19.1 -
T Perera to Elliott, FOUR, Elliott backs away and smacks this fullish delivery from Thisara Perera. He flays this over infield on the off-side and once it beat the fielder it was always going to be a boundary. It was hit over the cover fielder and there was no one in the deep
17.3 -
Lakmal to Munro, FOUR, slower delivery outside off and Munro has picked the bones out of it. Goes deep inside the crease and smacks it over mid-off, one bounce and into the fence
17.1 -
Lakmal to Ross Taylor, FOUR, Ross has hit 3 boundaries already. He's just faced 4 deliveries. Walks across as he always does and pulls wristily behind square on the leg-side, neatly done, placement was the key there
16.5 -
Jeffrey Vandersay to Ross Taylor, FOUR, and to aggravate matters - an outside edge for four. This was slower and spinning away, Taylor hangs his bat looking to push/drive, gets a thick outside edge which flies past the keeper
16.4 -
Jeffrey Vandersay to Ross Taylor, FOUR, Taylor rubs salt on Vandersay's wound. Dropped short and Taylor was quick to rock on to the back foot, cracking the cut behind backward point
15.0 -
Dilshan to Munro, FOUR, ohh! That's cheeky but a boundary nonetheless. Munro reverses his stance and opts for a KP-esque switch hit. Doesn't get all of it but manages to place it in the gap between short third man and backward point, nice stuff this
9.4 -
T Perera to Guptill, FOUR, dreadful ball from Perera, looked like the ball slipped out of his hands, ends up as a full toss on Guptill's thigh pad, flicked away behind square on the on-side, bounced just in front of the deep backward square boundary
8.4 -
Jeffrey Vandersay to Williamson, FOUR, lovely shot, excellent use of the feet, gets close to the ball and goes inside out over extra cover, bisects the two men in the deep
8.0 -
Lakmal to Williamson, FOUR, inside edge and four, Williamson gets lucky, short of a good length and just outside off, cramped Williamson for room, he was looking to cut, gets an inside edge past the off-stump, beat the diving keeper and rolled away to the fence, very very close to the off-stump, missed it by a whisker
6.0 -
Jayasuriya to Williamson, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Williamson, this was tossed up and just outside off, Williamson made room outside leg and went over cover-point, ruins an excellent over from Jayasuriya
5.5 -
Jayasuriya to Williamson, FOUR, cheeky and four, Jayasuriya fired on down the leg-side, Williamson gets down on his knees, uses the pace of the delivery and laps it behind square on the off-side for a boundary
2.4 -
N Kulasekara to Williamson, FOUR, edged and four, Kulasekara went full and just outside off as Williamson shuffled across his stumps, he pushed with soft hands, gets a thick outside edge, no slips and the ball rolls away to the fence
1.2 -
T Perera to Guptill, FOUR, Guptill is in some mood today, short of a good length and just outside off, he makes room outside leg and goes flat over extra cover, one bounce and over the ropes for a boundary
0.4 -
Lakmal to Guptill, FOUR, that's easy pickings for Guptill, juicy full toss outside off, Guptill went hard on the drive, didn't get hold of the shot, but places it in the gap past cover, runs away to the fence
0.2 -
Lakmal to Guptill, FOUR, cracking shot, short and wide outside off, Guptill gets on top of the bounce and cracks it square past point, no need to run for those
19.3 -
T Perera to Ross Taylor, SIX, you can't bowl half-volleys to Ross Taylor. He is a class player and he will punish you all day if you bowl such stuff to him. Stands stall and dispatches this high and straight down the ground
17.5 -
Lakmal to Munro, SIX, doesn't matter how it comes but Munro will take it. He is trying every possible way to get a four/six. Now he walks forward and across to smoke this length delivery high and sailing over deep-midwicket
14.5 -
Dilshan to Munro, SIX, that's better from Munro. He steps out and smacks this flighted delivery high and over long-on, just enough power to clear the fence, finally the momentum seems to be back with New Zealand
9.3 -
