No result in 2nd ODI between Sri Lanka [311] and Bangladesh

[MenInG]

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

SRI LANKA TEAM
MD Gunathilaka, WU Tharanga*, BKG Mendis, LD Chandimal†, DAS Gunaratne, TAM Siriwardana, NLTC Perera, MDK Perera, RAS Lakmal, KMDN Kulasekara, N Pradeep

BANGLADESH TEAM
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

 

[MMHS]

Not sure why lankans opted to field in 1st ODI.

By the way, when last BD Captain won a toss?

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Not sure why lankans opted to field in 1st ODI.

By the way, when last BD Captain won a toss?

Can't even remember

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Poor fielding Symptoms are bad for bd

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

200th Match for Tharanga may be

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Again mehedi openning

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Fielding till poor.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bd should restrict easy runs. Not happy with fielding If bd be complacent they would lose this match for sure.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Not sure why SL has dropped Kumara after one bad game and replacing him with Nuwan Pradeep isnt smart either he is a test bowler.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bad ball. What a shot guna!!!

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Wicket!!! Mashrafee strikes

 

[Amirforpresident]

Really stupid shot from Gunathilika good bowling from Mashrafe.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

maiden by mash

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

four

 

[MMHS]

Good pullback after first 3 overs. But need 1 more in PP.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

bangladesh players being complacent it seems

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

mustafiz

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Mustafiz not getting line

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

After 10 overs SL 48/1.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Need another wicket soon.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Taskin on.

50 up for Sri Lanka

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Still no fire on Bangladesh bowling

 

[Arsalan Pro]

8 of Mustafizur's first over.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Tharanga settled in for big score.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Tharanga is going along nicely but Mendis what the hell. 7 of 24 a sr. of 30. Why doesn't SL drop this kid he is only good for Test.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

13 of the Mustafizur's second over with 4 leg byes,looks like Srilanka is taking charge on him.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

bangladesh loosing this match

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

bd bowling and fielding sloppy

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Shakib to replace Mustafizur from one end.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

bangladesh loosing this match

BD have good players to chase down a big target especially with the bowling Srilanka possess.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Need to check runs .Need break through badly.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Tharanga trying to make his milestone(200th) match memorable

 

[Executioner]

This looks like an excellent batting strip.

Lanka would like to score 300. Bangladesh would like to restrict Lanka to below 280

 

[Executioner]

Bangladesh need to patient. On this wicket there is no real purchase.

 

[DRsohail]

i think its tharanga day ..

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Good comeback by Mustafizur,still no wickets.Srilanka surely looking for over 300.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Run Out!!!

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Mustafizur going for plenty.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Dramatic over comes to an end!!!

 

[Citizen4]

nice to see Mendis playing well, he started off slowly, but later recovered and played his shots, maiden 100 would be a huge boost to his confidence

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Let us see whether bd can chage 350+ or not

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bowlers all clueless

 

[Shafi]

Regardless what people think I rate Mashrafee is better than any fast bowler including Mustafiz. Apart from Cutter Mustafiz does not have any other trick to beat batsmen. I still remembered Mashrafee was known to be one of the best promising bowler in his younger age. He was unlucky to have better team and injuries otherwise he would have get 50 wickets more than now.

 

[syed abbas]

So,is Mustafiz bowling better than Starc,Rabada and Waseem Akram

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

No one can restrict singles,nor can take wickets.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Lankans have come with lots of luck today

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Need a wicket quickly

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

congrats to mendis

 

[Citizen4]

maiden 100 for Mendis, very well played, started off slowly, at one stage his strike rate was less than 50 but then scored the 100 with the strike rate of 98.

 

[DRsohail]

taskin is bettter bowler than mutafiz if u consider all coditions..

 

[DRsohail]

bd is coming back in the game ..parrera needs to fre otherwise target will not be too high..

 

[Citizen4]

Siriwardene playing some fine shots, Sri Lanka should get to 300

 

[Shafi]

Don't think SL has bowlers to defend 300. They need at least 325 to put pressure on Bangladesh batting

 

[MenInG]

Deleted lot of rubbish here; permanent ban for people who continue to post rubbish

 

[Amirforpresident]

What a find this guy Gunaratne has been. Played so well in SA and AUS and now at home.

 

[Hamza_]

SL may win this one.

 

[Shafi]

Bangladesh will win this match!!! Sri lanka choked in last few overs

 

[Dios]

Can Bangladesh become the first side to chase 300+ in Sri Lanka?

