🏏 Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #19: Sri Lanka vs Netherlands 🏏- Page 29

Winner --SL

Toss-- NED

Total-- 525

SL won by 5 wickets

Highest Runs-- Sadeera Samarawickrama --91

Highest 6s-- Dhananjaya de Silva 2

Highest 4s--Pathum Nissanka 9

Wickets-- Dilshan Madushanka --4 [ECO- 5.10

potm- Sadeera Samarawickrama

Wow, congratulations, Soni for regaining your crown!

Edwards: We obviously didn't start well. I thought we got ourselves to what was a pretty competitive total. Our first 30 overs - we just didn't get it right. Leaked too many boundary balls. Didn't field that well either. Our bowlers have been good for us throughout the tournament, but our top order and our bowlers let us down today. Don't know if we would change too much. Just want to execute better. Had a feeling it would turn later. Aryan turns it a bit more generally than other spinners. He bowled exceptionally well. Our batting hasn't quite clicked yet. Got a few too many starts but haven't kicked on. Not too bothered either way (batting first or second). Not too stressed about the toss.

Congratulations Soni and Nina to and all the people in the 3rd position ( the list s long)..🎊🎊🎊

Congrats Soni

Sadeera Samarawickrama | Player of the Match: Really happy to finish the game for my team. We needed a win, we haven't done well in the last 3 games, so I really wanted to win a game for my team and I am really happy. When I went to bat the wicket was not easy, the ball was spinning and the pacers were bowling good line and lengths, my plan was to bat deep and play maximum overs, I did my basics right and hence succeeded. I knew it would be hard in the later part because the wicket was turning and gripping, my plan for others was also to bat deep and told them we can't chase this total in 40 overs. Today it was hard (to bat) against the spinners, the wicket was slow and the ball was gripping.

Kaash main time pe uth ke predict karti to Nissanka ke points mil jate😭😭😭😭

Sadeera Samarawickrama's unbeaten 91 guides Sri Lanka to their first win of the tournament after three straight defeats. It was a pressure situation that he walked into, with two wickets lost for just 52, and Nissanka was dismissed a few overs after that, having failed to kick on after his fifty yet again. But a partnership of 77 between Samawickrama and Asalanka steadied the ship for Sri Lanka. The pitch was offering quite a bit of turn, and Aryan Dutt was again fantastic for Netherlands. He even broke that partnership for the fourth wicket in his final over, knocking over Asalanka who just couldn't help himself after a few dot balls and went for the big shot. However, Samarawickrama remained steadfast at the crease, and kept going after raising his fifty. It was a knock of composure from the No.4 on a pitch that demanded it of the batters. Netherlands fought all the way through but it wasn't enough today. They did a splendid job of making a game of it in the first place after having collapsed to 91/6 earlier on.

Sri Lanka get their first win of the tournament!

You could sense the disappointment in Scott Edwards' interview there. He felt 260 was a good total, and the bowling wasn't upto the mark as it was against South Africa the other day. There was plenty of help for the spinners, and Aryan Dutt was fantastic. But the rest of them, and the pacers, leaked too many freebies.

Originally posted by: Viswasruti

Wow, congratulations, Soni for regaining your crown!

Thank you Madhu di still gap between 1st and me in overall but i am happy that I got nice pts in this match