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National Board President
SriLanka lost 3 quick wickets
England fought back well by taking 3 big wickets in quick successions. Paul Collingwood and G.Chapple bowled medium pace and SriLankan batsmen found it difficult to put the ball away and instead lost their wickets. SriLanka still require 50 to win in the last 5 overs .England got 57 in their last 5 overs can SriLanka get to the target .
After G.Chapple's good 1st over A.Strauss made another bowling change and gave the ball to Harmison .But Trescothick had a chat with A.Strauss and Harmison and then Collingwood was given the ball .It was a good decision as S.Harmison overs were saved for the final overs.P.Collingwood is a part time bowler for England but bowls well in home conditions .K.Sangakara was on strike and was in good touch and was looking to unsettle the bowler .Collingwood bowled his 1s ball on the leg stump and K.Sangakara went for a straight drive but the ball just swung into the left hander and K.Sangakara was beaten completely and was bowled. Collingwood got some swing on that delivery which were good signs for England. K.Sangakara was Eventuall out for 15 uns off 10 balls.Jayawardena was the next man in and was straight away in trouble 1st ball. Collingwood got the ball to swing again away from the right hander,Jayawardena went for the cover drive and edged it passed the keeper for 2 runs.Now England got a tight field for the new batsman and also got in a slip in place.
P.Collingwood's 1st over(HAWKEYE and DARTFISH):
Jayawardena and Jayasurya were getting some runs in 2's and 3's and were getting close to 100 .G.Chapple was hit for another boundary by Jayasurya and was looking dangerous but G.Chapple did the trick. G.Chapple got his 1st international wicket as he got Jayasurya caught in the leg side. He bowled on the middle and leg stump and Jayasurya just flicked the ball on the leg side and it went straight in A.Strauss hands.England were celebrating after that important wicket and now they knew that they have a change to win this one .G.Chapple was bowling his good line and length which made Jayasurya to play this shot inorder to get the scoreboard ticking .Jayasurya went for 24 runs off 30 balls .Next man in was T.Dilshan .
Jayasurya wicket:
Meanwhile Jayawardena and Dilshan were getting quick runs after Jayasurya's wicket .Jayawardena got 1 boundary and Dilshan got 2 fours and were trying to get in the aggressive mode. jayawardena had to play a captains knock here if SriLanka had to win this match . Dilshan was giving him good support from other end.Jayawardena got 2 fours and was timing the ball beautifully and was getting quick singles too and rotating the strike which in important to disturb the bowlers rythm.
Jayasurya playing few shots:
SriLanka lost another wicket in G.Chapple's next over.This time it was captain Jayawardena . Chapple bowled a short ball to Jayawardena who was in hurry to score quickly, tried to go over the infield on the leg side and was nowhere in position to play the shot and gave away a simple catch to A.Cook. Jayawardena made 12 runs but his team needed more from him. G.Chapple impressed everyone with his bowlinga and with his good control on line and length. SriLanka were now in deep trouble as they lost 3 big wickets in quick succession. R.Arnold was the new man in and he is also good hitter of the ball. Dilshan looks in good touch after 2 boundaries and he has the ability to play big shots as we saw in the test matches.
Jayawardena's wicket:
England were now on top of the match and were eyeing the win. Collingwood and Chapple bowled beautifully.Chapple was brilliant gave a few runs which is ecpected in 20-20 game but got 2 important wickets. T.Dilshan was now in aggressive mode and went for a cover drive on a slower ball which was not well timed was in the air for a while and Ed Joyce again made a briliiant attempt for the catch to his right and got hands to it and dropped it . England players were dissappointed as it was catchable but at this level of cricket the players need to take those half chances in order to win the match.
Dilshan dropped(DARTFISH):
SriLanka: 109/4
Dilshan 12*(7)
G.Chapple 3-0-22-2
P.Collingwood 3-0-21-1
Srilanka still require 50 runs in 5 overs at 10 runs per over.
