Key occasions
Please activate JavaScript to make use of this characteristic
fifth over: Australia 28-2 (Head 17, Smith 0) Right here comes Steve Smith.
Share
WICKET! Fraser-McGurk c Asalanka b Asitha Fernando 9 (Australia 28-2)
JFM lasers a size ball from Asitha over level for a one bounce 4. He then misses out on a pull and the ball clunks into his field. He was too early on the shot and the floor is somewhat two paced.
A slower ball then does for Fraser-McGurk! Asitha takes the tempo off and the batter slaps it straight to the Sri Lankan skipper at mid off!
Share
4th over: Australia 24-1 (Head 17, Fraser-McGurk 5) Theekshana sends down a testing over that sees Fraser-McGurk get a thick outdoors edge enjoying away from his physique, the sting is DROPPED by the keeper although. It was a tricky likelihood stood up because the deviation was massive. Head clips for 3 behind sq. and JFM collects a single down the bottom.
Share
third over: Australia 20-1 (Head 14, Fraser-McGurk 4) Fraser-McGurk joins Head within the center. He may do with a rating… and that’ll assist – he instances his first ball sweetly off his pads by means of sq. leg for 4.
Share
WICKET! Quick lbw b AM Fernando 2 (Australia 16-1)
Gone! It was an unsightly hoick from Matt Quick and the ball was smacking into the highest of center stump. Sri Lanka get their first scalp.
Share
Quick stands tall and crunches a drive however straight to mid off. He then makes an attempt a big moose throughout the road and misses – this appears to be like very OUT! He’s reviewed as a result of the umpire has raised the finger…
Share
2nd over: Australia 16-0 (Head 14, Quick 2) Maheesh Theekshana from the opposite finish and the spinner launches into an enormous attraction right away as he thinks he’s pinned Head LBW! The umpire says not out and the bowler requires a evaluate instantly… am I lacking one thing right here? No. It pitched outdoors leg and Sri Lanka burn a evaluate. That’s the Head worry issue creeping in I believe. The house facet know they’ve to select him up cheaply.
Share
1st over: Australia 14-0 (Head 13, Quick 1) Travis Head and Matt Quick open up for the Aussies. Asitha Fernando takes the brand new ball for Sri Lanka and has two slips in place. Will there be any motion early doorways? Nope! It appears to be like gun barrel straight on the market and Travis Head appears to be like in glowing nick as he plunders three boundaries off the primary over! A slap by means of level is adopted by two meaty bunts down the bottom. Australia off to a flier!
Share
James Wallace
Thanks Rob and good day everybody. How can we see this one then? Sri Lanka performed very effectively and have posted a difficult rating on this Colombo wicket… then once more Australia have gotten Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell of their facet right now and if simply considered one of them comes off like we all know they will then Australia may romp dwelling.
We’ll be underway once more in about 5 minutes.
Share
Up to date at 03.49 EST
Australia want 282 to win
Sri Lanka discovered the teachings of their false begin within the first ODI and laid a strong platform for the strokemakers within the center order. Kusal Mendis anchored the innings with 101, permitting Charith Asalanka (78 not out from 66 balls) and Janith Liyanage (32 not out from 21) to have some enjoyable on the demise.
It looks like Sri Lanka are favourites however Travis Head may change that within the area of some overs. Jim Wallace shall be right here for the run-chase. see you quickly.
Share
fiftieth over: Sri Lanka 281-4 (Asalanka 78, Liyanage 32) Sri Lanka finish with a flourish, pillaging 17 from Hardie’s ultimate over. Asalanka was dropped over the boundary for six by Quick at huge lengthy on, a foul miss that was compounded when Asalanka swiped the subsequent ball down the bottom for six extra.
That’s a superb effort from Sri Lanka, who went by means of the gears and hammered 85 from the final eight overs.
Share
forty ninth over: Sri Lanka 264-4 (Asalanka 64, Liyanage 31) Liyanage flashes Abbott over the 2 males on the sting of the circle and away for 4. He then shapes to scoop, realises the ball is effectively huge of off stump and tries to reverse scoop as an alternative. He can barely attain the ball – it might have been a large had he missed it – and toe-ends it nowhere.
He makes up for it by cuffing six extra down the bottom. That apart it was a canny final over from Abbott, who finishes with figures of 10-0-41-1. Sri Lanka have scored 68 from the final seven overs.
Share
Up to date at 03.06 EST
forty eighth over: Sri Lanka 254-4 (Asalanka 64, Liyanage 21) This can be a cracking cameo from Liyanage, who works Dwarshuis off the hip for one more boundary. Asalanka scoops the final ball of Dwarshuis’s spell for 4 to maneuver to 64 from 61 balls.
