Aura vs Kandy, 6th Match at Kandy, LPL, Aug 04 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

There you go! Another short delivery on off, he rocks back and biffs a pull to backward square boundary and powers them to a resounding victory with 8 balls to spare, Mathews punches the air in ecstasy, it was a very fluent knock

Dishes out a wide away from the guideline on leg stump, so just one away from a convincing win

On a length and gets a hint of wobble outside off, makes room and guides it to sweeper for a run

Round the wicket, a touch short and slanting across off, he clears his front leg and hauls it away over midwicket for a six! That was absolutely leathered!

Another marvelous pin-point yorker on middle, he jams his bat down and digs it out to the bowler

Prodded down past mid-off and gallops across to the other end

Nails a perfect yorker and somehow he manages to dig it out to point and then pinches a run, he rockets a throw at non-striker's end and it's not quite spot on

Length and swirling away outside off away from the tramline

Goes full and gets a hint of away seam movement, inside edge onto the pad, ricochets to the on side as they hurtle for a run

Nails a good yorker and he shuffles across a touch and then knocks it down to long on for a run

Slower one on a length just outside off, spanked across the line to square of midwicket

Smites powerfully to bisect fielder at off and away she whistles to the boundary. Asif Ali is trying to make sure there are no hiccups in this straightforward chase

Fuller and angling across off, plants his backleg deep in his crease and then generates a lot of power while driving it away into the covers

Well-disguised slower on a length outside off, goes past whizzing the edge but they sneak a bye

Dug in short on off, stays back, waits patiently and then carts it aerially to deep square boundary, one bounce over the rope. Pace off the ball but he judged it well and went a step back in his crease to open the leg side. Quality shot

Just short of a length on off, rocks back and blasts a pull to deep midwicket

Short of a length slammed into the pitch and follows the batter who was stepping away to the leg side, opens the face and steers it away past point

Good length hoping in and he slaps it back to Kerr who takes a blinder in his follow-through! He is pumped up, clearly the standout bowler for Dambulla today. Mendis departs for 18. A couple of wickets could make this an interesting contest but with no asking rate pressure, it's Kandy's game to lose

On a length and meandering away outside off, takes the pace off the ball, gets an inside edge and the ball dies down quickly close to the stumps

Good length slants across off, clonked down to long off and canters across to the other end, they are making it look very easy