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Jayasuriya and Dilshan walk out. Pakistan team huddle
together. Dilshan will take first strike. Sohail Tanvir will bowl from the
Nursery End. Two slips in, here we go.

1.26pm National anthems on. The Sri Lanka and
Pakistan players stand alternatively next to each other. Meaning it’s not
all Pakistanis followed by all Sri Lankans. There’s one Pakistan player next
to a Sri Lankan, followed by a Pakistan player and then a Sri Lankan. The
last time these teams played each other, their match was interrupted by a
terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. So it’s a nice little
gesture here.

Nuwan Kulasekera replaces Udana for Sri Lanka. The big
news, though, is that Abdul Razzaq is not playing, and Salman Butt
gets one more game.

Sri Lanka: 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Tillakaratne
Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt./wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Jehan
Mubarak, 6 Chamara Silva, 7 Angelo Mathews, 8 Nuwan Kulasekera, 9 Ajantha
Mendis, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan

Pakistan: 1 Salman Butt, 2 Kamran Akmal (wk), 3
Shoaib Malik, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq, 5 Younis Khan (capt.), 6 Shahid Afridi, 7
Fawad Alam, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Aamer, 11 Saeed Ajmal

1.00pm Kumar Sangakkara has won the toss and
will bat first. It’s a pitch unused so far. Sangakkara sees some green
on the pitch, and says he’d be surprised if there weren’t any.

Younis Khan would have batted too, had he won the toss.
Hang on for team news.

And going back to yesterday, Tanya Aldred watched South
Africa restrain themselves from wrestling cattle in the dugout and instead
settle for pummelling England senseless. We are about 10 minutes from the
toss. Will bring you all the news soon.

0.1

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 1 no ball, beautiful ball,
but hang on it’s a no-ball. Dilshan played for the in-swing, because it
seemed like it would swing, but nipped away from Dilshan and beat him
comprehensively

0.1

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 1 wide, free-hit is a wide,
way outside off

0.1

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, no run, and we get a dot ball
finally, back of a length, angling away, Dilshan swings with all his might
and misses

0.2

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 1 wide, another wide here,
this time down the leg side, some movement in this time

0.2

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 1 no ball, another no-ball,
disastrous over so far, was well bowled though, squaring Dilshan a touch

0.2

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan,
FOUR, short, angling across, and smashed through the covers off the
back foot

0.3

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 1 run, full, on the pads,
played with soft hands to mid-on

0.4

Sohail Tanvir to Jayasuriya, 1 wide, another wide,
angling down the leg, what an over, never-ending. Cows might come home
before this one finishes

0.4

Sohail Tanvir to Jayasuriya,
FOUR, and now he provides Jayasuriya
with a half-volley outside off, Jayasuriya eases into the drive, and beats
cover easily

0.5

Sohail Tanvir to Jayasuriya, no run, a shout for lbw,
this one nipped into Jayasuriya from outside off, but was going high

0.6

Sohail Tanvir to Jayasuriya,
FOUR, unfortunate for Tanvir this one,
swinging yorker, outside off, Jayasuriya gets an inside edge, and the fine
leg is up in the circle

Mohammad Aamer to bowl from the Pavilion End

1.1

Mohammad Aamer to Dilshan, 1 run, goes for the pull
right away, is late into the shot, but gets one to wide of mid-on

1.2

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, no run, hits the bat
hard, back of a length. hurrying Jayasuriya into a back-foot defensive

1.3

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, no run, this is good
stuff, digs it in short, 89mph, gets good bounce, and the shoulder of
Jayasuriya’s bat. It’s safe, though

1.4

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, 1 run, bowls it short
again, gets it to rise, Jayasuriya gets on his toes, defends with soft
hands, and they run right away

1.5

Mohammad Aamer to Dilshan, 1 run, Dilshan goes for the
pull again, is late into the shot again, but gets one for the mis-timed pull

1.6

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, no run, stays back of a
length, gets Jayasuriya to defend again, because of the good bounce he has
been getting

2.1

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, no run, back of a length,
Dilshan looks to late-cut, but it’s too close to his body

2.2

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan,
FOUR, fuller, on the pads, shaping in a bit, and he flicks it to
square of deep fine leg, superb timing, deep fine leg couldn’t even cover 15
metres

round the wicket now

2.3

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, no run, cuts him in two, back
of a length, outside off, and moves in sharply

2.4

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 1 no ball, another no-ball,
Younis could contemplating keeping stumps there instead of the popping
crease

2.4

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 2 wides, wide yorker, and
DIlshan misses out on the free hit because this gets them one bye too

goes over the wicket

2.4

Sohail Tanvir to Jayasuriya, 1 wide, slower ball, beats
Jayasuriya but down the leg side. Free hit stays

2.4

Sohail Tanvir to Jayasuriya, 1 run, and he bowls a
perfect yorker there, single into the leg side

round the wicket for Dilshan

2.5

Sohail Tanvir to Dilshan, 1 run, angling into the pads,
and turned away to deep backward square

