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Dambulla is a bit of a strange place to host international cricket - despite being in a Test-playing country, it is a town with no major local team or much of a cricketing culture. It hosted a strange one-day tournament too. At a time when scores in the region of 300 are the norm, in most matches of the tri-series, teams struggled to reach 200.
When three-day breaks between Tests are becoming the rule, the series had two rest days between each ODI, though all matches were played at the same venue. The oddness of the schedule was highlighted when a rained-out league match meant New Zealand didn't have a bat in the middle for 12 days during the tournament; the previous one-day competition in Dambulla, the Asia Cup in June, lasted 10 days in its entirety.
The series was billed as a tune-up for the World Cup, but the overwhelmingly bowler-friendly conditions were a marked contrast to the flat tracks expected at next year's showpiece tournament, which meant teams could take few pointers from the tri-series.
Sri Lanka will be the most satisfied of the teams, not just because they won the title, ending a run of home series defeats to India, but also because the likes of allrounder Thisara Perera and middle-order batsman Chamara Silva have heated up the competition for World Cup berths.
Perera couldn't showcase his power-hitting in the two matches he got but worked up some decent pace to unsettle the Indian batsmen on his way to eight wickets. Silva remained unbeaten in the two opportunities to bat, a quick 41 in the washed-out match against New Zealand and a 21-ball 26 to guide Sri Lanka to 299 in the final.
For India, the disappointment will be that none of their new generation of batsmen were able to withstand the scrutiny on difficult tracks. "This was an ideal scenario where anybody could have stood up and said, 'I'll be the hero today,' said MS Dhoni, but in none of the matches did any of the youngsters grab that chance. Ravindra Jadeja didn't either, his dipping batting form leaving the management to ponder over who India's best bet at No. 7 is.
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It was the seniors, Virender Sehwag and - to a lesser extent - Dhoni, who steered India towards the finals. Sehwag was the outstanding batsman of the tournament, sculpting two utterly different match-winning innings to overshadow his team-mates in the league phase, and yet again silence doubters questioning his technique. During his unbeaten 99, he adopted a wait-and-watch approach early on against the moving ball, curbing his natural aggression to shore up a wobbly India. Against New Zealand, he reverted to his everything-must-go batting philosophy, battering them with a 93-ball 110 despite India faltering at 66 for 4 at one stage.
Strangely, the only other century-maker in the tournament and second highest run-maker was also not one renowned for his watertight technique, but another up-and-at-'em opener, Tillakaratne Dilshan. After frittering a string of starts, and losing his match fee for his role in the Suraj Randiv no-ball controversy, Dilshan made amends by cracking his maiden home one-day century to set up Sri Lanka for the title.
Though two openers were the most successful batsmen, the new-ball bowlers of all sides had an enjoyable tournament, repeatedly deceiving the batsmen instead of being the usual Powerplay fodder.
The third team in the tournament, New Zealand, had few gains to show from the first leg of their three-stage subcontinental build-up for the World Cup despite starting off with a 200-run hammering of India. Ross Taylor had a difficult time in his first extended captaincy stint as his depleted batting unit struggled to cope with the conditions, with Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson picking up two ducks each. And there was the demoralising news of Jacob Oram needing yet another knee surgery, which will rule him out for nearly four months.
New Zealand didn't make Saturday's full-house final, which was the 14th one-dayer in three months in Dambulla, a surfeit of international cricket the town is unlikely to witness again. With three floodlight international stadiums wholly owned by Sri Lanka Cricket coming up for the World Cup, Dambulla will have plenty of competition ahead of forthcoming tours to the country.
