Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 1st T20I at Hambantota, 01 Jun, 2012

Toss: Sri Lanka, who choose to bat first
Sri Lanka 132/7 (20)
Pakistan 95/10 (17.4)
Sri Lanka won by 37 runs
Man of the Match: Thisara Perera
  • Mohammad Sami 4 * (7)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1KMDN Kulasekara to Mohammad Hafeez, CAUGHT, and he's gone first ball, the Pakistani Captain cuts this straight into the hands of point for a golden duck!!

Over 0.2KMDN Kulasekara to Shakeel Ansar, CAUGHT, OMG this is a replay of the previous ball, the debutant Ansar cuts this one like Hafeez straight into the hands of Dilshan at point! Kulasekara in on a hat-trick!!

Over 0.3KMDN Kulasekara to Khalid Latif, no runsgets forward and leaves an inducker outside off to survive the hat-trick!

Over 0.4KMDN Kulasekara to Khalid Latif, no runsgets forward and leaves it outside off.

Over 0.5KMDN Kulasekara to Khalid Latif, no runsgets forward and leaves it outside off.

Over 0.6KMDN Kulasekara to Khalid Latif, 2 runsgoes back and top edges his pull shot safely towards deep squareleg and settles for a couple.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1SL Malinga to Ahmed Shehzad, Boundarygets forward and neatly flicks the inswinger off his pads through squareleg for a boundary.

Over 1.2SL Malinga to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgets forward and leaves it with the swing outside off.

Over 1.3SL Malinga to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgets forward and leaves it outside off.

Over 1.4SL Malinga to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgets forward and pushes it to covers.

Over 1.5SL Malinga to Ahmed Shehzad, 2 runsgets forward and flicks the slower one to mid on who fumbles to leak an extra run.

Over 1.6SL Malinga to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgoes back and flicks it to squareleg.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1KMDN Kulasekara to Khalid Latif, no runsgets forward and defends it to the off side.

Over 2.2KMDN Kulasekara to Khalid Latif, 1 rungoes back and tucks it through mid wicket for one.

Over 2.3KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgets forward and leaves it outside off and what's happening after that! The keeper under armed a throw onto the stumps and Shehzad who was in, attempted a bye and was sent back. He is lucky to survive the run out scare as the squareleg fielder failed to hit the stumps with a direct throw.

Over 2.4KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 run, goes back and cuts it hard towards deep backward point for a couple. One short signaled by the Umpire. Shehzad was the culprit.

Over 2.5KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgoes back and tucks it to mid wicket.

Over 2.6KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runs, goes back and defends it to extra covers.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1AD Mathews to Khalid Latif, no runsgets forward and drives it to covers.

Over 3.2AD Mathews to Khalid Latif, beaten, no runsgets forward in defence and is beaten by a leg cutter kind of a delivery around off.

Over 3.3AD Mathews to Khalid Latif, beaten, no runsgets forward and attempts a flashy square drive on the up and nearly edged that away going delivery to the keeper.

Over 3.4AD Mathews to Khalid Latif, no runsLatif gets forward in defence and Angelo has the ball nipping away with good bounce and the result is a thick edge which just carries to Mahela at slip. The Umpires want to confirm whether it was a clean catch or not and the replays are inconclusive to give the batsman out!

Over 3.5AD Mathews to Khalid Latif, 2 lbs, deflects the full ball off his pads to fine leg and collects a couple of leg byes.

Over 3.6AD Mathews to Khalid Latif, CAUGHT, this time Latif has to go! He gets a thick edge driving hard at a beautiful away going delivery and the Keeper Sanga dives to his right to take a good catch. Mahela quickly runs to the Umpire and starts an argument!

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgets forward and drives it to mid off.

Over 4.2KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgoes back and tucks it to mid wicket. Over 4.2 KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, 5 wides, misses his flick to an inswinger way down the legside and the ball races away to the boundary.

Over 4.3KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runs, goes back and tucks it again to mid wicket.

Over 4.4KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgoes back and pushes it to the bowler.

Over 4.5KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsgets forward and flicks the inswinger to mid on.

Over 4.6KMDN Kulasekara to Ahmed Shehzad, Boundary, makes room and drags the inducker off an inside edge towards square fine leg for a boundary.

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