Gladiators vs Stallions, 2nd Match at Hambantota, LPL, Nov 27 2020 - Ball by Ball Commentary

good length on off, goes back and across to flick through square leg for the winning run. Jaffna Stallions win by 8 wickets with three balls to spare courtesy of an unbeaten century stand between Avishka Fernando and Shoaib Malik.

floated full on middle, punched back awkwardly to the bowler.

full on the stumps, dug out back to the bowler.

bouncer over middle at 134 kph, left alone. Malik with a gentlemanly move to give Avishka the chance to clip the winning run at the start of the next over with scores level.

full outside off, driven to the sweeper.

attempted slower ball lands too full on sixth stump, Avishka not fooled by this 111 kph delivery and keeps the hands back before tonking a drive down on one knee high over mid-off for six.

wide yorker on fifth stump at 132 kph, expertly guided out by Malik just wide of short third man. Diving stop but can't prevent the run. Did well to save four though.

full and wide, carved again to deep third man.

short and wide, taps a cut to deep third man. 100 partnership comes up off 66 balls between Avishka Fernando and Shoaib Malik. Fernando has 66 of the runs in this stretch.

full toss at thigh height on the stumps at 136 kph, flicked to deep midwicket.

full and wide, driven through the covers, beats extra cover in the ring and the sweeper on the rope. Wonderful placement.

low full toss at shin height on middle, prodded awkwardly into the covers.

full and wide, driven out to the cover sweeper.

attempted wide yorker, stabbed out to deep point.

thigh high full toss from Shiraz at 127 kph prodded back tentatively to the bowler. Avishka is looking to square leg wanting a no ball called on height. His bench is looking out to the middle wanting to know why Avishka didn't send that ball 50 yards over the square leg umpire.

Malik charges Dananjaya but doesn't quite connect cleanly with a heave for deep midwicket, cut off by Walton running across from long-on before it gets to the rope but they come back for an easy two.

full on the legs, tapped through midwicket.

full on off and heaved flat to Walton at long-on.

dropped by Walton diving forward at long-on! Sums up the day really.... Floated full on off, Avishka went down to a knee to hammer this straight, it screams flat toward Walton who charges forward and dives. He claims the ball brilliantly... but it squirts out when his elbows slam into the turf on the landing from the dive.

flighted on a full length on fifth stump, Avishka reaches a long way forward to slog sweep this high and deep over midwicket, lands 10 yards over the rope.

full on the stumps, flicked by Malik through midwicket.