Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st Match, Group B - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Asia Cup 2022 Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Date & Time: Aug 27, 06:00 PM LOCAL
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 38(29)
11.6
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, no run, 96kph, skiddy delivery on off and Rajapaksa brings his bat down hurriedly to somehow keep it out towards point with a chop
11.5
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, no run, 91kph, full and wide of off, googly, Rajapaksa throws his arms to try and launch it over extra cover, connects with thin air
11.4
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, no run, legbreak, full and on the stumps, Rajapaksa defends on the on-side
11.2
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, 1 run, 95kph, full toss, Rajapaksa gets down low and miscues the sweep to deep square leg
11.1
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, no run, quick on off, steered to short third man and Rajapaksa sets off for a non-existent single, gets rightly sent back by Karunaratne
10.5
Nabi to Rajapaksa, 1 run, 83kph, slow through the air, Rajapaksa defends with soft hands and outside-halves towards short third man for a quick single
9.6
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, no run, slower and wider, Rajapaksa is early into his cut and fails to lay bat on ball
9.5
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, no run, leggie, full on middle, pushed defensively to the left of the bowler
9.4
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, FOUR, you can't serve width, he'll punish you all day. Quick hands from Rajapaksa as he slaps the cut through backward point. Bulleted away
9.3
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, no run, push-driven to extra cover
9.1
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, 1 run, full on leg, wristed to deep mid-wicket
8.4
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, 1 run, flicked away to deep mid-wicket off the back foot
8.3
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, 2 runs, too close to be cutting and he's lucky not to chop it onto his sticks. Gets an under-edge that eludes the off-stump and then Gurbaz for a couple
8.3
Rashid Khan to Rajapaksa, wide, 96kph, full and down leg, no contact with his sweep
7.6
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, FOUR, Mujeeb serves width outside off and Rajapaksa cuts hard off the back foot. The man at backward point fails to stop it with a dive to his left and the ball has the legs to hit the fence. That should have been stopped by the fielder inside the 30-yard circle
6.6
Nabi to Rajapaksa, no run, Rajapaksa goes for the vertical-batted sweep, Gurbaz catches it down leg and immediately appeals for caught behind. Ahsan Raza signals wide and Afghanistan review. It was a non-turner down the leg-side. Was there any bat/glove involved? Let's see what UltraEdge shows. No spike as the ball passes the bat/glove. There's a spike much later but that was bat hitting the ground. The onfield call stays....
6.5
Nabi to Rajapaksa, FOUR, touch too full from Nabi and Rajapaksa pounces. Lovely shot from the left-hander. Bends his back leg, gets under the ball and classily lifts it inside-out over extra cover
6.3
Nabi to Rajapaksa, 1 run, leg-lined, nudged to short fine leg and the batters set off for a sharp single. It was Gunathilaka's call and a good one too
6.2
Nabi to Rajapaksa, no run, in-angler, Rajapaksa defends into the leg-side
6.2
Nabi to Rajapaksa, wide, in-drifter down the leg-side
5.6
Azmatullah to Rajapaksa, FOUR, 20 runs off the over! Azmatullah bowls a short ball, Rajapaksa sees that coming. Picks the length early, gets into a strong position and swivel-pulls for yet another boundary beating deep square leg to his right
5.5
Azmatullah to Rajapaksa, FOUR, the boundaries keep coming! Full and on the pads, Rajapaksa stays back in his crease and flicks it nonchalantly in front of square on the on-side. The fielder in the deep runs to his right but to no avail
5.1
Azmatullah to Rajapaksa, 1 run, quick hands from Rajapaksa who scythes this length ball well outside off through point. There's protection in the deep
5.1
Azmatullah to Rajapaksa, wide, back of a length delivery down the leg-side, Rajapaksa misses the pull and it's been wided
4.6
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, 1 run, 98kph, worked with the angle to square leg
4.5
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, no run, 101kph, Mujeeb shortens his length and gets it to spin away from the left-hander, Rajapaksa fails to make contact with his cut shot as the ball bounces over the edge
4.2
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, 1 run, darted in on leg, nudged towards short fine leg
4.1
Mujeeb to Rajapaksa, no run, round the wicket, in-angler, Rajapaksa comes down the track and goes hard on the drive only to miscue it to mid-off
3.5
Naveen-ul-Haq to Rajapaksa, 1 run, opens his bat-face and guides this length ball towards short third man
3.4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Rajapaksa, no run, 132kph, short of length, middle-stump line, Rajapaksa defends it back to Naveen-ul-Haq
3.3
Naveen-ul-Haq to Rajapaksa, SIX, 100kph, slow, full and in the slot marginally outside off, Rajapaksa latches onto it. Spots the change of pace, gets under it and swings through the line to loft it over long-off
3.1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Rajapaksa, 1 run, 131kph, leg-lined length ball, clipped away in front of square on the on-side
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