Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 2nd ODI:Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 155 runs to secure 2-0 series win

Sri Lanka secured a convincing 155 run win over Afghanistan in the second one-day international on Sunday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series.

Match Summary

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 2nd ODI, Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 308/6 (50 ov)

Afghanistan 153/10 (33.5 ov)

Result - Sri Lanka won by 155 runs

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Match Report

Four half-centuries helped Sri Lanka to a total of 308 for six after they elected to bat first in the second one-day international against Afghanistan on Sunday.

After the openers fell cheaply, Kusal Mendis (61) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (52) steadied the innings, adding 103 runs for the third wicket.

Both batters benefited from dropped catches, but fell in the space of eight deliveries.

Samarawickrama hit one straight to mid-wicket, where Mohammad Nabi took the catch to make the breakthrough.

Mendis failed to clear a fielder at deep mid-wicket as he tried to take on Azmatullah Omarzai, who finished with three wickets.

Charith Asalanka and Janith Liyanage made a 111-run stand for the fifth wicket that came off in 98 deliveries.

Liyanage reached his second half-century in ODIs with a straight six off Noor Ahmad, but was dismissed the very next ball. 

His half-century came off 48 deliveries with two fours and two sixes.

Asalanka brought up Sri Lanka's 300 with a boundary in the last over of the innings, and was unbeaten on 97 off 74 deliveries, including nine fours and two sixes.

Afghanistan were sloppy in the field, dropping as many as five catches.

In the run chase, Afghanistan started well getting to 128-1, then the collapse began, and they were all out for 153, losing 9 wickets for just 25 runs - Wanindu Hasaranga taking 4/27.

 

Match Stats

Sri Lanka Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Pathum Nissanka - 3.6 ov), 2-36 (Avishka Fernando - 8.3 ov), 3-139 (Sadeera Samarawickrama - 27.2 ov), 4-147 (Kusal Mendis - 28.3 ov), 5-258 (Janith Liyanage - 44.5 ov), 6-308 (Wanindu Hasaranga - 49.6 ov)

 

Afghanistan Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 6.1 ov), 2-128 (Ibrahim Zadran - 26.2 ov), 3-143 (Rahmat Shah - 29.1 ov), 4-146 (Hashmatullah Shahidi - 29.5 ov), 5-148 (Azmatullah Omarzai - 30.5 ov), 6-152 (Mohammad Nabi - 31.2 ov), 7-152 (Ikram Alikhil - 31.4 ov), 8-153 (Qais Ahmad - 32.2 ov), 9-153 (Noor Ahmad - 32.3 ov), 10-153 (Gulbadin Naib - 33.5 ov)

Playing XI

Sri Lanka 

• Pathum Nissanka
• Avishka Fernando
• Kusal Mendis(WK/C)
• Sadeera Samarawickrama
• Charith Asalanka
• Janith Liyanage
• Wanindu Hasaranga
• Maheesh Theekshana
• Dilshan Madushanka
• Asitha Fernando
• Pramod Madushan

Afghanistan 

• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Ibrahim Zadran
• Rahmat Shah
• Hashmatullah Shahidi(C)
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Ikram Alikhil(WK)
• Gulbadin Naib
• Mohammad Nabi
• Qais Ahmad
• Fazalhaq Farooqi
• Noor Ahmad

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, February 11, 2024 09:00

Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Toss: Sri Lanka elected to bat

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