Live Cricket Score, 3rd T20I: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan

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Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, No run.

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Ishaq, Leg bye.

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR WIDES! Now that's really sloppy from the bowler and even the keeper!

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Ishaq, A fuller length ball on off, Ishaq drives it to extra cover for a single.

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Ishaq, FOUR LEG BYES! Unlucky for Pathirana! Excellent delivery though. Angling down leg, and tails back again, Mohammad Ishaq goes for a flick and misses. The ball brushes his pad and runs away for a boundary down to deep fine leg. 

The debutant, Mohammad Ishaq to face the hat-trick ball.

Matheesha Pathirana to Karim Janat, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Pathirana has also arrived! Just when Afghanistan were looking to go guns blazing, they have lost two quick wickets.  A pin-point yorker tailing just a bit on the middle and leg stump at 149.4 clicks, Karim Janat has no idea to negotiate that and it goes through his defence and rattles the sticks in a blink as he is too late to jam his bat down. Two in two for Pathirana and now he is on a hat-trick.

Karim Janat is the next man in.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, OUT! TAKEN! Fantastic catch by Kusal Perera! And finally, Pathirana gets a breakthrough. Guns it on a fuller length outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai looks to find the gap through the covers but ends up slicing it due to excessive pace. The ball rockets from his bat and Kusal Perera takes a fabulous reaction catch at point. It came in a span of just a couple of milliseconds to him. An excellent knock from Omarzai comes to an end.

Nuwan Thushara to Mohammad Nabi, A dot to end the over. Another sharp yorker from Thushara on the pads, Mohammad Nabi tries to carve it out again but fails and it carries to the keeper. 11 runs from it.

Nuwan Thushara to Mohammad Nabi, A toe-crushing yorker aiming on the boots, Mohammad Nabi digs it towards short fine leg where Angelo Mathews fails to cleanly pick it up and the ball rolls towards deep fine leg. They run for a brace. Sri Lanka have been a bit sloppy in the field tonight.

Nuwan Thushara to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR! The President has arrived! Serves a juicy half-volley on the stumps, Mohammad Nabi simply clears his front leg and smacks it over the bowler's head for a boundary. 18th boundary of the innings so far.

Nuwan Thushara to Azmatullah Omarzai, An attempted yorker tailing back on leg, Azmatullah Omarzai squeezes it to long on for a single.

Nuwan Thushara to Azmatullah Omarzai, A crucial dot. Pace-off on a length outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai swings to clear the off side but misses as he gets tricked by the slower on.

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Nuwan Thushara to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR! Fine shot that from Azmat! Pace on and wide of off on a length, Azmatullah Omarzai shuffles a bit on the leg stump and cuts it crisply through backward point for a boundary.

Nuwan Thushara (2-0-20-0) comes back into the attack now.

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, Bangs in short at 146 clicks on the bodyline, Mohammad Nabi pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace as Akila's fumble in the deep allows them to scamper back for the second to end the over. 10 runs from it.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, Takes the pace-off on a length outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai adjusts his shot towards widish cover for a quick single.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR! A pressure-releasing boundary from Azmat! Bowls it just around off on a fuller length, Azmatullah Omarzai drives it past cover-point gap for a boundary. Pathirana has been pretty expensive tonight.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, On a fuller length in front of the sticks, Azmatullah Omarzai flicks it uppishly with no control and lands it in front off deep square leg for a brace.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, Pathirana bowls a pace-off delivery just around off on a fuller length, Azmat swings hard and misses to connect. The ball carries to the keeper whispering his outside edge to the keeper on a couple of bounces.

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, Fuller and outside off at 133 clicks, Mohammad Nabi slashes it to backward point for a single.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Mohammad Nabi, Full and on the stumps, Nabi nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Mohammad Nabi, Jaffa! That one turns away and deceives Nabi on his defence. A brutal leg spinner on the middle which turns away from off, Mohammad Nabi gets squared up on his defence as the ball sneaks closely through his outside edge into the gloves of the keeper. Smiles exchanged between Nabi and Hasaranga.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Azmatullah Omarzai, Slides it on the middle and leg channel on a tad fuller length, Azmat pushes it to long on for one.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Azmatullah Omarzai, Googly on a shorter length which turns back in from off, Azmatullah Omarzai tucks it with softer hands towards deep backward square leg for a double.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Mohammad Nabi, Flighted ball drifting down leg and full, Mohammad Nabi drives it along the carpet to long on for a single.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Mohammad Nabi, Drops a flighted wrong'un on a shorter length down leg, Mohammad Nabi whips it to deep square leg for a brace.

Wanindu Hasaranga to finish off his spell.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR! Gets it through! Matheesha Pathirana lands this back of a length and just around off, Azmatullah Omarzai gets his front foot out of the way and slaps it past mid off for a boundary.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, Matheesha Pathirana bangs in a sharp bouncer now, outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai tries to ramp it away but misses. 

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, A slower yorker now, on middle, Mohammad Nabi jams it out towardspoint for a run.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, Fuller one and around off, Azmatullah Omarzai drills it towards extra covers for a single.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, FIVE WIDES! Free runs for Afghanistan! Matheesha Pathirana errs in his line and serves a yorker way down the leg side, Azmatullah Omarzai leaves it alone, Kusal Perera dives to his left but fails to stop it as the ball zips to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

Matheesha Pathirana to Azmatullah Omarzai, Pitched up and on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai bunts it down the pitch where Matheesha Pathirana leaps up and grabs it on the bounce.

Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, Right in the blockhole, on le, Mohammad Nabi fails to dig it out as the ball goes off his pads to the leg side. A leg bye is taken.

Matheesha Pathirana (1-0-16-0) is back into the attack.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Mohammad Nabi, Short and around off, Mohammad Nabi punches it towards long off for a single and gets off he mark straightaway.

'The President' Mohammad Nabi walks in at number 5.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! TAKEN! Wanindu Hasaranga gets the big fish, Rahmanullah Gurbaz! A much-needed breakthrough for Sri Lanka. This is slower through the air, full and around middle, Rahmanullah Gurbaz skips down the track and tries to lift it with a straight bat, but fails to get under it and miscues it high in the air, Sadeera Samarawickrama at long on runs a long way to his left, settles under it and this time holds onto the catch. Gurbaz goes back after a blistering knock but this game has opened up now.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Azmatullah Omarzai, Flatter, full and on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai heaves it towards deep square leg for one.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Flighted, full and on middle, Rahmanullah Gurbaz tucks it towards mid-wicket for a run, he wants the second but Wanindu Hasaranga is quick to collect it and denies it.

Wanindu Hasaranga to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! A boundary after quite some time for Afghanistan! This is floated, full and around leg, Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes down and swipes it nicely over short fine leg for a boundary. Easy pickings for Gurbaz!

Wanindu Hasaranga to Azmatullah Omarzai, Tossed up, full and on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai lofts it on the bounce to long on for a single.

Wanindu Hasaranga (2-0-20-0) is back into the attack.

Akila Dananjaya to Azmatullah Omarzai, Flatter, full and on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai comes down the track and drills it towards long on for one more.

Akila Dananjaya to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Flighted, full and well outside off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes down and drags it towards deep mid-wicket for one.

Akila Dananjaya to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Goes short again, on middle, Rahmanullah Gurbaz moves back and heaves it towards deep mid-wicket for another run.

Akila Dananjaya to Azmatullah Omarzai, Floated, full and on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai eases it towards long off for a run.

Akila Dananjaya to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Tossed up, full and on middle, Rahmanullah Gurbaz uses his feet to work it away but gets a leading edge along the ground wide of point for a single.

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