Dwarshuis suffered a bit on the demise however general he bowled fairly effectively: 10-1-47-1.
Share
forty seventh over: Sri Lanka 242-4 (Asalanka 58, Liyanage 15) Liyanage opens the face to steer Abbott for 4, the primary boundary Abbott has conceded all day, after which picks him up over backards sq. for a mighty six. Shot!
Three overs to go.
Share
Up to date at 02.55 EST
forty sixth over: Sri Lanka 230-4 (Asalanka 57, Liyanage 4) Asalanka turns a superb over for Australia into a superb one for Sri Lanka by heaving Dwarshuis’s final ball by means of midwicket for 4. That was completely positioned.
Share
Up to date at 02.46 EST
Fifty for Asalanka
forty fifth over: Sri Lanka 223-4 (Asalanka 52, Liyanage 2) Asalanka fiddles a Zampa googly for 3, an aesthetic stroke that brings up a classy fifty from 54 balls. He most likely needs this was a five-match collection as a result of he’s in chic kind.
5 overs to go. Sri Lanka are effectively on target for 250, which many of the commentary crew assume could be extraordinarily aggressive.
Share
Up to date at 02.46 EST
WICKET! Sri Lanka 215-4 (Kusal c Quick b Zampa 101)
Kusal slog-sweeps Zampa straight to deep midwicket, the place Quick takes a cushty head-high catch. That was a terrific knock on an ungainly pitch: 101 from 115 balls with 11 fours.
Share
Kusal Mendis’s fifth ODI hundred!
forty fourth over: Sri Lanka 215-3 (Kusal 101, Asalanka 47) Kusal Mendis inside-edges Hardie for a single to achieve a high-quality century from 113 balls. He’s enjoying second fiddle for the time being, regardless of reaching that milestone, and Asalanka pummels Hardie to the duvet boundary to maintain issues transferring. The final eight overs have gone for 63.
Share
Up to date at 02.38 EST
forty third over: Sri Lanka 205-3 (Kusal 99, Asalanka 41) Asalanka launches Sangha over additional cowl for 4 to convey up Sri Lanka’s 200. A thick edge runs away for one more boundary.
Kusal Mendis, on 99, faces just one supply within the over. He can’t get it previous mid-on so he’ll have to attend for his hundred.
Share
forty second over: Sri Lanka 196-3 (Kusal 99, Asalanka 32) Kusal hooks Abbott for a single, considered one of 5 within the over, to maneuver to 99. He was on the lookout for two however Asalanka correctly mentioned no.
Abbott has most likely secured his Champions Trophy place with right now’s efficiency: 8-0-19-1.
Share
forty first over: Sri Lanka 191-3 (Kusal 97, Asalanka 30) Sangha returns and beats Asalanka with a pleasant googly. Inglis whips off the bails and appeals for one thing and nothing; it missed the bat and Asalanka’s again foot went nowhere.
Kusal Mendis under-edges one slog sweep however carts the subsequent by means of midwicket for 4. He wants three extra for his first ODI hundred gainst Australia.
Share
fortieth over: Sri Lanka 184-3 (Kusal 92, Asalanka 28) Sean Abbott slows Sri Lanka down with one other good over that yields 4 singles. He’s bowled seven overs with out conceding a boundary.
Share
thirty ninth over: Sri Lanka 180-3 (Kusal 90, Asalanka 26) Sri Lanka are on the cost. Kusal hits Hardie for successive boundaries, a slash previous the keeper and a sublime chip over midwicket. A fast single takes him into the nineties; that is now his highest ODI rating in opposition to the Aussies.
Share
thirty eighth over: Sri Lanka 170-3 (Kusal 81, Asalanka 25) Kusal, who has struggled to time the ball within the final hour or so, drives Dwarshuis simply over the leaping Head at mid-off. That’s his first boundary for the reason that shot that introduced up his fifty within the twenty second over.
Fraser-McGurk saves two with a terrific sprawling cease when Asalanka works Dwarshuis by means of sq. leg.
Sri Lanka have gone up a gear. After scoring 27 in 9 overs, they’ve added 30 within the final 5.
Share
thirty seventh over: Sri Lanka 162-3 (Kusal 76, Asalanka 22) Asalanka is wanting harmful. He prices Zampa to smack an emphatic straight six, a sign that the cost is on. Zampa and Smith talk about an LBW evaluate when Asalanka misses a whip throughout the road; they rightly resolve in opposition to it.
There was a little bit of flip however general the seamers have been way more efficient.
Seam 19-1-55-3
Spin 18-0-105-0
Share
thirty sixth over: Sri Lanka 152-3 (Kusal 75, Asalanka 14) Ben Dwarshuis, again within the assault, beats Kusal all finally ends up with an outstanding slower bouncer. Kusal swung so onerous that he nearly pulled a abdomen muscle. An outstanding over from Dwarshuis concludes with a fuller supply snaking previous Kusal’s outdoors edge.
