Published: Mar 17, 2016, 06:30 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:23 PM (IST)
Hello, good evening and a warm welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog of the clash of the former champions in Match No 16 on Thrusday, between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup. This is Vishal Mehra, and I will be bringing you the live cricket scores and live cricket updates and commentary for the Sri Lanka and Afghanistan match. This will be the 16th match of the ongoing tournament. Sri Lanka are coming into the tournament with a embarrassing loss in the Asia Cup T20 2016 by India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Afghanistan, on the other hand, look match fit, having qualified from their group after beating Scotland, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, T20 World Cup 2016, Super 10 Group 1, Match 16 at Kolkata
Match Report: Tillakarantne Dilshan half century guides Sri Lanka to comfortable victory over Afghanistan
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 155/4| 18.5 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 83(56),Angelo Mathews 21(10): Hamid Hassan into his final over. FOUR! Dilshan finds another gap this time towards the covers region.SINGLE as Dilshan pushes for a run towards long-on. SINGLE this time towards the square leg region. TWO RUNS, Dilshan quick between the wicket as 150 comes up for Sri Lanka. FOUR as Dilshan guides his team to victory with a boundary over mid-wicket fence.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 143/4| 18 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 72(52),Angelo Mathews 20(9): Hamid Hassan into his second last over, as full toss only yields a SINGLE first up. DOT. Angelo Mathews defends only to lose track of the ball. WIDE as Hamid bowls a short ball. FOUR! another midfield by an Afghan fielder at third man. FOUR back to back boundary for Mathews,times the ball between towards mid wicket. SINGLE as Mathews taps it towards the point region. SINGLE final ball.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 131/4| 17 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 70(50),Angelo Mathews 11(5): Rashid Khan into this final over. DOT ball first up. SINGLE as Dilshan drives it towards long-off. SIX Angleo Mathews looking good, heaves it above DOT. Mathews misses a delivery by a margin. FOUR! Final ball goes for a boundary 11 runs coming from the over.
RUN OUT! first ball of Mohammad Nabi’s over as he gets a deflection off on to the non-strikers stumps. Captain Angelo Mathews into the middle. SINGLE well run by Dilshan. SINGLE as Mathews just pushes a full toss for a single. DOT! well bowled, right into the blockhole. FOUR! bad fielding by fielder on square leg. SINGLE off the final ball, seven runs from the over.
Chamara Kapugedera run out 10 (9)
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 113/3| 15 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 63(43),Chamara Kapugedera 10(9): Hamid Hassan comes into the attack, as a risky SINGLE brings up Sri Lanka’s 100 run. SIX Dilshan goes beserk, third six for him.SINGLE Dilshan well dugged out as the pace is giving him nice support.SINGLE sneeked the run away as Shenwari hits the stumps, NOT OUT given. SINGLE as Hamid is getting a bit of swing. FOUR! well crashed towards the leg side.
Rashid Khan comes to bowl his third over. Kapugedera tries goes for the big misses the ball completely. SINGLE as Perera goes off-strike with a single on long-on. DOT. SINGLE Dilshan runs for a quick single. GOOGLY well picked Kapugedera pulls it towards the leg side. FOUR! terrible fielding by as Dilshan gets his 5th four.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 92/3| 13 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 50(37),Chamara Kapugedera : Samiullah Shenwari to continue, OUT! lovely pick and throw by Mohammad Shehzad hits the stumps as Perera is found just inches outside the crease. SINGLE Chamara Kapugedera goes off the mark a single towards long-on. FOUR! Well struck Dilshan between point and third man. FIFTY! with the single in just 37 balls, well played Dilshan . Mohammad Nabi to continue SINGLE off the first ball as Perera moves to double figures. SINGLE again Dilshan moves into the 40’s with a run towards midwicket. SINGLE Perera taps it straight towards mid-off.TWO runs as Dilshan flicks off the pads. TWO runs again as Dilshan nears another fifty. SINGLE, Dilshan flicks towards the square leg.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 76/2 | 11 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 39(30), Thisara Perera10(6): Samiullah Shenwari comes to bowl his first over. DOT as Dilshan misses a wide ball. DOT again as Dilshan manages to get an edge towards short third man. DOT again this time Dilshan keep defends. SINGLE pushes for one towards extra cover. Perera tries to go big misses the ball completely and goes for four byes behind the keeper.SINGLE to finish. Karim Sadiq comes into the bowl his second over. SINGLE as Dilshan taps it towards midwicket. SINGLE this time Perera gets a darting ball towards long-on.SINGLE as Dilshan punches the ball towards mid wicket.SINGLE as Perera punches for one towards long on. SINGLE again this time on midwicket.SIX! Perera goes big straight down the ground.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 60/2| 9 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 34(22), Thisara Perera 1(1): Rashid Khan to continue his second over. DOT. FOUR! as Thirimanne smashes it towards wide long-on. DOT. OUT! Cleaned up well yorked by Rashid as Thirimanne goes for 6 runs. SINGLE. Perera goes off the mark with a single towards third man.SINGLE
Lahiru Thirimanne b Rashid Khan 6 (13)
Mohammad Nabi into the attack Two runs for the first ball as Dilshan nudges towards square leg. DOT. Two runs again this time again square leg. FOUR! Dilshan cuts the ball towards point region. SINGLE against this time over long-on. SINGLE again as Thirimanne comes in. Rashid Khan into the attack, just seventeen year of age. SINGLE. Dilshan nudges towards the leg side for a single. LONG APPEAL for LBW clearly shows the ball going down the legside. SINGLE. SINGLE again as Rashid bowls a full toss which Dilshan sweeps towards square leg region. DOT as Dilshan manages to dig one out from the middle.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 41/1 |6 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 23(15),Lahiru Thirimanne(4): Mohammad Nabi comes into the attack for Afghanistan. DOT first up. OUT! Dinesh Chandimal goes tyring to pull for 18 runs as Nabi stirikes first blood. Lahiru Thirimanne comes into the middle. DOT ball defended well. DOT again, well bowled nice flight. DOT to finish the over. Wicket Maiden to end Powerplay overs.
Dinesh Chandimal c Shafiqullah b Mohammad Nabi 18 (17)
Dawlat Zadran to continue DOT ball first up. SINGLE as Dilshan pushes one towards the mid-on. DOT good balll again on the off stump line. DOT. FOUR! Chandimal cracks a short ball towards midwicket. Well dug out by Chandimal SINGLE.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 35/0|4 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan 22(13),Dinesh Chandimal 13(11) : Hamid Hassan to continue. SINGLE Chandimal cuts it for a single. FOUR! Dilshan goes on one knee and cracks it over on side for a boundary. FOUR! this time heaved over midwicket with ease. Hassan it bowling way to many loose deliveries. DOT. SINGLE straight down the ground. DOT! good over from 10 runs from it. Dawlat Zadran into the attack. SINGLE first ball as Dinesh Chandimal steers it down the third man. DOT. SIX super pull shot by Tillakaratne Dilshan over square leg. SIX Dilshan shows his own Dilscoop and it goes for a massive six. DOT Tries to cut and misses the ball completely. DOT. excellant ball to finish the over.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 12/0 |2 Overs| Tillakaratne Dilshan1(4),Dinesh Chandimal 11(8) : Hamid Hassan to bowl the second over for Afghanistan. SINGLE Tillakaratne Dilshan picks his first run of his innings. DOT . SINGLE as Chandimal manages a run towards third man. DOT DOT. Short and a bit WIDE Dilshan misses all the final three balls. Karim Sadiq to start the first over for Afghanistan. DOT. DOT. DOT. excellent start from Saqiq to keep the batsmen quick early on. FOUR! Finally Dinesh Chandimal manages to pick his spot and smashes one through the square leg.SIX Massive this one. Chandimal comes down the track and BANG over midwicket for six runs.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 153/7 | Overs 20 | Dawlat Zadran 5(3), Najibullah Zadran 12(3): Final over Nuwan Kulusekara to finish. DROPPED again. Dawlat Zadran survives and picks two run as Chameera goes wobbling. SINGLE again. SIX MASSIVE one Najibullah Zadran picks his spot ocer cover. FOUR Najibullah on fire this time above covers. Thisara Perera to bowl the second last over. SINGLE odd the first ball. SIX massive as Stankizai goes back into the crease and heaves it towards the long-on boundary. SINGLE again as Stanikzai moves on to 58. OUT. Shafiquallah tries to hit a big one over midwicket. FOUR! Stanikzai smashes one over the covers. OUT! Stanikzai goes for 62 tyring to paddle sweep manages to get the top egde to the wicketkeeper.
Asghar Stanikzai c Chandimal b Perera 62 (47)
Shafiqullah c Thirimanne b Perera 5 (7)
Dushmantha Chameera into the attack.DOT. Shafiqullah defends a good ball. SINGLE Shafiqullah manages to find a run towards gully. FIFTY up for Ashgar Stanikzai well lobed towards leg side.WIDE.SINGLE. SINGLE towards point as Chameera spell comes to an end.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 118/5 | Overs 17 | Asghar Stanikzai 49(41), Shafiqullah 1(1): Nuwan Kulusekara comes into the attack. SINGLE as Shenwari taps the ball towards point. SIX Massive this time, Shenwari slogs over midwicket boundary. OUT! In an attempt to hit out of the park Shenwari perishes towards midwicket boundary.DROPPED Angelo Mathews poor fielding ball. SINGLE run from it.FOUR! Stanikzai powers the ball towards long-off.
Samiullah Shenwari c Perera b Kulasekara 31 (22)
Thisara Perera into the attack. SINGLE first ball as Stanikzai hits towards midwicket.SINGLE this time Shenwari drives towards long-off. DOT. SINGLE. Stanikzai puches for one towards long-on. FOUR! Shenwari drills one straight down the ground. Shenwari again FOUR as he reverse laps the ball for a boundary towards third man. Massive over for Afghanistan 11 from it.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 94/4 | Overs 15 | Asghar Stanikzai 41(35), Samiullah Shenwari 16(9): Rangana Herath to bowl his final over. DOT first up. DOT excellent dug out by Shanikzai. SIX! lucky six as Lahiru Thirimanne drops a simple catch according to global standards. .SINGLE as Stanikzai picks a single towards long-on. SIX superb hitting by Shenwari as the ball is caught in the crowd. DOT as a appeal for Leg before wicket is struck down.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 75/4 | Overs 13 | Asghar Stanikzai 31(27), Samiullah Shenwari 8(5) : Milinda Siriwardana into the attack . SINGLE. SINGLE. SINGLE . SIX! Massive shot by Asgar Stanikzai goes over mid-wicket. SIX this time straight down the ground. SINGLE as Stanikzai works his way towards square leg for a single. Samiullah Shenwari comes down into the middle. DOT. SINGLE as Stanikzai cuts the ball towards third man. SINGLE. Shenwari picks his first run of the match. SINGLE as Stanikzai takes a single towards long-on. FOUR! Crashed for a boundary wide and cut towards point. SINGLE to finish the over towards fine leg.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 51/4 | Overs 11 | Asghar Stanikzai12(14), Karim Sadiq(5): Rangana Herath to bowl his third over. SINGLE first up as Nabi comes down and clip for single. SINGLE. Shanikzai continues his lone stay in the middle. DOT.OUT! LBW Herath picks his second wicket as Nabi is plumb in the middle. Thisara Perera into the attack. SINGLE. OUT! Karim Saqid goes for a duck. Thisara Perera picks his first wicket as he tries go big only manages to find an edge to the keeper. Mohammad Nabi comes to join Stanikzai into the middle.
Mohammad Nabi lbw b Herath 3(4)
Karim Sadiq c Chandimal b Perera 0 (7)
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 45/2 | Overs 9 | Asghar Stanikzai12(14), Karim Sadiq(5): Rangana Herath to continue. BOWLED first delivery. Noor Ali misses while sweeping, ball goes behind his legs and cleans him up. Karim Sadiq. comes down into middle. WIDE. DOT, superb bowling by Herath not to get a egde. DOT.
Noor Ali Zadran b Herath 20 (23)
Dushmantha Chameera to continue his over. DOT to start off. SINGLE as Asghar Stanikzai pushes for a single towards cover. DOT. DOT. SINGLE one Leg-bye as Noor Ali is late in hitting the ball. DOT to finish the over. Only 2 runs from it.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 42/1 | Overs 7 | Noor Ali Zadran 20(19), Asghar Stanikzai 11(11): Rangana Herath into the attack. SINGLE Noor Ali picks him towards mid wicket. FOUR! Stanikzai hits towards the gap between mid-wicket. Good comeback deliveries.DOT. DOT. DOT. Excellent end to the over.Last PowerPlay over. Dushmantha Chameera comes into the attack replacing Kulusekara. TWO RUNS as Stanikzai flips the ball towards mid-wicket.SINGLE as Stanikzai dabs over midwicket. SINGLE. Noor Ali clips for one runs towards third man. Flicked for SINGLE towards leg again.DOT. SINGLE as Noor Ali punches straight on.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 30/1 | Overs 5 | Noor Ali Zadran 17(15), Asghar Stanikzai 2(3): Angelo Mathews into the attack. over as Stanikzai. FOUR! Noor Ali hits a cracking boundary towards backward square.SINGLE as Noor Ali flicks towards square leg. SINGLE. Stanikzai takes a single towards deep square leg. WIDE. DOT. Well bowled foxed the batsman , a slower ball. DOT DOT. FOUR! lucky boundary as the fielder just manages to get his fingers on it, ball races towards covers. FOUR! Noor Ali cracks four towards mid-wicket. much needed boundaries from this over. DOT. DOT! Noor Ali punches straight only to find the Nuwan Kulusekara.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 12/1 | Overs 3 | Noor Ali Zadran 1(4), Asghar Stanikzai(): Angelo Mathews to bowl the third over. SINGLE Noor Ali Zadran clips the ball towards mid-on. WIDE. WILD HEAVE by Mohammad Shahzad. DOT. Mathews looking for some swing. DOT again as Shahzad cuts only to find the fielder at point. CRASHED for a FOUR straight down the ground. Shahzad on fire. OUT!! PULLS to have only found the fielder. Shahzad goes for 8. Asghar Stanikzai comes into the middle.
Mohammad Shahzad c Chameera b Angelo Mathews 8(12)
Nuwan Kulasekara comes in the attack for the second over. WIDE. TWO runs as Mohammad Shahzad flips the ball for a two runs towards the covers. DOT. Defended by Shahzad. DOT. DOT. good bowling up down the middle line. DOT to finish the over. 3 runs from the over.
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan 3/0 | Overs 1 | Noor Ali Zadran 1(4), Mohammad Shahzad 2(2): Angelo Mathews opens the bowling for Sri Lanka, SINGLE first up as Mohammad Shahzad takes a single towards square leg. DOT. DOT. DOT. Excellent first over by Mathews. SINGLE. Noor Ali Zadran flips towards leg for a run. SINGLE to finish the over Shahzad dabs one towards leg.
Playing XI:
Sri Lanka XI: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal(wk), Lahiru Thirimanne, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews (c), Milinda Siriwardana, Shehan Jayasuriya, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath
Afghanistan XI: Shahzad(wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Stanikzai (C), Sadiq, Naib, Shenwari, Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah, Rashid, Dawlat Zadran,Hamid Hassan
No Malinga for #SL on fitness grounds. #AFG won three from three in round one, beating #SCO, #HK and #ZIM. pic.twitter.com/lQANAMIMp6
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TOSS: Afghanistan wins the toss and elect to bat against defending champions Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka have a lot of work to be done, especially improvement in batting. Their sheer inability to bat throughout the innings and poor selection of shots at crucial moments have led their batting down. Going by Sri Lanka’s recent performance, they will want their senior players to step up. Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathew, Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Rangana Herath will be the key. Afghanistan have benefited from the presence of Inzamam-ul-Haq and Manoj Prabhakar in their coaching staff. Considering their performance in the final qualifying match against Zimbabwe, their batting was quite brilliant with Mohammad Shahzad, Samiullah Shenwari and Mohammad Nabi scoring 40, 43 and 52, respectively.
With match being held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the track is definitely going to be slightly on the slower side. However, T20 being an unpredictable format, both the teams stand a good chance.
Squads:
Sri Lanka: Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Shehan Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews (c), Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Lahiru Thirimanne.
Afghanistan: Asghar Stanikzai (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Samiullah Shenwari, Dawlat Zadran, Rashid Khan, Amir Hamza, Karim Sadiq, Shapoor Zadran, Mirwais Ashraf, Hamid Hassan.
