Pakistan trounce Sri Lanka to take an unassailable 2-0 lead and with it the series here in Abu Dhabi. Shoaib Malik will be a happy man, as will tons of fans back home. A depleted Sri Lanka looked undercooked in both games, and they'll hope to bounce back in the final game on May 22. Do join Sriram Veera then as he brings you the live commentary.
I apologize for the screw-up here at the end. We had some technical difficulties and thus were unable to bring you the proper ball-by-ball details during the last couple overs. For now, its good night and good luck from me, Jamie Alter, and I hope you enjoyed the coverage. Cheers! |
| 39.5 | Umar Gul to Perera, OUT, and he goes first ball, playing all over a full and straight delivery that crashes into middle stump as Sri Lanka go down by 98 runs |
| PDRL Perera b Umar Gul 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00 |
| In lopes Perera |
| 39.4 | Umar Gul to Bandara, OUT, he too falls, pulling Gul straight to Hameed at midwicket, and this match is almost over |
| CM Bandara c Yasir Hameed b Umar Gul 11 (16b 2x4 0x6) SR: 68.75 |
| 39.3 | Umar Gul to Bandara, FOUR |
| 39.2 | Umar Gul to Bandara, FOUR |
| 39.1 | Umar Gul to Fernando, 1 run |
| End of over 39 (1 run) - Sri Lanka 206/8 (108 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 5.28, RRR: 9.81) | CM Bandara | | 3* (13b) | | Mohammad Sami | | 6-1-27-2 | | CRD Fernando | | 1* (3b) | | |
| 38.6 | Mohammad Sami to Bandara, no run |
| 38.5 | Mohammad Sami to Fernando, 1 run |
| 38.4 | Mohammad Sami to Fernando, no run |
| 38.3 | Mohammad Sami to Fernando, no run |
| 38.2 | Mohammad Sami to Maharoof, OUT, and he's gone, looping up a well disguised slow, full delivery straight to Butt at cover |
| MF Maharoof c Salman Butt b Mohammad Sami 17 (18b 3x4 0x6) SR: 94.44 |
| 38.1 | Mohammad Sami to Maharoof, no run, naah, not if they keep getting dot balls like that, as Maharoof fails to put one way outside off stump |
| Okay, so its 109 from nine overs at 9.08. What're the odds? Guess who's back? Sami's back... |
| End of over 38 (3 runs) - Sri Lanka 205/7 (109 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 5.39, RRR: 9.08) | MF Maharoof | | 17* (16b 3x4) | | Mohammad Asif | | 10-0-59-2 | | CM Bandara | | 3* (12b) | | |
| 37.6 | Mohammad Asif to Maharoof, 1 run, fullish outside off stump, but Maharoof can only drive into the covers for one...well then again, thats what he probably wants, to keep strike ahead of Bandara |
| 37.5 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, 1 run, back of a length but on leg stump, allowing him to turn it to fine leg for one |
| 37.4 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, no run, now its a slower ball, full outside off stump, thats beats him |
| 37.3 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, no run, back of a length outside off stump, Bandara pushes straight to cover |
| 37.3 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, 1 no ball, he oversteps, its on the pads and rolls away towards short fine leg |
| 37.2 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, no run, this one lifts off a short length outside off stump, beating Bandara, who flashes and misses |
| 37.1 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, no run, full on off stump, driven to midwicket |
| End of over 37 (13 runs) - Sri Lanka 202/7 (112 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 5.45, RRR: 8.61) | MF Maharoof | | 16* (15b 3x4) | | Umar Gul | | 3-0-29-0 | | CM Bandara | | 2* (6b) | | |
| 36.6 | Umar Gul to Maharoof, FOUR, make it three in a row! Gul's problems continue, as he bowls one fuller on middle and leg stump, and sees it smacked wide of long-on for another boundary |
| 36.5 | Umar Gul to Maharoof, FOUR, okay, he says, I can try and do this, pulling another short delivery and looking on as the inside-edge races away to fine leg for four more |
| 36.4 | Umar Gul to Maharoof, FOUR, now he gets going, pulling a long-hop wide of mid-on for a much-needed four, but Sri Lanka need many, many more of those |
| 36.3 | Umar Gul to Bandara, 1 run, fuller on about leg stump, he defends and gets an inside-edge onto the pads, which trickles to fine leg |
| 36.2 | Umar Gul to Bandara, no run, good length outside off stump, now he steers it to point |
| 36.1 | Umar Gul to Bandara, no run, good start, up there on off stump, and Bandara drives back to him |
| 'Butterfingers' Gul comes back on to redeem himself with the ball |
| End of over 36 (5 runs) - Sri Lanka 189/7 (125 runs required from 14 overs, RR: 5.25, RRR: 8.92) | MF Maharoof | | 4* (12b) | | Mohammad Asif | | 9-0-56-2 | | CM Bandara | | 1* (3b) | | |
| 35.6 | Mohammad Asif to Maharoof, no run, back of a length outside off stump, and Maharoof pushes to cover to end a good over from Asif |
| 35.5 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, 1 run, even fuller and straighter this time, and Bandara opens up with a push to mid-on |
| 35.4 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, no run, good length, tighter this time, and he defends back to Asif |
| 35.3 | Mohammad Asif to Bandara, no run, good length outside off stump, he drives to cover |
| 35.2 | Mohammad Asif to DPMD Jayawardene, OUT, good change to bring back Asif, it would seem, and with that big wicket Sri Lanka's last hope fades! Jayawardene goes for a pull to one that he should've come forward to, missing it completely as it nips in off a good length and knocks back middle stump |
| DPMD Jayawardene b Mohammad Asif 61 (69b 6x4 1x6) SR: 88.40 |
| 35.1 | Mohammad Asif to DPMD Jayawardene, FOUR, and he's welcome back by a blistering drive from Jayawardene, using his feet and driving up and over mid-on for four |
| 130 needed from 15 overs. Jayawardene waging a long battle out there. Do Pakistan have this one wrapped up? Here's Mohammad Asif. |
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