Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Only Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2024 Venue: Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Date & Time: Feb 02-Feb 05, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Zia-ur-Rehman 0-90(28 ov)
100.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, no run, coming in with the arm, kept out watchfully
100.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, no run, loopy full ball around off, defended solidly off the front foot
100.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, no run, full ball on off, bunted back to Zia-ur-Rehman
100.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, on a back of a length on off, cut towards cover-point where the fielder misfields and concedes a run
100.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, quicker one and coming in with the arm, blocked off the back foot
100.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball drifting in on middle, Mathews prods forward and blocks it
97.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, flighted delivery outside off, Mathews leans ahead and eases it to covers
97.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, flighted delivery on off, defended solidly off the front foot
97.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball drifting towards the pads, nudged to short mid-wicket
97.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, flighted delivery outside off, driven to covers
97.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, close shave! Tossed up outside off, that goes straight through, Mathews goes for a booming drives and is beaten. Was close to kissing the off-pole
97.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, oh, that one gripped! Lands on a length on off and turns away with extra bounce, Mathews pokes at it and is lucky not to nick it behind
95.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, floated delivery on off, Mathews leans ahead and blocks it
95.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball on middle and off, Mathews lunges in defence
95.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, 1 run, Samarawickrama works this one to backward square leg for a single
95.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, no run, flighted delivery, kept out
95.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, no run, oh, just out of reach of Zia-ur-Rehman! Tossed up delivery drifting in, Samarawickrama closes his bat face early on the flick and gets a leading edge to the right of Zia-ur-Rehman. It flies past him before he can react
95.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, FOUR, nicely played! Samarawickrama makes a bit of room, uses his feet, and drives it crisply past extra cover to find the fence
93.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, no run, loopy fuller length ball on off, Samarawickrama leans ahead and blocks it to the off-side
93.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Samarawickrama, no run, slower through the air and drifting in, Samarawickrama nudges it towards mid-wicket
93.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, full ball drifting on the pads, flicked to square leg
93.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball around off, stroked to extra cover
93.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, tossed up on middle and off, Mathews lunges in defence
93.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, FOUR, shorter in length outside off, Mathews rocks back and cuts it expertly with the spin past backward point to find the fence
91.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, full ball outside off, Chandimal leans ahead and eases it to covers
91.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, eases this one off the front foot towards mid-off
91.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, Chandimal uses his feet, but is not quite to the pitch of it, and blocks it besides the pitch on the leg-side
91.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, tossed up outside off, pushed to the off-side
91.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, tossed up around off, driven through covers for a single. 231 is now the highest 4th wicket partnership at this venue
91.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, a full-toss around the pads, flicked to short mid-wicket
89.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball drifting in on off, Mathews prods forward and eases it to covers. A maiden
89.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, coming in with the arm, Mathews hangs back and chops it to covers
89.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball drifting in on off, pushed to the off-side
89.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, floated delivery on off, stroked to mid-off
89.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, coming in with the arm, Mathews lunges in defence
89.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball on off, jammed out towards mid-off
79.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, Chandimal is nimble on his feet and clips it through wide mid-on. The fielder moves to his right and dives to make a good stop
79.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, on a back of a length outside off, cut to sweeper cover
79.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, coming in with the arm, Mathews comes ahead and blocks it to the left of Zia-ur-Rehman
79.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, drifting in and on a fuller length, kept out watchfully
79.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, Chandimal uses his feet and flicks it through wide mid-on
79.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, tossed up full ball on off, Chandimal leans ahead and blocks it
77.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball on off, Mathews leans ahead and eases it to extra cover
77.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, coming in with the arm, Mathews makes some room but can't find the gap as he chops it to covers
77.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, shorter in length outside off, cut with the spin but straight to backward point
77.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, quicker and flatter, coming in with the arm, cut to extra cover
77.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, full ball drifting in on middle, pushed back to Zia-ur-Rehman
77.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, Chandimal uses his feet and knocks it down to long-on
75.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, full ball drifting towards the pads, blocked to the right of Zia-ur-Rehman
75.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, tossed up delivery on middle and off, Chandimal is early into the drive and chips it but he is lucky that it goes on the bounce to Zia-ur-Rehman
75.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, Chandimal uses his feet and clips it to the mid-wicket fielder to his left
75.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, floated delivery outside off, Chandimal bunts it back to Zia-ur-Rehman
75.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, on a length on leg-stump, tucked to deep backward square leg