2.6

Sohail Tanvir to Jayasuriya, 1 run, back of a length,
on the stumps, bunted into the one side for one

So Tanvir has run up 20 times to finish two of his
overs. But some of his legitimate deliveries have been damn good too

3.1

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, 2 runs, Aamer pitches up
to Jayasuriya for the first time, and he flicks it towards midwicket for two

3.2

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya,
SIX, Jaya has had enough of this
short-ball business, goes right back into the crease, front leg in air, and
he short-arm-pulls it. Superb timing

3.3

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, 1 run, stays short again,
on the stumps, this time it gets a bit big, defended

3.4

Mohammad Aamer to Dilshan,
FOUR, Dilshan you beauty, the Dilscoop, gets on his knee, Aaamer has
bowled this fast, and scoops it from over his head, and clears Akmal easily

3.5

Mohammad Aamer to Dilshan, 1 leg bye, looks to pull,
the ball lobs off the thigh pad, through to Akmal, and they run one by the
time it reaches Akmal

3.6

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, 1 run, full, into the
pads, gets one to mid-on

Umar Gul comes on, he has got a lot of repair work to
do

4.1

Umar Gul to Jayasuriya, 1 run, length ball, on the
pads, turned away to leg

4.2

Umar Gul to Dilshan, no run, short and wide, looks to
cut, is slightly late on the shot, gets an underside edge towards the
keeper, but along the ground it goes

4.3

Umar Gul to Dilshan, 1 run, short, on the stumps, opens
the face towards point, who was quite deep. Jayasuriya wants a single,
Dilshan is ball-watching, Malik’s throw is on the top of the stumps, but Gul
is not there to collect it. DIlshan gets a life

4.4

Umar Gul to Jayasuriya, 1 wide, wide down the leg side,
something wrong with bowling from Nursery End?

4.4

Umar Gul to Jayasuriya, 1 run, tucks him up with a
short one, turned around the corner for one

4.5

Umar Gul to Dilshan, FOUR,
pulled off the front foot, dismissive shot, picked the length early, and
finally gets the timing right. Crunchy sound and four runs ensue

4.6

Umar Gul to Dilshan, FOUR,
Dilshan is scooping them is they were a Sundae. This is the more orthodox
scoop if I may say so, as he picks it on the full, and plays it over fine
leg as opposed to over the keeper

Aamer to continue

5.1

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, no run, starts his third
over with a yorker, on the leg stump

5.2

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, 1 run, another yorker,
Jayasuriya gets one to midwicket

5.3

Mohammad Aamer to Dilshan,
FOUR, Dilshan is in his mood now, stands tall and heaves a length
ball over midwicket, clean timing and easy four

5.4

Mohammad Aamer to Dilshan, no run, clears the front
leg, looks to heave again, but this is too close to him, and he plays it
straight to mid-on

5.5

Mohammad Aamer to Dilshan, 1 run, full, on off stump,
gets one to mid-off

5.6

Mohammad Aamer to Jayasuriya, no run, fulltoss, beats
Jayasuriya with the movement in the air, shouts for lbw but this was headed
down the leg

What a start for Sri Lanka. Don’t know why Younis is so
averse to using spinners in the Powerplays? He has been damn predictable

Afridi will come on now

6.1

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, no run, full, outside off,
flat, played to cover

6.2

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, 1 run, thrown up, driven
powerfully to sweeper-cover

6.3

Shahid Afridi to Jayasuriya, 1 run, flighted on the
stumps, driven into the covers for one

6.4

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan,
FOUR, short and wide, cut away down the slope, Dilshan is on fire,
and is not looking these gift horses in the mouth

6.5

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, 1 run, short again, but he
has slowed it down this time, Dilshan gets one to short third

6.6

Shahid Afridi to Jayasuriya, 1 wide, thrown up, googly,
but it started way down the leg side

6.6

Shahid Afridi to Jayasuriya, no run, flighted,
accurate, played back to Afridi

Poor Rudi Koertzen. All wides and no-balls have been
bowled from his end

Ajmal to bowl

7.1

Saeed Ajmal to Dilshan, 1 run, short and quick offbreak,
they get a single to sweeper-cover

7.2

Saeed Ajmal to Jayasuriya, 1 run, slower, on the pads,
from round the stumps, and turned around the corner

7.3

Saeed Ajmal to Dilshan, no run, Akmal shouts big, as
this one beats Dilshan’s slog-sweep, but this one struck him outside off

7.4

Saeed Ajmal to Dilshan,
FOUR, another superb shot, driven against the turn, powerfully that
too, and between point and sweeper-cover

7.5

Saeed Ajmal to Dilshan, no run, doosra, beats him,
something to do for Akmal too

7.6

Saeed Ajmal to Dilshan, 1 run, flighted on the off
stump, played towards cover for one

8.1

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, no run, cramps him up, on the
pads, and Dilshan plays it back to Afridi

8.2

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, no run, short and wide, but
can’t beat backward point

