MENDIS on FIRE

by shailesh.acharya Mon 08 Aug 2011, 9:46 pm

Whoa! Five six, pick up the sticks! Australia are not reading him at
all. Increase the font size, Ajantha. This is the googly, well flighted,
Hadding plays for the leg break, this pitches well outside off, and
takes the top of off. Five wickets in 14 balls! First five-for for SL in
T20Is

by shailesh.acharya Mon 08 Aug 2011, 9:46 pm

HOW palyer was out ??

by shailesh.acharya Mon 08 Aug 2011, 9:47 pm

1st

BAW Mendis to Warner,
OUT,
My word. We need a new scoring entry for this. Caught Jayawardene b
Mendis simply won't do! Sit down and hear this out. Warner slog-sweeps
this, Mathews takes the catch at the edge of midwicket boundary, but
just as he is about to run over the fence with his momentum, he throws
the ball back in - both his feet in the air. The closest fielder is 30
metres from him, but he has lobbed it back that far! Australia can't
believe it. The replays aren't lying. Top presence of mind from Mathews
and Mahela. Relayed Mathews c Jayawardene b Mendis!

DA Warner c Jayawardene b BAW Mendis 16 (18b 2x4 0x6) SR: 88.88

by shailesh.acharya Mon 08 Aug 2011, 9:47 pm

7.4	BAW Mendis to Marsh, OUT, Marsh couldn't read Mendis if he wrote it in all caps... this is the fllghted googly, Marsh is sucked out of the crease, is beaten in the flight, plays for the legbreak, is beaten by the turn away from him. Sanga does the rest. Boy, are Sri Lanka back in this one?
	SE Marsh st †Sangakkara b BAW Mendis 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

by **Rishabh** Mon 08 Aug 2011, 9:47 pm

by shailesh.acharya Mon 08 Aug 2011, 9:48 pm

5.5	BAW Mendis to Watson, OUT, the slog sweep gets Watson after five sixes... this I suspect is the carrom ball that leaves Watson, and takes the top edge as he goes for his sixth six. Thisara Perera takes the catch at long-off
	SR Watson c NLTC Perera b BAW Mendis 57 (24b 6x4 5x6) SR: 237.50

by shailesh.acharya Mon 08 Aug 2011, 9:48 pm

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5.1	BAW Mendis to Smith, OUT, Mendis is operating in a language completely alien to the Aussies. There is this massive panic that is overcoming them at the sight of Mendis. Smith has been playing good orthodox cricket until now, but he makes room here, and this carrom ball goes straight on as opposed to turning away. Smith's bat is outside the line, the middle stumps is out of ground, and Kandy is on its feet
	SPD Smith b BAW Mendis 12 (19b 1x4 0x6) SR: 63.15
Forward short leg in for Haddin
15.2	BAW Mendis to Haddin, OUT, Whoa! Five six, pick up the sticks! Australia are not reading him at all. Increase the font size, Ajantha. This is the googly, well flighted, Hadding plays for the leg break, this pitches well outside off, and takes the top of off. Five wickets in 14 balls! First five-for for SL in T20Is
	BJ Haddin b BAW Mendis 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00