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00:00Well, the effect on Group B is that Pakistan now seem already certain of qualifying with three wins from three matches played.
00:07And England, well, may be thinking in terms of qualifying themselves by beating the West Indies twice,
00:12but certainly aware of the need today to win against Sri Lanka and also to improve their scoring rate.
00:18Our commentators in Peshawar are Jack Bannister, Ray Lingwith, and first of all, with details of the teams, Tony Lewis.
00:24So the teams for this match, England, improbable batting order, Gooch, Broad, Athie, Gatting, Lamb, Pringle, Embury, Downton, De Freitas, Hemmings, and Small.
00:37So two changes there from the sides which have played previously.
00:42Athie comes in for Robinson and Hemmings replaces Foster.
00:45And Sri Lanka, line-up Mahanama, Kurupu, Gurusinga, De Silva, Ranatunga, Mendes, Madugala, Ratnayaka, that's Ravi Ratnayaka, then Ramesh Ratnayaka, John, and Anurasiri.
01:06The umpires, both Indian, Mr. Gupta and Mr. Ramaswamy.
01:10Mike Gatting won the toss, England are batting, so we'll join the England innings in the ninth over.
01:17Ravi Ratnayaka is the bowler, Graeme Gooch the batsman, it's 20 for no wicket.
01:23And really good shot from Gooch, very good to see him in form.
01:27Four runs and a promising start for England.
01:35Arvinder De Silva to Chris Broad.
01:40A sloppy piece of fielding there from a non-thrower because
02:05Ramesh Ratnayaka bowled that ball in, arrived at exactly the wrong length.
02:12It's presented a simple overthrow.
02:17England 64 for no wicket now, Broad is 24, Gooch facing 35, not out.
02:24And this is the 19th over.
02:26Arvinder De Silva to bowler to Gooch.
02:29It's in the air, oh, that's almost out, they take a chancey run too because
02:35Mahanama is a tremendous fielder, appeal for a run out.
02:39And that was an episode of complete confusion by Gooch and Broad.
02:44They need to have a get-together about that.
02:45Ramesh Ratnayaka, his fourth over, comes in to Gooch.
03:00That's a good shot and that's four runs.
03:02That really flew away off Graeme Gooch's bat.
03:05Short outside the off stump from Ramesh Ratnayaka.
03:14Four down to third man.
03:1976 without loss and comfortably England's highest opening stand of the tournament.
03:25Full toss and handsomely put away by Gooch.
03:44And now we've got the fifth bowler coming in for Sri Lanka.
03:50That is Anur Asiri, left-arm bowler, replacing Ratnayaka.
03:59Ramesh Ratnayaka, whose four overs cost 14.
04:03Anur Asiri to Gooch.
04:09Gooch getting a very fine sweep.
04:13Four runs.
04:17And Anur Asiri straying around leg stump.
04:20Has five fielders on the leg side, but Graeme Gooch found the gap.
04:25And that brings up his 50.
04:37Hot sunshine finally coming to England's help with a slight quickening up of the outfield.
04:44Heavy early morning dew.
04:46And conditions weren't easy to start with for scoring runs.
04:56And broad out.
05:04Caught at mid-wicket by Magic.
05:07Just going through.
05:11Trying to hit the ball over the top.
05:14Didn't quite get hold of it.
05:18Bottom hand in the end came off the bat.
05:22As we'll see here.
05:23Just a top hand leading into the shot.
05:26And so Ratnayaka's return.
05:31Sees the end of Chris Broad.
05:36New batsman Mike Gatting.
05:39As expected.
05:42Coming in at number three.
05:43The England captain.
05:48Just about to take his first ball.
05:50Run naked continue to Mike Gatting.
06:14Gatting just whipping that away.
06:17Off his legs.
06:19There'll be two or three runs in this.
06:29Now let's see the fieldsman down there.
06:33And that's three runs to Mike Gatting.
