4s
6s
Total 4's :
24
Total 6's :
2
Wickets :
2
all
fours
sixes
wickets
4
0.3
Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Sri Lanka are underway! Chris Woakes goes a bit too full this time, on middle, shapes in, Pathum Nissanka presents the full face of the bat and just gently pushes it away, it goes right off the middle of the bat and races to the long on fence for a boundary.
4
0.5
Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Streaky but they all count! Fuller one and just around off, angles in and then shapes away, Pathum Nissanka gets drawn into the drive, but gets an outside edge that goes through the gap between gully and slip cordon for a boundary.
4
2.2
Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Full again and on off, no movement this time, Pathum Nissanka leans on a bit and drives it away with a high elbow extension, times it sweetly through mid off for a boundary.
4
3.1
Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Pathum Nissanka looks in really good touch here! Fuller and on middle, angling in, Pathum Nissanka once again shows the full face of the bat and drills it away through mid on for his fourth boundary. Holds the pose for a few seconds!
4
3.6
Gus Atkinson to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Not far away from Pope at gully but it goes through! Hard-length delivery around off, Dimuth Karunaratne climbs over the bounce and cuts it off the outer part of the bat, past gully and the backward point gap for a boundary.
4
5.1
Gus Atkinson to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Gets it through again! Fuller and around off, Pathum Nissanka extends his arms to reach out for it and drills it away from the bottom half of the bat, the ball races through mid off for a boundary.
W
6.6
Chris Woakes to Dimuth Karunaratne, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Chris Woakes strikes! England needed that wicket and their most experienced pacer provides the breakthrough. He sets the batter up nicely here. Gets it to shape away on the previous ball, but this time gets it to nip back in from a fuller length, on middle, Dimuth Karunaratne with a half-stride looks to push it away but only manages to get an inside edge onto his pads as the ball loops up in the air, Woakes on his follow-through dives forward to take a fine catch. Sri Lanka lose their first!
4
10.1
Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Creamed away! Fuller in length, it swings away from outside off, Kusal Mendis walks a couple of steps ahead, but stays leg side of the ball, sits on his knee with a stride ahead and slaps it past covers for a boundary.
4
10.3
Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Flicked away nicely! Chris Woakes misses his line and sprays it on the leg stump line, on a fullish length, Kusal Mendis commits on the front foot and flicks it with a still head position, through the diving Shoaib Bashir at mid-wicket for a boundary.
4
10.6
Chris Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! In the gap and four more! Chris Woakes bowls a tired delivery, a predictable short one, on the middle, sits up nicely for Kusal as he weighs back and pulls it along the ground and though the vacant deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. Chris Woakes probably won't get another over as he has already bowled six on the bounce.
4
11.2
Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Nissanka is looking unstoppable and is caressing the ball with sheer timing! In-between length, across off, Pathum Nissanka gets the desired bounce, transfers his weight on the back foot and punches it solidly through point for a boundary.
4
11.6
Josh Hull to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Kusal Mendis into his 20s now! Sweetly timed shot! Across off on the back of a length, Kusal Mendis waits for it to arrive, goes on the back foot and cuts it past cover-point for a cracking boundary. No chance for Olly Stone to intercept it who charges in to his right from deep backward point.
4
12.2
Olly Stone to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Crunched away! The Sri Lankan batters have been very productive through the covers! Short of a good length, a hit me ball outside off, Kusal Mendis pounces on the width and crunches it with a solid punch through cover for a boundary.
4
13.6
Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Cracked away! FIFTY for Nissanka! His 7th in the Test career! Josh Hull overcompensates and lands a juicy half volley around off, Pathum Nissanka pats his front foot, slaps it through the cover and mid off gap for a boundary.
4
14.1
Shoaib Bashir to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Sweeps and sweeps well! Tossed up, full and around middle, Kusal Mendis goes down on one knee and swipes it away excellently through square leg, it zips away to the fence for a boundary.
