Over 17.0 |
Finch (AUS): That was a really good performance. SL got off to a flier. But Zampa dragged it back, and then Starc. We felt it was a really good wicket and to chase that down was nice. When the ball was flying around it felt like they were going at 15 an over, but you look up and it was 8 an over. Nice when you get a couple in the middle of the bat early. Knew that we had to take a chance against the quicks early on, with the spinners coming in later. When you're looking at the impact on the game, Zamps was terrific tonight. He was fantastic, got big wickets. That was a world-class performance from him. Always a great battle (England) no matter the format. |
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Shanaka (SL): Have to admit that wicket was too good. Got the start we needed but in the middle phase, we couldn't capitalize. Losing good batsmen in the middle cost us. The other day Asalanka took us home. Likewise, the batsmen who get set need to continue till 15-16 overs. That's an area we have to be concerned about. Felt we were 25-30 runs short. We know how good those two batsmen are in world cricket (Finch and Warner). Needed to bowl well and contain them in the powerplay. Couldn't do that. We know the Sharjah wicket, have played two games there. Should come well in that game. |
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Adam Zampa | Player of the Match: Sri Lanka got off to bit of a flier, so we needed to peg it back. To be honest, it (the surface) was quite slow in the first innings, it spun a little bit more than it did in the second innings. I think the moisture and dew took effect in the second innings. I find them (Sri Lanka) really challenging. They are very good players of spin, I bowled well tonight and glad I did. I have tended to bowl a little bit in the powerplay, a little bit towards the back end in recent times but with the team that we have got, the big three will bowl in the powerplay and Maxwell bowling a couple of overs, my job is to get wickets in the middle and make it easy for the guys at the back end. David (Warner) played really well. It is good that those guys got to spend some time in the middle. |
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Australia won by 10 wickets |
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16.6
4 Over 16.6 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith, Boundary! Comes forward and drills this one through extra cover to win the match. |
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16.5
1 Over 16.5 Lahiru Kumara bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Steven Smith,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and squeezed away through the covers |
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16.4
1 Over 16.4 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Marcus Stoinis,1 run, gets forward and mistimes a slog to long-on |
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Over 16.3 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Marcus Stoinis, Six! Gets under the ball and hammers it over wide long-on. That was hit flat and hard |
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16.2
0 Over 16.2 Lahiru Kumara bowls a back of length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and chopped to short cover |
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16.1
3 Over 16.1 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith,3 runs, gets forward and driven crisply through extra cover. Long chase for the fielder, enough time for three |
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End of Over 16 (10 runs) Australia 140/3 Steven Smith 24/24 Chamika Karunaratne 2-0-19-0
Marcus Stoinis 1/1 |
15.6
1 Over 15.6 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a good length delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets back in the crease and slices to the right of short third man. |
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15.5
2 Over 15.5 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith, 2 runs, leans forward and drives nicely wide of sweeper cover for a couple |
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15.5
2 Over 15.5 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith, 2 runs, leans forward and drives nicely wide of sweeper cover for a couple |
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15.4
1 Over 15.4 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a good length delivery to Marcus Stoinis,1 run, comes on to the front foot and punches it wide of mid-off and picks up a single. |
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15.3
4 Over 15.3 Chamika Karunaratne bowls it short of length to Marcus Stoinis, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slaps it through extra cover for four. |
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15.2
0 Over 15.2 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a good length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler. |
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15.1
1 Over 15.1 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets forward and whips it to deep backward square |
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End of Over 15 (15 runs) Australia 130/3 Steven Smith 20/22 Dasun Shanaka 1-0-6-1
Steven Smith 20/22 |
14.6
W Over 14.6 Dasun Shanaka bowls a good length delivery to David Warner, out Caught by Rajapaksa!! Warner doesn't get hold of the lofted shot. Rajapaksa runs across to his right from long-off and takes it nicely. |
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