Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Kings, Lanka Premier League 2021, 19th Match

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Perera: I think we had so many changes today, that was the issue. This is a wake up call for us. We have to consider to check the bench strength and we'll come back strong next game. We are here to focus one match a day.

Rajapaksa - the winning captain and the player of the match: It was good toss to win but the wicket was not good to bat on. We were targeting over 130 but we couldn't. The team has been real confident and thanks the owners that we go for the kill. Beating Kings twice in a row and we'll take them on play-offs.

Well, I do not have words to explain this run chase. 129 was very doable but Kings had their way to lose this one. Except Gurbaz none of the batters looked dominate the bowlers but allowed the opposition to dictate terms.

On a turning wicket you need to keep farming strike which wasn't the case. By the time Malik started to show some promise the run-rate had already rocketed over 8.5. And to add to their dismay, their running between the wicket was speechless, no calling, blind running which eventually bought their downfall. On the other hand, spinners kept a strangle hold on the batter and kept chipping away with wickets. Noor, Hafeez and Samit were fantastic. Taranga's wicket column may not read any numbers but kept them in check with wrong ones and sliders. The catching and fielding were top notch too.

18.3

Mohammad Amir to Lakmal, OUT, Noor Ahmed takes a blinder to wrap up the game. Slower ball on off. Lakmal swings to heaven and Noor at deep mid-wicket slid across and takes a good catch

RAS Lakmal c Noor Ahmad b Mohammad Amir 5 (3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66

Suyog: "Inspite of 3 wickets in an over, this is still doable, go JK" - eh?

18.2

Mohammad Amir to Lakmal, FOUR, back of a length on off, heaved down the ground and beats long-off

18.1

Mohammad Amir to Jayawickrama, 1 run, slower ball, pushed to on side

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 3 Wkts | JK: 104/9 (26 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.77, RRR: 13.00)

Praveen Jayawickrama1 (1b)
Suranga Lakmal1 (1b)

Pulina Tharanga4-0-22-0
Mohammad Amir2-0-20-0

17.6

Tharanga to Jayawickrama, 1 run, nudged to on side for a single

17.5

Tharanga to Viyaskanth, OUT, what's happening here? This looks as bad as school cricket. Googly to begin with, thuds on the pad and looks for a single and realizes there's never a run there but lazily plonks his bat back in. Meanwhile Mendis does what he had done all day long, another underarm aim and he's short

V Viyaskanth run out 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

17.4

Tharanga to Lakmal, 1 run, OUT, what blunder from Bandara there. Lakmal digs one down the ground, there was never a two there. Bandara blindly turns for the second run, Lakmal sends him back. Udana rockets to the keepers end and Mendis has to collect the ball way down the leg and had to underarm at the stump. Despite of the desperate dive, Bandara is way short

KNA Bandara run out 18 (9b 0x4 2x6) SR: 200.00

17.3

Tharanga to Bandara, 1 run, length on off, slogged to on side

17.2

Tharanga to Bandara, SIX, down the track and goes big. Doesn't get the requisite distance but enough to keep the long-off in check. Man out there could've done a whole lot better

17.1

Tharanga to Wahab Riaz, OUT, he's gone! Fuller on off stump, gets a thick inside edge and Bandara calls for a suicidal run. Tharanga picks up the ball and cracks at the bowlers end. Wahab probably 4 yard short there

Wahab Riaz run out 7 (7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100.00

Kings need 35 runs in 18 balls.

END OF OVER:
17 | 16 Runs | JK: 95/6 (35 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.58, RRR: 11.66)

Ashen Bandara11 (7b)
Wahab Riaz7 (6b)

Mohammad Amir2-0-20-0
Samit Patel4-0-15-2

16.6

Mohammad Amir to Bandara, no run, takes pace off the ball and Bandara was all over this over. Play and miss

16.5

Mohammad Amir to Bandara, SIX, that's some shot there! Full on off, gets low on one knee and carves over cover for another six. Shot of the day so far

16.4

Mohammad Amir to Bandara, 2 runs, dug in short, Bandara pulls one towards wide long on for a couple

Cheka Mendis: "What on Earth is happeneing here. Almost Test Match-esque"

16.3

Mohammad Amir to Wahab Riaz, 1 run, too much width outside off, sliced towards backward point

16.2

Mohammad Amir to Wahab Riaz, SIX, fuller outside off, reaches out for the ball and mows back over the bowlers head for a much needed boundary

Jaffna INNINGS		R	B
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	caught	21	15
WIA Fernando	caught	7	11
T Kohler-Cadmore	caught	7	19
Shoaib Malik	caught	23	27
PC de Silva	bowled	8	13
NLTC Perera	bowled	1	4
KNA Bandara	run out	18	9
Wahab Riaz	run out	7	7
RAS Lakmal	caught	5	3
V Viyaskanth	run out	0	1
P Jayawickrama	not out	2	2
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 2, w 7)
TOTAL	109 (all out; 18.3 ovs)

Galle BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Amir	2.3	25	1	10.00
SR Patel	4.0	15	2	3.75
DHAP Tharanga	4.0	22	0	5.50
Mohammad Hafeez	3.0	23	1	7.66	(2w)
Noor Ahmad	4.0	12	2	3.00	(1w)
SSD Arachchige	1.0	9	1	9.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	WIA Fernando	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd	15	T Kohler-Cadmore	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
3rd	10	Shoaib Malik	T Kohler-Cadmore
4th	27	Shoaib Malik	PC de Silva
5th	7	Shoaib Malik	NLTC Perera
6th	1	Shoaib Malik	KNA Bandara
7th	17	Wahab Riaz	KNA Bandara
8th	8	RAS Lakmal	KNA Bandara
9th	0	RAS Lakmal	V Viyaskanth
10th	6	RAS Lakmal	P Jayawickrama

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
JK	8	6	2	12	2.21
GG	8	4	3	9	0.143
CLS	8	4	4	8	-0.571
DAT	8	3	4	7	-1.003
KAF	8	2	6	4	-0.668

END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs 3 Wkts | JK: 104/9 (26 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.77, RRR: 13.00)

END OF OVER:17 | 16 Runs | JK: 95/6 (35 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.58, RRR: 11.66)

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 3 Wkts | JK: 104/9 (26 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.77, RRR: 13.00)

END OF OVER:
17 | 16 Runs | JK: 95/6 (35 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.58, RRR: 11.66)