- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.5 now Sreesanth strikes! pitched up slightly outside the off stump, Tharanga loses his concentration, pokes at it and the ball carries to Tendulkar at first slip at a comfortable height 31/22.3 what a comeback! Munaf drops this one on a good length outiside off stump, Jayasuriya gets forward and gets a thick edge to Dhoni 16/110.4 trapped and no escape this time! Munaf bowls that nagging stump-to-stump line, full on middle, ball straightens after pitching, strikes the front pad, in the path of middle and leg, no doubt for umpire Shastri 53/348.4 he goes for it again but fails! Sangakkara didn't get enough power behind that shot and it flew to Sehwag who ran in from long on and dived to his left to take a well-judged catch 249/713.2 caught on the rebound! pitches on a good length outside off stump, Jayawardene fiddles with it, the edge goes to Ganguly at second slip at waist height, he fumbles and Dhoni is alert enough to catch it on the rebound 58/435.3 foxed by the doosra! pitches on the perfect length on off stump, straightens, Dilshan was clearly not expecting that, barely has time to play a stroke, the ball clips the top of off stump, Dilshan looks stunned 166/540.3 Sachin strikes! That pitched on leg stump and went straight through, Arnold tries to close the face and play it through midwicket, he misses and the ball his him dead centre in front of middle stump, the umpire took his time but eventually raised the finger 188/648.5 Maharoof holes out this time, he smashes that straight to Karthik at long on who takes a simple catch, he couldn't get under the ball to get the necessary elevation and skied it, Munaf is on a hat-trick 249/8Extras21 (lb 14, nb 3, w 4)TOTAL257/8 (50 Overs, RR: 5.14)Did not bat: SL MalingaFall of wickets: 1-16 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.3 ov), 2-31 (Upul Tharanga, 5.5 ov), 3-53 (Marvan Atapattu, 10.4 ov), 4-58 (Mahela Jayawardene, 13.2 ov), 5-166 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 35.3 ov), 6-188 (Russel Arnold, 40.3 ov), 7-249 (Kumar Sangakkara, 48.4 ov), 8-249 (Farveez Maharoof, 48.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MM Patel 9 0 49 4 5.44 37 5 2 2 2 S Sreesanth 10 1 39 2 3.9 45 7 0 1 1 SC Ganguly 2 0 14 0 7 9 2 1 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 41 1 4.1 33 4 0 0 0 A Kumble 10 1 59 0 5.9 27 4 2 0 0 SR Tendulkar 9 0 41 1 4.55 24 1 1 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 caught on the bounce! short on off stump and climbing on the batsman, Uthappa goes forward instead of staying back, the ball hits the tip of the bat and headsto Jayawardene at first slip who leaps and takes it with both hands 14/127.1 Ganguly gifts his wicket! Malinga bowls a full and wide ball, Ganguly doesn't move his feet but reaches out for it, the ball bounces just before hitting the bat and Sangakkara takes a simple catch, that's a soft dismissal to end a fine innings 154/43.2 Maharoof strikes again! short of a length outside off and darting in after pitching, Dravid wasn't expecting that deviation and ended up inside edging it onto the bails, cracker of a delivery to get the Indian captain 29/223.2 bowled flat and fast outside off stump, Tendulkar came down the pitch, realised that he wasn't to the pitch of the ball and tried to fend it away, he was beaten and Sangakkara whipped off the bails in a trice, huge wicket for Sri Lanka 129/329.6 Bandara strikes back! fired in outside off stump, Sehwag attempted another dab, was cramped for room and ended up getting a thickish outside edge 169/549.5 stunning, simply stunning, Dhoni had room to free his arms and he smashed that high over cover, Maharoof ran back looking over his head, running at full speed, Upul Tharanga was running in from the fence also at full speed, there was danger of a collision but Maharoof didn't lose focus, he kept his eye on the ball and completed an outstanding catch running backwards and tumbling to the ground, one of the best catches you will see under pressure 252/945.4 the yorker gets him! Superb ball to follow the bouncer, it swings back into Karthik who tries to hit it on the leg side, he gets beaten and the ball hits the pad in front of middle and leg, was that missing leg? It looked close enough 235/647.3 caught! and what a catch! Harbhajan throws all he has behind a heave that was intended to go down the ground, instead he gets a top edge that swirls high in the region towards third man, Jayawardene runs back and dives to his left to take a high-pressure catch 241/749.1 Dhoni hammers it down the ground and sets off for two runs, there was never two in it and Kumble was stranded hopelessly when the throw came in from long-on, from India's point of view Dhoni retains the strike 248/8Extras22 (b 1, lb 5, nb 7, w 9)TOTAL252/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.04)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Robin Uthappa, 1.3 ov), 2-29 (Rahul Dravid, 3.2 ov), 3-129 (Sachin Tendulkar, 23.2 ov), 4-154 (Sourav Ganguly, 27.1 ov), 5-169 (Virender Sehwag, 29.6 ov), 6-235 (Dinesh Karthik, 45.4 ov), 7-241 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.3 ov), 8-248 (Anil Kumble, 49.1 ov), 9-252 (MS Dhoni, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SL Malinga 10 0 75 2 7.5 31 10 0 4 5 MF Maharoof 10 0 42 3 4.2 36 3 0 3 2 KMDN Kulasekara 10 0 48 0 4.8 39 6 1 1 0 HMCM Bandara 10 0 36 2 3.6 31 1 0 1 0 ST Jayasuriya 9 0 38 1 4.22 24 2 0 0 0 TM Dilshan 1 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka led the 4-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45
Match days
11 February 2007 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (65 balls), Extras 6
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 64/4 in 15.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 16, TM Dilshan 0)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 21.1 overs (133 balls), Extras 10
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (KC Sangakkara 24, TM Dilshan 23, Ex 3)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 79 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 149/4 in 32.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 52, TM Dilshan 45)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 32.1 overs (199 balls), Extras 13
- TM Dilshan: 50 off 58 balls (7 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 122 balls (KC Sangakkara 43, TM Dilshan 51, Ex 6)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 43.4 overs (269 balls), Extras 19
- KC Sangakkara: 100 off 124 balls (11 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (KC Sangakkara 33, MF Maharoof 15, Ex 5)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 48.6 overs (301 balls), Extras 20
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 257/8 in 50.0 overs (HMCM Bandara 3, KMDN Kulasekara 4)
- India: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (50 balls), Extras 7
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (SC Ganguly 16, SR Tendulkar 32, Ex 5)
- Drinks: India - 99/2 in 14.0 overs (SC Ganguly 35, SR Tendulkar 42)
- India: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (94 balls), Extras 10
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 51 balls (9 x 4)
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 67 balls (6 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 125 balls (SC Ganguly 37, SR Tendulkar 54, Ex 9)
- Power Play 3: Overs 24.1 - 29.0
- India: 150 runs in 26.3 overs (171 balls), Extras 15
- India: 200 runs in 38.1 overs (244 balls), Extras 21
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (MS Dhoni 23, KD Karthik 23, Ex 4)
- India: 250 runs in 49.4 overs (314 balls), Extras 22
- One-day International Scorer : Gautham
- One-day International Commentators : Kanishkaa Balachandran and George Binoy
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