Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Colombo Strikers vs Galle Titans, Lanka Premier League 2023, 20th Match

Hirurash: "If Galle chase this within 11.3 overs they will move themself for top 2!!!!!They should keep an eye for it ." 11.1 overs is what Roshan Abeysinghe says. And right after, there is drizzle and the covers are on. It's expected to be a passing shower.

8:54pm: Colombo's batters imploded in a must-win situation. Shamsi was just as instrumental in Titans' rise, ably supported by Prasanna. Lest we forget, Lahiru Kumara was fire up top as well. Losing the openers, especially Babar - who couldn't get going despite trying - early cost Colombo big time.The middle-order bats couldn't score boundaries either. Their defence was breached by Shamsi, who ran riot post-powerplay. All batters were bowled or lbw except Nawaz. In the end, Galle are left with just 75 to win. Despite the pitch offering higher turn on average than the other ones on the ground, this should be an easy chase.

15.4

Shakib Al Hasan to Iftikhar Ahmed, OUT, Heaves, misses and gets knocked over. Colombo skittled out for 74, the second-lowest LPL total of all time, behind Dambulla's 69 vs Jaffna Loopy length ball curved in, Ifti tried to sweep it with all his might. The ball came in, went below the bat swing and hit off.

Iftikhar Ahmed b Shakib Al Hasan 5 (16b 0x4 0x6) SR: 31.25

15.3

Shakib Al Hasan to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, Flat on a back of length. Ifti tries to clip it off the back foot, gets it onto his pad

15.2

Shakib Al Hasan to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, Length dart on off, from around the wicket. Blocked to the bowler

15.1

Shakib Al Hasan to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, Length around off, blocked in front

END OF OVER:
15 | 3 Runs 3 Wkts | CLS: 74/9 | RR: 4.93

Matheesha Pathirana0 (2b)
Iftikhar Ahmed5 (12b)

Seekkuge Prasanna3-0-14-3
Shakib Al Hasan3-0-8-0

Faisal Hanif : "What do you say about Russel Arnold's pitch report earlier?" Occupational hazards, eh...

14.6

Prasanna to Pathirana, no run, Goes back in the crease and defends the 80kph length legbreak, turning away, to point

14.5

Prasanna to Pathirana, no run, Lunges down and blocks the length ball in front

Two slips and short leg for the hat-trick

14.4

Prasanna to Vandersay, OUT, Lbw given right away, Vandersay reviews. Was it pad first? Yes, shows the replay. Googly on a length, was coming back in. Vandersay was deep in the crease and late on the back-foot defence. He's in front of off. He walks before ball tracking comes up. Three reds duly signal his end.

JDF Vandersay lbw b Prasanna 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

14.3

Prasanna to Shoriful Islam, OUT, You miss, I hit stuff. Prasanna sends up a kiss to the heavens. Loopy length ball had Shoriful go one knee and try to launch it across the line, but he was done in and the top of leg stump was clipped

Shoriful Islam b Prasanna 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Shahzaib : "I still think colombo will win! This pitch is not looking good" Yep, average turn is over 3 degrees, more than what it was on the other two pitches

14.2

Prasanna to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run, Swipes at the full ball and gets it to long-on

14.2

Prasanna to Shoriful Islam, 2 wides, Length ball well down leg, Shoriful tried to clip it to the leg side. Missed

Slip, leg slip and short leg in

Khalid: "Nightmare for Colombo, only positive is that the Pakistanis in the team will have some time to rest and prep before the afghanistan series."

Timeout

14.1

Prasanna to Karunaratne, OUT, Clears the front leg and goes for an almighty swipe, misses and the ball hits off stump. Tossed up generously in front of off, Karunaratne wound up hard, tried to whip it and had the followed through agriculturally. Given there was no contact, that looked unattractive, to say the least. Prasanna's having a party with his mates right after with a dab and hugs going around

C Karunaratne b Prasanna 2 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 28.57

END OF OVER:
14 | 1 Run | CLS: 71/6 | RR: 5.07

Iftikhar Ahmed4 (11b)
Chamika Karunaratne2 (6b)

Shakib Al Hasan3-0-8-0
Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-20-4

Another over of seeing through the spinner's over.

