Jayasuriya & Sangakkara slammed 29 off back to back McGrath & Watson overs in 2007 World Cup Final

[@Ethan_hunt_90]

Sri Lanka could have won the final but due to bad light the match was stopped. I remember the incident . ICC could have postponed the match to next reserved day as it was done in 2019 semi final. But due to bad decision from ICC Australian won the final. But this srilankan team was on their prime form . I really loved the legends ....... Love from India 🇮🇳

[@pasinduamantha5824]

yes after rain the pitch is not well and as well as bad light save aussies

[@RohanSingh-mx7rt]

Icc wale or Australia wale did not like srilanka

[@fastfood19thecocojumbo]

​@@pasinduamantha5824even no light in stadium, So bad organization of west indies cricket board,

[@nuthetiudaysaikiran9384]

No way Australians were too good in that era give some credit they didn't lose single game in2003,2007 world cup

[@Bruh-ys3sx]

@@nuthetiudaysaikiran9384but Sri Lanka won many games against Australia especially in 2006 leading to this world cup

[@streamingeagle1]

You can see just how unbelievably talented these two were. And the immense pressure they handled.

[@asankahannadige82]

Look at jayasuriya's courage...💪 always he tried to win this ultimate match...you can see his courage from his face...its was his day..but unfortunately that dead ball finished our dream...!

[@coolgirlsharu]

So sad

[@itsnavikumar1]

it was Gilchirst's day

[@prakashvaishnav5293]

No doubt jayasuriya is a legend. Him and kalu has changed the white ball cricket forever. Bro we all wanted sri lanka to win the cup. But gilchrist was exceptional that day.

[@losttravellermanoj8024]

Not only Gilchrist .. windies cricket board also ruins the final .. they hv a reserve day for final but they continue match in bad lights and bad weather

[@akmalshaheen7848]

Australia ko final min harane ka ap sirf soch sakte ho hara nhi sakte

[@manojkumarnaik3312]

Jayasuriya is the most fearless ,attacking left hand bats man in cricket history.

[@gymtraditional5489]

Don't forget there is a man sehwag.. hitting six on 99

[@sahabuddinahmed6147]

Jayasuriya taught the world how to open in limited over cricket.

[@manojkumarnaik3312]

@@gymtraditional5489 Actually U did not understand my point. 1st thing Sehwag was Right hand batsman. Someone is always appreciated for his or her excellence . Jaysuriya & Kalwit Rana 1st started agressive opening batting in 90's , there after Sachin & Ganguly. After that in 2000's it was Hyden & Gilchrist. They r all match winner. But who show the path is more appreciated.

[@survivalofthefittest5654]

Gayle

[@survivalofthefittest5654]

@@gymtraditional5489 don't compare useless sewag with kayasurya..if sewag hit a hundred minimum he got 3 life

[@legendfc2919]

What a team sri lanka was back than❤

[@AmanPandey-o2t]

Sangakara was avg batsman in 2003-04. He became extraordinary in 2005-06

[@prasadupendra3423]

Sanath & sanga ...srilankan best of left hand batting legends

[@srinivasanranganathan3468]

Jayasuriya is more aggressive player, Sangakara is a classy player with great footwork, strokeplay. Both can tear apart any bowling attack. Srilanka will miss these two players immensely.

[@onlinequranreading3391]

Now a days SL are not like that were from 1996 to 2015 in the presence of chaminda vas murlitharan dilshan jayasuriya sangakkara jayawardene

[@srinivasanranganathan3468]

@@onlinequranreading3391 Every thing will change someday, from good to bad, bad to worse and so on. Nothing is constant in this world!!! Srilankan cricket board must use the talents of its past great players to build and shape great players. Muralitharan, Sangakkara, Vaas, Jayasuriya, Ranatunga, Desilva etc., must train young people so that they become great cricketers one day.