75.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, flighted delivery around off, pushed towards mid-off
73.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 2 runs, quicker and flatter one down leg, Mathews tucks it through backward square leg and comes back for the second run
73.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, full ball outside off, driven to sweeper cover to rotate strike
73.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, drifting in and fuller in length, blocked solidly off the front foot
73.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, SIX, hit with authority! Chandimal skips down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball, and tonks it over long-on for a massive maximum. Confidence oozed from that shot
73.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, tossed up ball drifting in, Chandimal leans ahead to block it down the track
73.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, Afghanistan review for an lbw! This one came in with the arm from round the wicket, Chandimal leaned ahead to block it but missed to get struck on the pads. The ball also lobbed to slip who took it but looks like there wasn't any inside edge. Seemed like it didn't turn back. Time for the replays. UltraEdge shows a flat line so no bat involved. Over to ball-tracking and it's going down leg. The visitors lose a review
71.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, quicker and flatter outside leg, Mathews looks to work it away but is struck on the thigh pad
71.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, on a back of a length, some good amount of turn, Mathews is opened up a bit and blocks it nervously
71.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, Mathews once again goes for the reverse sweep but Rahmat at slip moves to his right in anticipation and does well to stop it
71.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, tossed up around the pads, Mathews lunges in defence
71.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, FOUR, nicely played! Tossed up delivery outside leg, Mathews goes for the reverse sweep and executes it nicely. Hits it with the spin past backward point and the ball races away to the fence
71.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, on a length on middle and leg, nudged to short mid-wicket
69.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, shorter in length, cut with the spin to backward point
69.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, flighted delivery, kept out watchfully
69.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, that could have gone to hand! Loopy full ball around leg-stump, a bit of turn, Chandimal looks to work it away but gets a leading edge which falls short of Zia-ur-Rehman
69.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, tossed up ball on middle and leg, defended off the inner half to short leg
69.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, outside leg, Chandimal pads it away
69.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, on a length around leg-stump and turns away, played with an angled bat towards third man
67.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, 83kph, nudged to midwicket
67.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 86kph, another block
67.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, a big stride forward to stonewall
67.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, fuller ball, Mathews defends off the front foot
67.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, lunges forward to block this flighted ball
67.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, pitched outside leg and Mathews tries to reverse-sweep. Hits the body and rolls towards slip
65.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, clipped away to deep backward square leg
65.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, worked through backward square leg
65.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 2 runs, 80kph, in the air and safe! Flighted ball that pitches outside leg and Mathews looks to swing it over midwicket. The ball flies over the bowler's head off the bottom part of the bat. Mid-off and mid-on run back but the ball falls in no-man's land. The change of angle results in a miscue...
65.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 88kph, leg-lined, Mathews blocks
65.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, leg-lined and that's been nudged to the left of leg slip
65.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, over the wicket, tossed up ball with a slip and leg slip in position, Mathews defends forward
63.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 87kph, defended with an opened bat-face
63.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 83kph, blocked back to Zia-ur-Rehman
63.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, jogs down the pitch to drive this full ball to mid-off
63.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, FOUR, shimmies down and drives crisply through extra cover. Long-off slides to his left but can't prevent the boundary
63.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, forward and blocked
63.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 87kph, comes down the track and drives to wide mid-off
61.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, shimmies down to drive and mid-off makes a diving stop to his right
61.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 85kph, forward and defended
61.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, gets forward to defend this full ball to cover
61.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 87kph, goes back in his crease to guide this away-turner to backward point
61.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, cut with the spin to deep point
61.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 85kph, extra bounce from a length, blunted to short leg
59.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, too full, driven along the ground to long-off
59.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, comes in with the angle, chopped to sweeper cover
59.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 85kph, gets forward and pushes to cover
59.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, defensively pushed to cover
59.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, shimmies down and drives to long-off
59.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, full on the stumps, blocked back to Zia-ur-Rehman
57.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, slides on with the arm, Chandimal plays for the turn and is beaten on the inside edge before getting rapped on the front pad. Missing leg with the angle
57.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, turn and bounce outside off, left alone
57.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, defended into the off-side
57.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, FOUR, skips down the track and beautifully flicks between midwicket and mid-on. The skipper gives a chase from mid-on but the ball wins the race to the fence. The boundary brings up Chandimal's fifty and also the century stand
57.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, blocked back to Zia-ur-Rehman
57.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, pushed to the left of cover and Chandimal eyed a single, Rightly sent back by Mathews
54.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, skips down the track and clips to midwicket
54.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, punched to deep point off the back foot
54.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, shorter ball, cut away to deep cover
54.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, full on off, blocked
54.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, driven between the bowler and short mid-off. A single to long-off
54.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 89kph, very full, pushed to short mid-off
52.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 2 runs, flicked through midwicket
52.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 87kph, fullish delivery, Chandimal defends
52.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 89kph, full ball, Chandimal blocks into off
52.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, punched with the spin to deep point off the back foot
52.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, low full toss, driven back to the bowler
52.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 88kph, in-dart, knocked to mid-on off the back foot
50.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 87kph, middle-stump line, blocked
50.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 89kph, full on the stumps, stonewalled
50.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, gets forward to defend and outside-edges it towards backward point
50.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, FOUR, 88kph, Chandimal shimmies down and goes over extra cover. Got beaten in the flight but went with his stroke to collect a boundary
50.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 89kph, full on the stumps, Chandimal blocks
50.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, 41st Test fifty for Angelo Mathews! Eases this flighted ball down to long-off
48.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 85kph, Chandimal walks down and defensively pushes this length ball back to Zia-ur-Rehman
48.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, full on middle and leg, blocked back
48.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, 86kph, cut away to deep cover
48.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 88kph, forward and blocked
48.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, leg byes, 2 runs, fired down leg, past Mathews's glance and the ball rolls to fine leg off his pad
48.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, arm ball, Mathews hangs back to defend
46.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, full on off, blocked
46.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, punched with the spin to sweeper cover off the back foot
46.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 87kph, fuller ball, blocked
46.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, 89kph, length ball from wide of the crease, Mathews punches off the back foot and the man at cover makes a diving stop to his left
46.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, defends to point off the front foot
46.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, SIX, shot! In-drifter, Mathews presses forward to get under it and plays a superb lofted straight drive. Excellent contact
44.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, 1 run, 88kph, shimmies down, drives to mid-off and hares to the other end
44.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 86kph, middle-stump line, dead-batted
44.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 86kph, full on off, Chandimal blocks
44.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 85kph, fuller length, defended back to Zia-ur-Rehman
44.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 82kph, drifting in and Chandimal blunts it into the on-side
44.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Chandimal, no run, 87kph, round the wicket, in-dart, Chandimal gets forward to defend
36.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, 1 run, tad short and wide of off, punched to deep cover for a single
36.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, pushed through quicker, Mathews plays with an open stance as he defended
36.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, slower and around off - defended with a straight bat
36.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, nice bit of flight on off - Mathews lunges forward on the block
36.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, flighted delivery on off, pushed back at the bowler
36.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Mathews, no run, tossed up on middle and leg, defended back at the bowler
11.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, no run, tossed up outside off, driven to mid-off
11.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, 2 runs, shorter and straighter, tickled to fine leg
11.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, FOUR, looped up, Karunaratne converts it into a half-volley by shimmying down and drills it through wide mid-on. Speeds away to the fence
11.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, no run, 90kph, punched to midwicket
11.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, 1 run, leg-lined, glanced to backward square leg
11.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, 1 run, 86kph, jogs down the track, gets to the pitch and eases the drive to long-on
9.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, 1 run, cut to deep point
9.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, no run, 86kph, full on middle, knocked back to the bowler
9.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, 1 run, 88kph, full delivery, driven to deep mid-on
9.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, 1 run, 86kph, darted in from wide of the crease, punched to deep point
9.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, no run, 87kph, in-drifter, middle-stump line, blocked
9.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, 3 runs, 86kph, spinning down leg, tickled down to fine leg. Naveed Zadran sprints to his left and acrobatically dives to pull the ball back in. Did he make contact with the rope in the process? No. Excellent effort from the pacer
7.6
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, 1 run, 82kph, arm ball, Madushka goes deep in his crease to punch it towards cover
7.5
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, no run, full and drifting in on the pads, clipped to midwicket
7.4
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, FOUR, 79kph, trifle short and Nishan Madushka is quick to pounce. Treks back deep in his crease to cut fiercely through point
7.3
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, no run, 84kph, flighted ball, full in length, dead-batted
7.2
Zia-ur-Rehman to Nishan Madushka, no run, 85kph, round the wicket, tossed up and drifting in on middle, stonewalled
7.1
Zia-ur-Rehman to Karunaratne, 1 run, jogs down the track to knock this fullish ball to long-on
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