Sri Lanka Triangular Series - final
Sri Lanka v India
Sri Lanka won by 74 runs
- ODI no. 3040 | 2010 season
- Played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
- 28 August 2010 - day/night (50-over match)
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| Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
 | DPMD Jayawardene | c Karthik b I Sharma | 39 | 97 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 58.20 |
| 20.2 139.2 kph, Mahela is gone. Just like that. Against the run of play. He reached forward and tried to wrist it across the line. It flew of the leading edge towards sweeper cover. Pouched! It was a short-of-length delivery that straightened around the off stump. Mahela tried to whip it across the line and got a leading edge 121/1 |
| TM Dilshan | c I Sharma b Kumar | 110 | 182 | 115 | 12 | 1 | 95.65 |
| 39.5 129.0 kph, DIlshan falls after an entertaining and very valuable knock. It was the bouncer, around head-high, around the off and middle stump line and DIlshan couldn't keep the pull down. Neither could he clear the boundary. Ishant collected it at deep backward square-leg region. Very fine innings. 217/3 |
| WU Tharanga | c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 23.4 82.4 kph, But he is gone now! Yuvraj strikes. It landed outside the off stump and straigthened, Tharanga went for the cut shot again but edged this one! 132/2 |
| KC Sangakkara*† | c RG Sharma b Patel | 71 | 96 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 114.51 |
| 44.4 108.9 kph, runs down the track for the big hit but is beaten by the change of length (Munaf shortened the length); he tried to go through with the shot, go through the line of the delivery but ended up chipping it high towards covers. Fine knock but it's over now. Five overs left. Crucial wicket this. 261/6 |
| CK Kapugedera | c Karthik b Nehra | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 120.00 |
| 42.3 126.2 kph, Fine catch from DK at deep backward square-leg. Kapu had swung the full length delivery rather well actually but DK rushed to his left and tumbled down to take it inches off the turf. 242/4 |
| AD Mathews | c RG Sharma b I Sharma | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 43.6 140.5 kph, full in length around the off stump line, Angelo wanted it to go over mid-on but ended up dragging it straight to midwicket. 258/5 |
| LPC Silva | not out | 26 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 123.80 |
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| NLTC Perera | c †Dhoni b Patel | 6 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| 49.1 111.9 kph, All too simple! A short of length delivery around the off stump. A big swing to the leg side. Dhoni takes the catch. He throws the ball back to Munaf. The batsman walks away. Munaf walks back to the top of the bowling mark. 294/7 |
| S Randiv | run out (Patel) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 49.5 from Patel, shuffles right across the stumps and misses the flick. the ball bounds off the pad and they try to steal a leg bye. Munaf picks the ball and runs to remove the bails at the non-striker's end 298/8 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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| Extras | (lb 12, w 12) | 24 |
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| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs; 237 mins) | 299 | (5.98 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-121 (Jayawardene, 20.2 ov), 2-132 (Tharanga, 23.4 ov), 3-217 (Dilshan, 39.5 ov), 4-242 (Kapugedera, 42.3 ov), 5-258 (Mathews, 43.6 ov), 6-261 (Sangakkara, 44.4 ov), 7-294 (Perera, 49.1 ov), 8-298 (Randiv, 49.5 ov) |
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| P Kumar | 10 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 7.20 | (5w) |
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| 39.5 to Dilshan, 129.0 kph, DIlshan falls after an entertaining and very valuable knock. It was the bouncer, around head-high, around the off and middle stump line and DIlshan couldn't keep the pull down. Neither could he clear the boundary. Ishant collected it at deep backward square-leg region. Very fine innings. 217/3 |
| MM Patel | 9 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 4.77 | (1w) |
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| 44.4 to Sangakkara, 108.9 kph, runs down the track for the big hit but is beaten by the change of length (Munaf shortened the length); he tried to go through with the shot, go through the line of the delivery but ended up chipping it high towards covers. Fine knock but it's over now. Five overs left. Crucial wicket this. 261/6 49.1 to Perera, 111.9 kph, All too simple! A short of length delivery around the off stump. A big swing to the leg side. Dhoni takes the catch. He throws the ball back to Munaf. The batsman walks away. Munaf walks back to the top of the bowling mark. 294/7 |
| A Nehra | 10 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 6.00 | (5w) |
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| 42.3 to Kapugedera, 126.2 kph, Fine catch from DK at deep backward square-leg. Kapu had swung the full length delivery rather well actually but DK rushed to his left and tumbled down to take it inches off the turf. 242/4 |
| I Sharma | 8 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 6.75 | (1w) |
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| 20.2 to Jayawardene, 139.2 kph, Mahela is gone. Just like that. Against the run of play. He reached forward and tried to wrist it across the line. It flew of the leading edge towards sweeper cover. Pouched! It was a short-of-length delivery that straightened around the off stump. Mahela tried to whip it across the line and got a leading edge 121/1 43.6 to Mathews, 140.5 kph, full in length around the off stump line, Angelo wanted it to go over mid-on but ended up dragging it straight to midwicket. 258/5 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 4.62 |