[@onlinequranreading3391]

@@srinivasanranganathan3468Earlier I were against jayasuriya as he hit 239 runs vs Pakistan at faisalabad test in 2004 but now a days I love him a lot and remember again and again his past magnificent inngs and shots

[@NavaneethSagarMusic]

Present sl team is exact opposite of jayasuriya, just not increasing the runs/ runrate and collapse from good position

[@riyasliyakath201]

Hardly missed that World Cup bad luck 😰 even in 2007 sangas cover drive ❤️

[@Bruh-ys3sx]

If Sl won the toss the result would have been different. Even McGrath went for runs before rain

[@s.srinivas3115]

Both are the great legendary cricketer for Entire cricket world and Also for Sri Lanka Jayasuriya sir and Mr Master class Sangakara are my all time favorite forever evergreen cricketer not only these two there more batsman like Jayawardane, Dilshan, Muralidharan, Chaminda Vaas. My words these players is not replaceable the history will remember these big name after long time also love U Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Lots of love from my heart. These cricketer plays according to the situation and go for long run in board

[@ruwangunawardana1612]

Cricket is the religion

[@kalanaperera4321]

If these pair were there for another 10 overs without rain, the history will change for sure

[@ks178]

We were so unlucky 😪

[@Nilkantha-b2i]

In 1996 also,,if mark taylor & ricky ponting stays another 10 overs more history will be different

[@Tharaka_Fdo]

debabrata bagchi Was there any rain🤔?

[@Nilkantha-b2i]

No one stop AUSTRALIA on those days

[@mangeshinde]

Australia was absolutely ruthless in this whole WC. See the target & times of 2007, these two wouldn’t have made any difference whatever they try.

[@rathnayakeprasanna1536]

Everything went Australia's way on that day. Weather was also against us

[@MAHAKAAL_Govinda_Bhakt_NSH]

Why? Umpires also were against Lanka. Bucknor virtually made Lanka to play in dark

[@cricketheads8591]

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[@simanshareek96]

Yes

[@Bruh-ys3sx]

@@MAHAKAAL_Govinda_Bhakt_NSHand Mahela’s out was a not out. Jayasuriya got out almost for a dead ball

[@FahadKhan-gt8gu]

Strong player and very competitive Champion and Legendary Sanath Jayasuriya Appreciation from Pakistan

[@arafathsrilankan6475]

Everything went their way on that day. We were very unfortunate to miss out on that world cup. Sanga was superb to watch as usual. Eagerly waiting for a good bunch of players who can bring back trademark srilankan cricket again to enjoy.

[@irangakumara7428]

The Most Heartbreaking Match Ever 😭

[@ananthwallacewallace8433]

These two gave us hope and would have won it !! Absolute bad luck. it would have been a glorious victory hurts to this day😤

[@sreejithp7322]

Legend Jayasurya🔥🔥🔥

[@Cricketming]

Just love those shots of macgrath from Sanga..

[@shahmianas8512]

Sri Lanka's greatest ever team. We had the almost perfect world cup leading up to the finals. Was a very messy game with the light and conditions in general, but the Aussies deserved to win given how flawless their own tournament was!

[@sugs1191]

Not their greatest team. Did not even have their greatest ODI player Aravinda De Silva. Their greatest captain Arjuna - an underrated player in his own right. Or the criminally underrated Gurusinghe

[@muhammadshazni1514]

Srilankan Innings was affected by bad light but still the officials continued. Also despite it kept raining they didn't stop the game which led to Jayasuriyas wicket.

[@dhananjaya1251]

If Sanath batted till the end, we could have won that! But it was a dead pitch after the rain as Jayasuriya was bowled with a very deadly & low delivery.

[@VintageLankanCricket]

very true!