06:35And it could be Ravi Ratnayaka bowling to Graham Gooch.
06:46And a fine stroke there by Graham Gooch.
06:50Ratnayaka just over pitching.
06:52Hitting the ball away through mid-wicket.
06:53And no chance for any of the fielders.
06:56And that's the 100 up for England.
06:58The 100 coming off of 150 balls.
07:00And the second 50 off 61 balls.
07:05And a change of bowling at the commentary box then.
07:11And Rangatanga taking over from Ratnayaka.
07:19And Gooch there.
07:20Probably not aiming to it quite as fine as that.
07:23But from his point of view that was better semi-edged.
07:27And away to third man.
07:28Very fine third man for four runs.
07:30So 11 runs coming from that over.
07:36And that's really what England require at this moment.
07:39The score moving on after 27 overs to 119 for one.
07:43Gatting on 12.
07:44And Gooch now moving on to 70.
07:46And Gooch down the wicket this time.
07:59Getting the ball on the full toss.
08:01And picking his spot there through mid-wicket.
08:04It's what England require.
08:05A few boundaries.
08:06Seven of that over.
08:14And the right batsmen have got in there now.
08:15That's Gatting and Gooch.
08:1814 to Gatting.
08:1975 to Gooch.
08:20Is it out?
08:28It's caught.
08:28Anurashiri reckons he's caught it.
08:30Graham Gooch is not certain.
08:31He's going to stay.
08:33And Gooch is now formally given out.
08:38By umpire.
08:41Mr. Gupta.
08:43A fine low catch.
08:45Dismisses Graham Gooch.
08:46A very good innings by him.
08:49So Gooch is caught and bowled.
08:51Anurashiri.
08:53Take another look at it.
08:55Just squeeze the fingers underneath it.
09:00Gooch was out for 84.
09:02The score is 142 for two now.
09:06And we're in the 32nd over.
09:09Gooch again there driving.
09:11And certainly just getting the fingers under there.
09:13A fine catch.
09:14But also a very fine innings by Graham Gooch.
09:16Full of good strokes.
09:17He's been positive all morning.
09:19He's looked in good form from the word go.
09:22And then Marvellous made 84.
09:23Which has given England a great start.
09:26They'll want to capitalise on that now.
09:28Let's see it again.
09:29Not quite getting to the pitch.
09:31And the ball just got in.
09:34Very fine catch there.
09:38Graham Gooch rightly working for the umpire's decision.
09:40Because it certainly was very, very low.
09:42I think it was 142 for two.
09:58It's unnecessary to continue to Alain Lam.
10:02Alain Lam straight away off the mark.
10:03Shaw single on the offside.
10:04The marvellous hit there by Alain Lam.
10:20Moved inside that delivery from Anna Rosseri.
10:25Gave it the full treatment.
10:26And that's a long carry down there.
10:28Particularly over deep extra cover.
10:29That's the first six of the innings for England.
10:41Gatting.
10:43Not in any real trouble there.
10:45Quickly on to that single.
10:47Smart bit of fielding by Mahanama.
10:49But England now slowly starting to exert the sort of control they want.
10:54167 for two.
11:01In the 36th over.
11:04Ranatanga it is to Gatting.
11:09It's been mainly sunny and fresh.
11:14Very good climate.
11:15That's in the air.
11:21That's safe.
11:22And he picked his place perfectly.
11:24Super shot by Mike Gatting.
11:26Clearing mid-wicket.
11:28Who was there to save the one.
11:30And then bisecting those two men deep on the onside boundary.
11:34Four runs to Mike Gatting.
11:35So 178 now for two.
11:41And we're in the 37th over.
11:42Another good shot.
12:03And that outfield is really running there.
12:06It's quite a sprint along that third man boundary for Ramesh Ratnayaka.
12:10But there was never a moment when he looked like catching that ball.
12:14Which was chopped away by Mike Gatting.
12:18Change of bowling.
