That's it from us. And that's it from Dambulla. Join us again on Saturday for the Colombo leg of the tournament.
*** So another chasing team wins another match. This is turning into quite the trend. Hales, Dickwella, and Rajapaksa have been excellent in the chase, but don't forget the contribution of Prabath Jayasuriya, whose 3 for 30 really helped restrict Falcons to 187 for 9.
19.2
4
RTM Mendis to Rajapaksa, FOUR, spanked over cover for a one-bounce four, and that's the game. Rajapaksa knows how to hit spin, and he gets them home comfortably. This is to a flat ball outside off.
19.1
1
RTM Mendis to Hales, 1 run, fullish ball on the stumps, mowed to deep midwicket. Hits it poorly though, so the fielder gets around to it
END OF OVER:19 | 8 Runs | GAM: 183/2 (5 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.63, RRR: 5.00)
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa42 (25b)
- Alex Hales85 (54b)
- Andre Fletcher2-0-11-1
- Ramesh Mendis3-0-29-0
18.6
4
Fletcher to Rajapaksa, FOUR, ruins the over! This is fired wide of off, and Rajapaksa gets down and slices this over backward point for four. a lovely, wristy shot. And one that puts Marvels on the brink.
18.5
1
Fletcher to Hales, 1 run, shortish ball into the body, Hales gets it in the splice, shovels it into the legside, and they run
18.4
0
Fletcher to Hales, no run, tossed up, turning away as Hales again plays a big shot and misses. What does a tight over here do now?
18.3
2
Fletcher to Hales, 2 runs, length ball, pushed through outside off. Chopped to deep cover and they sprint two
18.2
0
Fletcher to Hales, no run, flatter outside off, but full. Hales goes for a big slog and misses
18.1
1lb
Fletcher to Rajapaksa, 1 leg bye, fired down leg, and the keeper can't collect cleanly so they take another extra. Acutally, Fletcher has reviewed this because he thinks that's hit the back of the pad. It has. So it's just a bye, not a wide.
Fletcher is back to bowl the penultimate over, incredibly.
END OF OVER:18 | 7 Runs | GAM: 175/2 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.72, RRR: 6.50)
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa38 (23b)
- Alex Hales82 (50b)
- Ramesh Mendis3-0-29-0
- Shoriful Islam2-0-29-0
17.6
1
RTM Mendis to Rajapaksa, 1 run, down the track, beaten in the flight and doesn't get close to the pitch, but goes through with the shot anyway. Gets an under edge that takes it past the keeper.
17.5
4
RTM Mendis to Rajapaksa, FOUR, flatter, a little wide outside off, Bhanuka opens the face and runs it fine. Short third should have stopped that but dives over it. Ramesh is not happy.
17.4
0
RTM Mendis to Rajapaksa, no run, flat outside off. Bhanuka tries to flay it through the offside, but the under edge means it goes nowhere
17.3
1
RTM Mendis to Hales, 1 run, the big sweep comes out to another flatter delivery, but Hales under-edges it and it goes to deep backward square
17.2
0
RTM Mendis to Hales, no run, flat and fast at the stumps, chopped to point
17.1
1
RTM Mendis to Rajapaksa, 1 run, flatter outside off, bashed in the air to long on, who takes it on the bounce
END OF OVER:17 | 14 Runs | GAM: 168/2 (20 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.88, RRR: 6.66)
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa32 (19b)
- Alex Hales81 (48b)
- Shoriful Islam2-0-29-0
- Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-29-1
16.6
1
Shoriful Islam to Rajapaksa, 1 run, slower one on the stumps, clipped through backward square for one
16.5
4
Shoriful Islam to Rajapaksa, FOUR, lovely touch from Bhanuka. This is another short ball, but just wide of off. And Rajapakse waits for it and ramps it delicately over the keeper for four.
16.4
2
Shoriful Islam to Rajapaksa, 2 runs,
16.3
1
Shoriful Islam to Hales, 1 run, bashed through the legside, and deep midwicket takes it on the bounce. This was to a bouncer, about chest high.
16.2
6
Shoriful Islam to Hales, SIX, almost caught on the deep backward point boundary! But it's a six instead. This is full outside off, carved hard by Hales, in the air. Kamindu Mendis climbs into the night and gets a hand to it, but it's an impossible task. Hales has hit it just far enough
16.1
0
Shoriful Islam to Hales, no run, length ball, wide of off, Hales tries to smear this down the ground but gets an under edge to it
Shoriful again.
END OF OVER:16 | 13 Runs | GAM: 154/2 (34 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 9.62, RRR: 8.50)
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa25 (16b)
- Alex Hales74 (45b)
- Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-29-1
- Kamindu Mendis4-0-39-0
15.6
4
Hasaranga to Rajapaksa, FOUR, another sweep, another boundary. This is pushed through on the stumps, and swept hard and flat through deep backward square
15.5
6
Hasaranga to Rajapaksa, SIX, googly, but Bhanuka reads it and sends it high over the deep square leg boundary for six. That was struck sweetly, and Marvels are stomping home now
15.4
1
Hasaranga to Hales, 1 run, down the track, and for once Hasaranga slows it down. He gets low and sweeps hard, but Kamindu Mendis is there at deep backward square