In the 25th over of the first innings in the ICC World Cup 2023 fixture between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Angelo Mathews was preparing to take strike when his helmet strap broke. He gestured to the dugout for a change of equipment but didn’t consult with Shakib Al Hasan, the opposition captain, who went on to successfully appeal for “timed out” to the onfield umpires.
Meanwhile, Charith Asalanka raised fifty off 56 balls during his 78-run partnership with Dhananjaya de Silva as Sri Lanka rebuilt from 135/5 even as Mathews led animated discussions in the dugout about his dismissal. De Silva scored 34 off 36 but failed to reach to the pitch of a delivery after skipping down the track and was stumped off Mehidy Hasan’s bowling. Asalanka thereafter continued to pick the odd boundary and attained his hundred off 101 balls in the 48th over. It was the ninth hundred scored at the venue, the most in this World Cup.
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