END OF OVER:28 | 9 Runs | ENG: 203/3 (119 runs required from 22 overs, RR: 7.25, RRR: 5.40)
- Jos Buttler41 (22b)
- Joe Root15 (16b)
- Asitha Fernando5-0-39-0
- Sachindu Colombage2-0-31-0
27.6
4
Fernando to Buttler, FOUR, A chance, but it goes wide of the keeper!
27.5
4
Fernando to Buttler, FOUR, closes the face on the back foot, sublime timing! That simply whistled across the turf through deep midwicket. Fernando was running through treacle on the boundary's edge
Rumesh Wijetung: "England have come up with the strategy to blast Colombage put of the attack.. and so far it is working"
27.4
0
Fernando to Buttler, no run, tighter line, keeping the stumps in play. Defended under the eyes into the off-side
27.3
0
Fernando to Buttler, no run, opens the face outside off, tapped to short third
27.2
0
Fernando to Buttler, no run, soft hands on the front foot, solid block to the off-side
Connor: "Buttler has crossed 10,000 international white ball runs, the 24th player to do so but the first Englishman" Gosh, so he has.
27.1
1
Fernando to Root, 1 run, full length, attacking the pads, tucked to the on-side
END OF OVER:27 | 17 Runs | ENG: 194/3 (128 runs required from 23 overs, RR: 7.18, RRR: 5.56)
- Jos Buttler33 (17b)
- Joe Root14 (15b)
- Sachindu Colombage2-0-31-0
- Dunith Wellalage5-0-28-3
26.6
0
Colombage to Buttler, no run, beats the edge, skidding through. A better end but a chastening over
26.5
4
Colombage to Buttler, FOUR, oh dear, that's inexperience! Fired horribly down the leg-side, Buttler adjusts well, and taps it through fine leg on the sweep
26.4
6
Colombage to Buttler, SIX, sliced drive! Clears the bunker! Buttler is actually beaten in flight this time, but his fast hands save the day, Enough power for the miscue to sizzle into the stands over long-off!
26.3
0
Colombage to Buttler, no run, pushed into the off side
H. Prasanna : "Good day for left arm spinners, Fortuin, Maharaj and Wellalage now..Can he win the game for SL?"
26.2
6
Colombage to Buttler, SIX, ping! Barely any footwork needed from Buttler, just a key eye, good weight transference and those magnificent wrists. Full, floaty, dumped over the sightscreen
26.1
1
Colombage to Root, 1 run, full toss, almost too high to allow Root to fully punish it. Cracked out to deep cover
END OF OVER:26 | 11 Runs | ENG: 177/3 (145 runs required from 24 overs, RR: 6.80, RRR: 6.04)
- Jos Buttler17 (12b)
- Joe Root13 (14b)
- Dunith Wellalage5-0-28-3
- Dilshan Madushanka6-0-45-0
25.6
6
Wellalage to Buttler, SIX, panned down-town! Full length, fast wrists, breaking up into the length ball, handsomely over long-on!
25.5
4
Wellalage to Buttler, FOUR, strides into the fuller length, blazed through the covers! That's authority, and it's what England needed to settle a few jitters
25.4
0
Wellalage to Buttler, no run, worked off the legs to midwicket
25.3
0
Wellalage to Buttler, no run, onto the back foot, tucked behind square
25.2
0
Wellalage to Buttler, no run, lovely length again, dip and a hint of turn, down at 45mph as Buttler is beaten on an attempted sweep, misses leg stump by a millimetre!
25.1
1
Wellalage to Root, 1 run, rocks back, steered into the covers with a flowing blade
END OF OVER:25 | 8 Runs | ENG: 166/3 (156 runs required from 25 overs, RR: 6.64, RRR: 6.24)
- Jos Buttler7 (7b)
- Joe Root12 (13b)
- Dilshan Madushanka6-0-45-0
- Dunith Wellalage4-0-17-3
24.6
0
Madushanka to Buttler, no run, premeditated step to the off-side, Madushanka holds his line, inside-edged drive to the on-side
24.5
1
Madushanka to Root, 1 run, full length, outside off, Root steps across, into the length, opens his face and drives behind square
24.4
1
Madushanka to Buttler, 1 run, poked to short third for the single
Rog K: "Is this the bit where we all have to do something else for ten minutes, check back in, and then exclaim with feigned surprise that Root is already on 30?" That is, quite literally, what Kumar Sangakkara has just said on the TV comms. So, I guess that's a yes!
24.3
4
Madushanka to Buttler, FOUR, short, high bouncer, pulled away to deep midwicket with a flick down on the ball... terrible fielding gifts the boundary! Just seemed to slide over the ball. Whoops
24.2
1
Madushanka to Root, 1 run, round the wicket, a fraction wider, and Root taps his late cut to deep third for the single
24.1
1
Madushanka to Buttler, 1 run, steps across his stumps, picks off a firm single to square leg
