22nd Match: Sri Lanka vs England at Pallekele, Oct 01, 2012
Sri Lanka won by 19 runs
Sri Lanka 169/6 (20)
England 150/9 (20)
RR: 7.5
Last 12 Balls: 4 1 1 1b W . | 2 1nb W 1 . 1 1
Current Partnership: 2 runs, 0.4 overs, RR: 3 (ST Finn, Jade Dernbach )
Over 19.6 KMDN Kulasekarato Jade Dernbach, 1 run
Digs out the yorker to covers for one.
Sri Lanka defeat England by 19 runs. And with Sri Lanka along with West Indies have entered into the Semi Finals from this Group.
Presentation Ceremony:
Lasith Malinga for his fifer gets the Man of the Match and here is what he says: "Happy to be amongst the wickets, I conceded a lot of runs in the last two overs but overall a good show. I am developing some variations and the slower ball is one amongst them, I use it when I sense a batsman going after me. Will look to do better in the next matches, thanks to the wonderful support from the crowd."
Kumar Sangakkara, the namesake Captain for Sri Lanka comes up again and this time says: "It was a nice feeling to register a win. I was the official captain, we did not want to take a risk with Mahela and Angelo under the pump, this was a fantastic performance, great start from the openers and the rest of them batted brilliantly. Lasith has been a champion performer and he showed his class in both the NZ game as well as today. We will keep our feet on the ground and will look to do well in the knock-outs."
The losing England Captain Stuart Broad says: "It is very disappointing, the guys have tried hard. We had a young squad and have learnt a lot throughout the tournament. We struggled in the first six overs and our bowling towards the end was poor. We enjoyed playing in front of the Lankan crowd, the stadium has been amazing. Losing three wickets in an over hurt us, credit to Malinga for his 5 wicket haul, but we should have played him well. Samit played superbly and showed his quality. SL are a quality side and deserved to win, good luck for our Ladies (England Women) as they play in the Semis."
19.5
1
1
Over 19.5 KMDN Kulasekarato ST Finn, 1 run
Makes room and drags the yorker to squareleg for one.
19.4
0
0
Over 19.4 KMDN Kulasekarato ST Finn, beaten, no runs
Makes room and is beaten by the loopy back of the hand slower one which just misses the off stump.
19.3
1
1
Over 19.3 KMDN Kulasekarato Jade Dernbach, 1 run
Drills the yorker towards straight long on for one.
19.2
W
W
Over 19.2 KMDN Kulasekarato GP Swann, Clean Bowled!
Over 19.2 KMDN Kulasekara to GP Swann, NB+0
Makes room and gets his leg stump cleaned up by an inswinging yorker which followed him! Not quite a yorker but almost!
Over 19.2 KMDN Kulasekara to GP Swann, NB+0
This is a high full toss, a beamer to be precise around middle and will be given as a noball. The ball will be changed not sure what is the problem with it, perhaps too wet.
19.1
2
2
Over 19.1 KMDN Kulasekarato GP Swann, 2 runs
Makes room and inside edges the near yorker to square fine leg where a fumble leaks a second run.