[@rathnayakeprasanna1536]

And bad light too.it was soo dark out there

[@dumeshchathuranga3870]

Yeah true

[@udaramethmal839]

Yes everything went bad on that day for us... Everything happend for ausies victory on that day... But no one can admire gilchrist for holding a scotch ball inside of his gloves.... But anyway i also beleive that if sana played till the end, that match would be ours easily

[@asankajayasundara6175]

This was our match if fucking Gilly did not cheat with socker in his hand. I hate still Aussies.

[@wokemaster1929]

Watching this doesn't make me sad Makes me angry... we played in the dark without lights, in the rain, the pitch was so damp Sanath was bowled off s dead ball

[@jiteshkumar3774]

Ball kept lownot a dead ball.

[@truthseeker3536]

Cricket at the highest levels is a totally fixed sport like WWE. They pre plan well in advance who is going to win a world cup. F-r-e-e-m-a-s-o-n-s run it.

[@chzain1691]

Two legends on fir love you from Pakistan

[@KingKing-tu8us]

One of my fav batsman Jaysuriya

[@Hawk3rR]

If ICC kept the game on the reserve day, Sri Lanka was definitely winning this world cup, but we all know how they favored Australia and made sure the Aussies won the World Cup.

[@saptarshimukherjee5097]

6:40 that cover drive❤️

[@Bloom-pq8nf]

Worst wc final ever. First Gilchrist cheated with an extra equipment hidden in his gloves then rain and dead pitch but they continued with the match and the latter part sri lankans batted in full darkness.

[@jaydx314]

They always cheated some way or the other

[@chalaka121]

@@jaydx314 delusional

[@bandulaweerakoon1582]

Yes i also agree more

[@ambalavanant]

Tough luck Sri Lanka and well played Australia. Gilchrist completely was the big difference between the two sides just like Ponting was when Australia beat India in 2003 finals

[@mannyk2755]

This match was robed from Sri Lanka. SL had to chase under bad light with rain delay in between. They also had an extra day for any rain interruption, but didn’t want to use it. “Australia win more money for ICC. If Sri Lanka wins not much..”

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

Between the squash ball and the asinine decision to keep playing in the rain, this was just awarded to Australia lol.

[@sunerasandakath9450]

" හොරකිරීම කලාවක් නම් ඕසිලා එහි පිකාසෝවේ " eda hamadema une ape harahatamai 😒

[@deepupappu4003]

Sanath Jayasuriya is a legend he is leader and good player

[@EuwanRochanaruwan]

එදා වැස්ස වැහලා තිබුනෙ නෙත්නම් සනත්ව නවත්තන්න කාටවත් බැ😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@sheronnipun8838]

Shameful worldcup final Both teams played only 74 overs. Played under bad lights in a stadium where they have no lights.

[@ashutoshmishra310]

The entire world cup was fluke,2007 very poorly organised

[@akiladesilva7422]

Imagine what would've happened if a Sri Lankan opener played with a squash-ball in his glove instead of Gilchrist.

[@vratysanu]

Bro sqash ball is not an cricketing instrument..Not designed that way to help the batters..Even George Bailey tried it against England thinking of Gilchrist's century in mind but failed misrebly as it was difficult to grip the bat..It was coach's idea who insisted him to use the ball..He tried it against SA in semis but didn't work..Fortunately it was Gilly's day and Srilanka's bad day otherwise the squash ball thing would have gone another way.

[@akiladesilva7422]

@@vratysanu I'm guessing you're Indian. And I'd love to see if you'd be so diplomatic if the finale was between India and Australia and this situation happened with a squash ball and Aussies won

[@vratysanu]

@@akiladesilva7422 Bro I am not saying that Gilchrist did the right thing..But Australian victory was not due to the squash ball..When Gilchrist got out at that time also he was having squash ball in the gloves but the timing and judgement was not perfect .Even if Sanath Jaysuriya would have squash ball he would have gotten out because there was no contact of the ball with the bat..Australia was a very difficult team to beat in finals in those days..During 1999 pak,2003 India ,2007 Srilanka all opponents were badly thrashed but Srilanka tried to fight back but crumbled badly after loss of Sanath and Sangakkara..