12:1938th over.
12:21But Norton John comes back.
12:23He bowled five, six very good overs at the start of the innings.
12:33Oh!
12:34Well that would surely have been out.
12:37Don Adurasiri lying deep at cover.
12:40Allowed the ball to come to him.
12:41Persuaded Alan Lamb just to coast down the pitch.
12:45And then he unleashed a very fast throw.
12:49That two runs to Lamb.
13:04Brings up England's 200.
13:06In the 41st over.
13:09Off 245 deliveries.
13:14The applause starting in anticipation of Mike Gatting's 50.
13:19He's on 49.
13:21England 204 for two.
13:23And there it is.
13:30Gatting obliges the crowd.
13:32The single.
13:33The single.
13:34Out to cover.
13:3658 balls.
13:37Two fours.
13:38And really that very low number of boundaries just shows how astutely Gatting's played.
13:46Taking the ones and the twos.
13:47Pushing and nudging.
13:50And really to get a 50 off just 58 deliveries with two boundaries.
13:54Really is some high class one day batting.
13:57John to continue now to Alan Lamb.
14:06Gatting again.
14:07I'm going to have to be quick and there's a misunderstanding but a bad throw.
14:14Madagali really wide with that throw.
14:16Anything like a good throw and Alan Lamb would have been out there.
14:20Complete misunderstanding.
14:22Backwards and forward both batsmen.
14:24And Alan Lamb well short if it had been a good throw.
14:34Oh and that's ball Mike Gatting.
14:37Success there for Ratniker.
14:40Gatting trying to hit that away on the leg side.
14:44Pretty full length.
14:46And ball leg stump.
14:51We see Mike Gatting there bowled by Ramesh Ratniker.
14:54Ratniker for 58.
14:58That ends the partnership of 76.
15:01And England in the 44th over.
15:05218 for 3.
15:09And the new batsman.
15:12John Embure.
15:13Five overs left for England now.
15:15They've won the toss.
15:15Batting first.
15:162.34 for 3.
15:20Ramesh Ratniker.
15:22The bowler.
15:23And Alan Lamb batting.
15:2441 not out.
15:39Lamb goes.
15:40Really well run that was.
15:44Embure just took a little bit of time to turn.
15:47Once Lamb was certain that Embure could get back.
15:50He was off.
15:512.32 for 3.
16:0046th over.
16:10Lamb 43.
16:12Ramesh Ratniker the bowler.
16:14Mahanama fielder at backward point.
16:23England's innings found it on some good partnerships.
16:4153 of 55 balls.
16:43Gooch and Gatting.
16:44And then Gatting and Lamb.
16:4576.
16:53That's a fine shot by John Embure.
16:55My word he got there quickly.
16:59Ran down the pitch.
17:00Inside the line.
17:01Opened the face of the bat.
17:02And it flew away.
17:03Square on the offside.
17:04Four runs to Embure.
17:05It's a no ball.
17:13But beautifully struck.
17:19Beautifully struck by Alan Lamb.
17:20High at the deep extra cover boundary.
17:23Just a couple of bounces.
17:24And.
17:25Over the line.
17:28Was a no ball.
17:29He might well have been playing that stroke in any case.
17:31So Lamb goes to 51.
17:36Very good half century.
17:37We're in the 47th over.
17:39England.
17:40245 for 3.
17:42161 score.
17:45And again.
17:49Well stopped that time.
17:51Beautiful stop by Gurusinger.
17:53Madhugala backs up.
18:01Lamb now thought that was going for 4.
18:03He stopped running.
18:06He didn't reckon on the.
18:08Sri Lankan outfield saving that.
18:10So just the 2.
18:1153 to Lamb.
18:12247 for 3.
18:21Oh that's a cracking shot.
18:22No one's going to stop that.
18:24No one's going to stop that.
18:27It was almost as if he.
18:29Drew them wider.
18:30The long off.
