Sri Lanka vs Australia, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2022 Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Date & Time: Jun 16, 02:30 PM LOCAL
Chamika Karunaratne 3-47(7 ov)
36.6
Karunaratne to Hazlewood, no run, full, seaming in, beating Hazlewood's drive
36.5
Karunaratne to Hazlewood, FOUR, oh, neatly done. A back of a length delivery at the body, and Hazlewood - very, very nonchalantly - arches back, sticks his bat out, and ramps it over the keeper
36.4
Karunaratne to Hazlewood, no run, back of a length, outside off, dabbed to point
36.3
Karunaratne to Swepson, out Bowled!! Drags it on. Typically tailender-like. A scrambled seam delivery outside off, which Swepson looks to drive with zero feet, only to find the inside-edge ricocheting onto his stumps. Swepson b Karunaratne 2(2)
36.2
Karunaratne to Swepson, 2 runs, hops backwards and glances it through square leg. A better throw and Kuhnemann was a goner while completing the second run
36.1
Karunaratne to Kuhnemann, 1 run, full, outside off, driven to deep sweeper
36.1
Karunaratne to Kuhnemann, wide, they're appealing a strangle down leg. Karunaratne is convinced in fact. But SL have burnt their reviews
34.6
Karunaratne to Carey, out Carey Run Out!! 1 run completed. Unnecessary. The asking rate's not even at six. But the Aussies are panicking here. They're just falling apart. Carey nudges it very softly into square leg, pushes through for a second run, but Karunaratne hunts it down, running quickly, and a flat throw from out there coupled with Mendis' quick hands find him well short of his ground despite a full-length dive. Carey run out (Karunaratne/Kusal Mendis) 15(20) [4s-1]
34.5
Karunaratne to Carey, FOUR, crunched through the covers. On the up, through the line, and it isn't an easy shot to be playing on this sticky pitch. Could this be the switch Carey needs ..
34.4
Karunaratne to Carey, no run, full, on middle and leg, blocked back
34.3
Karunaratne to Carey, 2 runs, full outside off, squeezed behind point, and the fielder in the deep fumbles to allow a second
34.2
Karunaratne to Maxwell, out Caught by Shanaka!! The bouncer does him in. Karunaratne's pumped up big time, giving Maxwell the stare, and pointing at his head mockingly, and then letting out a massive road. The ball was dug in at full pace, hurrying Maxwell up as he looked to pull, to end up splicing it up in the air. Point settles under it, cover converges, and somehow the two avoid the collision. Maxwell c Shanaka b Karunaratne 30(25) [4s-5]
34.2
Karunaratne to Maxwell, wide, slower bouncer, Maxwell's foxed, realizing late, and pulling out of his lined-up cut
34.1
Karunaratne to Maxwell, FOUR, poor line, poor length, poor strategy. Half volley, well outside off, and mid-off's in the ring. Maxwell lays in, slicing it over
32.6
Karunaratne to Maxwell, no run, quick sharp well-directed bouncer.
32.5
Karunaratne to Carey, 1 run, a slower back of a length delivery, and Carey's early into his shot, to end up with a bottom-edge rolling into the off-side
32.4
Karunaratne to Maxwell, 1 run, opens his bat face for a steery-punch to deep sweeper
32.3
Karunaratne to Carey, 1 run, a pretty loose back of a length delivery down leg, but Carey can't quite take toll, getting a glove on his pull straight to the man at 45
32.2
Karunaratne to Maxwell, 1 run, into the pitch, heaved away to deep mid-wicket
32.1
Karunaratne to Maxwell, 2 runs, a firm front-footed punch, past extra cover
23.6
Karunaratne to Head, 2 runs, chopped hard into the gap behind point, and third man does well with a tumbling stop
23.5
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, 1 run, arches back and runs it down to third man
23.4
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, no run, even shorter, and it's very surprisingly not given a wide. Too high
23.4
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, wide, another slower short one, but loses it down leg
23.3
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, no run, foxes him with a slower bouncer, ballooning over Labuschagne's attempted pull
23.2
Karunaratne to Head, 1 run, short, slow, making Head wait as he pulls it to deep mid-wicket
23.1
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, 1 run, back of a length, outside off, stabbed to deep point
21.6
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, 1 run, nudges it off his ribs alright this time, to the right of fine leg
21.5
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, no run, tries a hopping nudge, but the ball doesn't come on at all, fending away back down the pitch off the glove
21.4
Karunaratne to Head, 1 run, slow again, but too short and too wide outside off. Thrashed away to deep sweeper
21.3
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, 1 run, a slower back of a length delivery, which Labuschagne waits on top of to pull neatly behind square
21.2
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, no run, quick sharp bouncer, and Labuschagne sways out
21.1
Karunaratne to Labuschagne, no run, length, around off, tapped to point
19.6
Karunaratne to Smith, out Caught by M Theekshana!! Oh dear! That's another soft dismissal, we've seen quite a few today already, was short and at his body, was there to be put away - Smith was swivelling across on the pull, got inside the line and helped it on its way, straight into the hands of Theekshana at short fine - he juggled once, but the ball popped up and back into his palms. A big wicket in the context of this chase for the hosts. Smith c M Theekshana b Karunaratne 28(35) [4s-3]
19.5
Karunaratne to Smith, no run, back of a length and well wide of off, was another slower ball from Karunaratne and Smith cut ut straight to the fielder at backward point
19.4
Karunaratne to Smith, no run, slower short ball outside off - Smith was looking tod ab it down towards third man and is undone by the lack of pace
19.3
Karunaratne to Head, leg byes, 1 run, short of a length and at the stumps, Head swivelled across on the pull and missed, dribbles away off the body to the on-side
19.2
Karunaratne to Head, no run, Karunaratne shortens the length outside off, chopped straight to the fielder at backward point
19.1
Karunaratne to Head, FOUR, thumped, length ball outside off, was the slower ball from Karunaratne - Head gets forward and then drills the drive over mid-off, almost went all the way, bounced right in front of the ropes
17.6
Karunaratne to Smith, 2 runs, fuller length delivery on the pads, whipped away backward of square on the on-side, needed a sliding save near the ropes to prevent the boundary
17.5
Karunaratne to Smith, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Smith leans forward and finds cover with the drive
17.4
Karunaratne to Smith, FOUR, lovely shot, half-volley on off, Smith gets inside the line and then clips it wide of mid-on, the timing is sweet and the ball runs away to the ropes
17.3
Karunaratne to Smith, no run, back of a length and just outside off, Smith stands tall and finds cover with the back-foot punch
17.2
Karunaratne to Head, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside off, Head reaches out and drives it square past cover for a single
17.1
Karunaratne to Smith, 1 run, short of a length and just outside off, clubbed away past mid-wicket for a single
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