Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Aug 1, 2015
Sri Lanka 172/7 (20/20 ov)
Pakistan 174/9 (19.2/20 ov)
Pakistan won by 1 wicket (with 4 balls remaining)
The most incredible event of the match!
Cricinfo.com reports it as "Fernando to Mohammad Irfan, 1 run, slower ball on off stump and Irfan leans forward and squeezes the ball into the covers and gets off strike", it is difficult to stop boundaries in T20 cricket, especially when Shahid Afridi would on strike he must be on fire most of the time, The momentum set by Afridi taken by another Pakistan all rounder Anwer Ali who hit 46 of 17 balls, but they should stop Muhammad Irfan from steeling single at every cost, poor last over strategy by Sri Lankan Captain Lasith Malinga who let the last man Muhammad Irfan got off strike in just one ball, Muhammad Irfan has 2 runs not out highest score in T20s while he scored only 4 runs including millions dollars single taken by him today to let Imad Wasim face last five balls to have at least one boundary out them all, but Imad wasim wasted no time to finish the match with long on Sixer.
Congratulations to Pakistan Cricket teams
That they won all three format's series,
That they got a leg spinner in the team who is a match winner, naming Yasir Shah.
That they got a very good captain in ODI, Named Azhar Ali
That they have an all rounder in the team named Anwar Ali
That Hafeez can play as a batsman easily.
That pakistan has some good youth in the team.
Most congratulations for Waqar Younis that Pakistan Cricket team can play and can win the matches without Sarfraz as well, For God sake Wiki Bhai leave the ego and let Sarfraz play all three formats while he is looking to score some runs all formats of cricket, Unlucky Sri Lanka
To me it looked like that Sri Lankan were little unlucky today and in the all three formats of
series as well, they bat well, having got enough runs, got out top 5 Pakistani batsmen very early, Shahid Khan Afridi and Anwer Ali disturb their position but they were just one lucky ball away from a win, when Muhammad Irfan got a single on very first ball of the last over I guessed it it is end of Sri Lankan nerves, they should bet upon the single of Muhammad Irfan which would be their chance more than 50% at all. Goo Batting, Good fielding as got three Pakistani T20 specialist (may be specialists of other formats as well) run out for the first time in the history T20 cricket, no team done it before against Pakistan, Poor bowlling at all, if you see the boundary balls they looked very ordinary and a club boy can hit boundaries on that balls, but Anwer Ali batted really well and took the away from Sri Lanka, while Shahid Khan Afridi Pakistani Captain took Pakistan back in the match.
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It is long time ago when Pakistan won three series of all three formats from any team in the world cricket, incredible Misbah and calm Azhar Ali with hurry man Afridi proved to lucky, Jayawardnay and Sangakara left the but in spite of winning it seems that Sri Lanka has good future in its youth blood who joined the team recently, Good fighting teams founded by Sri Lanka as well. No matter they couldn'nt win the most of the matches in the series but they would have shown a good sign of professionalism, a fair play by both teams in this series that was a great series to watch.Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
MDKJ Perera† b Shoaib Malik 19 19 14 3 0 135.71
TM Dilshan c Mohammad Hafeez b Anwar Ali 10 12 8 2 0 125.00
DSNFG Jayasuriya c Imad Wasim b Sohail Tanvir 40 43 32 3 2 125.00
DM de Silva b Shahid Afridi 14 20 15 1 0 93.33
NLTC Perera st †Mohammad Rizwan b Shoaib Malik 1 3 3 0 0 33.33
TAM Siriwardana c Mukhtar Ahmed b Mohammad Irfan 23 40 19 1 1 121.05
CK Kapugedera not out 48 37 25 2 4 192.00
MD Shanaka run out (†Mohammad Rizwan) 7 8 4 1 0 175.00
Extras (lb 3, w 7) 10
Total (7 wickets; 20 overs; 94 mins) 172 (8.60 runs per over)
Did not batB Fernando, JDF Vandersay, SL Malinga*
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Dilshan, 2.4 ov), 2-32 (MDKJ Perera, 3.6 ov), 3-61 (de Silva, 8.4 ov), 4-64 (NLTC Perera, 9.3 ov), 5-90 (Jayasuriya, 12.3 ov), 6-145 (Siriwardana, 18.1 ov), 7-172 (Shanaka, 19.6 ov)
Pakistan Bowlling Card
O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
Anwar Ali 4 0 40 1 10.00 7 5 1 (1w)
Sohail Tanvir 4 0 44 1 11.00 8 3 3 (1w)
Shoaib Malik 3 0 16 2 5.33 10 1 1
Mohammad Irfan 4 0 31 1 7.75 8 2 1
Shahid Afridi 4 0 30 1 7.50 9 2 1
Imad Wasim 1 0 8 0 8.00 3 0 0 (1w)
Pakistan innings (target: 173 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
Mukhtar Ahmed c Kapugedera b Fernando 4 13 7 0 0 57.14
Ahmed Shehzad b Fernando 7 9 8 1 0 87.50
Mohammad Hafeez run out (Dilshan/NLTC Perera) 11 18 12 1 0 91.66
Shoaib Malik st †MDKJ Perera b Siriwardana 8 25 12 0 0 66.66
Umar Akmal run out (de Silva/†MDKJ Perera) 4 7 4 0 0 100.00
Mohammad Rizwan† b NLTC Perera 17 28 18 1 0 94.44
Shahid Afridi* b Jayasuriya 45 30 22 1 4 204.54
Imad Wasim not out 24 34 14 2 1 171.42
Anwar Ali c †MDKJ Perera b Malinga 46 22 17 3 4 270.58
Sohail Tanvir run out (NLTC Perera/Malinga) 1 3 1 0 0 100.00
Mohammad Irfan not out 1 2 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (lb 1, w 5) 6
Total (9 wickets; 19.2 overs; 100 mins) 174 (9.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Ahmed Shehzad, 2.2 ov), 2-16 (Mukhtar Ahmed, 2.5 ov), 3-33 (Mohammad Hafeez, 5.3 ov), 4-40 (Umar Akmal, 6.5 ov), 5-40 (Shoaib Malik, 7.2 ov), 6-101 (Mohammad Rizwan, 13.3 ov), 7-107 (Shahid Afridi, 14.1 ov), 8-165 (Anwar Ali, 18.4 ov), 9-167 (Sohail Tanvir, 18.6 ov)
Sri Lanka Bowling Card
O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
s B Fernando 3.2 0 33 2 9.90 6 2 1 (1w)
DSNFG Jayasuriya 4 0 37 1 9.25 7 1 2
NLTC Perera 4 0 27 1 6.75 12 3 1
TAM Siriwardana 2 0 17 1 8.50 3 1 1
JDF Vandersay 2 0 19 0 9.50 3 0 2
SL Malinga 4 0 40 1 10.00 4 2 2
Match details
Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Series - Pakistan won the 2-match series 2-0
T20I debuts - DSNFG Jayasuriya and MD Shanaka (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match - Anwar Ali (Pakistan)
Player of the series - Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)
Umpires - RSA Palliyaguruge and RR Wimalasiri
TV umpire - REJ Martinesz
Match referee - J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire - RA Kottahachchi
Match Notes
Sri Lanka innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 1
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 4
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (TAM Siriwardana 20, CK Kapugedera 28, Ex 7)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 10
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 172/7 in 20.0 overs (CK Kapugedera 48)
Pakistan innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 3 wickets)
Pakistan: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 6
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Mohammad Rizwan 10, Shahid Afridi 41, Ex 0)
Pakistan: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 6
Pakistan: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (Imad Wasim 12, Anwar Ali 40, Ex 0)
