ICC Cricket World Cup, 18th Match, Pool A: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 26, 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup, 18th Match, Pool A: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 26, 2015 

Sri Lanka 332/1 (50.0 ov)                                         Bangladesh RR 5.10
                                                                                  Last 5 ovs 24/3 RR 4.80
Bangladesh 240 (47.0 ov)                                         Required RR 31.00
                                                                                   Sri Lanka RR 6.64
Sri Lanka won by 92 runs                                    

Last bat Taskin Ahmed lbw b Malinga 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Fall of wicket 240/10 (46.6 ov); Partnership: 0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0.00 (Rubel Hossain 0, Taskin Ahmed 0)

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Umpire reviews remaining Bangladesh 0 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful); Sri Lanka 1 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful)

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End of over 47 (6 runs) Bangladesh 240/10 (93 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.10, RRR: 31.00)

• • Rubel Hossain 0 (5b 0x4 0x6)
• • SL Malinga 9-0-35-3
  • TM Dilshan 8-0-35-2

22.07pm This match belonged to the Sri Lankan top order and the bowlers complemented the effort very well, winning the match by 92 runs. Bangladesh do have a strong batting order but Mushfiqur and Shakib came out pretty late and the RRR had climbed up a lot by then. Soumya tried initially, Sabbir chipped in with a fighting fifty at No. 8, but it wasn't enough.
Dilshan is the Man of the Match: Really happy today because in last game I got out on first ball. I'm enjoying every single moment in the middle and try to enjoy every ball there with the youngsters. Sanga is a great man, no doubt. With him I've had more than 14-15 hundred partnerships. With him I discussed how to build the partnership and the Powerplay. I also dropped one catch and it's part of the game, but I'm very happy how we came back and Malinga bowled well. We bowled and fielded well.
Mashrafe Mortaza: Fielding cost us but our bowlers were up to the mark and next match we will try to come up with good things. Dilshan and Sangakkara are great players, they showed us today. Without a win you can't think anything and I hope this is our worst game in the tournament.
Angelo Mathews: They [Dilshan and Sangakkara] were brilliant, they batted us through and Dilshan was amazing. It was a calculated effort and it was a clinical performance. I won't say clinical because we were slightly sloppy on the field, we could have done better. But once we got the runs bowlers got to bowl freely. It's important to peak at the right time and when it comes to the QFs, we'll take it one match at a time.
Sir Lanka go to second place in the points table now, just behind New Zealand. They should feel better about that. And that's the end of our coverage here, do join us for South Africa v West Indies tomorrow at 1430 Sydney time, 0330 GMT. It's goodbye and good luck from Vishal and Sidharth Monga, ciao!

46.6

Malinga to Taskin Ahmed, OUT, he's finished it off with a yorker on middle and gets him lbw! Oh hang on, Taskin asks for a review. Taskin, a left-hander, tried to tuck the ball to leg but got his bat nowhere close to the ball and was trapped low and right in front of middle stump. The decision stays

Taskin Ahmed lbw b Malinga 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

46.5

Malinga to Sabbir Rahman, OUT, bangs in the short ball, makes Sabbir uncomfortable who gets a glove to it while trying to cover his chin and Sanga runs to his right to complete a good, low catch. Malinga gets his second wicket

Sabbir Rahman c †Sangakkara b Malinga 53 (63m 62b 7x4 0x6) SR: 85.48

46.4

Malinga to Sabbir Rahman, no run, bouncer now on the leg stump line, Sabbir ducks under it

46.3

Malinga to Sabbir Rahman, FOUR, errs down the leg side and Sabbir helps it along the way fine down leg for four to bring up his fifty

46.2

Malinga to Sabbir Rahman, 2 runs, full on middle and leg and this one is flicked in the air nicely to deep midwicket for two

46.1

Malinga to Sabbir Rahman, no run, back of length outside off, helps it to point

Back comes Malinga, he has two overs left
Ahmed: "where is Mominul?" In the dressing room, He came at No. 4 today

End of over 46 (1 run) Bangladesh 234/8 (99 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.08, RRR: 24.75)

• • Rubel Hossain 0 (5b 0x4 0x6)
  • Sabbir Rahman 47 (57b 6x4 0x6)
• • TM Dilshan 8-0-35-2
  • AD Mathews 5.4-0-36-1

