Stars vs Gladiators, 13th Match at Colombo, LPL, Dec 12 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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!

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