Cranking up the pace here, full and straight, he swings his bat, beaten by the pace and the ball crashed onto the stumps. It's all over for Gladiators. Colombo Stars register a resounding win!
Stars vs Galle, 13th Match at Colombo, LPL, Dec 12 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Colombo Stars register an emphatic win and move to the fourth spot in the points table. Angelo Mathews called the shots brilliantly and led from the front by setting the platform with his quickfire 73 while Chandimal's onslaught helped Stars put up a competitive 162-run total on the board.
Gladiators started off their chase well in the powerplay but the untimely wicket of Gunathilaka opened the floodgates. Thereon, Hafeez and Kusal Mendis did some rebuilding work and stiched a fifty stand but as the asking rate kept creeping up, wickets started to fall at regular intervals. Afghanistan's adroit pacer Naveen-ul-Haq bowled accurately at the death and nailed his yorkers, change-up deliveries, and hurled sharp bumpers to ruffle the batters.
Seekkuge Prasanna was brilliant with his delicious leg-spin and only conceded 23 runs in his spell. On the other hand, Mohammad Amir showed his bag of tricks tonight, got the ball swinging and bowled an economical spell but Isuru Udana and Noor Ahmad went for plenty for Gladiators in the rain-truncated affair.
Dinesh Chandimal is adjudicated player of the match for his blistering knock
That's it from tonight's coverage of the LPL doubleheader. We look forward to your company tomorrow when Dambulla Giants and Jaffna Kings lock horns. For now, it's goodbye from Rvel Zahid.
Snorter of a bouncer, swinging away outside off stump, he goes for the full-blooded pull but the ball whizzes past the groping outside edge
Good length, a hint of inward seam movement towards off stump, he hangs back and clatters it towards cover-point inside the ring
Swipes it down the ground and rushes to the other end
Naveen takes his 100th wicket in T20 cricket. He fires it into the stumps, Ahmad makes room and thwacks an upper cut and finds the fielder at deep cover point
Length ball, slanting away outside off, he makes room and presses it into the covers
This time he connects well but Naveen does a superb job in the field, plucks it out of thin air at deep midwicket region. He caught, kept his balance then flicked the ball back in the air as he stepped over the rope before reestablishing himself back inside the rope to complete the catch
Hits it high into the night sky, Rampaul runs backward but the ball kept swirling away and lands safely
Swing and a miss! Slower one, zagged away sharply and past the edge
Dug in short, fierce bounce off the pitch, he goes back and heaves it over mid-on, gets the elevation but not the distance
Cleverly bowled! Shorter length, wide of off stump where the Lakshan was moving and he fails to scoop it over the keeper's head
Slow ball yorker, he squirts it away to the off side
Fraction short and sliding down middle and leg, bunts it down the ground, long-on cuts it off
Drags his length back, on middle and leg, tucks it off the backfoot towards short midwicket. Chameera is putting up an impressive show at this crucial juncture of the match
Hurls down a scorching delivery on a shorter length, angled into body, he goes for the big shot and it is not timed well, Prasanna gobbles it while running in from long-on as Gladiators abysmal batting continues
Length ball, angled across off, leans forward and squirts it to backward point
Miscues a skier, they are just going after every delivery now! Tried to muscle this rising delivery over square leg, dodgy call for the second run and the batter is well out of the picture as keeper quickly removes the bails and Udana has to go back in the hut
Short, skiddy and wide of off, slinks back and plays an upper-cut, fielder runs across and keeps it inside the boundary rope
Hits the deck hard, angled into the body as he fails to scoop it over fine leg and Priyanjan at backward square leg charged in from the boundary to take a superb running catch. He tracked the ball from the bat, through the air, towards him and then into his hand. Brilliant catch as Gladiators chase gets derailed
Boundary to break the shackles as Mendis pummels this towards cow corner and latches onto the loose delivery
Over 17 • GG 121/10