Summary Sri Lanka and Pakistan ICC Champions Trophy 2017 match is being played at the Sophia Gardens.
CARDIFF (Dunya News) – In what has become the virtual quarter-final of 2017 Champions Trophy, Pakistan have Monday won the toss against Sri Lanka and decided to bowl first.
The match is being played at the Sophia Gardens, and both sides are expected to go all guns blazing to secure a spot in the semi-finals, as the losing team will be knocked out of the championship.
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Sri Lanka Innings
35: Junaid gets ANOTHER! In the eight overs, Junaid Khan has picked three wickets by giving away just 31 runs. Perera edged one straight to the slip.
Last wicket NLTC Perera c Babar Azam b Junaid Khan 1 (5b)
DAS Gunaratne 3 (9b)
There was a caught behind chance. Skipper Sarfraz asked the umpire to refer it to the third umpire who gave it not out considering the fumble by the wicket-keeper.
Three wickets in three overs. Amir gets both Mathews and Dickwella. The in-form Sri Lankan players under edges a ball straight to the keeper who doesn t miss.
Last wicket N Dickwella c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir 73 (86b)
33: ANOTHER WICKET! This time it is Junaid Khan who gets the better of DM de Silva and caught by skipper Sarfraz.
Amir gets the breakthrough, Mathews departs for an important knock of 39 (54b).
Pakistan still needs to get Dickwella out who is on song playing at 73 (85b).
Asela Gunaratne 0 (3b)
Niroshan Dickwella 73 (85b)
In case of rain and no result, both sides will get one point each. Due to higher run-rate, Sri Lanka will move to the semis and play the match against the mighty England.
Current points table:
30: After the expensive over from M. Amir, Sri Lanka stand at 160/3. 77-run partnership between Dickwella and Mathews.
AD Mathews 38 (50b 2x4 1x6)
N Dickwella 73 (80b)
28: 60-run partnership between Mathews and Dickwella.
AD Mathews 28 (43b)
N Dickwella 67 (75b)
25: 43-run stand between Dickwella and Mathews! Sri Lanka are cruising along nicely with two of their key batsman scoring runs at a steady pace. Dickwella eying a century.
AD Mathews 18 (33b)
N Dickwella 62 (67b)
Overs 20: Hundred up! Cautious Sri Lanka looking to rebuild their innings with captain Angelo Mathews at the crease after double strike by Pakistan in just the matter of three deliveries. Sri Lanka 100/3
N Dickwella 50 (53b 3x4 0x6)
AD Mathews 6 (16b 0x4 0x6)
15.1: OUT! Fahim Ashraf dismisses Chandimal, big wicket. Sri Lanka 83/3
LD Chandimal b Fahim Ashraf 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Overs 15: Sri Lanka 83/2. Dangerous looking partnership broken by Hasan Ali. Mendis gone, Chandimal joins Dickwella in the middle.
LD Chandimal 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
N Dickwella 41 (40b 3x4 0x6)
14.5: OUT! Hasan Ali takes the wicket of Mendis. Sri Lanka 82/2
BKG Mendis b Hasan Ali 27 (29b 4x4 0x6) SR: 93.10
Overs 10: Sri Lanka were 50/1 with run rate 5.00
N Dickwella 19 (21b 2x4 0x6)
BKG Mendis 17 (19b 3x4 0x6)
Kusal Mendis joins Dickwella at the crease.
Over 5.1: Gunathilaka gone. OUT, Malik took simple catch at mid-off off Junaid.
MD Gunathilaka c Shoaib Malik b Junaid Khan 13 (20b 2x4 0x6) SR: 65.00
Overs 5: A steady start by the Sri Lankan openers, both of them hit two boundaries apiece. Sri Lanka 26/0 in five overs.
Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka open batting for Sri Lanka to face the challenge of Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan.
Earlier, Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed made one change in the playing eleven by bringing Faheem Ashraf in for Shadab Khan to add an extra seamer in place of a legspinner. He was of the opinion that "Straight boundaries are short, so didn’t want to risk a spinner."
A proud moment for Fahim Ashraf, as he receives his cap ahead of his ODI debut for today! #CT17 #SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/wsse284dqo
— ICC (@ICC) June 12, 2017
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews said, "I would’ve loved to bowl too since we’re playing four seamers too." He told that Sri Lanka have brought in Dhananjaya de Silva for Kusal Perera.
Teams
Sri Lanka: N Dickwella†, MD Gunathilaka, BKG Mendis, AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, DAS Gunaratne, DM de Silva, NLTC Perera, RAS Lakmal, SL Malinga, N Pradeep
Pakistan: Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed*†, Imad Wasim, Fahim Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan
