Jaffna vs Kandy, 11th Match at Dambulla, LPL, Jul 09 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

six to finish. A fitting way to complete the highest ever successful chase at the LPL. They've run down 225 with 10 balls to spare. This is a bouncer on the chest, and Kamindu stays back and bangs this nonchalantly over deep square leg

low full toss o the stumps, Kamindu keeps legside of it and flays it through cover for four, all along the ground. Falcons are charging home here.

Mathews takes aim now. This is tossed up on the stumps and Mathews mows that hiiiigh over deep midwicket for six. Wanindu Hasaranga, Falcons captain, is ecstatic in the dugout.

down the track again and hits it on the bounce to long off this time

down the track again, turns it into a full toss, and he slams this downt the ground for six, giving the long off fielder no chance. That's his fifty off 33 balls, after he'd been at about a run about off his first 19 deliveries.

down the pitch again, to make it a low full toss. Tries to carve it over cover, but mis-hits it. Still gets a couple as the fielder reels it in just outside the ring

tossed up wide of off, pushed to cover after coming down the track

floated up, full toss, on the pads, drilled down to deep midwicket for just the single

length ball, down leg. Called a wide, but maybe Kamindu got a touch on it with pad. They burn a review just to reverse the wide call. It's a dot ball now because it flicked pad.

backs away and crashes this length ball on the stumps over extra cover for a one-bounce four. Had a slowish start to the innings, but Kamindu is all over it now

full delivery, very wide of off, throws his bat at it and gets a single to deep point

fuller ball, outside off, looking for that yorker, but Mathews is deeep in that crease, and waiting to get under the ball. He mauls it over wide long and clears the rope easily

slower length ball, just wide of off. Mathews tries to drag to deep midwicket but just inside edges it back into his pads

full, almost a yorker, jammed out towards cover and the deep fielder running in misfields and allows a second run

slows this one down outside off and rips it. Kamindu goes for another massive slog sweep and misses

launched! Falcons are rampant here. This is another flatter ball on the stumps, but Kamindu gets low and slog sweeps this hiiiigh into the banks beyond deep midwicket.

flatter, sliding through outside off, swept hard through square leg

down the track and drills it to long on, just the one that time

full, on the stumps, driven very straight past the bowler and they scamper a couple, Kamindu diving into his crease to complete the two

tossed up, slider on the pads, Mathews gets low and sweeps this aerially over backward square leg and gets another boundary. Chandimal is out, but Falcons march on.