[@nishanthagunathilaka5093]

His cricket career is over then....😂😂😂f king iCC...treatments all for luxurious countries....damn...

[@gowharlone7066]

Anyone here who can tell me about what squash ball is

[@GihanKaz1]

Shameful and worst world cup final ever in the history. We lost the match against bad weather condition and unfair judgments.

[@deepakpal58a38]

Never compare gilchrist , hayden and jaisurya with anyone they are legends of this universe .... nah koi enkey jaisa nah koi hoga ...

[@Pradeep-tm2oc]

Very bad hosting and worst final of cricket history .

[@borr43]

Why?

[@charakarasanga8465]

@@borr43 Please watch the hall Sri Lankan innings.

[@janithadevendra]

සතියක් තිස්සේ අඩපු match එකක්😭😭😭

[@nilupulfernando3279]

Mamanam thawamath ? 😭

[@janakapushpakumara3378]

Oya match eka adadaranai ban apita... Anduru wela thiyeddith nawattuwe na...

[@chathurasandaruwan5500]

Umpires la ge wrong decision eka nisa apita cup eka nawatuna 😢 Wassata nawattala reserve day eke sellam Karanam cup eka api ganna eka nawattanna ba Kari Australians lata umpires la support Kara 😣

[@ayurmouli]

U can see in the eyes of jayasuriya. He really wanted to win. Rain spoilt.

[@Babu8804]

Definitely the most cheating World Cup final in the history of the cricket. It is so unfair that 2007 World Cup They didn’t postponed the Match.

[@easyenglish9306]

Definitely. Its a cheating world cup.

[@nokiawell2244]

True

[@dumeshchathuranga3870]

Mahela kiyna buruwa nisa meka ahimi une pontiya kapati neh u mahelayawa form kala adama gahana oni kiyla mu buruwa ahu una .pandita kama nisai ohma une.

[@rahulkalra2126]

you create world ODI XI of all time and sanga will be in it (all top cricketers will pick him) .. and same story with world test XI for him. Thats how good he was !!!!

[@nirmalniro3930]

Icc fully supported for Australian 😮😮😮 They dt like 👍 lions

[@kavindurandika2140]

Golden era of SL cricket..yrr our childhood 😑

[@pasindusrl]

CWC 2007 Champions - Steve Bucknor, ICC, Squash Ball, Australia Runners Up - Sri Lanka Semi Finalists - South Africa, New Zealand

[@hasithakarunanayake6250]

golden days 🥺🥺❤️

[@nayakajitkumar]

SL at that time had Dilshan / Jayasuriya/ Sangakkara/ atapattu/ Jayawardene/Murali/ Vaas . What a team it was?

[@shanikadiliniopatha2404]

Ey tharanga

[@shanikadiliniopatha2404]

Mavan bankuwe thiyala kapalama demme mahela

[@anilpal5947]

Jaisurya dangerous batsman in the world, they fear less always

[@janakaraweendra9095]

That match made us cry

[@dulanjaperera368]

This is the worst world cup final i have ever seen. Bad organising. Icc should be postponing the match for extra day. Bad pitch bad weather. ICC shame on you.

[@anilanjunawijesinghe7337]

Sure machan....why ?? Shit...

[@nikhilantonyn2480]

Worst cricket world cup ever had

[@indrarajansembalingam8135]

Absolutely

[@nadeemanwarusmani3538]

Yes for sure this was one of the worst world cup tournament in ICC history...

[@losttravellermanoj8024]

I agree 😥 😥 I was very sad that day

[@alikhawar520]

This match had such a sad ending for Sri Lanka.

[@ChallHatt]

This was the strongest Sri Lankan side till date.