4
15.6
Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Sri Lanka gets going on Day 4! Gus Atkinson pitches it up a bit more and on off, Kusal Mendis strides out, presents the full face of the bat and drives it away beautifully through mid off, Ollie Pope gives chase and slides in to push it back inside but fails to do so. First boundary of the day!
W
19.3
Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, OUT! TAKEN! Absolute screamer in the deep! No luck this time for Kusal Mendis and Gus Atkinson gets his man. He bowls another sharp short ball, angling into the batter, Kusal Mendis once again goes for the pull, but the ball gets big on him, takes the top edge and flies wide of fine leg, Shoaib Bashir stationed there moves to his left a bit and then takes a stunning diving catch with both hands. England needed a wicket badly and they got the opening as Atkinson breaks the 69-run stand for the second wicket! Mendis departs on a brisk 39.
4
22.4
Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Nissanka has been so productive square of the wicket! Bread and butter for him! Back of a length, outside off, Nissanka gets a good bounce and width, pounces on it by weighing on the back foot and cutting it crisply past point for a boundary. The lead gets down to double figures now. 99 runs more needed.
4
27.6
Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Cut away, again! 9th boundary for Nissanka and the maximum of them have been struck square of the wicket towards point. Josh Hull bangs in short in length, on off, Pathum Nissanka climbs on the bounce on his toes and cuts it with a horizontal bat, through deep point. Shoaib Bashir puts in a dive to intercept it but the ball is too quick to evade him for a boundary.
4
28.3
Shoaib Bashir to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Poor delivery and rightly punished! Shoaib Bashir bowls a half-tracker here, on middle, Pathum Nissanka has all the time in the world, rocks back and pulls it away easily towards the deep square leg fence for a boundary.
4
28.6
Shoaib Bashir to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! Nicely played! Flighted, full and around middle, Angelo Mathews knows the square leg is up in the circle, goes down across on one knee and scoops it excellently over that fielder for another boundary. Sri Lanka are targeting the spinner here!
4
31.6
Olly Stone to Angelo Mathews, EDGED AND FOUR! Olly Stone lands this on hard length and in that channel outside off, nips away a bit, Angelo Mathews looks to block it from his crease, and gets an outside edge that flies between gully and slip cordon for a boundary. Sri Lanka needs 53 more runs to win now!
4
32.4
Chris Woakes to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Slashed away! Chris Woakes lands this short of a length and outside off, Pathum Nissanka gets the chance to free his arms and crunches it away over the backward point region for another boundary. The target moves to under 50 now!
6
35.2
Olly Stone to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! Clobbered away! Stone bowls it on a length, around off, Pathum Nissanka waits for this one, allows it to arrive at him, creates a strong base before pulling it behind deep square leg for a cracking six. Sri Lanka are 32 more runs away now.
6
37.6
Olly Stone to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! 200 up for Sri Lanka and they now need just 17 runs to win! Another predictable short-pitched delivery from Stone, on the stumps, Pathum Nissanka reads the length early, gets in position quickly with a stable base and still head position, clobbers the pull shot into the air and deposits it rows behind deep backward square leg.
4
38.6
Shoaib Bashir to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! Connects well this time! Shoaib Bashir gives this one some more air, full and on middle, Angelo Mathews goes down on one knee and nails his sweep towards the vacant deep square leg fence for a boundary. That brings up the 100-run partnership between these two batters as well. Sri Lanka are almost there!
4
39.5
Josh Hull to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Touch of class from the centurion! Josh Hull hits the hard length and just outside off, Pathum Nissanka gets on top of the bounce and punches it with sweet timing through extra covers for a boundary.
4
40.3
Shoaib Bashir to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Pathum Nissanka fittingly hits the winning runs! SRI LANKA WIN BY 8 WICKETS! Shoaib Bashir drags his length back, outside off, Pathum Nissanka lets it come to him and cuts it away nicely wide of backward point for a boundary. Angelo Mathews hugs Nissanka as they get appreciation from the crowd and the English players. We can also see the Lankan skipper, Dhananjaya de Silva shaking hands with the head coach of England, Brendon McCullum. A famous victory and this will surely go down as one of the finest moments in Sri Lanka's history.