T Perera to Guptill, SIX, massive, Thisara misses his yorker for once, Guptill gets underneath the length and hoists it high and over long-on for a huge six. New Zealand need more of those. Guptill raises his fifty as well
3.2 -
Jayasuriya to Williamson, SIX, lovely shot, Williamson comes down the track, makes room as he did so and chips this well flighted delivery over mid-off, the timing is sublime and the ball clears the long-off boundary
2.2 -
N Kulasekara to Guptill, SIX, Guptill is dealing in sixes here, gives himself room, gets underneath the length ball and thumps it over mid-off for another maximum
2.0 -
T Perera to Guptill, SIX, lovely shot, Guptill picked up the slower ball this time, gets down on one knee and clouts it high and over mid-off for his second six
1.0 -
Lakmal to Guptill, SIX, that's a massive hit from Guptill, too short from Lakmal, sat up to be smacked, Guptill rocked back and pulled it high and over deep mid-wicket, went sailing over the mid-wicket boundary for the first six of the match
18.2 -
N Kulasekara to Munro, out Caught&Bowled!! Another slower delivery and Munro is on his bike. He tries to drill this delivery over the bowler but was beaten for pace. Ends up spooning a simple catch back to the bowler. Kulasekara ain't dropping that. Munro c and b N Kulasekara 36(26) [4s-2 6s-2]
16.1 -
Jeffrey Vandersay to Corey Anderson, out Caught by Siriwardana!! Crikey! For a fleeting moment that looked like a six, but it wasn't to be. Corey Anderson's brief knock comes to an end. He sits deep inside the crease to this loopy delivery. Hits hard and powers it straight down the throat of Milinda Siriwardana at long-off. Anderson tried to loft but there wasn't enough timing on the shot. Corey Anderson c Siriwardana b Jeffrey Vandersay 2(3)
15.1 -
N Kulasekara to Williamson, out Caught by Lakmal!! Aaaaaand the skipper departs. He wasn't really timing the ball well as I mentioned in the previous over and he walks back with a sorry face. Kulasekara followed the batsman and flinged a slower delivery on Williamson's pads who was on the walk. Williamson tried to loft it over long-on but got it off the toe-end. Lakmal runs forward and accepts a simple catch. Williamson c Lakmal b N Kulasekara 53(42) [4s-5 6s-1]
10.5 -
Jeffrey Vandersay to Williamson, out Guptill Run Out!! Brilliant, brilliant stuff from Kapugedera . He had one stump to aim at and jeez! He was deadly accurate with his throw, brings down curtains on an entertaining knock from Guptill. Williamson cut this towards backward point where Kapugedera hits the bulls-eye at the striker's end. He was quick to get to the ball. It was Williamson's call and even a desperate dive couldn't save Guptill. Guptill run out (Kapugedera) 58(34) [4s-4 6s-4]
16.3 -
Jeffrey Vandersay to Munro, 1 run, dropped. That was a sitter and you can't afford to drop those. Especially in this format of the game. Munro reverses his stance and tries a similar stroke which he did a couple of overs ago. Got a big booming top-edge on that and deep backward point looked settled under it. He somehow allowed the ball to burst through his hands, poor stuff that
19.0 -
N Kulasekara to Elliott, 1 run, run-out chance missed again! This time it's Siriwardana from extra cover who misses out on the direct hit. Elliott made room and drove this towards Siriwardana who had all the time in the world to hit the stumps. He missed and Elliott jogged through to keep the strike
13.3 -
Jayasuriya to Williamson, 1 run, takes a step forward and bunts this down to long-on, also brings inside up his fifty. Raises his bat and acknowledges the applause from the crowd, he knows that there is plenty of job to be done
10.2 -
Jeffrey Vandersay to Williamson, 1 run, flighted delivery and well outside off, Williamson comes down the track and drives it towards deep cover for a single
4.4 -
N Kulasekara to Williamson, 1 run, Guptill was a goner had Siriwardana made a direct hit at the striker's end, back of a length and just outside off, Williamson pushed it straight to cover-point and set-off, Guptill had no chance, the throw is wild and easily misses the target