8.3

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, 1 run, quicker one, gets the
bottom edge, and one to short fine

8.4

Shahid Afridi to Jayasuriya, no run, Jayasuriya goes
for the big heave, misses, Afridi shouts for lbw, but this one pitched
outside leg

8.5

Shahid Afridi to Jayasuriya, no run, quicker one, on
the pads, played towards short midwicket

8.6

Shahid Afridi to Jayasuriya,
OUT, finally success for Pakistan,
Afridi tosses this one the leg stump, Jayasuriya goes for the big slog, gets
a top edge, was a googly I suspect, and it skies towards square leg, where
Younis takes an easy catch

ST Jayasuriya c Younis Khan b Shahid Afridi 26 (41m
24b 2×4 1×6) SR: 108.33

Sangakkara will bat, Malik will bowl, round the wicket

9.1

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, 1 run, thrown up on the
pads, and played for one to long-on

9.2

Shoaib Malik to Dilshan, no run, appreciable break
here, thrown up outside off, and beats a defensive shot

9.3

Shoaib Malik to Dilshan, 1 run, full, on the off stump,
they get one down to long-off

9.4

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, 1 run, full he stays,
Sangakkara gets an easy one to long-off

9.5

Shoaib Malik to Dilshan, 1 run, shorter, outside off,
and he runs it down to sweeper-cover for one

9.6

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, 1 leg bye, angled in,
kisses the pad on the way as it beats Akmal but not short fine leg

10.1

Shahid Afridi to Sangakkara, 1 run, short of a length,
played with an open face, one run to short third

10.2

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, 1 run, short, but not much
room, he cuts but doesn’t get enough power to beat sweeper-cover

10.3

Shahid Afridi to Sangakkara, 1 run, short, on the pads,
pulled away to deep fine leg

10.4

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan, no run, length ball, flat,
Dilshan wants one but he has played this straight to point

10.5

Shahid Afridi to Dilshan,
OUT, Afridi has brought Pakistan right back, bowls a vicious quicker
googly, Dilshan looks to cut, but there is neither time nor space to do so
as he plays it on

TM Dilshan b Shahid Afridi 46 (48m 39b 8×4 0×6) SR:
117.94

Jayawardene is the new batsman

10.6

Shahid Afridi to Jayawardene, no run, full, on the
stumps, defended back to the bowler

Arti Morty from Sri Lanka: "It seems squirrels should
stay out of my way, I ran over another one today. The last time that
happened Sri Lanka won so hopefully it’s a good omen; although not if you’re
a squirrel."

11.1

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, no run, length ball, on the
stumps, defended back to the bowler

11.2

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, no run, throws it up, on
the stumps, and played back to the bowler again

11.3

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, 1 leg bye, steps out, Malik
pushes this one through, beaten in the flight, but will get one

11.4

Shoaib Malik to Jayawardene, no run, angled into the
pads, and played straight to short fine

11.5

Shoaib Malik to Jayawardene, 1 run, slower, into the
pads, and turned around the corner for one

11.6

Shoaib Malik to Sangakkara, no run, short, outside off,
and played powerfully to extra cover, superb over, just two off it

Afridi will bowl out

12.1

Shahid Afridi to Jayawardene, 1 run, full and straight,
gets one to long-on

12.2

Shahid Afridi to Sangakkara,
FOUR, Sangakkara finds the boundary, the
first in last 28 balls, sweeps a flighted delivery from the leg stump, and
finds the gap perfectly

12.3

Shahid Afridi to Sangakkara, 1 wide, Akmal appeals, for
a catch down the leg side, but it’s just to test their luck, if they can
avoid the wide. No they cannot

12.3

Shahid Afridi to Sangakkara, 2 runs, nicely chipped
over extra cover, safe shot, good-looking shot

12.4

Shahid Afridi to Sangakkara, 2 runs, full and just
outside off, hit to wide of long-off, and they get two

12.5

Shahid Afridi to Sangakkara, 1 run, back of a length,
outside off, played for one to cover

12.6

Shahid Afridi to Jayawardene, no run, beats him with
the straighter one this time, they look to take the leg-bye, but it’s too
close to Akmal

Ajmal comes back

13.1

Saeed Ajmal to Sangakkara, 1 run, steps out, makes this
into a fulltoss, and gets one down to long-on

Jawwad Saeed tells Arti Morty: "Watch out! The name of
this squirrel is Shahid Afridi."

