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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.42 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and slanting into middle, 143ks, de Silva deploys a solid stride and defends the ball to the covers
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.84 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and speared wider outside off, de Silva reaches out for the ball with his hands and punches on the up. He sends it clattering through the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.65 innings wickets is 0
short and outside off, de Silva gets on top of the bounce and punches straight to short cover now
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play type description is no ball batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.8 innings wickets is 0
short and slanting into middle, pushed back to Rabada. And he has overstepped again
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.6 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and keeps low outside off, slower ball, de Silva has a big whoosh at it. He is too early and the ball sneaks under his bat to Qdk
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kagiso Rabada batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.42 innings wickets is 0
rapid bouncer on middle, rushes the batsman into a hook and beats him
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.39 innings wickets is 0
shortish, angling into the body. Hops up and works this to the right of mid-on
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play type description is six batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 8.04 innings wickets is 0
short, angling into leg stump. Gets up to chest height and Dhananjaya puts it away easily, pulls it over backward square leg for a flat six
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.86 innings wickets is 0
shortish, a bit of width, stabbed out to backward point
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 11 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 7.69 innings wickets is 0
another short ball, but this time Dhananjaya has to drag his pull from quite wide outside off. Hits high on the bat and balloons in the air for Phehlukwayo to take a simple catch at midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.53 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, close to off stump, defended into the point region
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.87 innings wickets is 0
short, wide, and Chandimal puts it away, gets on his toes to lash it away through point
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.71 innings wickets is 0
flat length ball spins in quite sharply from outside off. Mathews defends off the front foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.56 innings wickets is 0
a little slower, on middle stump, clipped watchfully into the square-leg region
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 7.41 innings wickets is 0
oh my, this is a blinder at short leg! Mathews came forward to flick this, and it came right off the middle of his bat. Klaasen hardly had any reaction time there, but he's thrown himself to his left and caught it one-handed. Unbelievable
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.26 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on leg stump, clipped to midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.13 innings wickets is 0
googly, rips away from a shortish length and beats Shanaka comfortably as he jabs at it from the crease
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.11 innings wickets is 0
fuller, on middle stump, clipped away to deep square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.98 innings wickets is 0
Shanaka gets behind a short ball outside off and diffuses it to the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.85 innings wickets is 0
full-toss angling into a little flick to the left of short midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.73 innings wickets is 0
bouncer, sails through to the keeper, as Shanaka swerves out of the way of harm
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.72 innings wickets is 0
just short of a good length and outside off, he lets the ball slide away to deep third man off the face
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.61 innings wickets is 0
rising short ball on off, Chandimal hops, skips, rides the bounce and taps it down to the off side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.6 innings wickets is 0
full on the stumps, presses forward and drives a single to the right of mid-on
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.59 innings wickets is 0
pitches it too full and outside off, Chandimal collapses his back knee and drives it to wide mid-off
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.48 innings wickets is 0
looped up on off, spins away a wee bit, this wrong'un is blocked to cover
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.76 innings wickets is 0
fired on off, Shanaka gets inside the line and sweeps flat and hard past leg slip for four
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.03 innings wickets is 0
googly, spins away from a shortish length, Shanaka hangs back, picks the variation off the pitch, adjusts and glides it past Amla at slip
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.29 innings wickets is 0
dropped short on middle, Shanaka jumps back in a flash and hammers a pull to the midwicket boundary.<strong> A hat-trick of boundaries for Shanaka</strong>
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.18 innings wickets is 0
full and fizzes back in to catch the pad, but this is surely heading down the leg side. Duminy reviews out of desperation. Ball-tracking confirms it's missing leg
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.16 innings wickets is 0
short and slanted into the hips, picked off to fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.23 innings wickets is 0
pitched up and outside off,Shanaka leans into a drive and eases it through the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.13 innings wickets is 0
full and outside off, throws his bat at ball and swishes it to mid-off
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.02 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and angling into middle, Shanaka has a big leg-side hoick and watches an inside edge hit his pad
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 6.92 innings wickets is 0
Shanaka holes out to deep square leg. Short, hip-high ball on middle, Shanaka attempts to pull it away but does not connect well enough. He closes the face and top-edges it to birthday boy Reeza in the deep
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play type description is wide batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.01 innings wickets is 0
bouncer on off, flies through to the keeper, as Chandimal ducks under it. Too high, and the square-leg umpire calls it a wide
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.91 innings wickets is 0
short on middle, Chandimal leaps off his feet and fends it off to the off side
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.82 innings wickets is 0