18:31And the.
18:32Extra cover.
18:33He peppered that spot.
18:35And then suddenly.
18:36When he saw the gap.
18:37Cracked it straight.
18:382.50 up off.
18:392.81 balls.
18:41And the last.
18:41England 50.
18:43Coming off.
18:43Just 36 balls.
18:46So the charge is on Raymond.
18:49Yes.
18:49Alan Lamb playing beautifully now.
18:51He's played well all day.
18:52But really striking the ball.
18:53With great power at the moment.
18:55And again flying away over the point boundary this time.
19:03And there'll be another three runs in this.
19:10Matterhama the fielder.
19:11Certainly the schlankers have stuck to it pretty well.
19:17A little bit of pressure at the moment out there.
19:19Run's coming pretty quickly now.
19:21But the fielder has been pretty good on the hole.
19:2315 off the over.
19:2515 off the over.
19:26One ball to come.
19:27It's a good pitch isn't it?
19:29If anything it's a bit on the slow side.
19:31But there'll be no real spin or seam.
19:34No it's a little bit slow.
19:35We didn't think it was all that great for playing strokes.
19:37But all this over the way.
19:39Alan Lamb's hit the ball.
19:40It doesn't look too bad at the moment.
19:42I don't think England won't be sorry.
19:44I don't think I'm having played two slower bowlers.
19:46It's probably a bit harder to put them around than the quicker bowlers.
19:52Ravi Ratnayaka tries again.
19:542.54 for three.
19:58It's in the air.
19:59But that's safe.
20:00And right in the gap at square leg.
20:01Well played John Emery.
20:05Well that really was an expensive over.
20:0619 runs came off that over by Ravi Ratnayaka.
20:16That's found the gap.
20:28And nicely timed by Emery.
20:31What a good shot that is.
20:32And Emery of course proving that he's a great inventor of strokes.
20:39Especially in one day cricket.
20:40And it remains one of the sadder facts.
20:47That when England played Pakistan at Royal Pindy.
20:50He was tucked in well down the order.
20:55Very experienced.
20:56Good reader of the game.
20:57The run rate goes up.
20:585.53.
20:59Well that's a big hit.
21:12It's the far end of the ground.
21:15It looks six.
21:17Yes.
21:18And six is signaled.
21:19Well if you're a stylist.
21:27There was nothing pretty about that shot by John Emery.
21:30But my word.
21:31It was effective.
21:32And valuable to his side.
21:34Six runs to Emery.
21:362.69 for three.
21:38Now when John Emery first comes in.
21:39He just holds the bat there.
21:40And you wouldn't think there's any power in him at all.
21:42Then all of a sudden he starts unleashing these strokes.
21:44And really he's a tremendously powerful player once he decides to hit the ball.
21:48And you see the sky at the moment.
21:50And it's looking very very heavy.
21:51And it looks as if we could really get rain out of some of that lot up there at the moment.
22:012.73 for three.
22:03England Lamb is 62.
22:11Oh.
22:12No one will stop that.
22:14Oh.
22:15Thundered into the fence below us here.
22:17In the commentary box.
22:23I'm sure the skipper said to Ravi Ratnoyaka.
22:25Pitch it up and make him drive.
22:27Well he certainly did that.
22:32The Lamb is so very powerful.
22:35It's alright pitching it up.
22:36But when it comes back like that.
22:37The ball is in danger.
22:38They're going for it.
22:49And not a good throw that from the outfield.
22:53Right side of the innings.
22:54The England batsmen have gone for their quick singles and then chased for the seconds.
22:59Putting Sri Lanka under a lot of pressure in the field.
23:02And there have been quite a few ground fielding errors.
23:042.79 for five.
23:17Three balls left in this over by Ravi Ratnoyaka.
23:20And one more over to come.
23:21Oh.
23:27Beautiful shot.
23:28I mean that might be six.
23:29It is.
23:31It was a low three iron of a shot.
