Galle vs Sixers, 16th Match at Colombo, LPL, Jul 14 2024 - Match Result

pressure, what pressure, asks Alex Hales? He seals the deal with a no-look six! In the slot on leg stump. Hales backs away, swings through the line and clubs it a mile over long on. Does not even look up, and holds the pose for all those watching. Click, click, click...and the Marvels are now on the verge of a top-two finish!

full and wide outside off. Would have been outside the tramlines had Arachchige left it. He gets bat on it and dabs it towards short third. Scores level!

zipped in full on middle and leg. Hales tucks it off his pads towards deep mid wicket and is content with a single

boundary off the first ball! Hales douses the pressure at the first time of asking! Slower one but this lands on a shortish length outside off. Hales uses the width and scythes it past backward point!

Nabi has been run out! A superb throw from Hales, and the Sixers fold for just six in the Super Over! Shortish outside off. Nabi sits deep in his crease and slaps it towards long off. Nabi is hell-bent on retaining strike but that always seemed fraught with danger. Tried to come back but Halers' laser-sharp throw catches him short at the batter's end!

more drama in Colombo! This is short and wide outside off. Nabi has an enormous swish at it and seems to miss it. Given a wide initially but Theekshana has asked his umpire to review this for a caught-behind. Theekshana, it must be noted, was not happy with the wide call and perhaps asked to review because he wanted the wide to be overturned, but that cannot happen. No nick, and Nabi stays, as does the wide!

angled in on a back of a length outside off from around the wicket. Wickramasinghe rocks back and punches it past extra cover for a single

Hendricks cannot clear the deep mid wicket fence! This is a full toss on the stumps and Hendricks, nine times out of ten, would have plundered this into oblivion. On this occasion, he gets it off the bottom half of the bat and deep mid wicket, running in, takes the catch. The Sixers are flagging!

very full just outside off. Nabi cannot get under it and squeezes it out towards long on

comes closer to the stumps but holds his length back, asking Nabi to fetch it. He swings his bat like an axe but can only connect with fresh air

similarly wide outside off. Beyond the tramlines and called a wide again. Almost an action replay

starts off with a wide! Short and too far outside off. Left alone by Nabi and some early exercise in the Super Over for the umpire

and we have a Super Over! Chaos and carnage in Colombo! Zipped in very full outside off. Nabi digs it out towards cover point and sets off for the single. He is always struggling to get there. Theekshana holds his nerve, gets back to the stumps and then gathers to take off the bails, with Nabi not even in the frame! And we go on....

edged and four! Scores are level! Width outside off and Nabi's eyes light up. He throws the plumbing at it and the ball flies off the outside edge past short third!

just over cover! Full toss wide outside off. Hemantha swings like a rusty gate and slices it terribly. Fortunately for him and the Sixers, he gets it over the fielder

goes a mile up, and taken at long off! Galle believe! Dangles the carrot outside off and Hendricks bites. Tries to go up and over long off but the bat turns upon contact. Does not get the timing he desires and Pretorius completes a regulation catch on the fence. Oh my, what a moment in the game!

slower and shorter outside off, asking Hendricks to fetch it. He is into his swipe way too early and only connects with fresh air

zipped in full on leg stump. Hendricks creates room for himself and chips it over the bowler's head for a couple of runs

full just outside off. Hendricks cannot get under it and clinks it on the bounce to long on

full toss on middle and leg. Nabi bends his back knee and shovels it towards deep backward square leg. Just a single, though

full outside off. Nabi pushes it towards Udana, who flings out his left mitt and stops it one-handed. Vital dot ball

very full just outside off. Nabi rolls it towards the edge of the circle in the wide mid on region and both batters tear back to complete the second

into the blockhole outside off. Hendricks opens his bat face and guides it towards deep point

right out of the screws! Slower ball that sits up to be hit on middle and off. Hendricks lines it up and clobbers it a mile over deep mid wicket!

short and wide outside off. Nabi reaches out for it and slaps it enough to deep cover point's right to bag a brace

shorter, angling across the batter outside off. Nabi has a swish at it but only connects with fresh air

Marvels, move over, the Dambulla avenger is here! Slower ball, lands right in the slot outside off. Nabi brings his levers into play and launches it over long on!

off-pace on a full length on off. Hendricks tugs it on the bounce to long on

off-pace on a length just outside off. Hendricks looks to smash it into the ocean and misses the ball by quite a mile

back of a length on the stumps. Hendricks nudges it right between long on and deep mid wicket, and canters back for two

Nabi makes the last ball count! Darted into the slot on off stump and that is just what Nabi is after. Gets his front foot out of the way and boshes it over the bowler's head!

back of a length outside off. Hendricks gets onto the back foot and knocks it to long off