- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.2 He's holed out second ball to long-off and that's the ideal start for the Gladiators. Flighted on the stumps, Kennar Lewis' eyes lit up and he hit it well but could not clear the man on the fence. Easy catch and Lewis falls for a duck. Samit Patel strikes second ball. 0/117.4 Shehzad is beaten all ends up, losing his wicket as Dunk whips off the bails. 118/63.1 and he strikes first ball. Asalanka wants to take down the younger bowler, charges a length ball on the stumps, right off the toe-end of the bat as he lofts and not an easy catch - but made to look easy by Madushanka at mid-on. A big wicket for Lakshan 16/212.3 horrible shot to attempt at this stage and straight up where the keeper runs forward to take a simple catch. Mendis is totally done in by the slower delivery into the pitch, he sits down and then attempts a ramp, but the ball never arrives, when it does, it takes the toe and lobs up in the air 99/316.1 Patel tosses the ball up, luring Perera into charging down the track and lofting the ball straight to the fielder at long-on! The pressure finally tells as Perera was looking to force things. 113/416.6 The pressure tells again! Powell skies a length ball towards long off, with Patel sending in another tempting ball. Gunathilaka makes no mistake with the catch. 115/5Extras10 (b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL143/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.15)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Kennar Lewis, 0.2 ov), 2-16 (Charith Asalanka, 3.1 ov), 3-99 (Kamindu Mendis, 12.3 ov), 4-113 (Angelo Perera, 16.1 ov), 5-115 (Rovman Powell, 16.6 ov), 6-118 (Ahmed Shehzad, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SR Patel 4 0 13 3 3.25 14 1 0 0 0 N Thushara 3 0 38 0 12.66 5 6 1 1 0 Mohammad Hafeez 4 0 32 0 8 9 4 1 0 0 D Lakshan 2 0 11 2 5.5 5 1 0 0 0 Noor Ahmad 4 0 22 1 5.5 12 1 0 3 0 S Lakshan 3 0 24 0 8 5 3 0 0 1
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.3 that's a big shout and given! The sweep has let Kusal Mendis down. He reviews straightaway though.. This is a left-arm spinner, fired in. Mendis just misses with the sweep, and is hit on about middle and off on the front leg, as the ball straightens. His only hope is if it's sliding down leg. Ball tracker shows it crashing into middle and leg. Kamindu Mendis gets the breakthrough. 62/111.4 taken! One the second attempt. This is dragged down a tiny bit, and Gunathilaka goes back to play a hard, flat pull. He hits it straight to Angelo Perera at short midwicket though. The fiellder grasps at it first time, but the bounce is kind - it goes straight up. Perera is on his backside but the ball comes straight down to him and he completes a good catch. That had been struck very hard. 83/213.3 it's the bad Colombage deliveries that are getting him wickets. This is dragged down again, and Hafeez rocks back - could have hit it either side of the deep midwicket fielder, but he picks the man out. Warriors aren't done here yet. Their spinners are bringing them roaring back. 88/412.5 slow through the air, and Asalanka beats Dunk with the slider! Are Warriors coming back into this game? The batter was a little unsure whether to come forward or back to this delivery, which was angled in from around the wicket, pitched just outside off and seemed to be headed to middle and leg. The batter tries to clip it to midwicket and misses. That's pretty plumb. 88/317.4 huuuuge wicket here. Warriors are refusing to die. And as this is Rajapaksa who is now out, they may have even inched ahead for the first time in this chase. This is a slower ball, length on off stump. Rajapakse tries to launch this over cow corner, but misses, and the ball clatters into off stump. 118/615.5 This is another super legbreak, floated up outside off, breaking sharply. Patel tries to hit through cover, but because it's turned so much, it comes off the outside half of the bat, and Angelo Perera takes another excellent catch at short cover, leaping to his left to pocket that at about head height. 111/5Extras12 (b 4, lb 5, w 3)TOTAL147/6 (19.2 Overs, RR: 7.6)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Kusal Mendis, 7.3 ov), 2-83 (Danushka Gunathilaka, 11.4 ov), 3-88 (Ben Dunk, 12.5 ov), 4-88 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.3 ov), 5-111 (Samit Patel, 15.5 ov), 6-118 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TN Sampath 4 0 18 0 4.5 11 1 0 0 0 Al-Amin Hossain 1 0 13 0 13 2 3 0 0 0 KIC Asalanka 4 0 19 1 4.75 8 1 0 0 0 CBRLS Kumara 1 0 22 0 22 0 2 2 0 0 PHKD Mendis 4 0 24 1 6 9 0 1 1 0 S Colombage 4 0 20 3 5 16 2 1 0 0 R Powell 1 0 12 1 12 1 2 0 0 0 AK Perera 0.2 0 10 0 30 0 1 1 0 0
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- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 6.1: Review by Galle Gladiators (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - PHKD Mendis (Struck down)
- Kandy Warriors: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Warriors - 64/2 in 8.0 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 37, PHKD Mendis 15)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (Ahmed Shehzad 30, PHKD Mendis 16, Ex 4)
- Ahmed Shehzad: 50 off 36 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Kandy Warriors: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (77 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Warriors - 113/3 in 16.0 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 55, AK Perera 10)
- Innings Break: Kandy Warriors - 143/6 in 20.0 overs (TN Sampath 19, HIA Jayaratne 9)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 0 wicket)
- Galle Gladiators: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (BKG Mendis 13, MD Gunathilaka 33, Ex 4)
- Over 7.3: Review by Galle Gladiators (Batting), Umpire - JWHD Boteju, Batter - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Galle Gladiators - 73/1 in 9.0 overs (MD Gunathilaka 42, Mohammad Hafeez 8)
- Galle Gladiators: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 11
- Strategic Timeout: Galle Gladiators - 111/5 in 15.5 overs (PBB Rajapaksa 19)
- Over 16.6: Review by Kandy Warriors (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - LD Madushanka (Struck down)
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