🏏T20 Asia Cup 2025: SL vs HK, 8th Match, Group B at Dubai🏏 - Page 5

Chameera to Anshuman Rath, out Caught by Kamindu Mendis!! Oh no! Rath falls two short of his fifty. The partnership is broken. Nizakat pats Rath on the helmet as he walks past him. Slower leg-cutter and it is short of length, Rath middles the pull but hits it flat and straight to deep mid-wicket. Kamindu barely had to move as clings on using his body. A good knock comes to an end. Anshuman Rath c Kamindu Mendis b Chameera 48(46) [4s-4]

Chameera to Anshuman Rath, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

HK--118/3

16.51nb

Thushara to Nizakat Khan, (no ball)

snapped up at short third, and both set batters are now back in the shed! But hang on...because it is a No ball! Oh dear! Full and wide outside off. Nizakat throws the plumbing at it and the ball hurtles off the outside edge. Perera does well to hold on to it but Sri Lanka will have to do it all over again because of Thushara's front-foot shenanigans!

STAT: The 61-run stand between Anshuman Rath and Nizakat Khan is Hong Kong's highest for any wicket against a full-member side, surpassing 60 between Waqas Barkat and Kinchit Shah against Ireland in Abu Dhabi in 2019.

Nuwan Thushara to Yasim Murtaza, FOUR, Murtaza ensures it is a good over.

end of over 17 8 runs

HKG: 126/3 CRR: 7.41

Yasim Murtaza 5 (3b 1x4)

Nizakat Khan 35 (27b 4x4 1x6)

Nuwan Thushara4-0-36-0

Dushmantha Chameera3-0-18-2

17.2

Shanaka to Yasim Murtaza, out Caught by Chameera!! Unlucky! Murtaza middled that but hits it straight to Chameera. This was not a wicket-taking delivery - short and wide outside off, Murtaza slashes it hard and flat to deep backward point, Chameera comes in a few yards and takes a good catch. Yasim Murtaza c Chameera b Shanaka 5(4) [4s-1]

Shanaka to Yasim Murtaza, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Suyog: "Is this a very good pitch to bat on? In that case, Srilanka will finish the chase in 15-odd overs." -- A very good pitch might be stretching it a bit, but it definitely looks more conducive to stroke-play than some other surfaces at this ground.

Odinlass : "Hong Kong still need a flourish to end the innings on a good note."

19.4

Theekshana to Nizakat Khan, 2 runs, fifty for Nizakat. A superb knock!

congrats Nizakat

Slight delay as Nizakat is having a drink. He looks cooked. The conditions are not easy and they are taking a toll on him. He has two more balls. Can he take them close to 160?