Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 4th ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 2018 Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Date & Time: Aug 08, 02:30 PM LOCAL
Lakmal 3-46(5 ov)
20.6
Lakmal to Junior Dala, 1 run, this is superb comeback victory for Sri Lanka, one that has saved them from a whitewash! Back of a length delivery on the stumps, Dala mistimes the slap and hits it only as far as cover
20.5
Lakmal to Junior Dala, 2 runs, this time he swings and gets a thick inside edge that rolls to deep square leg, the man protecting the deep mid-wicket boundary runs to his right and cuts it off
20.4
Lakmal to Junior Dala, no run, beaten and almost bowled! The crowd is overjoyed with the dot ball. Back of a length zipping off the surface and just missing the top of leg stump, Dala tried to play to long-on. Swing hard sir!
20.3
Lakmal to Lungi Ngidi, 1 run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Ngidi taps it to long-on
20.2
Lakmal to Miller, out Bowled!! This is unbeliveable thought process from Lakmal if this was a deliberate slower ball. He packed the off-side field and everyone thought it was going to be a wide yorker or back of a length outside off stump, and then he cleverly slips out a slower ball on target and Miller didn't read that from the hand. Reacted with a slog but only managed an inside edge before the ball crashed into the off stump. Oh South Africa, not yet again! Miller b Lakmal 21(17) [6s-1]
20.1
Lakmal to Miller, no run, back of a length and wide outside off stump, smashed to sweeper cover, Miller isn't running, he wants to finish this alone
18.6
Lakmal to Maharaj, 1 run, interesting, he's taken a single last ball and well keep strike. Short of a length delivery on the off stump, Maharaj taps it to point and sets off
18.5
Lakmal to Maharaj, no run, slower delivery outside off stump, Maharaj swings again and misses, got to stay balanced while trying to make contact with the ball
18.4
Lakmal to Maharaj, no run, short of length and beaten. Maharaj walks down the pitch and tries to slog through mid-wicket, the ball sneaks under the bat
18.3
Lakmal to Maharaj, FOUR, that's the kind of luck you need under pressure. Maharaj swings hard at this good length delivery and gets a thick inside edge that escapes past the stumps and beats the keeper's dive
18.2
Lakmal to Miller, 1 run, sensible play by Miller runs this down to third man, allowing the short of length delivery to come to him
18.1
Lakmal to Miller, 2 runs, good length delivery on the leg stump, Miller works it through square leg and returns for the second run
16.6
Lakmal to Maharaj, FOUR, that silly mistake by Sri Lanka has cost them five runs now. Mathews isn't happy. Pressure built has been released. Maharaj is another one that can bat, Lakmal bowls this length ball wide outside off stump and Maharaj crashes it wide of cover with no fielders in the deep
16.6
Lakmal to Miller, no ball, 1 run, with all that's happening at the other end, Miller calmly pushes one to long-off and keeps strike. Hang on, there's some confusion, Mathews is talking to umpire Paul Reiffel and it's called a no ball because Mathews didn't have enough fielders inside the ring. Free-hit now
16.5
Lakmal to Maharaj, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Maharaj taps it to cover
16.4
Lakmal to Willem Mulder, out Caught by de Silva!! Wow!!! Just Wow! What a catch! We saw QdK fly and take one off Mathews, now Dhananjaya de Silva is air-borne and almost horizontal to the ground as he grabs this screamer. Short of a length delivery from Lakmal, Mulder wants to break free after those dots, goes for a boundary and doesn't bother to keep the pull shot down, mid-wicket jumps and flies to his left and grabs it with both hands. Crowd right behind the home team. Miller needs support! Willem Mulder c de Silva b Lakmal 4(7) [4s-1]
16.3
Lakmal to Willem Mulder, no run, oh inside onto pad and almost onto the stumps! It's all happening out there, pressure on Mulder, has played five dots since that first ball boundary. Good length delivery just outside off stump, Mulder tries to push it into the off-side
16.3
Lakmal to Willem Mulder, wide, that's the bowler giving a freebie, Lakmal expects Mulder to back away, but the batsman stays put and this one goes down the leg-side
16.2
Lakmal to Willem Mulder, no run, jumps down the pitch, bowler follows him and cramps him with a short of length delivery, Mulder misses the flick, hit on the thigh pad, dot added
16.1
Lakmal to Miller, 1 run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Miller punches towards cover and sets off
2.6
Lakmal to de Kock, out Bowled!! Oh goodness, gracious. How did de Kock miss this? Quite unbelievable. de Kock is waiting hoping that the umpires would signal it a no-ball, but nah. Lakmal retaliates. Not a wicket-taking ball definitely, it was a friendly full toss from round the stumps. The South African skipper was making room to open up the off-side field and in the process, seems to have lost sight of the ball completely. Off-stump is knocked, much to the disbelief of de Kock. Sri Lankans and Lakmal are over the moon. de Kock b Lakmal 23(13) [4s-3 6s-1]
2.5
Lakmal to Amla, 1 run, sensible from Amla. Having robbed 12 runs off the first four balls, he just taps this back of a length delivery in front of point and calls his partner through for a single
2.4
Lakmal to de Kock, 1 run, following de Kock again, but pulls his length back and the Proteas' skipper flicks it away to deep square leg
2.3
Lakmal to de Kock, SIX, de Kock is wasting no time. Business straightaway! Moves to leg, Lakmal follows him with a full ball and the batsman launches it straight down the ground. Pings the middle and clears the ropes for a maximum
2.2
Lakmal to Amla, 1 run, angling on middle and leg, Amla locks his wrists to clip it to deep square leg
2.1
Lakmal to Amla, FOUR, horrible start for Lakmal after the break. Real loosener, offering it on leg for Amla to connect with the glance. He obliges and gets it very fine past the man at 45
0.6
Lakmal to de Kock, 2 runs, slashed with an open bat face, doesn't go hard. Places it in the gap through cover and earns a couple of runs
0.5
Lakmal to de Kock, FOUR, sweetly timed! He's too good off his pads, won't miss out on these dollies. Lakmal bowls a fuller length delivery on leg, de Kock gets across and flicks it fiercely through square leg. Timing was exquisite..
0.4
Lakmal to de Kock, no run, wicket-to-wicket line, de Kock presents a full face of the bat to nail the drive down the ground. But it's been intercepted by the mid-on fielder
0.3
Lakmal to de Kock, FOUR, de Kock brings up 4000 runs in ODIs with a streaky boundary. Full and coming back in with some prodigious swing, de Kock stretches his body weight across for the drive, gets a faint inside edge and Dickwella was caught wrong-footed as the ball rolled past him to his right. No chance for him
0.2
Lakmal to de Kock, 2 runs, de Kock and South Africa are away. Short and nibbling outside off, de Kock gets on top of the ball to punch it in the gap through covers. Two taken
0.1
Lakmal to de Kock, no run, wow. A booming inswinger from Lakmal, came back in sharply to cramp de Kock for room who tries to force it on the off-side but no space for him to free his muscles. Ended up chopping it too close to the body
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