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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.69 innings wickets is 0
dangled up full and outside off, square-driven to deep point
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.66 innings wickets is 0
non-turner outside off, punched through the line to short cover
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.63 innings wickets is 0
fired on middle and leg, jabbed back to the bowler
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.76 innings wickets is 0
<strong>Kusal Perera at deep midwicket misjudges a catch</strong> and gives up a boundary. Tossed outside off, slogs across the line and hits it in the air. Kusal runs in, as opposed to staying back, and lets it burst through for a four
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
fired full and straight, blocked to the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
dipping full-toss on off, Waller stretches out and sweeps a single to deep square leg
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.74 innings wickets is 0
good length and turns in, tapped with the turn to the right of midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
dangled up and angling across the off stump, drags the batsman forward and beats the outside edge. But Waller's back foot went nowhere
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.68 innings wickets is 0
good length and curving away outside off, wrong'un, the batsman eyes up a sweep... and misses
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.69 innings wickets is 0
short, wide, the batsman manufactures more room and slaps to deep point
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play type description is wide batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
looped up on the leg stump, dips and breaks down the leg side, Dickwella has to stretch his left hand out. He is late onto a stumping chance and reprieves Taylor. Leg-side wide
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.85 innings wickets is 0
full enough for the sweep and the line is on leg stump, swept away past short fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.82 innings wickets is 0
on a length and seaming in, hits the inside edge rolls to midwicket
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play type description is wide batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.85 innings wickets is 0
dug short and outside off, sways his upper body out of the way. Sails over the batsman. Wide
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.82 innings wickets is 0
full on the stumps, played back to the bowler
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.8 innings wickets is 0
full on off, tipped to the covers
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.91 innings wickets is 0
full and sliding into the pads, tickled away fine on the leg side past Dickwella
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.88 innings wickets is 0
pitched up on off, chipped in the air between the bowler and the non-striker
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.85 innings wickets is 0
bouncer on middle, the batsman rocks his head out of the way
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.86 innings wickets is 0
very full on off, driven with the wrists to wide long-on
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.83 innings wickets is 0
tossed on the leg stump, presses forward and pats the ball to midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.87 innings wickets is 0
dropped fractionally short and wide outside off, square-cut to the left of deep point
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.84 innings wickets is 0
good length and breaks in, defended off the back foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.82 innings wickets is 0
tossed up liberally outside off, the batsman swings and only collects fresh air
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play type description is out batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Malcolm Waller over runs is 3 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 4.79 innings wickets is 0
Umpire Masudur Rahman, on debut, raises his finger and gives <strong>Waller out caught behind</strong>. Full and drifting away outside off - possibly a googly - Waller dares to slog-sweep across the line and against the break. He can only under-edge it behind to Dickwella
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.76 innings wickets is 0
full nip-backer, the batsman plays around his front pad and is hit high on the pad. Bouncing over the stumps
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
full and angling into a back-foot defence to the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
pitched up on middle, blocked to short midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is True dismissal type is run out dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
<strong>Horrible mix-up, and Moor is run out without even facing a ball</strong>! Short of a length and cramps Taylor for room, tucked away to deep backward square leg. The throw from the deep isn't really accurate but Dickwella collects it and swipes the bails off quickly to catch Moor short despite a full-stretch dive. The keeper capitalised on the mix-up
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
full and nipping in on off, bunted to mid-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
full and angling into the pads, crisply flicked to backward square leg
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.74 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and spins in at off stump, forward and nudged to the midwicket region
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
short and sliding away outside off, toe-ends a cut off the back foot to cover
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
veering into the pads, neatly picked off to deep miwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
shuffles across and works with the break to backward square leg for one
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.7 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and skidding into leg stump, forced off the back foot to backward square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.67 innings wickets is 0
wrong'un, goes the other way, Cremer plays inside the line and allows him to get beaten in the corridor
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.65 innings wickets is 0
length ball, cuts into off, defended off the front foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.62 innings wickets is 0
short ball, expects it to bounce a lot more but it doesn't and doesn't drift as much either as it hits the forearm
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.6 innings wickets is 0
short ball, gets on top of it on off and keeps it down
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.7 innings wickets is 0
leg-side fuller ball, poor delivery, a gift to Taylor who clips off the pads to deep fine leg. <b>First fifty for Taylor after coming back</b>
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.68 innings wickets is 0
punched into the off side
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.65 innings wickets is 0
slower short ball outside off, sways out of the line
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.75 innings wickets is 0