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Congrats to Taskin for his first HATTRICK!!!;

 

[10sion]

Taskins last over might just have shifted the momentum slightly in our favour. We have the batsmen to chase this score. Can they avoid brain fades is another topic all together.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bangladesh will win this match!!! Sri lanka choked in last few overs

Tough but not impossible as pitch seems total Flat with little bounce only ,nothing else.

 

[Executioner]

50/50 if you ask me.

Flat pitch, inform batsman, momentum and ordinary bowlers will aid us

But scoreboard pressure will be a huge factor. But it's a good challenge for us. These challenges help build characters

 

[10sion]

50/50 if you ask me.

Flat pitch, inform batsman, momentum and ordinary bowlers will aid us

But scoreboard pressure will be a huge factor. But it's a good challenge for us. These challenges help build characters

We lost the warm up match by 2 runs when the target was 350+ runs. That should help the team believe while also knowing if they bat 50 overs, the chances are we will win.

 

[Executioner]

We lost the warm up match by 2 runs when the target was 350+ runs. That should help the team believe while also knowing if they bat 50 overs, the chances are we will win.

Yes if we bat 50 overs with batsman in the wicket (including miraz and mash) we will win.

312 these days isn't too special. It's a good challenge nonetheless

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Srilanka a little ahead,still it's anyone's game.

 

[Executioner]

Here comes rain to play spoilsport

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Rain in Dambulla,entire ground being covered up.

 

[MMHS]

311 is difficult, but not impossible. Rain might make the out field a bit heavy though. But it's better that the DWL might be calculated at the start.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

311 is difficult, but not impossible. Rain might make the out field a bit heavy though. But it's better that the DWL might be calculated at the start.

rain makes it tougher for the chasing side

 

[Executioner]

rain makes it tougher for the chasing side

Rain can sometimes flatten out the pitch and hurts the spinners but won't matter here as pitch flat anyways.

But reduction of overs usually helps the side chasing. That is of course considering that the team batting 2nd has some useful hitters down the order.

It's not generally easy to chase 312 but easy to chase 175 from 20 say for example under the fielding restrictions

 

[MMHS]

rain makes it tougher for the chasing side

No choice there, but it's better to have DWL at 0/0 (0'0) than say 30/1 (4'5).

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

D/N match should be banned in SL. everytime i see rain in sporst it come after sunset

 

[Executioner]

Lanka is almost always a nightmare for cricket. Rain causes spoilsport.

Matches in Lanka should have reserved days almost always

 

[Tekcirc]

rain makes it tougher for the chasing side

Rain makes it easier bro. Easier to slog at smaller targets, wet ball means spinners are not that effective either.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Rain makes it easier bro. Easier to slog at smaller targets, wet ball means spinners are not that effective either.

but it also can suddenly make the target 16 by 1 ball

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Rain makes it easier bro. Easier to slog at smaller targets, wet ball means spinners are not that effective either.

True,also as only runs are reduced and not wickets it allows chasing side to go after it without a worry.

 

[MMHS]

Shorten game is always better if it's rational. In old rule, it would have been walk in the park - at flat rate, 311 is like 156 in 25 or 248 in 40.

Then they came with a horrible idea which was chase killer - that's take out the least scoring overs. Today, I believe there was 1 maiden & 9 other overs with 2/3 runs - may be least scoring 10 overs had 20 runs. For a 40 overs reduced match, target would have been 292! They used it in '92 WC but not for last Bg after that.

DWL is the bes method which considers wickets & previous results on a particular ground. Initially, DWL was extremely balanced in terms of result - almost 50/50 for both sides.

But, problem now I s, the condition has changed considerably to batting, but the historical data was more balanced, because of 1 ball, PP (5 fielders in regulation time) & general playing condition - boundary size, out field, bat size, wet field management, drainage system... therefore these days DWL actually favours chasing side. In few years time, it'll be normalized with more recent matches in the data base.

In T20, DWL will always favour the chasing side.

 

[saeed5646]

Excellent knock by Kusal mendis .he has very bright future initially he was struggling to middle

the ball but he did not throw his wicket away and that helps him to build the partnership with tharanga

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

hope rain stops soon and play resumes with atleast 40 overs

 

[Tekcirc]

but it also can suddenly make the target 16 by 1 ball

Really??? Since when has Duckworth Lewis made such a horrendous task for the chasing team.