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Live: ICC Champions Trophy, Fakhar departs as Pakistan lose first wicket in chasing down 226

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Pakistan won the toss and opt to field first at Sophia Gardens

CARDIFF (Dunya News) – In what has become the In the virtual quarter final of Group B, both the two top teams from Asia will lock horns at Sophia Gardens in the twelfth match of ICC Champions Trophy 2017.

Both sides are expected to go all guns blazing to secure a spot in the semi-finals, as the losing team will be knocked out of the championship.

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Pakistan Innings

Overs 10, Score 65/0

Lasith came to bowl the first over as Fakhar Zaman and Azhar Ali are going to open for Pakistan.

Gunathilaka drop the catch of Azhar Ali in the first over.

In the second over, Azhar Ali had a narrow escape once again as Gunathilaka yet again gave him a chance while missing his run out.

Fakhar showed some agression as he hit three boundaries in the third over of the innings bowled by Malinga.

Zaman seemed to be in good touch as he hit another boundary in the next over bowled by Lakmal.

The fifth over was rather a good one as Malinga concede just two runs in it.

Azhar Ali played a brilliant shot and manage to fetch four runs in the process of doing so.

Pradep was itroduced to the attack as he concede just four runs in the seventh over.

Not a sort of welcome Parera would have wanted was given to him by the openers as they 13 runs came of his first over.

Fakhar Zaman thumped Lakmal for a boundary in the next over.

Pakistan were 65 for no loss after 10 overs.

Sri Lanka Innings

Overs 49.2, Score 226 (all out)

Fahim Ashraf bowled the last over of the match as a leading edge of Pradep’s bat fell safely into his hands.

Sri Lankan team managed to reach 226 as the whole team got out in 49.2 overs.

Pakistan need 227 to reach semi-final of ICC Champions Trophy.

Gunaratne departed as Hasan Ali got his third wicket of the match.

Hasan Ali succesfully completed his three wicket haul for seventh time in ODI career.

Amir bowled rather a good over as he concede just six runs at this point of the match.

Overs 47, Score 226/8

DAS Gunaratne 23*

SL Malinga 5*

Hasan Ali went for four of the second last delivery of 47th over.

Faheem dropped an easy catch of the bowling of Junaid Khan in the forty fifth over.

Lakmal got out for 26 as the off-cutter from Hasan Ali kissed the bails in the forty firth over.

In the forty fourth over bowled by Muhammad Amir, Lakmal played gloriously a the brilliant timing reulted in fetching four runs.

Overs 43: Sri Lanka 200/7, Both the batsmen are putting up the fight in an effort to put a decent total on the board and to give Sri Lankan bowlers some thing to bowl at.

DAS Gunaratne 16*

RAS Lakmal 11*

Overs 35: Junaid gets ANOTHER! In the eight overs, Junaid Khan has picked three wickets by giving away just 31 runs. Perera edged one straight to the slip. 

Last wicket NLTC Perera c Babar Azam b Junaid Khan 1 (5b)

DAS Gunaratne 3 (9b)

There was a caught behind chance. Skipper Sarfraz asked the umpire to refer it to the third umpire who gave it not out considering the fumble by the wicket-keeper.

Three wickets in three overs. Amir gets both Mathews and Dickwella. The in-form Sri Lankan players under edges a ball straight to the keeper who doesn t miss.

Last wicket N Dickwella c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir 73 (86b)

Overs 33: ANOTHER WICKET! This time it is Junaid Khan who gets the better of DM de Silva and caught by skipper Sarfraz.

Amir gets the breakthrough, Mathews departs for an important knock of 39 (54b). 

Pakistan still needs to get Dickwella out who is on song playing at 73 (85b).

Asela Gunaratne 0 (3b)

Niroshan Dickwella 73 (85b)

In case of rain and no result, both sides will get one point each. Due to higher run-rate, Sri Lanka will move to the semis and play the match against the mighty England.

Current points table:

Overs 30: After the expensive over from M. Amir, Sri Lanka stand at 160/3. 77-run partnership between Dickwella and Mathews.

AD Mathews 38 (50b 2x4 1x6)
N Dickwella 73 (80b)

Overs 28: 60-run partnership between Mathews and Dickwella.

AD Mathews 28 (43b)
N Dickwella 67 (75b) 

Overs 25: 43-run stand between Dickwella and Mathews! Sri Lanka are cruising along nicely with two of their key batsman scoring runs at a steady pace. Dickwella eying a century.

AD Mathews 18 (33b)
N Dickwella 62 (67b)

Overs 20: Hundred up! Cautious Sri Lanka looking to rebuild their innings with captain Angelo Mathews at the crease after double strike by Pakistan in just the matter of three deliveries. Sri Lanka 100/3

N Dickwella 50 (53b 3x4 0x6)

AD Mathews 6 (16b 0x4 0x6)

15.1: OUT! Fahim Ashraf dismisses Chandimal, big wicket. Sri Lanka 83/3

LD Chandimal b Fahim Ashraf 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Overs 15: Sri Lanka 83/2. Dangerous looking partnership broken by Hasan Ali. Mendis gone, Chandimal joins Dickwella in the middle. 

LD Chandimal 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

N Dickwella 41 (40b 3x4 0x6)

14.5: OUT! Hasan Ali takes the wicket of Mendis. Sri Lanka 82/2

BKG Mendis b Hasan Ali 27 (29b 4x4 0x6) SR: 93.10

Overs 10: Sri Lanka were 50/1 with run rate 5.00

N Dickwella 19 (21b 2x4 0x6)

BKG Mendis 17 (19b 3x4 0x6)

Kusal Mendis joins Dickwella at the crease.

Over 5.1: Gunathilaka gone. OUT, Malik took simple catch at mid-off off Junaid.

MD Gunathilaka c Shoaib Malik b Junaid Khan 13 (20b 2x4 0x6) SR: 65.00

Overs 5: A steady start by the Sri Lankan openers, both of them hit two boundaries apiece. Sri Lanka 26/0 in five overs.

Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka open batting for Sri Lanka to face the challenge of Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan.

Earlier, Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed made one change in the playing eleven by bringing Faheem Ashraf in for Shadab Khan to add an extra seamer in place of a legspinner. He was of the opinion that "Straight boundaries are short, so didn’t want to risk a spinner."

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews said, "I would’ve loved to bowl too since we’re playing four seamers too." He told that Sri Lanka have brought in Dhananjaya de Silva for Kusal Perera.

Teams

Sri Lanka: N Dickwella†, MD Gunathilaka, BKG Mendis, AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, DAS Gunaratne, DM de Silva, NLTC Perera, RAS Lakmal, SL Malinga, N Pradeep

Pakistan: Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed*†, Imad Wasim, Fahim Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan

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