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That is OUT! WOW... just at the crucial point in the game when Pakistan were cruising again... Fahim is run out... backing up... straight drive... bowler gets a good touch and guides it on to the stummps 162-7 (29.5 overs) 75 runs or 3 wickets

and now it's 137-6 (25.4)... SL in the box seats! 100 runs still needed with 4 wickets in hand. Captain Sarfraz Ahmed is Pakistan's only hope here.

Just when it looked like it was all over... Pakistan have gone from 92-1 (15th over) to 110-4 in the 19th over. SL just have a sniff here if they can get another one...

Sri Lanka 236 all out (49.2 overs) Doesn't look like enough - great bowling effort from Pakistan from 161-3 (31 overs).

Sorry SL :nono: Lakmal gone, deceived by a slower ball from Hasan Ali and bowled... 214-8 (44.3)

Lakmal 25* and Gunaratne 15* making a decent fist of it down the order... 210-7 (44 overs) Might just be enough to bowl at , if they can have a good 6 overs.

SL crumbling... Dickwella gone now, caught behind... driving... inside edge... great low catch diving down the leg side. 162-6 (33.1 overs) 3 wickets for 1 run since the drinks break. Pakistan are rampant.

As so often seems to happen, the drinks break does for Mathews... 161-4 (31.2 overs) Huge wicket for Pakistan.

Mathews 28* and Dickwella 62* have steadied the ship after that wobble and are pressing on at a steady rate... 138-3 (27 overs) A very good balance between bat and ball.

Ooops - SL wheels coming off a bit... two quick wickets... 83-3 (15.1) The crucial Angelo Mathews comes to the crease.

SL making steady progress... 66-1 (12 overs) Niroshan Dickwella 34* and Kusal Mendis 18* building a solid foundation

The 2nd Group B 'Quarter Final' is under way... Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Cardiff Pakistan won the toss and inserted on a wicket with a distinctly greenish tinge and uncertain weather outlook. A decent start from SL.... just as I type this the first wicket falls 26-1 (5.1 overs)

and it's all over with a third run out :nono: 191 all out (44.3 overs) Surely India will walk this? but SA do have some powerful bowling options...

Morkel gone first ball... Bhuvneshwar Kumar on a hat-trick... 184-9 (42.3 overs)... India rampant!

Wickets still tumbling and runs hard to come by... 184-8 (42.2 overs)

South Africa having a torrid time at The Oval in the first 'Group B Quarter Final'... inserted by Kholi... they are 157-5 (33.3 overs)... having just lost 3 wickets for 17 in 31 balls - two of them run outs!

Massive congratulations to Bangladesh for their stunning win against New Zealand at Cardiff. New Zealand 265/8 (50 ov) Bangladesh 268/5 (47.2/50 ov) Shakib Al Hasan 114 (115 balls, 11 fours, 1 six) :clap2: Mahmudullah 102* (107 balls, 8 fours, 2 sixes) :clap2:

Sri Lanka WIN by 7 wickets :clap2: Their 2nd highest ever winning run chase in ODIs :clap2: 322-3 (48.4 overs) AD Mathews 52* DAS Gunaratne 34*

This would set up two 'quarter finals' in Group B: 11th Match, Group B: India v South Africa at The Oval - Jun 11, 2017 12th Match, Group B: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Cardiff - Jun 12, 2017 Winner goes through in each game.

MD Gunathilaka run out 76 (72 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes) BKG Mendis run out 89 (93 balls, 11 fours, 1 six) MDKJ Perera retired hurt (hamstring) 47* (44 balls, 5 fours) Mathews and Gunaratne trying to see them home.