23:33It never really got a long way off the ground.
23:36But it carried and carried.
23:38And Lamb has hit a tremendous six.
23:40And Ravi Ratnoyaka, a bowler of experience.
23:46Remember he was in the squad which took part in the bicentenary test match at Lourdes.
23:56That's better.
23:57Well up.
23:57Just an extra yard.
23:58Makes a difference.
24:00Embry's coming.
24:04Two runs to Lamb.
24:05England did well to keep Lamb the strike.
24:11Two eighty-seven for three.
24:18Fifteen off the over.
24:19One ball to go.
24:22And in this match England are really helping their run rate.
24:26And that might come in useful if they tie in this table.
24:28It's out.
24:33Miss Q.
24:34But then.
24:35It was a good effort by Lamb.
24:41Aravinda Da Silva was the catcher.
24:43So.
24:44Anna Lamb.
24:46Is caught Da Silva.
24:47Bowled Ravi Ratnoyaka.
24:49For seventy-six.
24:51It's two eighty-seven for four.
24:56And there are six balls left in this innings.
24:58And Alan Lamb trying again to hit it straight.
25:02And I think really the bottom hand just coming off the bat.
25:05Just lost control a little bit there.
25:08You see it again here as he's really trying to let.
25:11And there you are.
25:12The bottom hand comes off the bat.
25:14Probably I don't think it slipped.
25:15He must be very, very hot out there with all the running about he's done.
25:19And the ball just really lobbing up to short extra cover to Da Silva.
25:22But some marvellous strokes played there by Alan Lamb.
25:25And certainly that last six-eighths straight never got above fifteen feet high all the way.
25:30Really powerful.
25:32So the incoming batsman is Bill Affey.
25:35With just one over to go.
25:37What a time to come in for a batsman.
25:39Already England have got a hundred off the last ten overs.
25:44And there's one ball left to go.
25:52It'll only be one.
25:53So that's a hundred and one off the last ten overs.
25:58A really good effort there by England.
26:01They won the toss.
26:02Decided to bat.
26:04And the Stirling book too by Sri Lanka in the field.
26:07Never quite had the control in the bowling.
26:09But still they have an excellent batting side.
26:15The pitch is good.
26:16The outfield fast.
26:18Sri Lanka to win.
26:20Required two ninety-seven runs.
26:21And that's at a run rate of five point nine four.
26:28So that was a very powerful innings by England.
26:32Mike Gatting winning the toss and batting first.
26:34Built on a number of excellent partnerships.
26:37Eighty-nine between Gooch and Broad.
26:39Then Gooch and Gatting, fifty-three.
26:41Gatting and Lamb, seventy-six.
26:43Lamb and Embry, sixty-nine.
26:45And just the nine undefeated partnership between Embry and Athie.
26:48So there really were no failures.
26:51And the most important fact was Mike Gatting got in early.
26:54They began the acceleration straight from the off.
26:58And England have taken their total to two ninety-six for four.
27:02Hard work in the field for Sri Lanka.
27:05A couple of wickets to Ravi Ratnayaka.
27:07But for sixty-two runs off nine overs.
27:10Six polars used in all.
27:11And Dilip Mendes, the captain, never quite finding the economical solution to his problems.
27:19So now then, Sri Lanka requiring two ninety-seven to win this match.
27:25And they need to get those runs at a rate of five point nine four per over.
27:29So we'll join the Sri Lankan innings.
27:34The last ball of the second over.
27:36Gladstone Small is bowling to Mahanama.
27:39It's three for no loss.
27:44A superb shot.
27:46Brilliantly timed.
27:47Crack of the bat.
27:47And Gladstone Small pays the penalty for struggling to find his line.
27:53He's bowled a couple of balls down the leg side in his first over.
27:57And now Mahanama whacks him through mid-wicket for four.
28:05Good shout there by England, Downton and Gatting at slip.
