Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Pakistan v Sri Lanka in UAE, 2017 Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Date & Time: Oct 20, 02:00 PM LOCAL
Lakmal 0-25(7 ov)
22.6
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, no run, top stuff. The blow after softening him up comes with a tease outside off. And Malik cannot not poke. Just a hint of nip away to beat him
22.5
Lakmal to Babar Azam, 1 run, more of the bumpers. Azam takes it on too. With another mistimed pull, skewing it off the outer half. Into the vacat gaps in front of square
22.4
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, miscue. The short-trick almost does Malik in. Just the perfect height and he chases it in desperation. Pulling it very unconfortably, off the top-edge..to fall short of a diving mid-wicket running in
22.3
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, no run, and follows it up with a yorker. Jammed out powerfully with a drive
22.2
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, no run, bumps it in. Malik, carefully on the jump to get on top of the bounce as he takes it under the nose to bunt it down
22.1
Lakmal to Babar Azam, 3 runs, 130kph of a back of a length in-decker on off. Azam starts off with the shuffle and whips it away with a rise on the toes. Required a stunning dive at mid-wicket to deny the timing the boundary
20.6
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, back of a length around off, Azam defends with his head right on top of the ball
20.5
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, another lifter on off-stump, Azam thought about playing the pull/hook, but aborted at the last second and swayed away from the line of the delivery. Two for the over signals umpire Shozab Raza
20.4
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, sharp and a well-directed bouncer from Lakmal, Azam sees it early and ducks underneath
20.3
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, dug into the pitch and Malik rides the bounce, steers it past the diving gully fielder
20.2
Lakmal to Babar Azam, 1 run, straying down leg, Azam helps it along the way to fine leg
20.1
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, 3 runs, trifle short and outside off, Malik camps back and punches it sweetly past point. Another chase and the pair do well to scamper back for the third, two consecutive threes in Sharjah and that is a rarity
18.6
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, tennis ball like bumper just outside off, Azam arches back and lets it pass
18.5
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, banged in halfway down, Malik is rushed on the pull shot and does not get it anywhere close to the middle, splices it to the unmanned mid-wicket region
18.4
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, no run, back of a length close to off, Malik defends in front of point and sends Azam back on the single
18.3
Lakmal to Babar Azam, 1 run, hint of movement. Shortens the length around off, Azam stands tall to punch and the outside edge runs down to third man
18.2
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, targets the stumps with a length ball, Azam carefully defends back down the wicket
18.1
Lakmal to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, good length ball on off, flicked through mid-wicket, for a single
6.6
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, back of a length around off, Azam whips with plenty of bottom hand and can't beat mid-on
6.5
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, missed out there. Short and well outside off, Azam does not go full throttle on the cut and picks out backward point to perfection. Either side of the fielder and that would have been four more
6.4
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, touch fuller and Azam deals with a half-forward defence
6.3
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, closer to the off-stump and Azam drops it dead into the off-side with soft hands
6.2
Lakmal to Babar Azam, FOUR, class! Textbook stuff from Azam. Nothing much wrong with the delivery. Short of length just outside off, Azam stands tall and punches it square on the off-side. High elbow, straight bat and the balance - all in perfection
6.2
Lakmal to Babar Azam, wide, sprays it down leg, Azam shuffles and gets inside the line, fails to meet with the glance
6.1
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, full and on off, Azam walks across and wristily drives towards mid-on. Thisara flies across to his right to stop
4.6
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, good length ball outside off, Azam defends with his head right on top of the ball
4.5
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, on a length and outside off, Azam bunts it off the cue-end to backward point
4.4
Lakmal to Babar Azam, no run, short of length on off, Azam moves across and flicks to square leg
4.3
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, angled in and Fakhar taps it in front of mid-on to collect a quick single
4.2
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, loopy slower delivery at 113kph, Fakhar waits before crunching the drive straight to extra cover
4.1
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, short of length around off, Fakhar knocks it down the wicket
2.6
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, short of length on off, Fakhar is cramped for room and still goes for the pull, mistimed to square leg
2.5
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, 2 runs, in the air and safe. Once more Fakhar is sucked into a false cover-drive, with no feet he only manages a slice over extra cover. Thisara from mid-off hares back and does the tiding up
2.4
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, 2 runs, space offered outside off, Fakhar stands tall and crunches the cut hard into the ground, bounces over the infield near the point region and third man gets around to keep it to a brace
2.3
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, short of length on middle, Fakhar stays leg-side of the ball and almost slices the punch to backward point. Sadeera dives to his right and saves a run
2.2
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, back of a length close to off, Fakhar hangs back and knocks it to mid-off
2.1
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, slanted across the left-hander, Fakhar without any feet movement goes for the drive and is beaten on the outside edge. Lakmal has a stare at the southpaw
0.6
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, short of length around off, Fakhar stands tall and punches to cover. Hit high on the bat and hence no timing on that
0.5
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, optimistic shout for LBW. Pitched outside leg, impact outside leg and going well down. Fakhar fails to meet with the flick and is rapped on the pads. Nothing going in that appeal for Lakmal
0.4
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, the three quarter length from Lakmal, Fakhar watchfully defends to cover
0.3
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, the length remains short, the line slightly outside off, Fakhar punches and finds mid-off swooping down
0.2
Lakmal to Fakhar Zaman, no run, back of a length around the hips, tucked with a closed bat face to mid-wicket
0.1
Lakmal to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 run, off the mark rightaway. Short of length with a hint of inward movement, Imam-ul-Haq allows the ball to hit the bat sticker and run down to third man
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