13.2

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene, 1 leg bye, full, outside
off, played with an open face towards point

13.3

Saeed Ajmal to Sangakkara, 1 run, thrown up, on off
stump, Sangakkara plays with soft hands and they rush through for one to
short third

13.4

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene,
FOUR, beautiful shot, wouldn’t be out of
place in a Test, overpitched, makes some room, and lofts it over extra cover

13.5

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene, 1 run, Ajmal stays full,
sweeps, and gets one to square leg

13.6

Saeed Ajmal to Sangakkara,
OUT, Sangakkara perishes looking to step the rate up, gives Ajmal the
charge, who pushes the ball through, and surprisingly Sangakkara ends up
playing inside the line, easy stumping for Akmal

KC Sangakkara st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 15 (16m
16b 1×4 0×6) SR: 93.75

Gul comes back

14.1

Umar Gul to Jayawardene, 2 runs, nice little dab from
Jayawardene, short, on the stumps, Jayawardene leans back and late-cuts it,
fine of third man

14.2

Umar Gul to Jayawardene, no run, short and wide,
Jayawardene looks to open the face again, but the extra bounce beats him

14.3

Umar Gul to Jayawardene, 1 run, dug in short, tucking
him up, for want of room, Jayawardene can play it limply to behind square on
the off side

Silva to face his first ball

14.4

Umar Gul to Silva, FOUR,
and he gets a nice little length ball, he nicely leans into the shot, and
drives it to between mid-off and extra cover

14.5

Umar Gul to Silva, 1 wide, goes for the bouncer, but
down the leg side

14.5

Umar Gul to Silva, 2 runs, back of a length, played
towards square leg, and get two before Afridi can get to it from deep
backward square

14.6

Umar Gul to Silva, no run, pushes at one outside off,
and is beaten

15.1

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene, 1 run, flights it, just
outside off, and played down to long-on

15.2

Saeed Ajmal to Silva, 1 run, doosra, SIlva who was
looking to play on the leg side recovers well to get a single to cover

15.3

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene,
FOUR, short and quick, turning in,
Jayawardene looks to cut, gets a thick edge that flies fine of short third
man

15.4

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene, 1 run, wild throw from
Aamer at short third, what would have been a dot ball gets them an overthrow

15.5

Saeed Ajmal to Silva, 1 run, swept away, gets one to
deep backward square

15.6

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene, no run, pushed through,
Jayawardene makes room, looking to run it down to third man, but it’s too
close to him

16.1

Umar Gul to Silva, OUT,
Silva walks down the track, makes sure he has sent a telegram to Gul, who
pulls back the length, bowls the slower legcutter that gets the edge and
settles in Akmal’s gloves. Sri Lanka losing their way

LPC Silva c †Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul 8 (8m 6b 1×4
0×6) SR: 133.33

Mubarak to bat

16.2

Umar Gul to Mubarak, no run, lovely bowling, a quick
quick legcutter, 147ks, just back of a length, starts off, and nips
back into him, cutting him into two

16.3

Umar Gul to Mubarak, 1 run, full, on the pads, and
played for one into the leg side

16.4

Umar Gul to Jayawardene, 2 runs, stays back of a
length, Jayawardene gets the width, though, and guides it to square of third
man for two

16.5

Umar Gul to Jayawardene, 1 run, length ball, outside
off, elegantly played to sweeper-cover

16.6

Umar Gul to Mubarak, no run, sharp pace again, on the
stumps too, length ball, and played straight to extra cover

Ajmal will bowl his last over

17.1

Saeed Ajmal to Jayawardene,
OUT, Jayawardene tries his inside-out
shot, has to manufacture it because there is no room, and since he plays it
from too close he can’t clear Afridi at extra cover, who takes a neat
overhead catch

DPMD Jayawardene c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal 19
(26m 18b 2×4 0×6) SR: 105.55

Mathews is the new man

17.2

Saeed Ajmal to Mathews, 1 run, flighted, length ball
outside off, dabbed down for one

17.3

Saeed Ajmal to Mubarak, 1 run, full, angling in, played
down for one to long-on

17.4

Saeed Ajmal to Mathews, 1 run, back of a length, turned
around the corner for one

17.5

Saeed Ajmal to Mubarak, no run, goes for the big hit
down the ground, gets an inside edge onto the pad

17.6

Saeed Ajmal to Mubarak, 1 run, Ajmal slows it up,
Mubarak goes for the big one over cover, but gets only inside edge to short
fine

Aaamer comes back

18.1

Mohammad Aamer to Mubarak, 1 leg bye, swinging in,
full, beats the heave from Mubarak

18.2

Mohammad Aamer to Mathews, no run, full and fast,
87mph, played back to Aamer

18.3

Mohammad Aamer to Mathews, 1 run, fulltoss, on off, hit
down the ground for one

18.4

Mohammad Aamer to Mubarak, 1 run, stays full, swinging
in, Mubarak makes room, heaves, but all he gets is one down to long-on

18.5

Mohammad Aamer to Mathews, 1 run, full, fast and full,
and only one to midwicket

18.6

Mohammad Aamer to Mubarak, 2 leg byes, Mubarak looks
for the slog again, this one swings in late again, and beats him, but he
gets two leg-byes

19.1

Umar Gul to Mathews, no run, full, outside off, swings
away, and Mathews is beaten because he is already looking to make room

19.2

Umar Gul to Mathews, FOUR,
finally the boundary Sri Lanka desperately needed, the first in the last
five overs, Mathews looks to make room, Gul follows him this time, but it’s
perfect length for him to scoop over midwicket