28:11And Small, the bowler.
28:12Yeah, there could very well have been an inside edge on that.
28:19He looked pretty straight, but possibly just a faint inside edge.
28:35Oh, that's a good shot.
28:37Mahanama's favourite shot.
28:39Picked up two fours that way so far in the sittings.
28:41At the moment, De Freitas strayed to the middle of the leg.
28:45He gave it a very good clip.
28:5217 for no wicket.
28:53The Sri Lankan score.
28:56Derek Pringle to Kurupu now.
29:01Good shot.
29:02Good shot.
29:05He must have heard of Derek Pringle.
29:06So in the first over, Pringle again struggling.
29:17Beautiful shot by Kurupu.
29:26That's high.
29:28I wouldn't like to be under that one.
29:30Oh, wonderfully well caught.
29:33Beautiful catch that by Graham Gooch at mid-wicket.
29:38Well, it was a catch you wouldn't want to be under.
29:41And Mahanama decided beforehand really to have a go at it and see the angle of his head.
29:46It was going many a mile up.
29:47And Graham Gooch did very well.
29:51Yes, he did.
29:52He's turned.
29:52Originally, that was coming over his shoulder.
29:56Pringle firing this one in.
29:58Around middle and off.
29:59Mahanama fetching it.
30:01Or trying to.
30:03At this stage, Gooch just might be taking that over his shoulder.
30:06But turning.
30:07Got it judged.
30:08Hands up.
30:09Australian baseball fashion.
30:12In she goes.
30:14Second bowling change for England.
30:16John Embry to come on.
30:18Philip De Freitas.
30:20Rested with a splendid opening figures.
30:22Five overs.
30:23Two maidens.
30:24No wickets for eight runs.
30:31It's a good hit.
30:33And it's out.
30:33It's caught.
30:34Well caught by Eddie Hemings down at Longhorn.
30:37No problem at all.
30:37He's into line.
30:40And that's a wicket maiden.
30:42And that's a triumph for John Embry.
30:45A wicket maiden.
30:46His first over.
30:48So Karupu is caught by Hemings at Longhorn.
30:51Off the bowling of John Embry.
30:5613 runs he scored.
30:58It's 32 for two.
31:00And 11 overs have been bowled.
31:06He's going to the big hit.
31:08And Hemings.
31:11Exciting the ball well.
31:12Moving across.
31:13And again taking it in reverse fashion.
31:15A high catch.
31:16Pulled down well.
31:17Good as seen it quickly on it.
31:27He'll be out if that's hit.
31:28And he does.
31:30Marvellous run out there.
31:32Graham Gooch getting in the thick of the fielding action.
31:37Good as seen it.
31:38Took a chance on the accuracy of Gooch's pickup.
31:42So Gurusina run out.
31:47For one.
31:47For one.
31:49And Sri Lanka 37 for three.
32:01Gooch really just from five or six yards away when he picked up that hit.
32:06And really a couple of errors on the part of the batsman.
32:11Because had he played the ball more softly towards Gooch then there may have been a single.
32:16But having played it that hard.
32:18Unless there was a misfield.
32:20He was gone.
32:21Well the new batsman runner Tunga.
32:24And he's joining Madjugale with Sri Lanka 37 for three in the 14th over.
32:34John Embury to runner Tunga.
32:40Hammered away on the offside.
32:45Well stopped.
32:47Three runs.
32:48They're looking to run the four.
32:51Marvellous running by these Nipi Sri Lankans.
32:57And all that work by Graham Gooch for nothing.
33:00Four runs.
33:01All run.
33:05Change of bowling at the commentary box end.
33:09And Eddie Emming is going to be given the first bowl in this World Cup.
33:18A bit of a mix-up out there.
33:31Bilafi diving full length.
33:33Just getting a hand to the ball.
33:34But they might just take a single.
33:36And then the batsman colliding with John Embury as he went for that quick run.
33:44Steady opening over there.
