49.5 -
Pradeep to Plunkett, FOUR, another handy boundary from Plunkett. Too predictable was Pradeep with his slower ones, Plunkett sits back and pulls over mid-wicket, beating the fielder in the deep
49.2 -
Pradeep to Plunkett, FOUR, Plunkett gets a bouncer and he swivel-pulls it behind square on the on-side for a boundary
48.1 -
Lakmal to Woakes, FOUR, sloppy cricket from Sri Lanka. What should have been just a run is now a boundary. Slower delivery outside off stump, Woakes swings hard and gets a thick edge, the fielder lets that go right through his legs
47.5 -
Chaminda Bandara to Root, FOUR, cheeky and effective. Full toss outside off stump, Root goes for the reverse paddle and sends it fine, Root has a look at the square leg umpire to see if it was above the waist, but it wasn't
46.4 -
Pradeep to Buttler, FOUR, this is short and on the stumps, Buttler pulls it towards backward square leg, the fielder in the deep dives but it beats him
46.3 -
Pradeep to Buttler, FOUR, Nasser Hussain on air spoke about how Buttler uses his bottom hand to hit wide of long-off and there's the example. Buttler was deep in his crease, anything within the stumps would have been over mid-wicket, but Pradeep bowls a slower ball outside off stump, drills it for four
45.4 -
Chaminda Bandara to Root, FOUR, low full toss outside off stump, Root lofts the drive wide of cover and hits the gap, handy runs these
45.2 -
Chaminda Bandara to Buttler, FOUR, that's poor from the bowler, Buttler went early across the stumps, you can't bowl a middle stump line when a batsman does that because he'll be easily able to free the leg-side, this is helped fine to fine leg
42.2 -
Pradeep to Buttler, FOUR, Buttler opens the bat face and steers it wide of short third man, the fielder gave chase and dived in front of the ropes, but couldn't keep the ball back in
42.1 -
Pradeep to Buttler, FOUR, leg-cutter from Pradeep on the stumps, Buttler gets inside the line and scoops it over the keeper. The ball goes fine and bounces a couple of times before hitting the ropes
41.4 -
Lakmal to Buttler, FOUR, very full delivery on the stumps, Buttler gets his front leg out of the way and drills the drive along the ground wide of the man at cover, no chance for the long-off fielder
38.0 -
Chaminda Bandara to Root, FOUR, lovely drive from Root and the man at sweeper cover had too much to do. Full and wide outside off stump, Root reaches out on the front foot and drives nicely from the middle of the bat
33.4 -
Chaminda Bandara to Buttler, FOUR, is that leg-byes? No, given as runs. Good call from the ump, the ball took the inside edge and then ran away off the thigh pad. Bandara pays the price for bowling a leg stump line, the length was short enough to allow Buttler to go back and attempt the glance
29.5 -
S Prasanna to Bairstow, FOUR, tossed up delivery on the stumps, Bairstow comes down the track and gets to the pitch to drill this wide of the bowler and gets a boundary
28.2 -
Kusal Mendis to Root, FOUR, reverse sweep from Root, gets low and sweeps it fine towards the third man fence. Short boundaries there helped Root's cause
22.1 -
Gunathilaka to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, Morgan gets his reverse sweep right this time and finds the backward point fence with ease. He got it right off the screws
20.3 -
Gunathilaka to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, lucky for Morgan, gets low to paddle it fine and ekes out a toe-end over the slip fielder, Mathews moves to his left anticipating the reverse paddle, he was wrong-footed and is late to get back into position, streaky boundary
15.0 -
Gunathilaka to James Vince, FOUR, tossed up from Gunathilaka but down leg, swept very fine past the diving fielder who had to run in all the way from fine leg
13.3 -
Lakmal to Root, FOUR, what timing! Looked like just a front foot punch past the left hand of a diving bowler, has the feet to go all the way to the fence
12.3 -
Pradeep to James Vince, FOUR, glorious! Ahh that is elegantly done. Gets onto the front foot and punches a length ball on the up to deep extra cover where Perera mistimes the flick to parry the ball in, concedes a boundary
12.0 -
Lakmal to Root, FOUR, he doesn't need any sighters! Is gifted a half volley outside off to start off and accepts it gleefully driving off his front foot to the deep extra cover fence
8.3 -
Chaminda Bandara to Jason Roy, FOUR, and Roy decides to take on the new man, takes a couple of steps down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it over the man at mid-on. Couples of bounces into the fence
8.1 -
Chaminda Bandara to Jason Roy, FOUR, strays in line again, too straight and down leg as well, Jason Roy walks across and tickes it off his thighs to fine leg.
