Jaffna vs Colombo, 1st Match at Colombo, LPL, Jul 30 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Another cover drive beaten, makes a mess of the stumps. Slower ball was very full on leg, Pathirana backed away and tried to open up the off side with a drive. It was too full and beat the shot

Pathirana goes across well outside off, then slid back to make room to expose his stumps. Got a full ball outside off that beat him on the cover drive

Bounce is high and beats the pull. Pathirana was making room and swung across on one leg. Missed it

Top edge off the pull lands safely in front of deep third. Bumper at the body, Sandakan was hurried on it

Waits deep in the crease while standing outside leg. Gets a full ball at the stumps, absolutely nails the cover drive but finds the fielder

Goes for the pull this time and misses. Bouncer following him again, he tried to go over midwicket this time

Flat-batted over mid-off to bring up 150. Hard-length ball following the batter as he made room, he heaved across and cracked it with great timing again.

Cutter on a length, Pathirana backed away and tried to steer it fine. Misses

Pathirana, No. 11, thumps it through cover with the might and timing of a top-order bat. Fullish ball just outside off, he waited and crunched it off the front foot. Vijolen has hands on head

Bouncer down leg, Mendis tried to pull it fine. It went to the keeper and there was a caught-behind appeal. Vijolen and the keeper were convinced and they send it upstairs. The slow-mo replays show the ball to be near the gloves as he tried to pull it. Ultra-Edge confirms it was glove, so Mendis has to walk back.

Darted on a back of a length, dinked into the ground. Goes towards deep midwicket. Hridoy sent in a flat throw from which the bowler backed away. Perera, standing at midwicket, couldn't get down in time to back up. So, they take an extra run

Pulls the shortish ball through midwicket. Stopped in the deep

Fullish ball is quick this time, worked i front for a quick single

Full and slow again, Mendis cleared the front leg and swiped across. A bit of Carlos Brathwaite in that shot as the ball sailed flat over long-off

Given air and overpitched outside off, Mendis lines him up and smashes it down the ground. A blazing drill-down shot took it to the left of long-on, who got across but couldn't parry it in

Blocked in front

Dances down, heaves and misses. Stumped with ease by Madushka Fernando. Naseem's dance down the ground was premeditated. Viyaskanth pulled his length back, landed it down leg and applied a lot of revs on it. It snaked away from Naseem's bat swing - aiming to take it over long-on - and went towards the keeper's right shoulder.

Length ball spins away to outside off and beats the cut

Length just outside off, patted towards cover

Direct hit at the striker's end. Sent upstairs but the sliding bat is not even close to the crease. The ball was going towards Wellalage, he made the move to reach it early and shot a throw with the left arm. Flat, hard direct hit sent Mendis back. It was a length ball to which Mendis went deep in the crease and cut

Tucks this one towards long leg for a quickly run two

Googly turns big and stays low but it shot down leg, beat the bat and the keeper on its way to the deep-fine-leg boundary. Length ball pitched outside off and spun back in well down leg. The batter was making room and tried to cut it but got done by the spin and the lack of bounce