Sri Lanka vs Canada 3rd Match,Group-A at Hambanthota, 20 Feb, 2011

Toss: Sri Lanka, who choose to bat first
Sri Lanka 332/7 (50)
Canada 122/10 (36.5)
Sri Lanka won by 210 runs
Man of the Match: DPMD Jayawardene
  • HS Baidwan 16 * (35)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to R Gunasekera, who gets forward and leaves that outswinger outside off to the wicket keeper and that is a dot ball.

Over 0.2KMDN Kulasekara bowls a short of length delivery to R Gunasekera, who moves back in the crease and defends it towards mid off and that is a dot ball.

Over 0.3KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to R Gunasekera, who drives on the frontfoot along the wrong line and is beaten by the magical outswinger and that will be a dot ball.

Over 0.4KMDN Kulasekara bowls a short of length delivery to R Gunasekera, who goes back and shoulders arms to leave it outside off to the wicket keeper and that is a dot ball.

Over 0.5KMDN Kulasekara bowls a short of length delivery to R Gunasekera, who stays back and punches it towards mid off and that is a dot ball.

Over 0.6KMDN Kulasekara bowls a short of length delivery to R Gunasekera, who gets behind the line and tucks it towards forward squareleg and that is a dot ball. That's a maiden over.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1NLTC Perera bowls a good length delivery to JM Davison, who tried to get onto the frontfoot and by the time the bat comes down, Perera has got the ball to nip back sharply to Bowl Him through the gate!

Over 1.2NLTC Perera bowls a pitched up delivery to ZE Surkari, who drives at that wide juicy outswinger and gets an outside edge which goes straight in an out of Samaraweera's hands at first slip! A sitter dropped and that can only be a dot ball.

Over 1.3NLTC Perera bowls a short of length delivery to ZE Surkari, this is down the legside and gets deflected off the pad towards the fine leg boundary for four lbs!

Over 1.4NLTC Perera bowls a short of length delivery to ZE Surkari, who gets forward and defends it towards covers and that is a dot ball.

Over 1.5NLTC Perera bowls a short of length delivery to ZE Surkari, who goes back and tucks it through mid wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 1.6NLTC Perera bowls a short of length delivery to ZE Surkari, who goes back and tucks it towards mid on and that is a dot ball.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to R Gunasekera, who nicely gets behind the line and pushes it towards mid off and that is a dot ball.

Over 2.2KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to R Gunasekera, who dangerously gets far too across on the frontfoot and just manages to flick it away to fine leg for a single.

Over 2.3KMDN Kulasekara bowls a short of length delivery to ZE Surkari, who goes back and slices that away behind point and gets a single.

Over 2.4KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to R Gunasekera, who gets forward and pushes it towards backward point and that is a dot ball.

Over 2.5KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to R Gunasekera, who slashes at that wide one on the fronfoot and the ball goes flat in the air and straight into the waiting hands of covers. That's Caught by Dilshan.

Over 2.6KMDN Kulasekara bowls a good length delivery to AS Hansra, who gets forward and leaves that outswinger outside off to the wicket keeper and that is a dot ball.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1NLTC Perera bowls a short of length delivery to ZE Surkari, who goes back and flicks it through wide mid wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 3.2NLTC Perera bowls a short of length delivery to ZE Surkari, who tucks that wide of mid wicket and gets a single.

Over 3.3NLTC Perera bowls a short of length delivery to AS Hansra, this is a jaffa from Perera which cut back off the seam and Hansra has no chance to play at that and the ball goes through the bat pad gap over the top of middle and that is a dot ball.

Over 3.4NLTC Perera bowls a good length delivery to AS Hansra, who gets forward and drives it towards covers and gets a single.

Over 3.5NLTC Perera bowls a good length delivery to ZE Surkari, who gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper and that is a dot ball.

Over 3.6NLTC Perera bowls a good length delivery to ZE Surkari, who is half forward and attempts a flick shot right across the line and misses the indipper which comes in sharply to hit the pad around middle. Umpire Tarapore gives that Out LBW after a bit of a thought.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1BAW Mendis bowls a quicker arm ball to AS Hansra, who gets forward in defence and is Beaten by the carrom ball just outside off.

Over 4.2BAW Mendis bowls a quicker arm ball to AS Hansra, who goes back and defends it towards mid off and that is a dot ball.

Over 4.3BAW Mendis bowls a quicker arm ball to AS Hansra, who goes back and defends it towards covers and that is a dot ball.

Over 4.4BAW Mendis bowls a quicker arm ball to AS Hansra, who goes back and drags his cut towards point and that is a dot ball.

Over 4.5BAW Mendis bowls a tossed up delivery to AS Hansra, who gets forward and defends the leg break towards covers and that is a dot ball.

Over 4.6BAW Mendis bowls it flat in the air to AS Hansra, who doesn't pick the googly and is hit on the pad but the impact was outside off and that is a dot ball.

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