in 95
10:47Sekandar Raza.
10:51Here's the bowling
10:52for Sri Lanka.
10:54Six bowlers used.
10:56That fifth bowling option
10:57between
10:57Asalanka
10:58and Lianage.
11:0111 overs
11:01for 53
11:02between them.
11:04Sita Fernando
11:05was a little bit
11:06expensive today.
11:08So,
11:09at the end of the first
11:10innings
11:11of this second
11:12One Day International
11:13Sri Lanka
11:15now need
11:15278
11:17to win
11:17for a clean sweep.
11:19Two slips in position
11:20on attacking field
11:21right up front
11:22and on strike
11:24is
11:24Nisanka.
11:29Interesting
11:29idea
11:30from
11:31these
11:32Zimbabwe innings.
11:33Four
11:33of the wickets
11:35that fell in that
11:36middle period
11:36to Siemens
11:37fell from this end
11:38that
11:38Ngarava is burning from.
11:44Shot.
11:45If I'm not wrong
11:47that is the first
11:48boundary
11:49of the Sri Lanka
11:50innings
11:50in this match.
11:53Let's play that
11:54in the air
11:55but it's a
11:55vacant zone.
11:57He'll just land
11:58near nobody
11:59and a couple of
12:00bounces
12:00to end the over
12:01with that chase
12:02through and through.
12:04Pulled away
12:05nicely.
12:08Got himself
12:08into a good position
12:09right in front
12:10of his eye line
12:11and pulled it
12:12in that vacant zone.
12:15He can.
12:17He surely can.
12:20That race
12:21won't be won
12:22by the fielder.
12:23Gets a boundary.
12:24Seven
12:24overs gone.
12:2528 for no loss.
12:26Clever.
12:30No slip in place
12:32off the middle
12:34of the bat.
12:37Oh wonderful shot.
12:38One bounce
12:39for four.
12:40Patumni Sankar
12:41at his best.
12:46Hammered
12:47for four.
12:49So plenty
12:49of dot balls
12:50and in between
12:50a boundary
12:51here and there.
12:54Shot.
12:56Top shot.
12:57Ends the
12:58first power play
12:58with a classic
13:00boundary
13:00Patumni Sankar.
13:01It's 45
13:02for none
13:03after 10.
13:05Got him.
13:08Went full
13:09to Brad Evans
13:10and no one
13:12in the
13:13Fernando
13:13had no clue.
13:19It's been
13:20a struggle
13:20for him
13:20Fernando
13:21but good
13:24from Brad Evans
13:25full straight
13:26attacking the
13:27stumps.
13:31Getting
13:31through the
13:32defences
13:32bat going
13:33across the
13:33line of
13:33the ball.
13:35As opposed
13:36to straight
13:37up the
13:37line.
13:38he's enjoyed
13:39that.
13:40Brad Evans
13:40and Zimbabwe
13:42get their
13:42first breakthrough.
13:43Fernando
13:43goes for
13:4414.
13:44It's 48
13:45for one.
13:45Deep point
13:46and a deep
13:46squarely.
13:49But
13:49no use
13:51because
13:51Patumni Sankar
13:52has got
13:53the quality
13:53to get it
13:55into space
13:55and get
13:56himself
13:56another
13:56boundary.
13:57The 50
13:57is on
13:57the board
13:58for that
13:58first delivery.
14:01Fielder
14:01he can
14:02he can only
14:02pick it up
14:03because
14:03Nisankar
14:04has got
14:04the gap
14:04that spoils
14:05Masuku's
14:06over.
14:07It's a wicket.
14:10Has he got it
14:11fine enough?
14:11Yes he has
14:12four more
14:13little too
14:14straight
14:14from Raza
14:15pays the
14:16prize.
14:20Call
14:20his catch
14:21and that's
14:22exactly
14:23what Ben
14:23Curran
14:24has done.