full and floated up on middle, Cremer gets down and crunches a sweep through backward square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
short of a length, slid across, rocks back and flays a pull but cannot beat midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.73 innings wickets is 0
leans into a push through the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
length ball, spinning in from well outside off, defended down the pitch
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
full and tailing in on leg, swept to deep backward square leg
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
lots of width and keeps low well outside off, taps it away through point with an angled bat
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.7 innings wickets is 0
spinning in from a length, tucked away to short fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
uses the drift and paddles it uppishly towards fine leg
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
full and flat on middle and leg, clipped away through backward square leg
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
advances down the ground to meet the pitch but the ball slides in and hits the pad before lobbing toward short fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.69 innings wickets is 0
full on the stumps, pushed back
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.7 innings wickets is 0
fullish, spinning in on middle and leg, clipped away into the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.71 innings wickets is 0
fullish on middle and off, flicked through midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.68 innings wickets is 0
slashes at a wide delivery but it doesn't get up as much and beats the bat
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
short ball, doesn't entirely get on top of the bounce and pulls awkwardly to deep fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.7 innings wickets is 0
that's painfully pinged him on the back glove. The hand comes off the bat. Short of good length, climbs onto him and cuts in off the seam to hit the thumb
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.67 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, a slingy fuller one, drilled back
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play type description is leg bye batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.68 innings wickets is 1
fullish, angling into the pads, clips the pads and gets past Dickwella who doesn't make the cleanest of stops to fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.66 innings wickets is 0
fullish length, not much turn on middle, defended from the crease
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.64 innings wickets is 0
short of alength, it's the legbreak and spins away, opens the face and pats to point
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.64 innings wickets is 0
short of a length, swivels around and pulls to deep backward square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.62 innings wickets is 0
full on middle and off, pats it along the ground to midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.63 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, driven down to long-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.63 innings wickets is 0
stays back to a short of a length delivery and punches down to long-on
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Asela Gunaratne batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.61 innings wickets is 0
slower offcutter on off stump, gently blocked back to the bowler
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Asela Gunaratne batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.62 innings wickets is 0
another offcutter, barely 91ks, flicked away to deep midwicket off the back foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Asela Gunaratne batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.6 innings wickets is 0
another slower cutter, ends on off stump, Taylor presses forward and turns the ball to midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Asela Gunaratne batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.6 innings wickets is 0
dipping full-toss on the middle stump, smoothly punched down to long-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Asela Gunaratne batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.61 innings wickets is 0
Asela hangs it up in the air, by the time it drops down, the batsman is down the pitch, whipping it away to wide long-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Asela Gunaratne batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.62 innings wickets is 0
offcutter, good length, knocked around the corner for a single
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.6 innings wickets is 0
Thisara goes up for an lbw appeal, but it amounts to nothing. Full and nips back in on off stump, Taylor prods an inside edge onto the front pad
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.58 innings wickets is 0
good length on off stump, Taylor presses forward in defence
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.56 innings wickets is 0
Taylor rides the bounce of this short ball outside off and glides it to point
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play type description is out batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Brendan Taylor over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 4.53 innings wickets is 0
Thisara bounces out Taylor. Chest-high short ball on the off stump, cramps the batsman for room and rushes him into a hook shot. Taylor can only top-edge it to long leg. Fourth wicket for Thisara
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play type description is wide batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.56 innings wickets is 0
bouncer, too high, wide
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.54 innings wickets is 0
back of a length on off stump, stabbed into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.52 innings wickets is 0
very full on off stump, driven off the front foot but straight down to mid-off
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.5 innings wickets is 0
tossed up higher on off stump, prodded to where short leg may have been
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.51 innings wickets is 0
good length legbreak outside off, patted to the covers
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.51 innings wickets is 0
shorter offbreak, back-foot punch to long-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.52 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and breaks in at off, an inside edge runs away through the square-leg region
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.53 innings wickets is 0
dipping full-toss on middle, punched away to long-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.56 innings wickets is 0
shorter and outside off, goes on the back foot and hammers it through the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.54 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and swerves in on middle and leg, punched off the back foot to midwicket
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play type description is four batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.62 innings wickets is 0
shortish and outside off, this hip-high ball is powerfully swatted away to the right of midwicket. Bam!