34:02Freddie Emmings is his first over in the World Cup.
34:04Just the three singles coming from the over.
34:06And the score moving on to 46 for three after 18 overs.
34:09Oh, that's the first loose delivery that John Embury's bowled.
34:18And fishing short.
34:20And really whipped away to square leg there for four runs.
34:27Six runs then coming off the over.
34:29So John Embury now one for 12 off five overs.
34:31And the 50 coming up off 116 balls.
34:35England managed the same score off 89 balls.
34:41And that's a good stroke.
34:43There's no man back on the extra cover boundary.
34:45And that ball game between Alan Lamb and Bilafi for four runs.
34:50And Madagal used his feet well there to John Embury.
35:08And opening the face of the bat a bit.
35:10And two extra cover for four runs.
35:13And a change of bowling from the score box end.
35:16And Graham Gooch going to have his first ball in the World Cup.
35:19And Graham Gooch down the leg side and picked up.
35:22And this time it's four runs.
35:25Madagal picking that up and just avoiding John Embury who's sat down there at the final leg.
35:33Now the Indian umpires, Mr. Gupta on the right, Mr. Ramaswamy on the left,
35:37offering bad light to the Sri Lankan batsmen.
35:41And they said, yes, we'd like to go off.
35:43It is very dark.
35:45There's some dark storm clouds above.
35:47And thunder rolling around the outskirts of Peshawar.
35:5578 for three.
35:57And 28 overs have been bowled.
35:59So play can restart now.
36:06We've had 35 minutes break there for bad light and a spot of rain.
36:12And we hear that the umpires have reduced the length of the Sri Lankan innings now from 50 to 45 overs,
36:18which means that they have a winning target of 267 to win.
36:24That's a simple multiplication of their 45 overs by England's run rate of 5.92 and over.
36:32And there he goes again.
36:36Short of Gooch.
36:37Just a single, but signs that Sri Lanka will now have to open their shoulders,
36:51start looking for boundaries.
36:5382 for three in the 30th over.
36:56Over.
36:56Well, that's the way it's got to be done.
37:12And so they need 188 more to win the match against England,
37:32a run rate almost reaching 10.
37:42Bowled him.
37:45And there we are.
37:46Sri Lanka making a charge for this almost impossible total in the huge run rate.
37:53Their number of overs put to the innings reduced to 45.
37:56They had to make desperate charges.
37:58And Madhugala's out.
38:00And he's bowled by Hemmings.
38:02So 99 for four.
38:05The Sri Lankan score.
38:08Well, a pretty desperate shot.
38:09Crossed the line and just clipping the top of the off stump.
38:13But well bowled to Eddie Hemmings.
38:14He had a bit of a slack over the over of previous.
38:17But again, now right on target.
38:20New batsman, Dillie Mendes.
38:21Dillie Mendes.
38:39And 33rd over.
38:44Sri Lanka 105 for four.
38:47Rangatanga moving on to 40 now.
38:49Mendes was just coming on two.
38:51And there's a shout for LBW.
38:59And yes, that's being given.
39:03Well, I don't think the batsman was too happy with that.
39:05But the confident shout.
39:08And the umpire noisitation.
39:10Rangatanga, LBW bowed the 3-8.
39:23And that's a pretty straight delivery.
39:26And really, just wandering across his wicket.
39:30And the ball just holding up into him.
39:32Oh, that's good bowling by Eddie Hemmings.
39:46De Silva aiming to the onside.
39:49Plays the ball probably off the leading edge of the bat.
39:52Yes, he takes a careful look at that into the hands of John Embry on the offside.
39:57And so De Silva has caught Embry.
39:59Bowled Hemmings.
40:02For six.
40:07And Sri Lanka are 113 for six.
40:10And now in deep trouble.
40:16Ravi Ratnayak at the batsman.
40:22It's deep.
40:23It's in the outfield.
40:23It's caught by Chris Broad.