Score Comparision:
England fought back well by taking 3 big wickets in quick successions. Paul Collingwood and G.Chapple bowled medium pace and SriLankan batsmen found it difficult to put the ball away and instead lost their wickets. SriLanka still require 50 to win in the last 5 overs .England got 57 in their last 5 overs can SriLanka get to the target .
After G.Chapple's good 1st over A.Strauss made another bowling change and gave the ball to Harmison .But Trescothick had a chat with A.Strauss and Harmison and then Collingwood was given the ball .It was a good decision as S.Harmison overs were saved for the final overs.P.Collingwood is a part time bowler for England but bowls well in home conditions .K.Sangakara was on strike and was in good touch and was looking to unsettle the bowler .Collingwood bowled his 1s ball on the leg stump and K.Sangakara went for a straight drive but the ball just swung into the left hander and K.Sangakara was beaten completely and was bowled. Collingwood got some swing on that delivery which were good signs for England. K.Sangakara was Eventuall out for 15 uns off 10 balls.Jayawardena was the next man in and was straight away in trouble 1st ball. Collingwood got the ball to swing again away from the right hander,Jayawardena went for the cover drive and edged it passed the keeper for 2 runs.Now England got a tight field for the new batsman and also got in a slip in place.
P.Collingwood's 1st over(HAWKEYE and DARTFISH):
Jayawardena and Jayasurya were getting some runs in 2's and 3's and were getting close to 100 .G.Chapple was hit for another boundary by Jayasurya and was looking dangerous but G.Chapple did the trick. G.Chapple got his 1st international wicket as he got Jayasurya caught in the leg side. He bowled on the middle and leg stump and Jayasurya just flicked the ball on the leg side and it went straight in A.Strauss hands.England were celebrating after that important wicket and now they knew that they have a change to win this one .G.Chapple was bowling his good line and length which made Jayasurya to play this shot inorder to get the scoreboard ticking .Jayasurya went for 24 runs off 30 balls .Next man in was T.Dilshan .
Jayasurya wicket:
Meanwhile Jayawardena and Dilshan were getting quick runs after Jayasurya's wicket .Jayawardena got 1 boundary and Dilshan got 2 fours and were trying to get in the aggressive mode. jayawardena had to play a captains knock here if SriLanka had to win this match . Dilshan was giving him good support from other end.Jayawardena got 2 fours and was timing the ball beautifully and was getting quick singles too and rotating the strike which in important to disturb the bowlers rythm.
Jayasurya playing few shots:
SriLanka lost another wicket in G.Chapple's next over.This time it was captain Jayawardena . Chapple bowled a short ball to Jayawardena who was in hurry to score quickly, tried to go over the infield on the leg side and was nowhere in position to play the shot and gave away a simple catch to A.Cook. Jayawardena made 12 runs but his team needed more from him. G.Chapple impressed everyone with his bowlinga and with his good control on line and length. SriLanka were now in deep trouble as they lost 3 big wickets in quick succession. R.Arnold was the new man in and he is also good hitter of the ball. Dilshan looks in good touch after 2 boundaries and he has the ability to play big shots as we saw in the test matches.
Jayawardena's wicket:
England were now on top of the match and were eyeing the win. Collingwood and Chapple bowled beautifully.Chapple was brilliant gave a few runs which is ecpected in 20-20 game but got 2 important wickets. T.Dilshan was now in aggressive mode and went for a cover drive on a slower ball which was not well timed was in the air for a while and Ed Joyce again made a briliiant attempt for the catch to his right and got hands to it and dropped it . England players were dissappointed as it was catchable but at this level of cricket the players need to take those half chances in order to win the match.
Dilshan dropped(DARTFISH):
SriLanka: 109/4
Dilshan 12*(7)
G.Chapple 3-0-22-2
P.Collingwood 3-0-21-1
Srilanka still require 50 runs in 5 overs at 10 runs per over.
Score Comparision: