Match 19, Bulawayo, June 27, 2023, 12:30 PM
Sri Lanka
245/10(49.3ov)
Scotland
163/10(29.0ov)
Sri Lanka beat Scotland by 82 runs
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Dasun Shanaka says it was crucial to get the two points. Adds the wicket was not easy to bat but Nissanka and Asalanka batted really well. Informs they were looking for a score of 280. Reckons they are playing positive cricket and are getting results. Shares it was important to get Maheesh Theekshana early on with the ball. Tells they are not worried much in the bowling department.
Richie Berrington says they utilized the early ball movement and started well but the middle phase didn't go their way. However, they were happy to keep Sri Lanka near 250. On Greaves, he says the situation demanded for him to come so late in the game with the ball. Reckons it was just not their day, they have batted well throughout the tournament.
Maheesh Theekshana is the Player of the Match. He says the pitch was a bit sloppy and he was just trying to bowl in good areas. Adds it is his strength to bowl with the new ball and he enjoys doing it. Reckons it was crucial to get some runs with the bat as well.
Scotland were in the game at the break. They did well to keep the Lankans below 250. Apart from Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka there was no major contribution from the Lankan batters but they were definitely in the game knowing they had some mystery spinners. On the other side, One big stand would have certainly helped Scotland to take this game deep but in the end, it was just Chris Greaves who with his fifty, batted a lone battle with not much support.
That was quick work from Sri Lanka. Apart from that one stand between Chris Greaves and Chris Sole, it was all Sri Lanka right from the start. The mystery of Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga was too hot to handle. The Scotland batters came in, missed out and went back one after the other. Maheesh Theekshana though was the main architect of this downfall. The Lankan bowlers continue to flourish with the ball in this tournament.
In over# 29
0W
4
4
1W
1
0
Dhananjaya de Silva 18/0(2)
28.6
W
OUT! RUN OUT! Greaves tries to keep the strike as he tucks this full ball to mid-wicket. Evans is running to the danger side. Wanindu Hasaranga throws it to the keeper who clips the bails off. An easy decision for the third umpire. Sri Lanka win by 82 runs.
28.5
4
FOUR! Two in a row! Fuller and on middle, Greaves heaves it to deep mid-wicket for another boundary.
28.4
4
FOUR! Fifty for Greaves! A lone battle from him! Too full and on off. Greaves slog-sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for four.
28.3
W
OUT! RUN OUT! Sri Lanka break the stand! Tossed up on off, Greaves paddles it wide of short fine leg. Lahiru Kumara gives a chase and throws it to Dhananjaya de Silva who removes the bails. Sole was not interested for the second, he even signalled to stop but Greaves was just running.
28.2
1
On off, Sole thumps it back straight but Dhananjaya de Silva fails to stop. Was hit hard. One.
28.1
.
Length and on off, punched to cover.
In over# 28
0
4
1lb
0
1
0
Lahiru Kumara 30/1(5)
27.6
.
On middle, blocked.
27.5
4
FOUR! A length ball, outside off. Greaves cuts it through point for a boundary.
27.4
1lb
Leg bye! Length ball, angling on leg. Sole hops to defend but misses. An appeal but that was going down.
27.3
.
A length ball, outside off, Sole looks to push at it but misses.
27.2
1
Outside off on a length. Greaves punches it through covers for a single.
27.1
.
Around off, kept out.