14:29Their
14:29big
14:29boundary
14:30square
14:30of the
14:30wicket
14:31here
14:31at the
14:32Harare
14:33Sports
14:33Club
14:33so you've
14:35either
14:35got to
14:35get the
14:36ball
14:36all the
14:36way
14:36for
14:37six
14:37or
14:37keep
14:37it
14:37along
14:38the
14:38carpet.
14:42Call
14:42the
14:42tricky
14:43short
14:43delivery
14:44Brad
14:44Evans
14:44and
14:45gets
14:46on
14:46to
14:46you
14:46a
14:47little
14:47bit
14:47quicker
14:47than
14:48everything
14:48else.
14:49And
14:50it can
14:50be
14:51difficult
14:51to
14:51get
14:51into
14:52position
14:52to
14:52get
14:52it
14:53away.
14:54And
14:54he
14:54picks
14:54up
14:54his
14:55second
14:55Ben
14:55Curran
14:56covered
14:56ground
14:57to
14:57get
14:57to
14:58his
14:58right.
14:58Cusel
14:58Mendes
14:595
14:5968
15:00for
15:00two.
15:05That's
15:06run
15:06fine
15:07and it's
15:07gone
15:08for
15:08fourth.
15:09Seems
15:09like a
15:09deliberate
15:09ploy
15:10from
15:10Brad
15:10Evans
15:11here
15:11to
15:11bang
15:12the
15:12ball
15:13in.
15:16Slightly
15:16uppish
15:17but
15:17very
15:17deliberate.
15:18Nicely
15:18done.
15:19He
15:19made
15:19sure
15:19he
15:20clears
15:20that
15:2030
15:20yard
15:21marker
15:21and
15:23Nisanka
15:23has
15:23another
15:23boundary
15:24to
15:24his
15:24name.
15:27That
15:28could
15:28be
15:28one
15:28of
15:28them.
15:29That
15:29will
15:29be
15:29a
15:30boundary.
15:30He's
15:30got
15:30two
15:30men
15:31behind
15:31the
15:31square
15:31on
15:31the
15:32on
15:32side.
15:33But
15:33that
15:33short
15:34ball
15:34isn't
15:34short
15:35enough
15:35or
15:35problem
15:36enough
15:36to
15:36handle.
15:40He's
15:40found a
15:41gap.
15:41He's
15:41beaten
15:41that
15:41backfoot
15:42point
15:42fielder
15:42for
15:43a
15:43boundary
15:43again.
15:43That
15:44land
15:44really
15:44not
15:45working
15:45against
15:45Patum
15:46Nisanka.
15:50Elevates
15:51that
15:51one
15:51in the
15:52vacant
15:52zone.
15:53will
15:53get
15:53a
15:53boundary.
15:54This
15:54is
15:54becoming
15:55a
15:55bit
15:55of
15:55a
15:55problem
15:56now
15:56for
15:56the
15:56home
15:56side.
16:00Oh,
16:01that's
16:01a
16:01beautiful
16:02shot.
16:02It
16:02really
16:03is.
16:04Punch
16:04down
16:05the
16:05ground
16:05straight
16:06as
16:06an
16:06arrow
16:07and
16:07four
16:07more
16:08to
16:08Nisanka.
16:12But
16:12that's
16:12a
16:13bad
16:13ball.
16:13A
16:13short
16:14ball
16:14and
16:14it's
16:15gone
16:15for
16:15four.
16:16You
16:16probably
16:16heard
16:16the
16:17shout
16:17of
16:17no
16:17from
16:19Sean
16:19Williams.
16:19He
16:20knew
16:20he
16:20got
16:20that
16:20one
16:20wrong
16:21and
16:21Nisanka
16:21yet
16:22again
16:22finds
16:23the
16:23boundary.
16:27Ball's
16:28gone
16:28straight
16:28up
16:28in
16:28the
16:29air
16:29out
16:29to
16:29deep
16:29square
16:30leg
16:30and
16:31the
16:31catch
16:32is
16:32taken.