45.6

Dilshan to Rubel Hossain, no run, that one spun the other way and Rubel punched it into the covers

45.5

Dilshan to Rubel Hossain, no run, punches the ball after it turns in from outside off

45.4

Dilshan to Rubel Hossain, no run, turning in from outside off, he goes back and defends

45.3

Dilshan to Rubel Hossain, no run, on length and just outside off, pushed back to Dilshan

45.2

Dilshan to Sabbir Rahman, 1 run, short and flat, pulled off the middle of the bat to deep midwicket

45.1

Dilshan to Sabbir Rahman, no run, flighted outside off, Sabbir tries the reverse sweep and it goes off his arm towards leg slip

ds: "failure of middle order batsmen is giving time to low order batsmen to make their highest score"

End of over 45 (5 runs) Bangladesh 233/8 (100 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.17, RRR: 20.00)

• • Sabbir Rahman 46 (55b 6x4 0x6)
  • Rubel Hossain 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
• • AD Mathews 5.4-0-36-1
  • TM Dilshan 7-0-34-2

44.6

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, 1 run, slightly shorter outside off and he chops it to third man for one

44.5

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, FOUR, too full and wide and he crunches it through the covers with a powerful drive for four

44.4

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, no run, back of length outside the off stump, guides it late to backward point

44.3

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, no run, offcutter outside off, tapped to point off the back foot

44.2

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, no run, covers his stumps this time and blocks it back

44.1

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, no run, length delivery outside off, taps it to point

Mathews to continue

End of over 44 (6 runs) Bangladesh 228/8 (105 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 5.18, RRR: 17.50)

• • Rubel Hossain 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
  • Sabbir Rahman 41 (49b 5x4 0x6)
• • TM Dilshan 7-0-34-2
  • AD Mathews 4.4-0-31-1

43.6

Dilshan to Rubel Hossain, no run, leans forward and gets a thick edge to the leg side

43.5

Dilshan to Mashrafe Mortaza, OUT, beats him and Sanga does the quick work to stump him! Mashrafe came down to slog, missed the ball completely because of the pace and Sanga collected to stump cleanly before Mashrafe could come back

Mashrafe Mortaza st †Sangakkara b Dilshan 7 (15m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

43.5

Dilshan to Mashrafe Mortaza, 1 wide, that one was aimed towards forward short leg! It's so wide down leg, but Sanga manages to chase and stop it. Aleem Dar gives a fuuny glare to Dilshan while signalling wide

43.4

Dilshan to Sabbir Rahman, 1 run, goes down on a knee to sweep the ball to short fine leg

43.3

Dilshan to Sabbir Rahman, no run, turning in from outside off, defends it to the leg side

43.2

Dilshan to Sabbir Rahman, no run, does the leg side now, Sabbir wants to help it to leg and steps out of his crease temporarily but gets back by the time Sanga takes the bails off. Third umpire says not out

43.1

Dilshan to Sabbir Rahman, FOUR, reverse sweep for the ball outside off, it goes to backward point and goes right through him for a four! Sloppy fielding

Dilshan to bowl now

End of over 43 (6 runs) Bangladesh 222/7 (111 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 5.16, RRR: 15.85)

• • Mashrafe Mortaza 7 (6b 1x4 0x6)
  • Sabbir Rahman 36 (45b 4x4 0x6)
• • AD Mathews 4.4-0-31-1
  • HMRKB Herath 10-0-43-0

42.6

Mathews to Mashrafe Mortaza, no run, good short ball angling in, Mashrafe looks to ramp it on off but misses. It angled in too sharply for that

42.5

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, 1 run, short ball outside off, pulled to deep midwicket for one

42.4

Mathews to Sabbir Rahman, no run, offcutter outside off, the batsman defends it back

42.3

Mathews to Mashrafe Mortaza, 1 run, offcutter well outside off, guides it to third man for one

Mid on goes deep now, mid off still in. Perera is going off the attack because of back problems

42.2

Perera to Mashrafe Mortaza, FOUR, dances down and swats the short ball over mid on with a horizontal bat for four. Mid on in the circle hard to be cleared and was cleared easily