Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 3rd Match, Group B - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: ICC Champions Trophy, 2017 Venue: Kennington Oval, London Date & Time: Jun 03, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Upul Tharanga 57(69)
25.2
Tahir to Tharanga, out Caught by Miller!! That's a big wicket. Captain walks. Read the googly, as Sanga confirms on air, but sort of slices it to sweeper cover. Actually a lovely loft from Tharanga this. Looked stop-and-play to naked eyes but to his bad luck, the googly turned a touch more than he anticipated. And took the outside edge. And the ball carried for all the momentum in the shot. Miller in the deep, who runs to his left and pouches it. Tharanga c Miller b Tahir 57(69) [4s-6]
25.1
Tahir to Kusal Perera, 1 run, waits on the front foot and drives this full googly on the up to long-off. A slip watches on
24.3
Parnell to Tharanga, no run, pushed fuller and is pushed to covers off the front foot
24.2
Parnell to Tharanga, no run, continues from over the wicket and on a similar length. Outside off, and blocked back
24.1
Parnell to Tharanga, no run, opens the punch to this good length delivery and finds backward point. Time to redeem for Parnell; he was ordinary at the start
23.6
Tahir to Tharanga, 1 run, fuller and pushed to long-off. Good cricket
23.5
Tahir to Tharanga, no run, reads the googly off the pitch, so even though it's short, he doesn't have time. Slashes late, and a good stop by Morris at backward point
23.4
Tahir to Tharanga, no run, steers the googly with the angle to point
23.3
Tahir to Kusal Perera, 1 run, no feet, and the drive off this googly takes the outside edge and stools through backward point, who misfields
23.1
Tahir to Tharanga, FOUR, that's a googly dragged down. A myopic could read it, and so Tharanga going across the angle with a pull is totally on. Goes over mid-wicket
22.6
Duminy to Kusal Perera, no run, stays in the crease and opens the bat towards covers. Duminy is nibbling at the overs for Sri Lanka
21.5
Tahir to Kusal Perera, 1 run, some turn from middle here, and Kusal Perera goes with it to deep square
21.1
Tahir to Kusal Perera, 1 run, full toss from over the wicket cracked to long-on
20.5
Duminy to Tharanga, no run, misses his clip. Popped off the pad as Duminy delivers it slow
20.5
Duminy to Tharanga, wide, drifts it too much down leg and Tharanga misses his vertical-batted sweep. Now, now, they go upstairs as de Kock appealed for a stumping, after taking the bails off. Think Tharanga's in but here's the formality nontheless: Fair delivery, bails off but the back foot wasn't, even for a second. Can hear one of the on-air comms chuckle. Aleem Dar has his faux pas of the day. Not out, like it always was
20.4
Duminy to Tharanga, no run, stays in the crease and presents a straighter bat to push it back towards Duminy
20.3
Duminy to Tharanga, no run, defends it to covers again. Nice and slow from Duminy
20.2
Duminy to Kusal Perera, 1 run, pushes a single to cover
19.6
Tahir to Kusal Perera, no run, blocked back down the pitch
19.3
Tahir to Tharanga, no run, proper googly that I can decipher. Steered towards point
19.2
Tahir to Tharanga, no run, sliding on, may have been the wrong 'un, and Tharanga intends coming out, but then stops and defends it
19.1
Tahir to Tharanga, no run, pushed into the off-side
18.6
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, 1 run, front foot push to the sweeper on the off-side and they don't take the second. Stutter and Kusal Perera goes back in
18.5
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, 2 runs, banged into the pitch, and Tharanga mistimes the ball past mid-wicket. Had a swat but not in control of the bounce. Luckily, wide of ABD at mid-wicket and he takes two. Brilliant running
18.4
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, no run, back to round the wicket for Tharanga here. Goes fuller and into the batsman, who is jerked into prodding the ball into the pitch
18.3
Morne Morkel to Kusal Perera, 1 run, pokes his front leg across but too much. Gives him the room to play with the angle from over the wicket. Uses the room, extends his hands and slices the ball in front of backward point
18.2
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, wide, that's half a win in a wide ball down leg. That's Morkel with you. Now this beat the leg-glance venomously
18.1
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, no run, bouncer from round the wicket, too much bounce and Tharanga evades
17.6
Tahir to Kusal Perera, no run, flatter googly this time, catches Kusal Perera half-forward and trims his outside half of the bat
17.3
Tahir to Tharanga, no run, steers it away and it's been stopped with a dive at backward point
16.3
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, wide, kicks off but Morkel has overangled it into Tharanga, and slid it down leg. Climbs past Tharanga's hips and attempted leg-glance
16.2
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, no run, late to turn this incoming ball from round the wicket. Off the pad but straight to the fielder at 45
16.1
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, no run, might have hit the seam and come on with greater bounce, Tharanga is front-footed, and takes his bottom hand off to chip it in front of mid-on
15.6
Chris Morris to Tharanga, 1 run, meek push off the back foot. Tharanga does so with a horizontal bat to this short ball, just beside the pitch and they run one
15.5
Chris Morris to Tharanga, no run, beaten all ends up. From round the wicket the angle is expected to come in. Tharanga plays for that but it goes straight from back of a length. Squared him completely
15.4
Chris Morris to Chandimal, 1 run, slips back in the crease and tucks to deep mid-wicket
15.1
Chris Morris to Tharanga, 2 runs, gets a bit of room and cuts. Did not go all-out on that. The focus was on placing it behind backward point. Third man does the mopping
