Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka cricket match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 LIVE updates: After suffering defeat in their openers, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are all set to face each other in Match 7 of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Sri Lanka in the opener against New Zealand lost the match by 10 wickets. Likewise, Afghanistan lost its first match against Australia by 7 wickets. Both the teams have been struggling in the batting department, as none of the players was able to click so far. For Afghanistan, the top order was demolished against Australia, which needs to get back on the track.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka’s middle order failed and suffered defeat against New Zealand. Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, and Dhananjaya de Silva, who played in the middle order, failed to perform well that ended with only 136 runs in Sri Lanka’s kitty against New Zealand. Despite having Lasith Malinga in the team, Sri Lanka was not able to take a single wicket against New Zealand. Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka is going to be interesting because both the teams are down the chart and is expected to be the point gainers in this tournament.
Here are Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka cricket match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 LIVE updates:
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SL 47/0
Dawlat to bowl his 3rd over. A dot ball followed by a boundary for Sri Lanka. WOOO!!! Dawlat bowls a super bouncer above the head of the wicketkeeper which adds 5 runs to the total.
SL 37/0
Parera, Karunaratne continue to attack Hassan. After scoring 15 runs in Hassan's first over, Lankan Lions have scored 1, 5w, 1, 4, 1, 4 and 0 of Hassan's second over. SL 37/0.
Sri Lanka 21/0
Dawlat continues the attack. A dot, single and dot. Dawlat allows only 1 run from his first 3 deliveries. He is bowling a tight line and not allowing the batsmen to find the gap. 2 more dot balls. A good bouncer to end the over. Only one run of it, Sri Lanka 21/0.
15 runs of Hassan
Lankans are taking on Hassan. A single and a double to end the over. 15 runs of Hassan's first over which takes the total to 20 runs without any loss. Lankans have put early pressure on Afghan bowlers.
Four!!!!
Hamid Hassan comes from the other end. Hassan to Parera and it's a boundary. A bad ball to start the over. 3 runs, 1LB and another cracking boundary.
SL 5/0
The first run comes from a wide for Sri Lanka. Zardan Dawlat is not allowing the Lankan batsmen to open their arms. A bad ball. Following the wide ball on the leg stump, Karunaratne flicks the 4th ball for a boundary down to the fine leg. Last ball dot. 5 runs of the over without any loss.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, ICC Cricket World Cup
Sri Lankan batsmen Dimuth Perera and captain Karunaratne walk in to bat. For Afghanistan, pacer Dawlat Zadran starts the proceedings. Afghan pacer has started with 3 dots balls, which were with perfect line and length.
National anthems underway
National anthems of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are being played before the game. The match number 7 between SL and AFG is also expected to be a nail-biter just like the last 6 games of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
Nuwan Pradeep to replace Jeevan Mendis
Sri Lanka has called speedster Nuwan Pradeep who will be replacing Jeevan Mendis for today's game. Both the teams have lost their first games and today will be eyeing to bounce back on the winning track.
Afghanistan opt to bowl first against Lankans
Gulbadin Naib wins toss and Afghanistan will bowl first. There is a huge pressure game for Sri Lanka. It will be extremely hard for Lankans to make it to the semi-finals if they lost the match.
Toss most likely to happen soon
Since there is a threat of rain in Cardiff, it is expected that a team will choose to bat after winning the toss. The toss is going to be more important as it will decide the fate of the match.
Sri Lanka needs to get back on the track
Sri Lanka needs to get back on the track of winning, as the last 12 months haven't favoured them a lot. Sri Lanka won just four games out of their 22 battles in the past 12 months, whereas Afghanistan has recently clean swept Ireland in a bilateral series held in India.
Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are all set to face each other
It is Asian day today, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are all set to face each other, but there's a threat of rain in Cardiff. The surface might not favour Afghanistan's biggest bowling threats, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and M Nabi.
