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Best performances - Batsmen

Ahmed Shehzad
Ahmed Shehzad
56(51) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 17 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 0 1 4 11 8 9 22
MD Gunathilaka
45(33) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
8 6 2 5 7 0 3 14

Best performances - Bowlers

SR Patel
SR Patel
O4
M0
R13
W3
Eco3.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
S Colombage
O4
M0
R20
W3
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @afidelf

That's it from us folks. We'll be back with tomorrow's games - Colombo Kings v Dambulla Giants, and Jaffna Kings v Kandy Warriors. Till then, take it easy.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Gladiators captain: "Bowlers did quite a good job, and we showed our batting depth in the end. The start was really good for Kandy, but Samit and Noor handled the middle overs really well. We've been finishing games in the last over even in the last season."

Angelo Perera, Warriors captain: "We took a chance in that last over. The spinners had been doing very well in the game, so we thought we'd try to get two wickets with the left-arm spinner rather than give away six singles with the fast bowler."

Dhananjaya Lakshan is Player of the Match for his 2 for 18, and 10 not out off 4 at the end there. "We lost the last game, so I was trying to do my best for the team. I actually tried to get singles early in my innings, but the ball luckily went into gaps."

The first tight-ish game of this tournament so far, and it was Madushanka's boundaries off the spinners that really sealed it, after Warriors' spinners had brought them roaring back into the game. It didn't really seem like 143 would be enough when Gladiators' top order was batting, but Sachindu Colombage, Charith Asalanka, and to a lesser extent Kamindu Mendis, delivered excellent spells to slow the scoring and create chances.

Would it have made a difference if Warriors had held their catches? You'd think it would have been closer. A couple of absolute sitters were put down in the deep.

This, by the way, is Gladiators' second victory of the tournament. They've played three days in a row, but get a rest tomorrow. Warriors are yet to get off the mark on the points table.

19.2
4
Perera to Madushanka, FOUR, finishes with a big heave down the ground. This is fired in wide of off stump, and Madushanka clears the front leg and bashes this through long on for four.
19.1
6
Perera to Madushanka, SIX, that's it. That's the game. Madushanka gets low and slog sweeps that floated up delivery on the stumps, way over deep square leg for six. Perera's gamble hasn't worked.

Seven needed from the last six balls. Angelo Perera is bringing himself on. He hasn't bowled so far, but he doesn't want to give it to the seamers, who have gone for runs.

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | GG: 137/6 (7 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.21, RRR: 7.00)

  • Lahiru Madushanka12 (11b)
  • Dhananjaya Lakshan10 (4b)
  • Kamindu Mendis4-0-24-1
  • Rovman Powell1-0-12-1
18.6
1lb
Mendis to Madushanka, 1 leg bye, fired in on the legs. It hits the pad and dribbles away square on the legside and they scamper
18.5
1
Mendis to D Lakshan, 1 run, almost carries to deep square leg. This is swept hard and in the air. Jayaratne, the fielder there, runs in and puts in a big dive, but it bounces just short. Just the single
18.4
1
Mendis to Madushanka, 1 run, fired in on the stumps, turned to midwicket. They think about two as Mendis himself chases after it, but decide agaisnt
18.3
6
Mendis to Madushanka, SIX, is that the shot that puts Gladiators ahead? This is too wide from Mendis - an left-arm spinner pitched well wide of off stump, allowing Madushanka to free his arms, clear the front foot, and launch it back over the bowler's head for six

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Galle 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st62MD GunathilakaBKG Mendis
2nd21Mohammad HafeezMD Gunathilaka
3rd5Mohammad HafeezBR Dunk
4th0Mohammad HafeezPBB Rajapaksa
5th23SR PatelPBB Rajapaksa
6th7PBB RajapaksaLD Madushanka
7th29LD MadushankaD Lakshan