16:33The
16:33first
16:34one
16:34day
16:34international
16:35wicket
16:35for
16:35Masuku.
16:37Sukanda
16:37Raza
16:38out
16:38on
16:38the
16:38boundary
16:39and
16:40Samarawikrama
16:41goes.
16:43Just
16:44told you
16:44Brian,
16:45Samarawikrama
16:45is the
16:46one
16:46who
16:46needs
16:46to
16:46add
16:47that
16:47momentum.
16:49Masuku
16:50change
16:51of
16:51ends.
16:52First
16:52two
16:52overs
16:53were
16:53expensive.
16:55Decides
16:56to put
16:56him under
16:56pressure
16:57straight away
16:57and there's
16:58no pace
16:58on offer
16:59through the
17:00shot
17:01way
17:02too
17:02early.
17:05And
17:06he
17:06celebrates.
17:08He's
17:08not
17:08alone.
17:11Zimbabwe
17:12celebrator
17:12Samarawikrama
17:13walks back
17:14for 31.
17:15Sri Lanka
17:16146
17:17for three.
17:21Oh
17:21lovely.
17:22That'll
17:22be
17:22four.
17:24Little
17:24quicker
17:24from
17:25Sikandarasa
17:25and
17:26he
17:27takes
17:27it
17:27off
17:28the
17:28keeper's
17:28gloves
17:29basically.
17:35Terrific
17:35shot
17:36from the
17:36captain.
17:38Pitched
17:38up
17:38mid-off
17:39and
17:39mid-on
17:40up
17:40in
17:40the
17:40circle.
17:44Thrash
17:45through
17:45the
17:45off
17:45side
17:46by
17:47Patam
17:48Nusanka.
17:48There's
17:48a
17:48sweeper
17:49out
17:49there
17:49but
17:50he
17:50had
17:51no
17:51chance.
17:54There
17:55it
17:55is.
17:57A
17:57seventh
17:58one-day
17:58international
17:59hundred
17:59for
17:59Patam
18:00Nusanka.
18:01It's
18:01his
18:01third
18:01in
18:01Zimbabwe.
18:02His
18:02second
18:02against
18:03Zimbabwe.
18:05He's
18:05been
18:05so
18:06consistent.
18:0776
18:08in
18:08game
18:08one
18:09and
18:09now
18:10100
18:10not
18:10out
18:10with
18:10power
18:11to
18:11add.
18:15Bad
18:17ball.
18:19Angling
18:20down
18:20the
18:20leg
18:20side.
18:24There's
18:25no
18:25fielders
18:25back
18:26there.
18:26It's
18:26going
18:26to
18:26be
18:26one
18:26bounce
18:27and
18:28into
18:28the
18:28boundary.
18:29Bit
18:29of
18:29ascendancy
18:30for
18:30Sri
18:45in
18:46the
18:46air
18:47but
18:47finds
18:47the
18:47gap
18:48and
18:48will
18:48probably
18:48run
18:48away.
18:49The
18:49sports
18:50club
18:50outfield
18:50is
18:50so
18:51so
18:51quick.
18:52The
18:53partnership
18:53cut
18:56away
18:57and
18:58this
18:58will
18:58be
18:58another
18:59boundary.
19:04Oh
19:05he's
19:05waited
19:05on
19:06that
19:06and
19:07that
19:07and
19:07that's
19:07a
19:07good
19:08cash
19:08taken.
19:09For
19:09a
19:09moment
19:09I
19:10thought
19:10he's
19:10going
19:10to
19:10spill
19:11it.
19:12Wesley
19:13Medawere
19:13one of
19:13the
19:14best
19:14in
19:14the
19:14deep
19:15has
19:15taken
19:15the
19:16cash
19:16to
19:17send
19:17Patumnisankar
19:18back
19:18into
19:19the
19:19dressing
19:19room.