19.3

Umar Gul to Mathews, 1 run, full, on the off stump,
played to just wide of long-off, but it will be just one

19.4

Umar Gul to Mubarak, 1 run,
OUT, fulltoss, swinging in, played
towards long-ff, batsmen desperately go for the second, the throw follows
Mubarak to the striker’s end, and he is way short, Koertzen doesn’t even go
to the third umpire

J Mubarak run out 5 (19m 10b 0×4 0×6) SR: 50.00

19.5

Umar Gul to Kulasekara,
OUT, Kulasekera is a sitting duck here, walks across, looks for the
big slog, Gul keeps it straight and full, one of the easier lbw decisions

KMDN Kulasekara lbw b Umar Gul 0 (1m 1b 0×4 0×6) SR:
0.00

Malinga to face the last ball. Can he get them across
150?

19.6

Umar Gul to Malinga, 2 runs, in-swinging yorker, turned
towards deep fine leg, they get two

So superb comeback from Pakistan. Sri Lanka were 80 for
0 after eight overs, but the spinners have done a tremendous job. Chasing
151 won’t be easy, though, with Murali, Malinga and Mendis to face, but
Pakistan carry all the momentum at this moment. See you in a bit.

One rejoinder before I leave. I said Aamer bowled at
97mph. That was a bad typo. It was actually 87mph. Thanks for
pointing out everybody

Akmal and Butt walk out, chasing only 151 as opposed to
190 that looked likely after about eight overs. Butt will take first strike
as Mathews will begin bowling from the Nursery End

Arti Morty to Jawwad Saeed: "The squirrels round our
way bat with their eyes open!" Good note of camaraderie to set this chase on
the way. It promises to be an exciting one. Stay with us.

0.1

Mathews to Salman Butt, no run, length ball, outside
off, angling away, and left alone

0.2

Mathews to Salman Butt, no run, back of a length,
angling across, Butt looks to drive, but gets a bottom edge towards the
bowler

0.3

Mathews to Salman Butt,
OUT, he has cleaned him up, what a choice for the first over ahead of
Malinga - Mathews pitches it up again, Butt goes for the big drive, foot
nowhere close to the ball, and it takes out the off, hint of swing there,
down the slope

Salman Butt b Mathews 0 (1m 3b 0×4 0×6) SR: 0.00

Malik comes in

0.4

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, no run, length ball, just
outside off, defended back to the bowler

0.5

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, length ball, outside
off, driven on the up, wide of Murali at mid-off, and gets one

0.6

Mathews to Kamran Akmal, no run, back of a length, just
outside off, cut towards point

Kulasekera to bowl from Pavilion End

1.1

Kulasekara to Shoaib Malik, no run, back of a length,
Malik walks across, and plays it to cover

1.2

Kulasekara to Shoaib Malik, no run, this one nipped
into the right-hander, with the slope again, but Malik has walked outside
off, taking the lbw out of question

1.3

Kulasekara to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, back of a length,
into his body, turned away to fine leg for one

1.4

Kulasekara to Kamran Akmal, no run, length ball, Akmal
looks to push it off the back foot, gets the inside half of the bat

1.5

Kulasekara to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, gets another inside
edge, pushing without any foot movement, but this one will be one to fine
leg

1.6

Kulasekara to Shoaib Malik,
FOUR, Malik steps down as if to a
spinner, and although this is a mis-hit he gets enough on it to get four

2.1

Mathews to Kamran Akmal, 3 runs, length ball, Akmal
goes aerial, gets the toe end, but just clears mid-off

Sangakkara comes up

2.2

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, no run, back of a length,
accurate, Malik defends off the back foot

2.3

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, no run, throws it wide, Malik
frees his arms, but the movement away beats him

2.4

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, no run, short but not short
enough to cut, beats Malik on the cut, Sangakkara standing up seems to be
doing the trick as Malik hasn’t used his feet since

2.5

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, no run, four dots in a row,
length ball outside off, and he looks to drive without feet, no power in
this

2.6

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, finally Malik slogs,
gets a thick top edge, and this one clears short third man

3.1

Kulasekara to Kamran Akmal, no run, short and wide,
Akmal looks to pull, this one stays low a bit as he plays all over it

3.2

Kulasekara to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, tucks him up with a
short one, he still manages to pull, but gets just one to deep backward
square

3.3

Kulasekara to Shoaib Malik,
FOUR, Sangakkara stays back this time,
and Malik uses his feet, moving outside the line, making room and throwing
his arms at it, clears cover and gets four

3.4

Kulasekara to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, gives him a dummy
back-away movement, then looks to move inside the line, but Kulasekera keeps
it straight, only one to square leg

3.5

Kulasekara to Kamran Akmal, no run, superb yorker, on
leg stump, dug out back to the bowler

3.6

Kulasekara to Kamran Akmal, no run, slower ball, Akmal
slogs, but gets too close to the pitch, and hits it straight to mid-off -
it’s so fast they can’t get even one