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| 23.4 to Tharanga, 82.4 kph, But he is gone now! Yuvraj strikes. It landed outside the off stump and straigthened, Tharanga went for the cut shot again but edged this one! 132/2 |
| V Sehwag | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 |
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| India innings (target: 300 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| V Sehwag | run out (Kapugedera) | 28 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 127.27 |
| 5.6 from Kulasekara, Huge shout for lbw but Sehwag is run out ! It was the wonderful inswinger from Kula that seemed to have trapped Sehwag right in front. Shout for lbw but Ashoka says not out. Sehwag tries to steal a leg bye but there was no run in it. He tried to turn back but it was too late by then to meet a direct hit. The lbw appeal looked so good, don't know why that's want given out, and the ball rolled towards backward point And he couldn't beat the direct hit from Kapugedera! 38/2 |
| KD Karthik | c †Sangakkara b Malinga | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 0.6 144.5 kph, Karthik walks back disappointed, bowled it short just outside leg and he went after it, trying to work it down fine, there was a deviation and Sangakkara clasped it diving to his left, we're not sure if he gloved it but the umpire Rauf was certain, India suffer their first bowler 9/1 |
| V Kohli | c Mathews b Perera | 37 | 98 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 64.91 |
| 21.1 128.3 kph, Perera, the Indian Specialist, strikes. It was the short-of-length delivery cutting away like a leg cutter and Virat went for the pull. Too late. The ball flew of the edge to third man. Gone! Vital vital moment this 109/4 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c †Sangakkara b Perera | 26 | 46 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 83.87 |
| 15.2 131.0 kph, Gone this time! It kicked up from short of length and also straightened around middle. That straightening did Yuvraj in. He tried to adjust to it by attempting an awkward whip across the line and seems to have got the inner edge. Yuvraj stood in the dressing room and waited to watch the replays. Does it mean he thinks he didn't get an edge? Or does it mean he just wanted to see what was the ball and what he played? No snickometer replay shown yet 88/3 |
| MS Dhoni*† | b Randiv | 67 | 140 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 67.00 |
| 46.5 88.5 kph, And that's it. Sri Lanka have completed a crushing win. Fine spirited performance from Sri Lanka. The end came when the Indian captain Dhoni went down the track for the big hit but ended up dragging it to his stumps. Randiv roared. Sanga, Mahela, Randiv enveloped each other with a hug. The rest of the team-mates converged. 225/10 |
| SK Raina | c Dilshan b Randiv | 29 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 103.57 |
| 30.4 89.0 kph, Now then.. now then... raina has combusted! He charged down the track for the big hit but Randiv did him in flight and then by the turn. Fine bowler this man. Raina was trying to swing it over long-on but it dipped on him and flew right up of the top edge. Dilshan back pedaled at covers and for a while it seemed he had misjudged it. However, he cupped his palms over and behind his head to pouch the catch! Sri Lanka scream for joy. Enter Rohit Sharma. 158/5 |
| RG Sharma | st †Sangakkara b Randiv | 5 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 |
| 34.1 84.7 kph, Stumped! Rohit's failures continue. A touch bizzare dismissal! This is what happened: It was a lovely off break outside the off stump, Rohit lunged forward to defend but the ball dipped and turned through the bat and pad gap (not sure whether there was an inside edge) It dropped just short of Sanga who failed to collect it cleanly but it hit his boot and re bounded on to the stumps. Rohit had stretched his back leg outside the crease in trying to push out at that ball. Another fine delivery from Suraj 177/6 |
| P Kumar | b Malinga | 14 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 87.50 |
| 37.6 144.4 kph, Clatter! What a yorker. Straight, pacy and inswinging. Gone! PK had a waft but had no chance to stop that. 201/7 |
| I Sharma | b Perera | 0 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 41.5 128.3 kph, Yorked! It was full and on the off stump line. Ishant pushed inside the line and the off stump was pegged back. 210/8 |
| A Nehra | c Perera b Mathews | 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| 45.5 129.0 kph, Nehra leans forward to try lofting it over mid-off but ends up lobbing it to mid-off. And then they were one. Sri Lanka are closing in on a crushing win here 224/9 |
| MM Patel | not out | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 8, nb 4) | 17 |
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| Total | (all out; 46.5 overs; 217 mins) | 225 | (4.80 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Karthik, 0.6 ov), 2-38 (Sehwag, 5.6 ov), 3-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.2 ov), 4-109 (Kohli, 21.1 ov), 5-158 (Raina, 30.4 ov), 6-177 (RG Sharma, 34.1 ov), 7-201 (Kumar, 37.6 ov), 8-210 (I Sharma, 41.5 ov), 9-224 (Nehra, 45.5 ov), 10-225 (Dhoni, 46.5 ov) |
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| SL Malinga | 9 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 5.44 | (2nb, 1w) |
