Afghanistan v Sri Lanka at Dunedin

5 pm est

Sri Lanka win the toss and elect to bowl. I am hoping Afghanistan can pull off a major upset here. In reality, I am hoping they don't get skittled out for under 100.

Just over the half way mark ..........

Afghanistan 125/2 (26.0 ov)

Afghanistan all out for 232. They lost their way towards the end as they scored just 63 from the last 15 overs.

Third World Cup ton for Mahela. He is so good and looks to have steered Sri Lanka home after a very wobbly start. SL require 55 off 55 balls with 5 wickets remaining.

Afghanistan put up a good fight though an enterprising 47 from Perera gets Sri Lanka home with 10 balls to spare. I was actually surprised by Perera's low average (17.59). Whenever I see him play he is always cranking out 40+ runs at a crazy strike rate.

this was a foregone conclusion...