19:21Garawa
19:22strikes
19:23slower
19:24ball
19:24into
19:25the
19:25pitch
19:25he's
19:25flat
19:26battered
19:26it.
19:28He
19:28hit
19:28it
19:28really
19:29well
19:29Patumnisankar
19:30he
19:30thought
19:30he
19:31got
19:31it
19:31in
19:31the
19:31gap.
19:34Madawere
19:35kept
19:35running
19:36he
19:37kept
19:37running
19:37and
19:37suddenly
19:38he
19:38realized
19:39he's
19:41got
19:41himself
19:42into
19:42a
19:42position
19:43to
19:43grab
19:43it.
19:44pulls
19:45on
19:45to
19:45it
19:45but
19:47is
19:47it
19:47too
19:47late
19:47Patumnisankar
19:48122
19:49fabulous
19:49runs
19:50for
19:50Sri Lanka
19:50236
19:53for
19:53four
19:53inside
19:57edge
19:57it'll be
19:58runs
19:58here
19:59should
19:59be
19:59a
19:59boundary
20:00it's
20:00a
20:01boundary
20:01after
20:01a
20:02fairly
20:02long
20:02time
20:03and
20:03that
20:03surely
20:04close up
20:05that gap
20:05that
20:05they've
20:05been
20:06looking
20:06for
20:0616 or
20:0714
20:08now
20:08it's
20:11in the
20:11air
20:11high
20:12is there
20:12a chance
20:13is there
20:13a chance
20:14no
20:14he beats
20:14the fielder
20:15the slow
20:17one
20:17into the
20:18pitch
20:18didn't work
20:18on that
20:19occasion
20:19and that's
20:20a boundary
20:20to end
20:21the
20:21over
20:21in the
20:27deep
20:27thought he
20:32had it
20:33took a
20:34brilliant
20:34catch a
20:35short
20:35while ago
20:36in the
20:39air
20:39again
20:39big
20:40boundaries
20:40here
20:40another
20:41try
20:41another
20:42try
20:42and
20:42gone
20:42they've
20:44got that
20:44opening
20:44they were
20:45looking
20:45for
20:45maybe
20:46a
20:46little
20:46too
20:46late
20:46but
20:47it
20:47is
20:47the
20:48captain
20:48walking
20:48out
20:49was
20:49it
20:49needed
20:50or
20:50not
20:50only
20:51time
20:51will
20:52tell
20:52yeah
20:55didn't
20:55need
20:56to
20:56take
20:56that
20:56fielder
20:57on
20:57but
20:57there
20:58was
20:58no
20:58one
20:58saving
20:58the
20:59single
20:59knock
21:00it
21:00around
21:00run
21:01your
21:01two
21:01as
21:01you
21:01have
21:02been
21:02doing
21:02for
21:03most
21:03part
21:04of
21:04these
21:04innings
21:05just
21:08got
21:08big
21:09on him
21:09high
21:10on the
21:10bat
21:11and a
21:11very
21:11good
21:11catch
21:12looking
21:12into
21:12the
21:13sun
21:13by
21:15Bennett
21:16captain
21:17snock
21:17once
21:18again
21:18from
21:18Charitas
21:19Lanka
21:1971
21:20runs
21:21Sri Lanka
21:21272
21:22for
21:22five
21:23and there
21:26it is
21:27coming to
21:29Mendez
21:30just works
21:30it onto
21:30the leg
21:31side
21:31Sri Lanka
21:32get home
21:32a very
21:34well managed
21:35chase
21:36pathum
21:37nissanka
21:37the star
21:38at the top
21:38and then
21:39the captain
21:39with a half
21:41century
21:42making sure
21:43Sri Lanka
21:46go home
21:48go home
21:48from the
21:49ODI
21:49series
21:50with the
21:50chocolates
21:51in the
21:51bag
21:52and
21:53the
22:03indo
22:05for
22:06to
22:06the
22:06the
22:06the
22:06line
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