This is the pitch on which Ravi Rampaul bowled in the 6 to 8m length and picked up 5 wickets. There is something in it for the seamers to work with, so, it won't be the easiest of surfaces to bat on and score heavily.
VENUE STATS
1st Innings
154Avg Runs
6Avg Wkts
138.67Avg
SR
2nd Innings
142Avg Runs
5Avg Wkts
143.52Avg
SR
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This is the pitch on which Ravi Rampaul bowled in the 6 to 8m length and picked up 5 wickets. There is something in it for the seamers to work with, so, it won't be the easiest of surfaces to bat on and score heavily.
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13.1 Tino Best to Jeevan Mendis, wide, short, well down the leg side, past Mendis' attempted pull. All according to the umpire, though - Best and the other West Indies Masters fielders think Mendis got something onto this! It's been sent upstairs...
Interesting. There seems to be a spike after the ball passed the bat.
Tino Best [2.0-0-12-2] comes back into the attack.
Dwayne Smith is surprising the batters with his length and seam movement. The batters feel that they can line him up because of his lack of pace, but his variations are coming to the fore big time!
13
overs
97/5score
0
W
1
1
2
1
runs
Jeevan Mendis*
4(3)
Asela Gunaratne
25(18)
Dwayne Smith
1/11
12.6 Dwayne Smith to Jeevan Mendis, slow, length delivery outside off. Mendis looked to work it into the leg side, got a thick inside edge onto pad. Single to point
12.5 Dwayne Smith to Jeevan Mendis, short and outside off, rising onto the batter. Mendis hops and dabs it uppishly into the gap between backward point and short third. Couple of runs as backward point chases and cuts it off
Could have tried cutting it instead of steering it, Asela.
12.4 Dwayne Smith to Asela Gunaratne, on a shortish length outside off. Dabbed straight to the short third fielder, and the batters hustle through
12.3 Dwayne Smith to Jeevan Mendis, pitched up on middle. Mendis works this towards deep mid wicket and gets off the mark
Jeevan Mendis, LHB, is at the crease.
The West Indians will take it! Doesn't matter how the wickets come, as long as they come. Sri Lanka Masters are making heavy weather of this now.
12.2 Dwayne Smith to Chaturanga de Silva, appeal for caught behind... GIVEN! Once again, we see a left-hander being strangled down leg this innings. Was an innocuous delivery from Smith - on a short of length well outside leg stump. The ball angled in towards Chaturanga's pads, the left-hander looked to nudge it away, could only produce a tickle. Good catch by Ramdin, having moved to his right he threw himself at the ball and gathered it with both mitts
Chaturanga de Silva c Denesh Ramdin b Dwayne Smith 1 (3b, 0x4, 0x6)
12.1 Dwayne Smith to Chaturanga de Silva, full, angled across the batter. Chaturanga looked to drive, was beaten on the outside edge
Taylor is off the field. Maybe he is injured.
Dwayne Smith [1.0-0-6-0] comes back into the attack.
Jerome Taylor was a sought after bowler for the West Indies in his prime and this over has just shown us why! What an excellent display of hard-length bowling!
12
overs
92/4score
1wd
0
W
1
4
2
0
runs
Asela Gunaratne*
24(17)
Chaturanga de Silva
1(1)
Jerome Taylor
1/26
11.6 Jerome Taylor to Asela Gunaratne, short, wide of off stump. Gunaratne looked to dab it over third man, doesn't make contact
11.5 Jerome Taylor to Asela Gunaratne, back of a length, angled into the batter. Worked towards the deep square region for a comfortable brace
Yes it's four, but it was really well-directed! Asela will require a concussion check now.
11.4 Jerome Taylor to Asela Gunaratne, JUST PAST THE KEEPER! Banged in short and angled towards leg stump. Gunaratne looked to take it on with the pull, got a faint top edge and was struck on the grill, the ball then breezed past the left of a diving Ramdin and screeched to the boundary
Seems like that left ankle of Chaturanga has healed.
11.3 Jerome Taylor to Chaturanga de Silva, short of a length, angled towards off stump. Chaturanga rides the bounce, drops it towards point and gets off the mark