Share
Drinks
thirty fifth over: Sri Lanka 150-3 (Kusal 74, Asalanka 13) Zampa remains to be searching his first wicket of the collection. Sri Lanka have performed him effectively, with managed aggression and good rotation of strike.
Two singles from that over, the final earlier than the second drinks break. It looks like Sri Lanka are in a robust place, however the spinners haven’t had the anticipated impression. But.
Share
thirty fourth over: Sri Lanka 148-3 (Kusal 73, Asalanka 12) There are plenty of one-over spells for the time being. Hardie returns and is belted straight 4 by Asalanka, the primary boundary in 12 overs.
Eight from the over, Sri Lanka’s finest for some time. These two may actually harm Australia in the event that they get going.
Share
Up to date at 02.22 EST
thirty third over: Sri Lanka 140-3 (Kusal 71, Asalanka 7) Adam Zampa, who nonetheless has six overs remaining, returns to the assault. Asalanka clouts a slog-sweep excessive in the direction of cow nook, the place the ball lands simply in entrance of Maxwell operating around the boundary. He slowed down briefly, acutely aware of Dwarshuis in his peripheral imaginative and prescient, and that most likely Australia the wicket.
Six singles from the over.
Share
Up to date at 01.45 EST
thirty second over: Sri Lanka 134-3 (Kusal 68, Asalanka 4) Hardie is changed by Quick after a one-over spell. It’s one other over of singles and dot balls; Sri Lanka are constructing for an assault on the demise however they should be cautious they don’t go down a blind alley.
Share
thirty first over: Sri Lanka 131-3 (Kusal 66, Asalanka 3) Abbott took some faucet from Asalanka within the first ODI, however to date right now he has bowled with spectacular accuracy. He has figures of 6-0-11-1 after one other good over that ends with a brief ball that zips from the pitch to hit Asalanka on the shoulder.
Sri Lanka have scored 18 for two within the final seven overs.
Share
thirtieth over: Sri Lanka 129-3 (Kusal 65, Asalanka 3) Possibly this pitch isn’t as awkward as we thought, actually in opposition to the spinners: Australia’s have mixed figures of 14-0-85-0.
Steve Smith goes with seam at each ends, bringing Aaron Hardie again into the assault. He has a biggish LBW debut turned down in opposition to Asalanka, who missed a flick throughout the road. It appeared too excessive and Steve Smith decides in opposition to a evaluate.
Share
twenty ninth over: Sri Lanka 125-3 (Kusal 63, Asalanka 1) Not for the primary time right now, Abbott surprises the batter with a zippy bouncer that forces them to abort a deliberate hook shot; this time it was Kusal Mendis. One other high-quality over, only one from it.
Share
twenty eighth over: Sri Lanka 124-3 (Kusal 62, Asalanka 1) Quick replaces Maxwell. Inglis goes up for caught behind when Kusal misses a late lower; Australia resolve in opposition to a evaluate and replays present there was no edge.
Australia have pulled this again fairly effectively: the final six overs have produced 20 runs and two wickets.
Share
twenty seventh over: Sri Lanka 121-3 (Kusal 60, Asalanka 0) The brand new batter is the captain Charith Asalanka, whose extraordinary century determined the primary ODI.
Share
WICKET! Sri Lanka 121-3 (Kamindu b Abbott 4)
Kamindu Mendis’s depressing trot continues when he drags the brand new bowler Sean Abbott again onto the stumps. He tried to drive a ball that got here again into him from across the wicket; that normally spells bother for a left-hander and this was no exception.
Share
Up to date at 01.22 EST
twenty sixth over: Sri Lanka 118-2 (Kusal 59, Kamindu 2) This can be a likelihood for Australia to squeeze Sri Lanka. Kusal Mendis defends Maxwell into the bottom, tries to knock the ball to Josh Inglis and nearly hits it onto the stumps. I suppose that may nonetheless have been out regardless that he was solely attempting to assist the fielding facet.
Share
twenty fifth over: Sri Lanka 115-2 (Kusal 57, Kamindu 1) Kamindu Mendis is the brand new batter.
Share
WICKET! Sri Lanka 113-2 (Madushka c Zampa b Dwarshuis 51)
Nicely bowled Ben Dwarshuis. He was introduced again to take a wicket and has accomplished simply that. Madushka hooked a slower bouncer to lengthy leg, the place Zampa backpedalled to take a well-judged catch.
Zampa needed to throw the ball up, understanding his momentum was going to take him over the boundary, however his mind, fingers and ft had been all in sync and Madushka is on his approach.
Share
Up to date at 01.09 EST