6.3 -
Chaminda Bandara to James Vince, FOUR, full and very wide outside off, James Vince throws his bat at it and gets it off the thick outside edge to fly over the slip to the third man fence
4.0 -
Chaminda Bandara to James Vince, FOUR, crunched again through the covers! Chaminda Bandara dishes it outside off on that perfect driving length and James Vince obliges getting a big stride forward and driving it on one knee to deep extra cover for another boundary. 11 off the over
3.4 -
Chaminda Bandara to James Vince, FOUR, elegant! Copied out of the coaching manual as James Vince leans well forward onto one knee and punches this square of the wicket into the fence
1.4 -
Chaminda Bandara to Jason Roy, FOUR, gifted a half volley well outside off, leans onto the front foot and drives it firmly to deep extra cover
0.3 -
Lakmal to Jason Roy, FOUR, and off he goes, fullish from Lakmal and Jason Roy leans forward to drive it elegantly through the covers to get off the mark with a boundary
50.0 -
Pradeep to Plunkett, out Plunkett Run Out!! That's an angry throw at the bowler's end from Pradeep. Low full toss hit back at the bowler, Woakes sets off trying to steal a run, Pradeep had enough time to take aim and hit the stumps. Plunkett run out (Pradeep) 9(4) [4s-2]
49.1 -
Pradeep to Root, out Bowled!! Slower delivery from Pradeep, Root steps out and slogs, misses and is castled. So unselfish from Root. He was close to getting a hundred and he's now out for 93. Well, this is the last over and understandably he went for a big hit to get maximum benefit from what's left, but missed the ball completely. End of a fantastic knock from a star batsman. Root b Pradeep 93(106) [4s-6]
47.1 -
Chaminda Bandara to Buttler, out Bowled!! Maiden ODI wicket and it's a big one and that too at a crucial stage. Buttler has the ability to muscle them quickly at the fag end of the innings. Yorker at the stumps from round the wicket, Buttler fails to get under it, swings but the ball sneaks under the bat and hits the base of leg stump. Buttler gets a great ovation as he walks off. Buttler b Chaminda Bandara 70(45) [4s-7 6s-1]
32.5 -
Gunathilaka to Bairstow, out Caught by Dasun Shanaka!! Now then, now then, would you believe it! This man has the knack of picking key wickets and he has three now. Even in the last game, he got Joe Root to end a massive stand with Jason Roy. Bairstow will be livid with himself when he sees this on the screen/replay. Can't really blame him because he didn't intend to hit to long-on. As the ball came full at him, he went for the lofted drive more towards long-off, the ball got the inside half of the bat and had enough legs to carry all the way to the fielder in the deep. Bairstow c Dasun Shanaka b Gunathilaka 22(28) [4s-1]
24.1 -
Gunathilaka to Eoin Morgan, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! Too good a shot to lose his wicket. Morgan steps inside out and chips this tossed up delivery well outside off wide of sweeper cover, Kusal Mendis runs to his left and dives forward to take a brilliant catch inches off the ground to send the English captain back to the pavilion. Eoin Morgan c Kusal Mendis b Gunathilaka 20(18) [4s-2 6s-1]
18.4 -
Gunathilaka to James Vince, out Stumped!! The round the wicket angle pays off and Vince is tricked into coming down the ground looking to play for the spin. The ball however just angles away ever so slightly to beat the outside-edge and Chandimal has one of his easiest stumpings. A maiden fifty comes to an end. James Vince st Chandimal b Gunathilaka 51(56) [4s-5]
11.3 -
Lakmal to Jason Roy, out Caught by K Perera!! Aggression and that brings about his downfall. Charges down the ground and looks to spank this delivery that looked like it stopped on the wicket after pitching. Doesn't get to the pitch of it and ends up getting it high on the bat and in the air to Perera, who had a few yards to cover from deep mid-wicket, sprints forward, dives and takes it with both hands. Jason Roy c K Perera b Lakmal 34(34) [4s-4]