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| 0.6 to Karthik, 144.5 kph, Karthik walks back disappointed, bowled it short just outside leg and he went after it, trying to work it down fine, there was a deviation and Sangakkara clasped it diving to his left, we're not sure if he gloved it but the umpire Rauf was certain, India suffer their first bowler 9/1 37.6 to Kumar, 144.4 kph, Clatter! What a yorker. Straight, pacy and inswinging. Gone! PK had a waft but had no chance to stop that. 201/7 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5.22 | (2w) |
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| AD Mathews | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 | (2nb, 2w) |
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| 45.5 to Nehra, 129.0 kph, Nehra leans forward to try lofting it over mid-off but ends up lobbing it to mid-off. And then they were one. Sri Lanka are closing in on a crushing win here 224/9 |
| NLTC Perera | 9 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 4.00 | (2w) |
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| 15.2 to Yuvraj Singh, 131.0 kph, Gone this time! It kicked up from short of length and also straightened around middle. That straightening did Yuvraj in. He tried to adjust to it by attempting an awkward whip across the line and seems to have got the inner edge. Yuvraj stood in the dressing room and waited to watch the replays. Does it mean he thinks he didn't get an edge? Or does it mean he just wanted to see what was the ball and what he played? No snickometer replay shown yet 88/3 21.1 to Kohli, 128.3 kph, Perera, the Indian Specialist, strikes. It was the short-of-length delivery cutting away like a leg cutter and Virat went for the pull. Too late. The ball flew of the edge to third man. Gone! Vital vital moment this 109/4 41.5 to I Sharma, 128.3 kph, Yorked! It was full and on the off stump line. Ishant pushed inside the line and the off stump was pegged back. 210/8 |
| S Randiv | 9.5 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 4.06 | (1w) |
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| 30.4 to Raina, 89.0 kph, Now then.. now then... raina has combusted! He charged down the track for the big hit but Randiv did him in flight and then by the turn. Fine bowler this man. Raina was trying to swing it over long-on but it dipped on him and flew right up of the top edge. Dilshan back pedaled at covers and for a while it seemed he had misjudged it. However, he cupped his palms over and behind his head to pouch the catch! Sri Lanka scream for joy. Enter Rohit Sharma. 158/5 34.1 to RG Sharma, 84.7 kph, Stumped! Rohit's failures continue. A touch bizzare dismissal! This is what happened: It was a lovely off break outside the off stump, Rohit lunged forward to defend but the ball dipped and turned through the bat and pad gap (not sure whether there was an inside edge) It dropped just short of Sanga who failed to collect it cleanly but it hit his boot and re bounded on to the stumps. Rohit had stretched his back leg outside the crease in trying to push out at that ball. Another fine delivery from Suraj 177/6 46.5 to Dhoni, 88.5 kph, And that's it. Sri Lanka have completed a crushing win. Fine spirited performance from Sri Lanka. The end came when the Indian captain Dhoni went down the track for the big hit but ended up dragging it to his stumps. Randiv roared. Sanga, Mahela, Randiv enveloped each other with a hug. The rest of the team-mates converged. 225/10 |
| Match details |
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Series Sri Lanka won the 2010 Sri Lanka Triangular Series |
Player of the match TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series V Sehwag (India) |
Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and EAR de Silva
TV umpire TH Wijewardene
Match referee AG Hurst (Australia)
Reserve umpire SH Sarathkumara |
| Match notes |
- Sri Lanka innings
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (56 balls), Extras 8
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 14, TM Dilshan 29, Ex 8)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 94/0 in 15.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 31, TM Dilshan 49)
- TM Dilshan: 50 off 36 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (97 balls), Extras 14
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 97 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 32, TM Dilshan 55, Ex 14)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (169 balls), Extras 15
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 171/2 in 32.0 overs (TM Dilshan 95, KC Sangakkara 16)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (TM Dilshan 24, KC Sangakkara 25, Ex 1)
- TM Dilshan: 100 off 107 balls (11 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 37.1 overs (229 balls), Extras 17
- Power Play 3: Overs 39.1 - 44.0
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 51 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 43.3 overs (269 balls), Extras 20
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 299/8 in 50.0 overs (LPC Silva 26, KMDN Kulasekara 0)
- India innings
- India: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (55 balls), Extras 3
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (V Kohli 22, Yuvraj Singh 26, Ex 2)
- Drinks: India - 88/2 in 15.0 overs (V Kohli 29, Yuvraj Singh 26)
- India: 100 runs in 19.3 overs (122 balls), Extras 5
- India: 150 runs in 29.3 overs (182 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: India - 158/5 in 30.4 overs (MS Dhoni 32)
- India: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (234 balls), Extras 13
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 67 balls (4 x 4)
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