End of over 15 (4 runs) Sri Lanka 92/5 (56 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 6.13, RRR: 11.20)

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End of over 15 (4 runs) Sri Lanka 92/5 (56 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 6.13, RRR: 11.20)

AD Mathews7 (13b 0x4 0x6)
Mashrafe Mortaza3-0-17-1
Mustafizur Rahman2-0-10-1
14.6
Mashrafe Mortaza to Siriwardana, OUT, slower ball on off stump, and Siriwardana holes out! Picks the change of pace, clears his front leg, sets himself up nicely on a wide base, slogs it away, and picks out the fielder at deep midwicket

TAM Siriwardana c Sabbir Rahman b Mashrafe Mortaza 3 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00
14.5
Mashrafe Mortaza to Mathews, 1 run, back of a length on off stump, looks like another slower ball. Stops on Mathews and he pokes it away into the covers for another single
14.4
Mashrafe Mortaza to Mathews, no run, slower length ball outside off, Mathews clears his front leg, slogs across the line, misses
14.3
Mashrafe Mortaza to Siriwardana, 1 run, slower short ball on off stump, keeps a bit low. Siriwardana adjusts well and plays a checked pull towards deep square leg. Mathews jogs the first, Siriwardana sprints it and wants the second, he's sent back
 

Andy: "Sri Lanka seriously needs to get their batting order sorted out. Its okay to follow the concept of having your big hitters come in after others have set up a platform but with such a short format like t20 you need to get your best batsmen in early to get themselves settled down in order to get the maximum out of them. Right now the best batsmen in the side are Siriwardena and Kapugedara and them coming in 4,5 or 6 down is unacceptable."

 
14.2
Mashrafe Mortaza to Mathews, 1 run, length ball on off stump, dabbed gently towards point
14.1
Mashrafe Mortaza to Siriwardana, 1 run, length ball angling away from off stump. Siriwardana looks for the drive over the covers, gets a thick edge that bounces down towards third man. Went to the right of the fielder, they could have taken two, but Siriwardana didn't take the first one quickly enough



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