Mathews to continue

4.1

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, no run, back of a length, hit
powerfully, but can’t beat mid-off

4.2

Mathews to Shoaib Malik,
FOUR, cracking shot, Malik uses his feet again, walks across, this is
short and wide, and he flashes at it, finding the gap between third man and
point, both deep

4.3

Mathews to Shoaib Malik,
FOUR, same shot, short and wide again, this time he stands still and
hits powerfully with an open face, misfielded by Jayawardene at gully

4.4

Mathews to Shoaib Malik,
FOUR, another boundary, it’s short again, and he flashes at it, going
in the air this time, and it’s placed perfectly between third man and deep
point

4.5

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, this time he goes
full, but stays wide, and he plays it with an open face, square of third
man, and gets two

4.6

Mathews to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, gets away with it
Mathews, has the cover fielder to thank, full and wide, Malik drives it
powerfully, but cover dives and gets a hand onto it, keeping them down to
one

Malinga to bowl now

5.1

Malinga to Shoaib Malik, 1 wide, almost took the leg
stump out with the slower offcutter, saw Malik moving across, bowls the
loopy one, beats him, the ball pitches in front of stumps and breaks away

5.1

Malinga to Shoaib Malik,
OUT, another slower delivery, and it’s a wicket this time, Malik
slogs at this one outside off, 124ks, gets the inside half, and lobs
this one straight to mid-on. Seems Malik had made his mind there was
something special required to put Malinga off his rhythm

Shoaib Malik c Kulasekara b Malinga 28 (19m 20b 5×4
0×6) SR: 140.00

Younis Khan to face, a slip comes in

5.2

Malinga to Younis Khan, 1 run, short, just wide, Younis
looks to open his face, somehow keeps it down

5.3

Malinga to Kamran Akmal,
OUT, and then there were two, superb slower delivery, Akmal’s feet
don’t move, he lobs this one from in front of his body towards midwicket.
Although this one doesn’t carry to the fielder, Akmal is late to start on
the one, Silva keeps his cool and under-arms it, a desperate dive is not
enough for Akmal

Kamran Akmal run out 5 (30m 9b 0×4 0×6) SR: 55.55

Misbah the new man in

5.4

Malinga to Younis Khan, 1 run, slower ball again,
dipping on Younis, still a fulltoss, and turned to fine leg for one

5.5

Malinga to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, gives him a nice
little bouncer first up, Misbah seems surprised, lets it go

5.6

Malinga to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, slower ball again,
just outside off, and played towards square leg

Mathews to bowl out

6.1

Mathews to Younis Khan, no run, beats him outside off,
back of a length and moving away

6.2

Mathews to Younis Khan, 1 run, short and wide, cut away
for one

6.3

Mathews to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, Misbah walks across,
Mathews digs it in, defended off the front foot, and they go through for
one, Mathews does well to field and run the stumps down at non-striker’s end
down. The ball hits the stumps when the bat is on the line, but the bat
slides in by the time bails come off

6.4

Mathews to Younis Khan, no run, back of a length,
played towards cover off the back foot

6.5

Mathews to Younis Khan, no run, this one seams in, so
far Mathews has moved it away, down the slope, but this one comes in from
back of a length, and beats Younis

6.6

Mathews to Younis Khan, no run, short and wide, cut
away by Younis, but straight into the ground, and he can’t get the single
because Dilshan at point is alert. Good spell from Mathews

Murali comes up, round the stumps

7.1

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, topspinner right
away, Misbah stays back, and turns it around the corner

7.2

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 2 runs, Younis loves to
sweep, which is what he does now, and gets a safe two to deep backward
square

7.3

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, sweeps again, from
outside off, and gets only one this time

7.4

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, another toppie,
Misbah stays back again, and defends it back to Murali

7.5

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, big offbreak this
time, a touch short, and hence an easy single to long-on

7.6

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, swept from in front
of stumps, and gets one again

Mendis is on now

8.1

Mendis to Younis Khan, 1 run, starts accurately, flat,
short, straight, single down to long-off

8.2

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, sees the googly
perhaps, gets his front foot outside the line, and paddles it fine

8.3

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, carrom ball tried, but
no break here, played down the ground for one

8.4

Mendis to Younis Khan, 1 run, short, moves away a
touch, cut away to sweeper-cover

8.5

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, slowed it up this time,
taken from outside off, for one to deep backward square

8.6

Mendis to Younis Khan, 1 run, short, not much turn
again, and cut away for one

Jayasuriya to bowl now

9.1

Jayasuriya to Younis Khan, 1 run, round the wicket to
Younis, swept away for one

9.2

Jayasuriya to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, good
reverse-sweep, Jayasuriya sees Misbah switching and slows it up, Misbah
waits for it, and nudges it fine of third man

9.3

Jayasuriya to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 wide, down the leg side

9.3

Jayasuriya to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, back of a length,
on the stumps, turned around the corner

9.4

Jayasuriya to Younis Khan, 2 runs, sweeps, sweeps well,
fine of deep backward square leg

