SK Flashback: All-round Aravinda de Silva wins the World Cup for Sri Lanka

#4 Aravinda conjures up some magic with the ball

“Cometh the hour, cometh the man”

Aravinda de Silva hadn’t bowled much in the tournament till this match but as they say: “Cometh the hour, cometh the man”. In this high-pressure game, he brought all his experience to the fore and bowled a magical spell that derailed the Australian innings and brought Sri Lanka strongly back in it.

He first accounted for the Australian captain Mark Taylor to break his dangerous looking 101 run stand with Ricky Ponting and then snared the latter too when he’d added just 15 with no.4 Steve Waugh.

The score that not too long ago was reading 137 for 1 had suddenly become 152 for 3 and Australia were on the back foot. He later picked up the wicket of Ian Healy too to end up with figures of 3 for 42 in 9 overs and make sure the Australians don’t get to a daunting total in this high-intensity match.

Cameos from Stuart Law and Michael Bevan meant they eventually ended with 241 runs on the board for the loss of 7 wickets after 50 overs.