13.6

Shakib Al Hasan to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, Length just outside off, 87kph, patted to cover

13.5

Shakib Al Hasan to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, Fuller ball is flat, deadbatted back to the bowler

Khan: "Why there is no Naseem shah ?" Out with a shoulder injury, extent unknown.

13.4

Shakib Al Hasan to Karunaratne, 1 run, Goes on the back foot and punches it. Goes uppishly but lands safely en route to long-off. Ball was on a back of length around off, may have stuck in the pitch

13.3

Shakib Al Hasan to Karunaratne, no run, Takes a good stride down and blocks it back to the bowler.

13.2

Shakib Al Hasan to Karunaratne, no run, Tossed up from around the wicket. Full on leg, nudged to midwicket. Very slow - 81kph

13.1

Shakib Al Hasan to Karunaratne, no run, Clips the length ball to midwicket

END OF OVER:
13 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | CLS: 70/6 | RR: 5.38

Chamika Karunaratne1 (2b)
Iftikhar Ahmed4 (9b)

Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-20-4
Seekkuge Prasanna2-0-11-0

Shamsi's spell finishes with 4 for 20. Prasanna, Shanaka and other team-mates come in to congratulate him

12.6

Shamsi to Karunaratne, 1 run, Clips the length ball to square leg.

12.6

Shamsi to Karunaratne, 1 wide, Goes across and tries to clip it fine. Ball spins just down leg

Short leg joins slip and leg slip

12.5

Shamsi to Karunaratne, no run, Is that another? Huge appeal for a catch at leg slip. Shanaka isn't convinced, shakes his head but will go for the review. Length ball pitched outside off and turned back in. Got good bounce too, Karunaratne tried to nudge it after going across. The ball was miles away from the bat and popped off the top of the pad to leg slip. Checking for lbw just in case but it's going way over leg stump. Review gone for Galle

12.4

Shamsi to Mohammad Nawaz, OUT, Caught behind, Shamsi has the fourth shoe-lebration with Prasanna. Length ball was slow, came in around off, spun away, Nawaz tried to push it with the open bat face but could only tickle it to the keeper. Shamsi's bamboozled both batters so far this over, Nawaz was just as low on confidence as was Ifti. He tried to dab it to third but it went off the sticker.

Mohammad Nawaz (3) c †Litton Das b Shamsi 11 (15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 73.33

12.3

Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run, Iftikhar is searching for it, Shamsi's lack of pace allows him to pat the length ball outside off to cover, despite starting very late. He was just trying to get through the over. 'Deer in front of headlights,' as Ramiz Raja says on air

12.2

Shamsi to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, Goes on the back foot for the fullish 82kph ball on middle, deadbats it with limited conviction

Titans INNINGS		R	B
PBB Rajapaksa	stumped	6	7
L Croospulle	not out	42	25
Litton Das	caught	1	4
Shakib Al Hasan	not out	17	15
MD Shanaka
SMLD Samarakoon
Najibullah Zadran
S Prasanna
CBRLS Kumara
CAK Rajitha
T Shamsi
EXTRAS	(w 9)
TOTAL	75 (2 wkts; 8.3 ovs)

Colombo BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shoriful Islam	1.0	0	7	0	7.00	(2w)
Iftikhar Ahmed	3.0	0	26	1	8.66
Mohammad Nawaz (3)	1.0	0	6	0	6.00
JDF Vandersay	3.0	1	18	1	6.00
M Pathirana	0.3	0	18	0	36.00	(2w)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	13	PBB Rajapaksa	L Croospulle
2nd	6	Litton Das	L Croospulle
3rd	56	Shakib Al Hasan	L Croospulle

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
DAT	8	6	2	12	0.793
GAM	8	4	4	8	0.353
BLK	8	4	4	8	0.185
JK	8	3	5	6	-0.179
CLS	8	3	5	6	-1.215

END OF OVER:15 | 3 Runs 3 Wkts | CLS: 74/9 | RR: 4.93

END OF OVER:14 | 1 Run | CLS: 71/6 | RR: 5.07

END OF OVER:13 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | CLS: 70/6 | RR: 5.38

END OF OVER:
15 | 3 Runs 3 Wkts | CLS: 74/9 | RR: 4.93

END OF OVER:
14 | 1 Run | CLS: 71/6 | RR: 5.07

END OF OVER:
13 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | CLS: 70/6 | RR: 5.38