9.5

Jayasuriya to Younis Khan, 1 run, quicker, shorter,
played for one down the ground

9.6

Jayasuriya to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, fuller, slower,
played straight to midwicket

10.1

Mendis to Younis Khan,
FOUR, Younis stays with the sweep, this one is particularly good,
flat and in front of square

10.2

Mendis to Younis Khan, 2 runs, driven into the off
side, and a misfield at cover means they get two

10.3

Mendis to Younis Khan, 1 run, short and wide, cut away
to sweeper-cover

10.4

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, the first time Mendis
has got appreciable turn, starts off and breaks away, defended to cover

10.5

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, full, driven down the
ground for one

10.6

Mendis to Younis Khan, 1 run, flighted outside off, and
he gets one to long-off

Lots of restlessness among people mailing in, because
of the singles Younis and Misbah are taking. Patience boys. Murali comes
back

11.1

Muralitharan to Younis Khan,
FOUR, and Younis sweeps again, superbly
this time, picked the doosra, rolled his wrists over it, finds the gap
between square leg and midwicket

11.2

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, sweeps again, can’t
find the gap this time, will be one

11.3

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, topspinner,
Misbah stays back, turns it around with soft hands, and comes through for
two

11.4

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, another toppie,
Misbah looks to go inside the line, but the ball follows him, no room either
side

11.5

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, tries the doosra,
but this is a low fulltoss outside leg, he sweeps fine, but Mubarak uses all
his height to dive and save three there

11.6

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, Younis sweeps
again, this time to left of Mubarak at short fine

Malinga is back now, 74 required in eight overs.
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12.1

Malinga to Younis Khan, no run, slower bouncer, beats
him comprehensively, 127ks

12.2

Malinga to Younis Khan, 1 run, proper fast yorker, gets
one down to long-on

12.3

Malinga to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, another slower ball
now, 125ks, beats Misbah outside the off stump

12.4

Malinga to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, tires the slower ball
again, but this is a fulltoss, Misbah walks inside the line and turns it
away to midwicket

12.5

Malinga to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, big shout,
straight, fast yorker, Misbah walking across, gets an inside edge, though,
and to the annoyance of Sangakkara picks two

12.6

Malinga to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, length ball, outside
off, played straight to cover

Murali to continue, goes over the wicket this time

13.1

Muralitharan to Younis Khan,
FOUR, lame fulltoss, Younis sweeps him,
perfect placement again, bisecting the two deep men square. Younis is
keeping Pakistan in

goes back round the stumps

13.2

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, steps out, Murali
pulls the length back, Younis recovers to hit it down the ground for one

13.3

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, full, on the
stumps, turned away to the on side

13.4

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 2 runs, short, and pulled
away, to wide of long-on

13.5

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, gets a top edge on
the sweep, the first time he has mis-hit that shot, but this one doesn’t
carry to deep backward square

13.6

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, full, on the
stumps, played in front of his body, to midwicket

Sixty required off last six overs. Kulasekera takes off
his sweater to bowl, but Sangakkara has changed his mind. Mendis to bowl. He
hasn’t been impressive today

14.1

Mendis to Younis Khan,
FOUR, short and wide, Younis rocks back, and lofts him over extra
cover. So three of the last four overs have seen first-ball fours. All
Younis

14.2

Mendis to Younis Khan, 2 runs, full, outside off,
played to just wide of long-off, and gets two, good running

14.3

Mendis to Younis Khan, 1 run, back of a length, turning
away from leg-stump line, gets one to long-off

14.4

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, Misbah backs away,
Mendis stays straight, and Misbah plays straight to midwicket

14.5

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, second dot ball, flat,
straight, no room for Misbah

14.6

Mendis to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, flighted this time,
turned around the corner for one

Misbah to face the first ball this time. Younis has
been getting boundaries early in overs. Can Misbah do the same? 52 required
in five overs

15.1

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, thrown up outside
off, played with soft hands, will get one

15.2

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, slog-sweep this
time, but there is a deep midwicket to keep him down to one

15.3

Muralitharan to Misbah-ul-Haq,
OUT, that was a good shot, but just
managed to hit it at the right height for Sri Lanka, he rocks back early,
pulls crisply, but finds out deep midwicket. Misbah was under pressure to
get his first boundary

Misbah-ul-Haq c Silva b Muralitharan 21 (39m 28b 0×4
0×6) SR: 75.00

Afridi is the new man. Time for Boom Boom?