40:26Beary bowed by Embry.
40:27You could see the extra flight and the temptation.
40:30All too much for Ravi Ratnayak, who laid into it.
40:35Absolutely no chance of Sri Lanka slogging these runs to catch up with England and win the match.
40:40But the 7th wicket falls is Ravi Ratnayak caught by Chris Broad of the bowling of John Embry.
40:51He scored one.
40:55He scored one.
40:56It's 119.
41:01And we're in the 38 silver.
41:03Well, pretty ambitious stroke from Ratnayak there, trying to make room and hit it over deep, wide, long off.
41:10You really have got to get hold of it to get a six in that area and Chris Broad, 10 yards inside the boundary, judge the catch to perfection.
41:17John Embry is in his 10th over now.
41:26Beautiful, economical bowling.
41:32Making them fight for runs all the way there.
41:35Throw from Lamb.
41:37And it's all over.
41:38Wonderful throw from Lamb.
41:43And a sad end for Dilip Mendes.
41:45Really, it's the end of Sri Lanka's World Cup as well, I suppose.
41:48They've lost to Pakistan, lost to the West Indies.
41:53And this man, aged 35, has played 68 one-day internationals.
41:57And has appeared in all four World Cups since they started.
42:00So, you see this Mendes sitting way through mid-wicket, going pretty hard, but Alan Lamb right in the deep.
42:06Comes running, picks it up in one hand.
42:09Beautiful piece of fielding, this.
42:11One hand there, right over the top to John Embry, and all John Embry would break the wicket.
42:16Beautiful piece of fielding.
42:18And I think that's enough of a pantomime.
42:20It's the last ball of the Sri Lankan innings, the 45th over.
42:24Their innings cut short because bad light interrupted play here at Peshawar.
42:28But there was no way they could actually reply to England's massive first innings total of 2.96 for four.
42:43Well, this is the biggest noise of the day.
42:48Lamb, I doubt, goes that far for his holidays, as they say.
42:50And that is that.
42:59And so we have the result.
43:01The result that England so badly wanted after their loss to Pakistan.
43:05They've now won their second match, victory over Sri Lanka, by 108 runs.
43:13Sri Lanka, in fact, never made any progress in pursuit of this massive England total.
43:19They made a very bad start, three of the best players out for 37, Mahanama and Kurupu and Gurasingha.
43:25Then there was a reasonable stand between Madugala and Ranatunga of 62, of 106 balls.
43:32But still, they were a million miles off, catching England up.
43:35And then, after the reduction in overs to 45, nothing came nearer.
43:40England bowlers were absolutely on top.
43:42Wonderful figures produced by John Embry and the other off-spinner, Eddie Hemmings.
43:46Ten overs, two for 31.
43:48Philip De Freitas, nine overs, one for 24.
43:51Another outstanding contributor.
43:53The man of the match was Alan Lamb for his most aggressive 76 and a marvellous run-out, too.
44:00So England, in the end, won on superior run rate.
44:03Sri Lanka falling short by 108 runs.
44:07Three matches played, three victories, giving them the maximum 12 points.
44:10But England now in second place with eight points and West Indies, who have only managed to win one game, third.
44:17But England won't want to lose sight of the fact that that West Indies run rate, 5.46, is considerably the best in that group.
44:23Matches to come there will be England against Pakistan on Tuesday and West Indies against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
44:28In the one match played today in Group A, India defeated Zimbabwe in Bombay by eight wickets.
44:35Zimbabwe 135 all out after 44.2 overs.
44:39And India getting that target with a loss of only two wickets.
44:42136 for two off 27.5 overs.
44:46And the position in Group A now looks like this.
44:49India top, three matches played, two wins, giving them eight points.
44:53Australia a second, but they of course can go top if they win the next match in that group, which is against New Zealand tomorrow.
45:01Trying to keep calm also, our commentators Jack Bannister, railing with and for now.
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