Sri Lanka v Bangladesh | 1st ODI | Hambantota | 23/3/13

[10sion]

Sri Lanka : TM Dilshan, MDKJ Perera, KC Sangakkara†, HDRL Thirimanne, LD Chandimal, AD Mathews*, BMAJ Mendis, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, SL Malinga

Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal, Anamul, Mohammad Ashraful, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Nasir Hossain, Abul Hasan, Sohag Gazi, Rubel Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Ziaur Rahman


Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.

Bangladesh 30/0.

 

[10sion]

1st wicket down.

Anamul gone. 44/1 in 7.4 overs.

 

[10sion]

From cricinfo: Sheheryar Khan: "I love watching Tamim Iqbal to bat because his batting and shots remind me of the sublime Saeed Anwar.

 

[Executioner]

78-3, not bad but should have been better.

Tamim has clicked but everyone else seemed out of sorts. Pathetic that we left mominul haq out

 

[SL_Fan]

Good knock by Tamim 50 for him.

 

[Executioner]

Tamim makes it looks so easy, shame that we are missing shakib. His strike rotation ability is unmatched, no 1 does it better than him

 

[SL_Fan]

Butter-finger Matthews drops Tamim
Worst catcher ever.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Tamim is class.

 

[London_Lahori]

Is this on any channel on sky?

 

[NZcricketfan]

Bangladesh seems to be turning a new leaf. It seems to coincide with the young guys in the team being young kids when Bangladesh were awarded test status.

 

[style_guru]

Why is Shakib not playing?

 

[London_Lahori]

Aghh zee cinema forget that.

 

[Executioner]

Why is Shakib not playing?

Because he has had a knee operation

BTW, Century for tamim

This is his first century in International cricket after 2.5 YEARS!

 

[Executioner]

Ashraful proved once again why there are millions out there in world who is a better batsman than him

 

[Lethalweapon]

Butter-finger Matthews drops Tamim
Worst catcher ever.

Lol wat? that is Malinga isn't it?

 

[Executioner]

What a load of rubbish, one of the floodlights is turned off. Hopefully, will come back soon enough.

I have to attend a tution, in 40 minutes, wish that the innings is completed by the time I get to my tuition classes

 

[style_guru]

Because he has had a knee operation

So that he could be fit for IPL?

 

[SL_Fan]

Lol wat? that is Malinga isn't it?

There are so many of them

 

[SL_Fan]

Bangla going well looking at around 240+ here.

 

[SL_Fan]

Top knock by Tamim a well controlled 100.

 

[Saurav]

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Brainfart from Tamim.

 

[SL_Fan]

Oooo 2 quick wickets.

 

[SL_Fan]

Another one down for Bangla.

 

[SL_Fan]

Kula bowling like my nan.

 

[SL_Fan]

Malinga needs a haircut.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Has Bangla improved during this series?

 

[GenericBrand]

Nasir carrying on!

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Bangla set a target of 260 for Lanka

 

[SL_Fan]

Very good total by Bangla. Nasir Hossain has been impressive the whole tour looks a solid prospect.

 

[Executioner]

Nasir Hossain will turn out to be a bigger matchwinner with the BAT than , not with the the ball though

 

[Varun]

Go Bangladesh!

 

[10sion]

And the flood lights are off.... might as well have day matches.

 

[Energetic]

Sri Lanka are just using that "floodlight failure" as a strategy because 260 is too much for them on this wicket. Scared of a minnow team unbelievable!!!

 

[Varun]

Probably can't scrape together enough change to pay the electricity bills!

No problemo, they face us in the Windies and that'll get the coffers flowing.

 

[SLCric]

Russell Arnold has tweeted --"2 Towers down.... Will be at least another 30min.. I'd think ... It's taking the spice out of a good chase"

 

[Saurav]

Sri Lanka are just using that "floodlight failure" as a strategy because 260 is too much for them on this wicket. Scared of a minnow team unbelievable!!!

this

 

[SLCric]

 

[Executioner]

The match will start at 9 o clock BST

 

[H2O1]

8.10 pm: Good news boys and girls, the match will start in 20 mins from now - 8.30 pm local time. We have lost a few overs, it will be a 41 over match, let me work out the target..

 

[SL_Fan]

Pathetic stuff. Morons went into massive debt constructing this damn place out in no mans land but can't even host the occasional game without any issues. Useless.

 

[Saurav]

8.10 pm: Good news boys and girls, the match will start in 20 mins from now - 8.30 pm local time. We have lost a few overs, it will be a 41 over match, let me work out the target.. Target is 238 off 41 overs

 

[salmanno1]

sl need 238 in 41ovr

 

[salmanno1]

Just under 6 rr hm good

 

[Executioner]

So 9 overs have been lost, and only 22 runs deducted. Not entirely bad for us, but the due factor will be against us and the lankans have to score 238 with 8 batsman in their ranks

 

[SL_Fan]

Looks like it might rain later on tonight as well. Boooo!

http://www.accuweather.com/en/lk/hambantota/309727/hourly-weather-forecast/309727

 

[salmanno1]

More D/L

 

[SL_Fan]

it will be a 41 over match, let me work out the target.. Target is 238 off 41 overs, two Powerplays of 8 and 4 overs each

That's a rubbish calculation. Losing PP overs as well?

 

[Saurav]

Kusal Perera seems a good talent.hard hitter like the Sanath

 

[Saurav]

lol Dlshan in a hurry

 

[Justcrazy]

BD needs wickets here

 

[Executioner]

We are really missing shakib and mortaza

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

50 up

 

[speed]

Bangladeshi phast bowlers

 

[Saurav]

they seem to think its a T20 lol

 

[Justcrazy]

Poor stuff from BD here , expected a better fight

 

[Justcrazy]

This is going to finish within 30 overs.

 

[Executioner]

This pitch became a road all of a sudden! And our bowlers are bowling some real rubbish, nazmul, mashrafee, shakib all lost to injury

 

[Justcrazy]

66 / 0 after 6 overs

 

[Sandeep]

Dilshan ripping the hapless Bangla bowlers apart!

 

[Sandeep]

lol,... Razzak helps the ball out of the boundary )

 

[H2O1]

81/0 7.4 lol

 

[Executioner]

Me an many bangladeshis are now hoping that the light towers fail once again

Too much humiliation

 

[H2O1]

83/0 in 8 overs .. RR over 10

 

[Justcrazy]

152 runs more

 

[Executioner]

we are losing this badly

Poor bowling, really rubbish stuff from our paceman

 

[H2O1]

93/0 in 10 Overs

 

[Justcrazy]

102 / 0 | 11 overs

 

[H2O1]

50 for Dilshan

 

[90MPH]

Bangladesh bowling is cannon fodder. It always been a bigger problem for them than batting.

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[H2O1]

, Perera

 

[H2O1]

:4

 

[H2O1]

:3dtard3:

 

[Nuekboi]

If I saw this without knowing I would have thought this is T20

 

[Justcrazy]

116 / 1

 

[H2O1]

123/1 - 15.6

 

[H2O1]

 

[H2O1]

142/1 - 19.3

 

[WebGuru]

Dilshan playing nicely but i am surprised to see 8 fours but no six?