Retro Yakking

We’ve seen some magnificent individual pieces of fielding at this competition, but there’s no doubt in my mind that, on the whole, Sri Lanka have been the most entertaining.

In an attempt to emulate his team-mate Angelo Mathews to some extent, Sri Lanka’s Chamara Silva made an acrobatic mid-air retrieval of the ball from outside the boundary rope.

Whilst ultimately unsuccessful — the umpires awarded a four due to the fact the ball rested where the boundary rope would have been had it not been moved — it’s still pretty impressive and inventive.

Unfortunately I couldn’t even find a picture, let alone a video of this feat but if one comes online it’ll appear here.

All of this calls for a ‘best pieces of fielding’ post, so be on the lookout for that and perhaps some similar tournament review posts soon.

Thanks in no small part to our old friend Angelo, who is rapidly becoming the big name of this competition, Sri Lanka have made it through to the final to face subcontinental rivals Pakistan. Lord’s is sure to be bubbling tomorrow afternoon as some of the world’s best Twenty20 players go head to head in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 final.

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