Dushmantha Chameera’s 4 wickets leads Sri Lanka bowlers’ social gathering in sequence decider
Innings break Afghanistan 116 all out (Nabi 23, Chameera 4-63, Hasaranga 3-7, Kumara 2-29) vs Sri Lanka
Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Kumara blasted out Afghanistan’s prime order, earlier than the spinners took care of the remainder. Together they skittled the opposition – who had received the toss and selected to bat – for 116. The innings lasted solely 22.2 overs.
The prime scorer made simply 23; six batters didn’t make it out of single figures. Perhaps most disappointingly for Afghanistan, there was nothing within the floor that warranted this type of collapse, even within the face of vigorous and intense quick bowling.
It was Kumara who made the primary breakthrough, having Rahmanullah Gurbaz caught hooking at effective leg within the second over; but it surely was Chameera who delivered probably the most telling spells to complete with figures of 4 for 63 – lots of these runs coming through edges to the boundary. Gleaning slightly motion off the floor, Chameera had each Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi caught by the wicketkeeper within the area of 4 balls within the fifth over – Shahidi edging one which handed down the leg aspect.
Kumara, although, bought the large wicket of Ibrahim Zadran with a dream inducker that pitched simply outdoors off, and jagged in to move between bat and pad, earlier than rattling the stumps. Ibrahim was out for 22, leaving Afghanistan at 48 for 4 within the ninth over. That was solely the second time in six consecutive matches in opposition to Sri Lanka that Ibrahim fell for lower than 50.
And when Chameera returned for a second spell, he produced the over of the innings by which he was unlucky to get just one wicket. First ball, Mohammad Nabi edged him fractionally over slip for 4; second supply, Nabi was dropped by backward level, who bought fingers to a shin-high probability however grassed it; after which third ball, Najibullah Zadran edged in direction of slip, however the ball bounced quick and burst by means of the fielder’s fingers to go to the boundary.
But there was lastly some luck for Chameera on the fourth try. He seamed a size ball on the stumps, which Zadran tried to play to the leg aspect, however ended up solely sending a forefront to level, which was simply held this time. Next over, Chameera would get Nabi too, seaming it in to hit him above the knee roll on the entrance leg. The batter reviewed the out determination, however the ball was projected to hit the highest of leg stump.
Of the spinners, Wanindu Hasaranga was the best, two of his three wickets coming from the legbreak. The first one dismissed Rashid Khan – enjoying his first match of the sequence – as he missed a sweep to be struck in entrance of the stumps. Mujeeb Ur Rahman then edged Hasaranga to the wicketkeeper, and Fazalhaq Farooqi was the final to go, lbw to the googly.
Maheesh Theekshana took an vital wicket too. Gulbadin Naib had struck some boundaries and was seeking to launch a counterattack, however ended up holing out to long-on.