Kiss of death
Afghanistan pacer Shapoor Zadran once again gave his side a good start in their match yesterday.
He uprooted Sri Lanka opener Lahiru Thirimanne’s stumps, a merry sight every fast bowler loves, in the 6th over. The left-handed batsman went forward but missed the line of the in-swinging delivery which dislodged the middle stump. Zadran burst in celebration and at the same time animated a flying kiss to accompany Thirimanne to his long walk back.
Beamer bummer
Dawlat Zadran bowled two beamers which made the on-field umpire put him off in the 50thover. His first beamer was to Thisara Perera in 48th over when an attempted yorker went wrong ending up being a high full toss outside off. An over later, Dawlat bowling his and Afghanistan’s last over delivered another wild one in the third ball to Angelo Mathews. The umpires called off Dawlat right away and the over was completed by Afghan skipper Mohammad Nabi.
Sangakkara beaten!
Given Kumar Sangakkara’s recent batting form in Bangladesh, it is probably any bowlers dream to take his wicket early. He made another 76 yesterday, but one should call him lucky to reach there. He was comprehensively beaten several times by off-spinner Mohammad Nabi during the 11-17 over. There were also instances when Nabi looked frustrated as the deliveries beat his edge and also the stump by a whisker. For the first time in the last one month Sangakkara looked fragile against a bowler, quite an achievement for Nabi.