A let-off for Freddie Coleman as he lofts the ball through the off side and towards the man on the boundary, but the simple catch is grassed by Kusal Perera. Chameera, who is touching speeds of 90mph, can't believe it. He should have had his third career ODI wicket there.

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Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews has seen enough, recalling Lasith Malinga to the attack. A drummer in the crowd pounds away as the great fast bowler steams in, but the drum roll is not yet matched by one of those iconic stump-splattering yorkers. Another three runs are knocked from the target.

Evan Byrne: Keeping up with the score from Piemonte, northern Italy - I see that Scotland have now avoided losing to Sri Lanka by as much as the Windies did to SA. Can we please put to bed the idea that associates have no place in the World Cup...?

If you're just joining us, let me tell you about Kumar. The Sri Lankan legend has only gone and hit a world record fourth successive ODI century in this match. You can read all about it here. It'll be a sad day when the 37-year-old retires. What a player.

Scotland look comfortable against young seamer Chameera. Bounding in and getting close to the stumps, he over-pitches and is driven through the covers for four by Preston Mommsen.

Scotland 126-3 (after 25 overs)

Batsmen: Coleman 50*, Mommsen 42*.

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Coetzer 0), 26-2 (MacLeod 11), 44-3 (Machan 19)

Bowling figures: Malinga 4-0-15-1, Kulasekara 5-0-16-1, T Perera 5-0-27-0, Dilshan 5-0-15-1, Prasanna 4-0-28-0, Chameera 2-0-24-0.

Sri Lanka 363-9 (50 overs): Sangakkara 124, Dilshan 104, Davey 3-63.

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Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara is standing behind the stumps without a cap on. Unusual for a keeper that. The match seems to be coasting at the moment, Scotland looking fairly comfortable without truly looking like they will threaten their target. Freddie Coleman looks good though, moving to his maiden ODI half-century with a lovely clip for four and then a sharp single into the off side. Coming off 44 balls, it's a really good knock.

"Hi Freddie, it's James here. I'm an England selector..."

Just stepping aside from this match for a minute, news reaches us that Ireland cricket authorities are considering legal action over a newspaper's "vicious personal attack" on player John Mooney.

Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Brendan Taylor has offered an apology to Mooney whose crucial catch helped send the African nation out of the World Cup. The Zimbabwe Herald questioned Mooney's honesty after he claimed the catch near the boundary to dismiss Sean Williams. Ireland have reported journalist Robson Sharuko's remarks to the ICC. Full story here.

Scotland advance their score by another 12 runs - both Coleman and Mommsen striking a boundary each.

Preston Mommsen is one of those blokes who can grow a beard during the course of an innings. He can be clean shaven at the start of play and have a fully grown effort by the time the end comes. That must get annoying. He's batting very well at the moment, staying on the back foot and helping himself to a couple of singles off Perera. Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera to be precise.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"They're playing orthodox shots at the moment, nothing extravagant. They're both capable players, maybe not to top international standards, but they can play. They've shown us that so far in the way they've built this partnership so far."

The 23-year-old paceman Dushmantha Chameera, playing in only his second ODI, appears to measure out his bowling mark in unusual fashion - by going through his run-up and then deciding where to begin running in from. That's more village cricket than World Cup cricket. Scotland decide to attack the tall, rangy medium pacer and Freddie Coleman helps himself to three boundaries. The 50 partnership is up now. Good work.

Stephen Sadler: Scotland looking to hit three figures in order to silence the chants of "are you England in disguise"

Scotland are 52 runs behind on the Duckworth and Lewis method at the minute. Thisara Perera is back into the bowling attack and he is knocked into the gaps for ones and twos.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It's good placement from Coleman with the off side field up. There's no turn for the spinner there, so you can trust that you can hit through the line with confidence."

So, Sri Lanka are up to that magical 20-over mark which means they will win the game on the Duckworth and Lewis method if the rain arrives. Freddie Coleman is beginning to look good out there, whacking Dilshan over extra cover for four.

Prasanna doesn't hang around much either, but Preston Mommsen shows a bit of counter-attacking play by skipping down the track and lofting a drive over mid wicket for four.

More sprinting between deliveries from Dilshan, but team-mate Sangakkara holds up his progress by taking off the bails mid-over with an attempted stumping. Despite the interruption that over took him around 83 seconds to complete.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

"It's like the old days of trying to improve your County Championship over rate here."

The rain is beginning to fall, and Sri Lanka know they need to complete 20 overs before they can win the game on Duckworth-Lewis. Hence them running around quickly to try and race to that magical mark. Scotland try to slow them down, but they need to hit boundaries to do that properly. Drinks.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Sri Lanka just want to get this done and it's a good discipline to have."

Here's one for you... who's the greatest Sri Lankan cricketer ever? Sanga? Jayawardene? Muralitharan? Jayasuriya? I was fond of Aravinda de Silva.

Dilshan might also think he should be on that list and he races through another rapid over, conceding three singles.