18.3Arachchige to Z Pakteen116/10
LBW OUT. OUT! L.B.W. Sahan Arachchige to Zahir Khan. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, hit pad. Up goes the finger. Afghanistan bundled out for 116 from 18.3. Noor Ali Zadran top scored with 53. Sri Lankan bowlers displayed an excellent bowling performance today. For Sri Lanka, Nuwan Thushara picked up four wickets. Join us for the run chase in a while.
18.1Q Kamawal116/9
Run OUT. FREE HIT. OUT! Run Out. Sahan Arachchige to Qais Ahmad. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to extra cover, fielded by Samarakoon, by Igalagamage. Complete miscommunication between the batters.
17.6Thushara to A Zazai114/8
Clean Bowled. OUT! Bowled. Nuwan Thushara to Afsar Zazai. Length ball, off stump on the front foot working, missed. Cleaned him up.
17.4Thushara to S Ashraf113/7
LBW OUT. OUT! L.B.W. Nuwan Thushara to Sharafuddin Ashraf. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, hit pad. Trapped in front.
17.1Thushara to K Janat112/6
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Nuwan Thushara to Karim Janat. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to deep cover, caught by Fernando. Afghanistan wickets are falling like a pack of cards.
16.6N Zadran112/5
Run OUT. OUT! Run Out. Nimesh Vimukthi to Noor Ali Zadran. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Viyaskanth, by Igalagamage. Half of the wickets down for Afghanistan.
15.2Arachchige to G Naib101/4
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Sahan Arachchige to Gulbadin Naib. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Fernando. Up in the air and taken.
14.3Viyaskanth to S Kamal92/3
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth to Shahidullah Kamal. Leg spinner half volley, off stump on the front foot sweeping, top edge in the air uncontrolled to short fine leg, caught by Fernando. Three wickets down for Afghanistan.
11.1Samarakoon to M Mohammadi55/2
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Lahiru Samarakoon to Mohammad Shahzad. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control to mid off, caught by Arachchige. Sahan Arachchige takes an excellent catch to dismiss Mohammad Shahzad for 20.
1.1Thushara to S Atal1/1
Clean Bowled. OUT! Bowled. Nuwan Thushara to Sediqullah Atal. In-swinging length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, missed. Nuwan Thushara draws the first blood.