World T20 Super 10 Group 1, SL, SA, WI, Eng, Afghan

[mikesiva]

Away from the big man....Samuels was top class today. Feel Holder needs to come in for Taylor next time out.

I agree with that.

[Gingerfinch]

The underdogs are looking good!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Yes, Dilshan unloading some big shots.

[backfootpunch]

afghanistan in with a shout here

another wicket soon and the cat will be amongst the pigeons

[Gingerfinch]

Yep the r/rate is increasing as well. Still fancy them to chase the runs down.

[backfootpunch]

this 17 year old leggie looks useful, decent control and big turn on his googly

he also looks 37 not 17

afghanistan may have been better keeping thirimanne in the way he was playing though

[Gingerfinch]

Three down. Could be a last over thriller?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Plenty of batting for SL though, and they should be better with pressure.

[backfootpunch]

fielding letting afghanistan down

keeper let through 4 byes
then a fielder completely messed up and let one go for four that should have been a single

1 run and a dot ball becomes 8 runs

[backfootpunch]

another fielding mistake leads to a four

[Alviro Patterson]

Afghanistan are not out of this just yet, keep it tight and who knows what will happen in the final over.

[backfootpunch]

tough one this time but another misfield leads to a four

they could have won this game

[Alviro Patterson]

A theoretical 20 off 12 balls sounds morre comfortable than 11 of 12, especially when it has been difficult to score runs at times.

Can't knock the display Afghanistan have shown, for a start their bowling has been a whole lot better than England's yesterday.

[mikesiva]

Dilshan 83 not out from 56 balls...a good warm up.

[dan08]

Good effort from Afghanistan but they will feel that they probably should have won.

They may be in the competition longer than England are though. We'll see tomorrow evening...