Thisara ventures outside leg, Shami chases the moving batsman with a googly and pings the pad
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is bowled dismissal text is 6.72 innings wickets is 0
Shami storms through the defences of Thisara with a wrong'un. Thisara's time is over in Colombo. On a length, starts outside off, Thisara does not pick it, and has his stumps rattled
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.64 innings wickets is 0
looped up and spins away, draws Akila forward into a push to cover
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.55 innings wickets is 0
short and spins back in, this googly does not spin that much, punched up to mid-off's right
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.46 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, Akila presses forward and smothers it
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Tabraiz Shamsi batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.38 innings wickets is 0
drifts in from wide of the crease and screams away outside off, Akila plays inside the line and lets it go. Shamsi ends with 4-0-26-2
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.3 innings wickets is 0
short on off, hops and fends it off to cover
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play type description is wide batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.37 innings wickets is 0
bouncer on middle, ducks under it, too high and that's another wide
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.37 innings wickets is 0
Dala hits a hard length outside off - neither driveable nor pullable - spliced wide of the covers
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.37 innings wickets is 0
veering into the pads, glanced to fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.36 innings wickets is 0
short on middle, clipped to fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.36 innings wickets is 0
overpitched and outside off, driven through the line to the right of mid-off
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Junior Dala batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.28 innings wickets is 0
on a length and outside off, steered to point
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jean-Paul Duminy batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is bowled dismissal text is 6.21 innings wickets is 0
The chase tightens in Colombo. Chandimal watches his team-mates crumble around him. Slider on middle from round the wicket, Akila stays leg-side of the ball and looks to belt it through the covers. He does not touch it at all. The middle stump takes a beating
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jean-Paul Duminy batsman name is Isuru Udana over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.2 innings wickets is 0
full-toss, angling into leg stump from over the wicket, patted to the leg side for one
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jean-Paul Duminy batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.2 innings wickets is 0
shuffles across off and whisks an offbreak down to long-on
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jean-Paul Duminy batsman name is Isuru Udana over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.13 innings wickets is 0
darted on leg stump, jabbed to midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jean-Paul Duminy batsman name is Isuru Udana over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.06 innings wickets is 0
short and breaks in, draws an inside edge to the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jean-Paul Duminy batsman name is Isuru Udana over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
wide of the crease and slides on outside off, Udana searches for the ball... and misses
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.93 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and slanting in at off, leans back and jabs to point
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.86 innings wickets is 0
short and angling into a push to mid-on
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.93 innings wickets is 0
just short of a good length and outside off, Chandimal jumps back and flays a cut to the left of sweeper cover. Klaasen in the deep throws himself to his left to stop the ball
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
full-toss, on the pads, whipped away to deep midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
good length on a fourth-stump line, Chandimal stretches out, meets the pitch, and push-drives the ball to the left of Amla at short cover
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is South Africa total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Lungi Ngidi batsman name is Isuru Udana over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.18 innings wickets is 0
Shot, Udana!<b> He seals it for Sri Lanka with a text-book style straight drive</b>. With short leg in place, Ngidi pitches it up on middle, 143.2ks, Udana picks up the length. He presses forward and drives it smoothly straight past the bowler
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play type description is out batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Cephas Zhuwao over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
caught behind first ball! Comes out braving the cold, goes back for an early coffee. #SmallMercies. Australia, meanwhile, are elated. Stanlake pitches it up outside off, has Zhuwao chasing after it. Normally, that would have screamed through the cover point boundary. But in this case - because of the lack of footwork -...
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and outside off, leaves it. Hint of awayswing in the air for Stanlake
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
struck on the body as Masakadza looks to flick a shortish delivery angled into him
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
draws him into a lazy old drive and that away swing - that very late away swing - takes it past the outside edge. Stanlake's looking mean today. #WhatElseIsNew?
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
looks for the blockhole now and Masakadza brings down a straight bat to save himself
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
good length ball on middle, defends stoutly
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.85 innings wickets is 0
knocks it down gently straight of midwicket for a single. That's more like it. Mire playing close to the body, covering the line of a ball angled into middle
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.75 innings wickets is 0
pokes outside the off stump as Richardson hits a fuller length. Masakadza is stuck in the crease but his hands lunge out to meet the ball. Soft hands though, which is good
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.33 innings wickets is 0
<b>dropped</b> by the debutant! Jack Wildermuth tries to get under the skier at third man as Masakadza slogs wildly. The back of a length ball leaps off the top edge and starts to dip as it nears the fielder. Wildermuth has committed to take it reverse cup and even ends up diving forward in a desperate attempt to pull ...
