Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    26.4 three dots produce a risky single and a run-out. And the throw has come from Murali at mid-on. After having being bogged down, Knight set off for a suicidal single after hitting straight to Murali. And this was quite firmly hit. Murali hits the stumps direct, catching him well short. Extra joy for Sri Lanka because the throw has come from Murali 139/2
    10.1 a swish off the pads, and caught at midwicket! A sharp take from Ranatunga, but a massive disappointment for Stewart, who had been purring along up until then! It was a leg-stump half-volley from Vaas, there to be struck, but he clipped it straight to the man! It was excellently timed to be fair, you'll almost count that as unlucky. Half a yard either side and he was clear 64/1
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    28.4 Hussain is unlucky here. He has made a forward press to draw a flat delivery down the leg side, and has changed his shot in time to look to paddle it fine, he has middled it too, but unfortunately he has found the only man in the vicinity of a paddle sweep: short fine leg. ODI wicket No. 150 for Jayasuriya. What an asset he is to this side 148/3
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    Extras
    9 (lb 2, nb 3, w 4)
    TOTAL
    302/3 (50 Overs, RR: 6.04)
    Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Alec Stewart, 10.1 ov), 2-139 (Nick Knight, 26.4 ov), 3-148 (Nasser Hussain, 28.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    WPUJC Vaas1007617.602
    GP Wickramasinghe907107.8810
    DPMD Jayawardene40240610
    M Muralidaran704606.5711
    ST Jayasuriya1004214.200
    UDU Chandana1004104.110
  • BATSMEN
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    10.1 whatever it is, it won;t continue for too long. Gough has had his own back with good bowling. In the last over too, he tucked Jayasuriya up with a shortish delivery. He does the same here, and draws a leading edge as Jayasuriya looks to work it into the leg side. Easy catch for short midwicket 68/3
    1.1 Kalu has been run out without facing a ball. He wants a run that is never on. Jayasuriya has taken a couple of steps after pushing this towards midwicket, but that is a batsman's natural reaction after playing the ball. He sends Kalu back but it is too late as Adam Hollioake swoops in and lobs a direct hit into the stumps 3/1
    3.5 lovely catch but a loose loose shot. No feet as he drives a length ball on the up and gets a thick edge, but what an incredible catch this is. For my money, it is the catch of the summer. In a way it has gone straight to Fairbrother at first slip, but Alec Stewart has dived right across him, totally blindsighting him. So the only reaction time he has had is after it has crossed Stewart, which means he has had no time to sight this except for having seen the trajectory when Atapattu edged it. And he has taken this calmly, not even bothering to look at Stewart or celebrate. Special catch 8/2
    23 bowled him! A similar shot to the last delivery, or at least similar intent. But the change of pace from Croft meant that the ball zipped through his defences before the shot had been formed, he pushed that one out with his index finger, and after jamming off Tillakaratne's pads, it has wriggled into his stumps! 137/4
    45.2 another twist. Another turn. Wells has pulled a rabbit out of the hat. Full and straight, Jayawardene looks to manufacture a boundary into the leg side, walks across the stumps, but is beaten and hit right in front of the stumps. The crowd stands as one for a grand effort, but he is not too thrilled that he has left the job unfinished. One thing I can say: this is certainly not the last we are hearing of Jayawardene 269/7
    38.4 slower ball gets Ranatunga. He does what he was brought on for. Ranatunga tries to play the flick shot he has been playing in the last few overs, but he is way early into the shot. Ends up chipping it to straight midwicket. England will be relieved that their irritant is gone, but the big wicket right now is the youngster Jayawardene 223/5
    41.4 and the Vaas experiment has failed. The pressure is on, and it has resulted in a suicidal single to point. Hussain swoops in, gets a good bounce, and then knocks out the only stump visible to him 235/6
    47.4 and another twist. This match refuses to die down. Chandana has brought it down to a run a ball but has now sliced a slow full toss to short cover for a diving catch for Fairbrother 288/8
    48.5 oh Mahanama. He was held behind because he is supposed to be cool under pressure, but he has committed hara kiri here. Low full toss again, and he does nothing with it. Hits it to the left of short straight midwicket, and sets off for a suicidal runs. Fairbrother swoops in, fields it cleanly, and runs him out. No need for a replay to confirm this 298/9
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    Extras
    13 (lb 9, w 4)
    TOTAL
    303/9 (49.4 Overs, RR: 6.1)
    Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 1.1 ov), 2-8 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.5 ov), 3-68 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 4-137 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 22.6 ov), 5-223 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 38.4 ov), 6-235 (Chaminda Vaas, 41.4 ov), 7-269 (Mahela Jayawardene, 45.2 ov), 8-288 (Upul Chandana, 47.4 ov), 9-298 (Roshan Mahanama, 48.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    D Gough1016826.800
    AD Mullally1006116.110
    AJ Hollioake50450900
    MA Ealham1014804.820
    RDB Croft1004214.200
    VJ Wells4.403026.4210

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3ST JayasuriyaRS Kaluwitharana
2nd5MS AtapattuST Jayasuriya
3rd60HP TillakaratneST Jayasuriya
4th69HP TillakaratneDPMD Jayawardene
5th86A RanatungaDPMD Jayawardene
6th12WPUJC VaasDPMD Jayawardene
7th34UDU ChandanaDPMD Jayawardene
8th19RS MahanamaUDU Chandana
9th10RS MahanamaM Muralidaran
10th5GP WickramasingheM Muralidaran

Australian Tri Series (CB Series)

TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS1073140.538
ENG1055100.157
SL10376-0.667