[@naththandigedilanthanishad6463]

Such a great man

[@BabaThanos]

1996 WC Final - won 2002 CT Final - co winners 2007 WC Final - lost 2009 T20 WC Final - lost 2011 WC Final - lost 2012 T20 WC Final - lost 2014 T20 WC Final - won

[@SamareDoTelke]

chokers😂

[@peacelover9912]

Srilanka missed by bad luck or bad weather condition.

[@abhijeetrautela6832]

Before 2015 srilanka were different kind of beast

[@advancedhomeophysiohealthc1676]

Jayasurya , Gilchrist and Sehwag were 3 musketeers in his time

[@gazimdnuruddin5422]

Sanath Jayasuriya is my favorite hitter player

[@niroshamalkanthi7145]

If sanath & sanga was there 4 a 6 overs more sure the wc was in hands of sri Lanka.... Sure.... Nice memories.... Thnxs a lot

[@easyenglish9306]

The dark night for 20 millions of srilankan fans. If the weather had been favourable the throphy would have been ours. 😥😥😥

[@janithpriyantha2049]

❤ superb batting lejant Sri Lanka❤

[@anjanaprabhath3559]

The most unfair match ever played in the history of cricket😣

[@alihussnain5759]

I still remember the ball on which Sanath Jayasuriya was bold after rain Look at the courage with which Sanath Jayasuriya and Sangakara played despite huge pressure of such a big total Complete injustice was done with Sri Lanka

[@History010]

My 2 all time favorite cricketers from sri lankan side I had a love and hate relation with them 🙂 best wishes for them from 🇵🇰

[@ahadfazal7177]

both batsman are legends

[@keyboardguys104]

I like both always,love from India

[@sirajbagoos6795]

we miss this world cup

[@slcricketcorner7574]

the day 20 million sri lankans wait for sanath.. Lost it.....lost it very badly..

[@adventuresofpodinilame]

This final is so unfair and aussies cheated ! Still remeber this day 😕

[@gavisiddeshasp7932]

Jaya surya my favorite 👌

[@Lordsecond6969]

Even after getting support from the icc and steve aus struggled against these two batters. If the match continued on another day SL will definitely win

[@AmanPandey-o2t]

1999 Adam Gilchrist was known as australian Jayasuriya. In 2007 jayasuriya was known as asian Gilchrist .

[@humaidahnnooman]

@user-os7kc8dm9v Pls don't compare squash ball cheat with sanath

[@militaryboy7038]

1996 worlcup final 2007 worldcup final 2009 worldcup final 2011 worldcup final 2012 worldcup final 2014 worldcup final Except 1996 and 2014 srilanka havent luck to win other finals,still so sad

[@gopinath3596]

2003 world cup final... rain came and changed the game.. 2007 world cup final... rain came and changed the game....

[@ashishkumar-ic1oo]

Jaiasuriya master of attacking

[@salmansiddique3448]

Legend player Sangakara

[@chamodjayakodi1871]

Did you hear that Conversation between two batsmans❤. They loved Cricket & country. They dedicated for it, but today I don’t feel SL players as players 😢

[@vindyakelum90]

Bad luck we lost an easy win. Well done Sanath and Sanga

[@amanpandey2210]

Gilchrist was known as White Jayasuriya in 1999. 8 years later It was Jayasuriya who was known as Asian Gilchrist. That's achievement

[@humaidahnnooman]

Pls don't compare squash ball cheat with sanath

[@NishChathu1990]

Miss you guys

[@mannyk2755]

This cup was robbed from Sri Lanka. They had an extra day for any rain interruption. But didn’t want to use it, because it would have denied Australia win.