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.2 innings wickets is 0
fuller delivery on middle, he turns it into the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.63 innings wickets is 0
hangs back and flicks a shortish delivery through midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
angles a short of a good length delivery in at off stump, Masakadza plays late, chopping it to point for a quick single
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.69 innings wickets is 0
goes short and Masakadza hoicks it through midwicket. Powerful strike. Standing tall, telling the bowler who's boss
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.85 innings wickets is 0
another one that he digs into the pitch, this one coming up towards Masakadza's chest. The batsman pulls, gets struck on the glove, and as the ball wanders to square leg, he slinks through for a single
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
<B>rippper</b>! It beats Mire's outside edge and goes hunting for the off stump. Prey escapes predator by the smallest margin as the ball bounces just over it. Sensational stuff from Stanlake. Hitting the deck on middle and getting late away movement
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.37 innings wickets is 0
full on middle, Mire blocks to cover
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.58 innings wickets is 0
bang! Straight over the top! Mire's got quality. And he shows it by picking Stanlake's fuller length, striding confidently forward and smacking him over mid-on. An outstanding shot!
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.66 innings wickets is 0
shortish and outside off, he dabs it to third man. Sensible batting. Controlled batting.
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
<b>extra bounce</b> as Richardson bends his back and goes short. Mire goes for the pull on instinct and mistimes it to deep midwicket
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play type description is six batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.3 innings wickets is 0
scoops a fast bowler capable of hitting 140 kph all the way to the long leg boundary! Superb stuff from Masakadza, always has his eyes on the ball, and connects splendidly
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play type description is out batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Hamilton Masakadza over runs is 12 dismissal is True dismissal type is bowled dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
<b>chops on</b>! A short and wide delivery that deserves to be cut through cover point ends up pinging off the inside edge onto the stumps. Seems like Masakadza is fooled by a throttling down in pace. A wicket each in the Powerplay for Australia's quicks. That's job well done
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play type description is wide batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 5 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.42 innings wickets is 0
too short, and it even leaps over the wicketkeeper Carey to run away for four
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.09 innings wickets is 0
zips through past the top edge as Musakanda goes for a cut shot
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.78 innings wickets is 0
stays back and slices a shortish delivery to point
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jhye Richardson batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.5 innings wickets is 0
sees width, goes after it, comes away swishing at thin air
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.48 innings wickets is 0
shortish and outside off, glides it down to third man
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.46 innings wickets is 0
taps the back of a length delivery into the covers for a quick single
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.22 innings wickets is 0
targets the top of off but Mire gets in between the ball and the bulls-eye
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.21 innings wickets is 0
a hint of width and that's enough for Mire to exploit; lovely late cut, along the ground to third man
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.2 innings wickets is 0
a slower ball, but he hits the deck with it. Musakanda reads it all perfectly, pulls his bottom hand off, nudges it to the left of the pitch and pinches a single
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Marcus Stoinis batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.8 innings wickets is 0
opens the face and finds a boundary. Very smart by Mire. He's in form. He's picking the ball well. And it is the change-bowler, so he definitely has to go after him
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.58 innings wickets is 0
stays put in front of a shortish delivery and absorbs all of its threats with soft hands
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
short and wide and Musakanda latches onto it with a vengeance. Cut with all of his power to the point boundary
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.9 innings wickets is 0
keeps going short and wide - but this time he makes sure it travels higher. Musakanda looks for the upper cut, but can't catch up with it
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play type description is six batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.76 innings wickets is 0
that's insane! He presses forward, not caring that Stanlake releases that little white thing at near 150 kph - and quite effortlessly lifts it over mid-on
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play type description is out batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Tarisai Musakanda over runs is 10 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 7.54 innings wickets is 0
<b>appeal for a catch</b>! It's Wildermuth down at thie third man boundary, running forward and diving low to pick up a fine catch. The umpires check for a no-ball and that's all they check for before sending Musakanda on his way. The dismissal is rather similar to the catch that Wildermuth dropped earlier in the game....
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Billy Stanlake batsman name is Solomon Mire over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.33 innings wickets is 0
they're going up again, but umpire Tiffin is unmoved. End of a top over from Stanlake, as he beats the bat of the set batsman with an outswinger at outrageous pace
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Australia total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ashton Agar batsman name is Peter Moor over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.13 innings wickets is 0
tosses it up on off stump, drives to cover
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