End of over 15 (19 runs) Pakistan 119/3 (32 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 7.93, RRR: 6.40)
Umar Akmal 28 (23b 2x4 1x6)
Shoaib Malik 6 (5b 0x4 0x6)
TAM Siriwardana 2-0-20-1
HMRKB Herath 4-0-28-0
Guru: "This is good calculation from Pakistan, 50 from power play and next 50 at 6 run rate and now they can get 50 from last six overs as they have quality batsmen playing now and hitting power to come"
14.6
Siriwardana to Umar Akmal, FOUR, what a shot! When he's on song, he can be delightful to watch. Gets to the pitch and crashes that into the gap between deep cover and long-off. No slogging so far today, clean hitting
TejaMainHoon: "Umar Akmal has this tendency to eat up balls trying to save his wicket.. because he trusts his ability to score quickly.. but every now and then he will go for an untimely wild hog because of the pressure that will make him lose his wicket.. I think if he is able to make a habit of rotating the strike, he can be a force like Kohli.. he is doing better today for a change."
14.5
Siriwardana to Umar Akmal, no run, played back to the bowler
14.4
Siriwardana to Umar Akmal, FOUR, another freebie, put away exactly at the same spot, one bounce over the ropes. Can't bowl that short and expect to get away.
14.3
Siriwardana to Umar Akmal, SIX, buffet bowling, as Geoff Boycott would say. Too short, enough time for Akmal to rock back and pull that into the gap at deep midwicket. Set himself up early and struck it off the middle
14.2
Siriwardana to Umar Akmal, 2 runs, driven into the gap at wide long-off
14.1
Siriwardana to Shoaib Malik, 3 runs, the delicate dab does the trick. Fired it outside off, he rocks back and angles it past short third man, good work by Kulasekara. Chasing it down right till the end and then pulling it back in