[@subhashdevadiga5633]

Most Powerful Australian team ever, In 1999 World Cup They lost 2 games before winning the Cup. In 2003, Though They won the World cup undefeated throughout but looked atleast shaky in their games against England, Kenya, New Zealand and finally Srilanka in the semis. In 2007, They completely outplayed the oppositions comes on their way on every department of the game

[@Timberwolf1992]

Actually, RSA and NZ were bigger favourites as per analysts in the build up to the 2007 WC. Australia prior to the start of the tournament lost 5 of it's 6 ODIs, including an instance where NZ chased 350 set by the Australians. But RSA proved to be chokers as usual, beaten by bangladesh and almost beaten by SL during round 2 and absolutely demolished by Australia in the SF. NZ too got outplayed by the Australians in Round 2 and the Sri Lankans in the SF.

[@tharindu8076]

Lethel weapon jayasuriya 💥

[@sagnikbhattacharjee3311]

See how frustrated McGrath became. Be fearless and hit him to all parts of the ground.

[@coffecoding]

6:09 Sanga special

[@timyboy86]

Still apart from all of the problems i believe that Jayasuriyas wicket was turning point had he stayed just few more overs the results could jave been different, ehat an impact player he was

[@abc_xyz1803]

Very bad, rain spoiled srilanka chance to win the match and second time win world cup.. If full match played srilanka certainly win the game

[@sanjaychetri9754]

Rain ruined that magic

[@pudubukariyavasam9890]

Jayasuriya is most player

[@flash-uj6ly]

Adam Gilchrist showed how ODIs has to be played and discovered powerplays.

[@exoels]

You misspelled Jayasuriya and Little Kalu

[@teratunes474]

Sana❤️❤️

[@NitinKumar-ln3ow]

Sri Lanka is the luckiest team played 2 continuous WC finals 2007 , 2011. SL is always an average side except 1996 where they thoroughly deserved to win the trophy. They have only 2-3 world class players remaining players are like players of Bangladesh team

[@TheBasedDude]

SL had a good team from 2000-2014

[@NitinKumar-ln3ow]

@@TheBasedDude agreed but there were many good teams . The point is to play the final against mighty Australia in 2007 and mighty India in 2011. SL were never a mighty side post 2003 , there were just better than Bangladesh

[@TheBasedDude]

@@NitinKumar-ln3ow SL was the second best team

[@paulamrana8981]

The solution that made SL the 96 WC champ also had become the problem during 2003 & 2007 WC & i. e. They did not had the same replacement firepower in this line up like they did not have the same lethal ruthless sanath or any replacement then they did not had the likes of young Aravinda , Ranatunga & that were the reasons they could not rip this aussie but during 2011 WC everything was entirely a balanced one.

[@udaramethmal839]

No man.... Ausi exactly knew that it was gonna be a huge challange for them to win against lions in the cricket. That was y so called Gilchrist has cheated to take the victory otherwise they wouldn't have scored that amount of score. Anyway on that day everything went bad for us as we had to play with rain, with dark light as well so it made more easier win for the Cheaters.... I swear that if that day, there wasn't a showering condition in the ground and no any bad light issues, Jayasuriya would blast and chase these cheaters's score easily with a quicker fire shots

[@mannyk2755]

Bro, my uncle was in the stadium for this match. He said they couldn’t see any thing in the late hours. This match should have played next day, where they had an extra day for any rain interruption. Umpires didn’t use the light meter and denied fair play.

[@midnytevega2777]

This final should have been called off for another day. Considering the rainfall...the poor lighting conditions sl had to bat in later down it just wasn't fair to them

[@aneeshmon1137]

Sangakara is classy hitman

[@ishanmaduranga6026]

rain problem Sri Lanka Innis. not rain not stop Jayasuriya😢

[@Sidswamiofficial]

During this world Cup, I lost my father

[@mkrock8614]

World king Aussies team

[@SethmiyaAbeyrathna]

Worst day in cricket history 😢

[@පැරකුම්බා]

Colombo was under attack when this happened on the other side of the planet... lol

[@nilupulfernando3279]

Toss ekka peraduna thinna indala Appe Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 kollonta siduvune Assaadaranaya.💯

[@deepanshutiwari9439]

Who are the commentators?