14.6
Morne Morkel to Chandimal, no run, gets across in the crease once again, defends to the bowler. Nice comeback from Morkel after conceding a four on the second ball itself
13.6
Chris Morris to Chandimal, no run, another back of a length delivery. Chandimal defends into the pitch
13.2
Chris Morris to Tharanga, no run, this one keeps low outside off. Tharanga fails to cut it away
13.1
Chris Morris to Tharanga, no run, pacy delivery on the legs. Tharanga takes the bottom hand as he tries to work softly into the on-side. Done in by the bounce there, was hit near the thigh. No question of an lbw as the ball pitched way outside leg
12.6
Morne Morkel to Chandimal, no run, back of a length and outside off. Lets it go
12.4
Morne Morkel to Chandimal, 1 run, gets across and works to Parnell's right at backward square leg. He attacks the ball and stops it but the batsmen complete the run
11.3
Chris Morris to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, short of a good length ball. Kusal Mendis punches to sweeper cover
10.6
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, 1 run, angling into Tharanga. Worked through mid-wicket for a single
10.5
Morne Morkel to Tharanga, no run, short and wide. Tharanga tries to cut and misses
10.4
Morne Morkel to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, Duminy at cover misfields and leaks a run. Kusal Mendis had punched off the back foot to his right at point. JPD slid early and let that one go past him
10.1
Morne Morkel to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, length and on off. Starts well, at least. Kusal Mendis dabs to third man
9.5
Parnell to Tharanga, 2 runs, serves a bit of space outside off. Tharanga cuts closer to his body. No full extension of arm but earns him two past backward point
9.4
Parnell to Tharanga, no run, gets behind this length ball and blocks to the off-side
9.3
Parnell to Tharanga, no run, this is better. Tharanga is squared up a bit but that has nothing to do with the ball but his own error in judgement. Played too much for the angle but the ball went straighter and beat his outside edge
9.2
Parnell to Tharanga, FOUR, and now a brilliant drive. Parnell's worries continue. Once again after beating the bat he goes too full and is driven through cover. No one misses half-volley these days. Why would the captain of a team chasing 300 will?
9.1
Parnell to Tharanga, no run, brilliant ball. Angled in from back of a length and then straightening enough to beat Tharanga's punch. Not far from the outside edge as well
8.6
Morne Morkel to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, Morkel overcorrects with a full one on the legs. Kusal Mendis gets across a touch and whips over the infield at mid-wicket. That will set the tone for him. Back to back fours
7.6
Parnell to Dickwella, no run, fullish and towards the off-stump. Carves it to backward point
7.4
Parnell to Tharanga, FOUR, Parnell needs to stick to one length. No two balls have pitched on the same length. He gets driven and resorts to a short length immediately, pays the price in the end. Tharanga pulled it between mid-wicket and mid-on with ease
7.3
Parnell to Tharanga, FOUR, the best of them so far. Given the length which is full the drive was on. But Tharanga did not try much, the focus was on placing it well and he did so through cover. Raced away
7.2
Parnell to Tharanga, no run, length ball just outside off. Tharanga tries a loose waft away from his body and is beaten
7.1
Parnell to Dickwella, 1 run, hops back to tuck to square leg. ABD runs in from mid-wicket and hits the stumps at the bowler's end. But Dickwella is well in
5.5
Parnell to Tharanga, FOUR, this is poor length from Parnell. Too short and does not even rise enough. Tharanga rolls on the pull and places it through mid-wicket
5.4
Parnell to Dickwella, 1 run, slight back and across movement from Dickwella but still ends up pushing away from his body, gets an inside edge that rolls past his stumps for a single into the on-side
4.5
Rabada to Dickwella, leg byes, 1 run, down the leg-side. Dickwella wants to whip it away, deflects off the thigh pad
4.4
Rabada to Dickwella, no ball, 1 run, the pressure is telling. Free hit coming up as Rabada has over-stepped there. Was a full ball outside off that was driven wide of mid-off for a single
3.3
Parnell to Dickwella, 1 run, shortish in length. Dickwella hops back and tucks to mid-wicket
2.5
Rabada to Tharanga, no run, bit on the leg-side. Tharanga's hit on the thighs off the inside edge (perhaps). The ball rolls away beside the pitch
2.4
Rabada to Tharanga, no run, another length delivery. Tharanga defends back to the bowler
2.4
Rabada to Tharanga, wide, Rabada is trying too hard now. Hits the pitch too hard on this short ball, goes too high above Tharanga. Good take by the keeper but will be wided
2.3
Rabada to Tharanga, no run, goes full on the stumps. Tharanga blocks into the pitch
2.2
Rabada to Tharanga, no run, Rabada is down. Not because he is injured or something. Because he has dropped a sitter off his own bowling. Short ball and Tharanga's mistimed pull lobbed to Rabada who had all the time in the world to compose himself but somehow tried to grab that one too hard and the ball popped out of his palms
2.1
Rabada to Tharanga, no run, back of a length and on the stumps. Tharanga goes back and defends into the turf
1.6
Parnell to Dickwella, FOUR, uses the feet and backs away to the leg-side. Opens up the off-side. The timing is not up to the mark but manages to put it over the extra cover fielder. The ball trickles down to the fence
1.4
Parnell to Dickwella, 1 run, angling into Dickwella, wrists to the right of mid-on who slides and makes the stop. Cannot prevent a single though
0.3
Rabada to Dickwella, 1 run, quick single taken. Another shortish ball. Dickwella drops beside extra cover and scampers across
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