Laser-guided Lasith is tasked with blowing Scotland away and he bowls a slower, dipping yorker. The way the ball dipped late on was rather like a a remote-controlled plane would drop if the batteries went on the controls. Yorkers are being served up like vol-au-vents at a buffet now. There's plenty of them, and nobody (on the batting side at least) likes them.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"He was going for the big one but he didn't middle it. It almost hit the bottom of the bat. I am not sure he has thought through what Kulasekera was doing. He was bowling a succession of slower balls with almost an off-spinner's field. Coleman's option of trying to clear those legside fielders was not the best one."

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Is that the end of Scotland's chances? In the first over of the powerplay, Freddie Coleman holes out to a juggling Thisara Perara at long-on.

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Martin Jones: Sri Lanka probably have about nine overs left from Prasanna and Dilshan. Berrington has a good track record of clouting spinners (57-ball hundred against Bangladeshi quartet), as does Michael Leask (rapid 40+ scores against England - Tredwell - and Netherlands - Swart, Rippon, Seelaar). If the spinners bowl their quotas, don't count Scotland out.

Will their bowling attack let Sri Lanka down against the big boys in the knockout stages? I reckon they'll be better suited to chasing totals considering the supreme talents of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jaywardene. Richie Berrington keeps Scotland believing in the impossible by striking Prasanna over cow corner for another six. Imagine, just for one moment, Scotland won this. They'll have to do another Mel Gibson movie.

Sri Lanka are missing skipper Angelo Mathews in the field. The strapping all-rounder is injured and that's got to be a worry for the team moving forward. He's one of their best batsman and bowlers. Freddie Coleman keeps Scotland scrapping by latching on to a slower bouncer and pulling it behind square for four.

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Richie Berrington, who can strike the cricket ball very hard, is the new batsman. He gets off the mark with a gorgeous cover drive to the boundary when Prasanna pitches the ball up. He follows it up by lofting a sweep for six. Kumar Sangakkara tilts his head in appreciation. That's better than scoring a six.

Cormac Healy: Trying to sneak a look at the score at work in Durban, South Africa. After a shaky start Scotland have steadied the ship. Certainly not being embarrassed by the might of Sri Lanka

Aaron Earle in Northamptonshire: Scotland and Ireland have impressed me so much while England are without a doubt minnows for ODI's.

I didn't realise we had a big following in northern Italy (see email below). Good to see. The Hobart rain is getting heavier and, after nine runs, come from Thisara Perera's last over Scotland slip to 48 runs behind Sri Lanka on the Duckworth and Lewis method. D/L works well, but is it now flawed? Perhaps it needs to take into account the amount of runs teams now score in the last 15-20 overs.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"He struck that very cleanly. A classical cover drive, but didn't quite get on top of it. It skimmed to Thirimanne at great pace, but he kept his cool to hang on to it and juggle the catch cleanly. A good effort from Mommsen, who showed once again that he can play."

Just when Scotland were setting themselves up for a charge, Preston Mommsen is caught at extra cover to leave the associates four down.

Dave Moore: Keeping up from even more northern Italy, Bozen. Agree with associate teams being in WC, although it helps great modern players smash records of old.

The rain is still falling. Or should we label it drizzle? Peter Kay would say it's the type which soaks you through and has dinner ladies throughout the land heading for the sanctuary of the great indoors. Four singles and a two bring six from the over. But Scotland need boundaries. When will the charge come?

Ian Walker: Mommsen and Coleman have now both scored more against Sri Lanka in this World Cup than any Englishman except Root.

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Brett Geeves
Ex-Australia pace bowler on BBC Test Match Special

"Mommsen and Coleman. It sounds like it should be a clothing company. They're a couple of good looking lads when you see their pictures on the screens. They look like they're really enjoying themselves out there."

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Another chance for the small Scottish following to stand, raise their flags and applaud as Preston Mommsen moves to his fifth ODI half-century with a single. Great effort for the skipper, who is the subject of football-style 'There's only one Preston Mommsen' chants. Just another 217 runs to go.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

"Scotland could've subsided easily here, but they're competing. They've not had the greatest tournament or quite reached the levels of performance they were after."

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There's not much of a crowd inside the Bellerive Oval, so much so that you can hear the odd person in the stands bellowing opinions. Scotland now need to score at more than 10 runs an over to win the game, which seems unlikely... but you never know! Leg-spinner Prasanna is milked for a couple of singles.

Brett Geeves
Ex-Australia pace bowler on BBC Test Match Special

"Freddie Coleman looks like a player who can understand what he can and can't do with his technique. He seems to have a really good understanding of his game and that can really help you."

Brett Geeves
Ex-Australia pace bowler on BBC Test Match Special

"It's just not acceptable. You can't get through a World Cup tournament and switch off like this if you want to be serious contenders. That's a serious error there."