Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 3rd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Nabi to Karunaratne, 5 runs, comedy of errors ends it! That was a tossed up delivery, turned away, Karunaratne got it off the soft leading edge into the off-side. The batters were a little confused before going through for a single. But the man running in on the off-side picked it up and came up with a poor throw. Five overthrows have ended the miseries for the visitors. Lanka win this by 9 wickets with 34 overs to spare Sri Lanka take the series 2-1

Nabi to Karunaratne, 1 run, short ball, the batter goes back and chops it past point for a single. Three needed now to win

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, 1 run, waits on it and nudges the ball down on to the on-side for a single. Fifty for Karunaratne and Lanka need only 4 runs now to win the series 2-1

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, 1 run, tossed up delivery, push driven down to long-off for a single. One shot needed now to win this

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, no run, tucks it away fine but finds the man at short fine. Was a quicker one off the deck

Nabi to Karunaratne, FOUR, was a short ball, Karunaratne dropped back and pulled it wide of long-on for a four. Was hit well and into the gap. He moves to 48 now

Nabi to Karunaratne, no run, spinning down leg, the batter goes for the sweep and misses. There was an appeal which was turned down

Nabi to Karunaratne, no run, strides out and push drives it to cover off a tossed up delivery outside off

Nabi to Karunaratne, 2 runs, fuller length delivery and the batter walks into the drive to get it past cover. The man at long-off cut it off but they came back for a couple

Nabi to Karunaratne, 1 run, nudges a fuller ball down to long-on for a single. 15 runs needed now

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, 1 run, fuller ball, driven down to long-off for a single

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, no run, chips down the track but gets a little too close to the pitch of the ball. Jams the ball back to the bowler

Nabi to Karunaratne, no run, dot ball to end the over. Good over from Nabi but a little too late and they don't have enough to defend. The ball didn't spin and Karunaratne nudged it down on to the on-side

Nabi to Karunaratne, FOUR, and another four! This time an edge. The batter poked at it and got a thick edge for it to fly past the slip fielder for a four

Nabi to Karunaratne, no run, and an arm ball and has been inside edged on to the pads

Nabi to Karunaratne, no run, flatter one, angles in, nudged down on to the on-side

Gulbadin to Karunaratne, FOUR, angles in from round the wicket and Karunaratne on-drives it past the man at mid-on for a four. Lovely timing and placement by Karunaratne

Gulbadin to Karunaratne, no run, length delivery, Karunaratne gets forward and push drives the ball on the up to find the man at cover

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, FOUR, and flays that away between cover and mid-off for a four. Was a widish delivery outside off, might have been a googly but Karunaratne knelt down to power it between cover and mid-off. SL motoring towards the target. They need 33 more to win

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, 1 run, tossed up delivery, Karunaratne drives the ball down to long-on for a single. Played it with the spin

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, no run, quicker one, Karunaratne looks to cut but was too close for him to do that. Chopped it out into the off-side

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, 2 runs, goes back and chops the ball down into the off-side for a couple of runs

Gulbadin to Karunaratne, FOUR, fuller length delivery, outside off, Karunaratne drives the ball down and gets it past mid-off for a four. That was sweetly timed and sent down the ground. Just leant into the shot and put it away easily

Gulbadin to Karunaratne, no run, length delivery, Karunaratne stabs the ball down into the off-side

Gulbadin to Karunaratne, no run, fuller length delivery, Karunaratne mistimes the drive down to mid-on

Gulbadin to Karunaratne, no run, angles in a length delivery and has been driven to the man at mid-on. Came off the inner half of the bat

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, 1 run, leg-side ball, Karunaratne flicks through backward square leg

Rashid Khan to Karunaratne, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Karunaratne defends

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, 3 runs, good length delivery down leg, flicked behind square, fumble and they get back for the third run

Mujeeb to Karunaratne, 1 run, full delivery, Karunaratne drives along the ground to long-on

Mujeeb to Karunaratne, no run, defended off the back foot as Mujeeb from round the wicket

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, fullish delivery, Karunaratne looks to drive off the back foot, keeps low and beats the bat and the off stump

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Karunaratne defends

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, appeal for LBW as Karunaratne misses the defence to this nip-backer. Too high, so no review

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, 2 runs, oh two men close at square leg, this pull was aerial and Rashid got his right hand to it trying to get up in time to catch it overhead. Shortish delivery, Karunaratne pulls uppishly and gets away

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, FOUR, short of length delivery outside off stump, Karunaratne goes back and cuts square of the wicket on the off-side, beats backward point

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Karunaratne defends off the back foot

Mujeeb to Karunaratne, 3 runs, another one on the pads, Karunaratne flicks through backward square leg, Nabi uses his boot to stop the ball running to the left in the deep

Mujeeb to Karunaratne, no run, flatter delivery from round the wicket, Karunaratne defends

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, 1 run, short delivery, Karunaratne pulls through backward square leg

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, FOUR, on the pads, flicked away wide of square legm four more. Fazalhaq Farooqi unhappy with the line he bowled there

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Karunaratne defends towards point

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Karunaratne defends off the back foot

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, 2 runs, fullish delivery on the stumps, Karunaratne flicks past square lee for a couple of runs

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, straight length delivery, Karunaratne defends off the front foot