15.4

Muralitharan to Shahid Afridi,
OUT, Boom Boom goes back to dressing
room, almighty slog the first ball he faces, gets the top edge, picks out
deep midwicket again

Shahid Afridi c Dilshan b Muralitharan 0 (1m 1b 0×4
0×6) SR: 0.00

So Afridi’s wretched form continues. Poor cricket also
that he was on the strike when Misbah got out caught to deep midwicket

15.5

Muralitharan to Younis Khan, 1 run, Younis sweeps the
hat-trick ball for one

15.6

Muralitharan to Fawad Alam, 1 run, topspinner, on off
stump, Fawad plays bwith soft hands and gets off the mark

Malinga is back, 48 required off 24

16.1

Malinga to Fawad Alam, 1 run, starts with a full
delivery, Fawad plays it towards third man

16.2

Malinga to Younis Khan, 2 runs, yorker, down the leg
side, turned away well to between fine leg and deep backward square

16.3

Malinga to Younis Khan, 2 runs, slower ball, wide
outside off, placed well between sweeper-cover and third man, to get to his
fifty, a very good innings that has kept Pakistan alive

16.4

Malinga to Younis Khan,
OUT, the slower ball does it again, this has to be the match, wide
outside off this is, Younis is early into it, and lobs it towards short
third man, Sangakkara runs and takes the catch, but there is a collision
with Murali running in from third man. All safe, though

Younis Khan c †Sangakkara b Malinga 50 (50m 37b 4×4
0×6) SR: 135.13

Tanvir new man in

16.5

Malinga to Fawad Alam, 1 run, back of a length, slower
ball, played for one to short third man

going back to that collision, Sanga had started calling
fairly early. But in the end, luckily, they went shoulder to shoulder, and
the heads were safe

16.6

Malinga to Sohail Tanvir, 1 run, a superb yorker this
time, just the one

Kulasekera to bowl now

17.1

Kulasekara to Sohail Tanvir, 1 run, fulltoss, driven
down the ground

17.2

Kulasekara to Fawad Alam,
FOUR, that’s a good hit, a low fulltoss, he clears his leg, and lofts
it over midwicket

17.3

Kulasekara to Fawad Alam, no run, slower delivery,
angled across Alam, he swings big time, and misses

17.4

Kulasekara to Fawad Alam, 1 run, full, almost a yorker,
played to point for one

17.5

Kulasekara to Sohail Tanvir, 1 run, that was wristily
and powerfully hit, but straight to long-on for one

17.6

Kulasekara to Fawad Alam, 1 run, fulltoss, drilled down
to long-on, just the one

Malinga to bowl his last over, 33 required in two overs

18.1

Malinga to Fawad Alam, 1 run, slower ball again, back
of a length, thick outside edge, one down to third man

18.2

Malinga to Sohail Tanvir, no run, another slower ball,
and Tanvir plays all over it, this one dips sharply

18.3

Malinga to Sohail Tanvir, 1 bye, this time he goes for
the shorter slower one, Tanvir plays and misses again, but this one bounces
twice through to Sangakkara and they get a bye

18.4

Malinga to Fawad Alam, 1 run, looks for the scoop shot,
Malinga bowls a wide yorker, just one to short fine

18.5

Malinga to Sohail Tanvir, no run, another slower
delivery, they are not picking him at all, beats him again with this shorter
one

18.6

Malinga to Sohail Tanvir,
OUT, finishes with a wicket, another slower delivery - I’m tired of
picking the slower ones - and Tanvir slogs at it, gets a huge top edge,
Malinga calls for it, gets under it, and catches it on the rebound

Sohail Tanvir c & b Malinga 3 (10m 7b 0×4 0×6) SR:
42.85

Thirty required off the last over as Gul walks in

19.1

Kulasekara to Fawad Alam, 1 run, that’s a fulltoss hit
hard down the ground, but long-on gets around it

29 off 5, still mathematically possible

19.2

Kulasekara to Umar Gul, 1 run, yorker, inside edge onto
the pads, gets one

28 off 4, call in the wides

19.3

Kulasekara to Fawad Alam,
OUT, another top edge, another swing across the line, and another
easy catch for Sangakkara, what a way to delay the inevitable

Fawad Alam c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara 12 (17m 11b
1×4 0×6) SR: 109.09

19.4

Kulasekara to Umar Gul, 1 run,
OUT, fulltoss, drilled to deep
midwicket, Aaamer is late to start for the second, and we have an easy
run-out

Mohammad Aamer run out 0 (1m 0b 0×4 0×6) SR: -

19.5

Kulasekara to Umar Gul,
SIX, Gul pulls, and pulls well, clears deep backward square

19.6

Kulasekara to Umar Gul, 1 run, length ball, hit down
the ground for one, and Sri Lanka win comfortably in the end

Dilshan, the Man of the Match: I just trained
hard [on the Dilshan scoop] very hard in the IPL. I have the confidence I
can connect it every time. On that note, okay bye

Younis, who scored a fighting fifty: It’s all
about the start, we gave away so many no-balls and wides early. And again
with the bat we didn’t start well

Sangakkara: Great effort to defend a small
total. Great effort from Dilshan, but we needed more partnerships, and we
should have got a bigger total.

Pakistan will look back and rue how they started with
the ball, and then wasted a superb comeback from Afridi with the ball.
Malinga and Murali proved too much, although Mendis didn’t look very good
today. The key stat of the day: Pakistan gave away 20 extras, and lost by 19
runs