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.65 innings wickets is 0
short ball outside off, Cremer aims to pull it over midwicket again. Instead, he splices a top-edge over the keeper's head. Tharanga chases the ball and kicks it into the field of play
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.68 innings wickets is 0
full and swings back in, grazes the inside edge and rolls away past the right of fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.66 innings wickets is 0
full and angling in, stabbed down to mid-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.67 innings wickets is 0
banged in short and outside off, controls a pull to deep square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.65 innings wickets is 0
floated up, spins away, pushed up to cover
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.66 innings wickets is 0
another legbreak - short and wide - rocks back and flays it to deep point
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.66 innings wickets is 0
full-toss on off stump, forced to long-on
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play type description is run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.67 innings wickets is 0
looped up on middle stump, lifted to long-on
You are an expert cricket commentator. Provide vivid, accurate, and engaging ball-by-ball commentary for cricket matches. Describe the action with technical precision, including details about bowling technique, batting shots, field placements, and match context. Use appropriate cricket terminology and maintain the exciting, dynamic tone that cricket fans expect. Your commentary should be concise yet descriptive, capturing both the action and the atmosphere of the game.
play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.65 innings wickets is 0
darted full and outside off, driven hard to mid-off
You are an expert cricket commentator. Provide vivid, accurate, and engaging ball-by-ball commentary for cricket matches. Describe the action with technical precision, including details about bowling technique, batting shots, field placements, and match context. Use appropriate cricket terminology and maintain the exciting, dynamic tone that cricket fans expect. Your commentary should be concise yet descriptive, capturing both the action and the atmosphere of the game.
play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.63 innings wickets is 0
shortish offbreak, back-foot punch to midwicket's left
You are an expert cricket commentator. Provide vivid, accurate, and engaging ball-by-ball commentary for cricket matches. Describe the action with technical precision, including details about bowling technique, batting shots, field placements, and match context. Use appropriate cricket terminology and maintain the exciting, dynamic tone that cricket fans expect. Your commentary should be concise yet descriptive, capturing both the action and the atmosphere of the game.
play type description is leg bye batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Graeme Cremer over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.63 innings wickets is 1
extremely full but the ball drifts into the pads. Not much the batsman could do as the ball strikes the pads but needed to get it straighter. Movement too sharp into legstump
You are an expert cricket commentator. Provide vivid, accurate, and engaging ball-by-ball commentary for cricket matches. Describe the action with technical precision, including details about bowling technique, batting shots, field placements, and match context. Use appropriate cricket terminology and maintain the exciting, dynamic tone that cricket fans expect. Your commentary should be concise yet descriptive, capturing both the action and the atmosphere of the game.
play type description is no run batting team is Zimbabwe bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Nuwan Pradeep batsman name is Kyle Jarvis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.62 innings wickets is 0
slower ball, stays very low and Jarvis is rooted to the backfoot. Tries to flick but the ball curves in and again missing leg
You are an expert cricket commentator. Provide vivid, accurate, and engaging ball-by-ball commentary for cricket matches. Describe the action with technical precision, including details about bowling technique, batting shots, field placements, and match context. Use appropriate cricket terminology and maintain the exciting, dynamic tone that cricket fans expect. Your commentary should be concise yet descriptive, capturing both the action and the atmosphere of the game.