END OF OVER:20 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | GAM: 179/5 | RR: 8.95
- Sahan Arachchige5 (2b)
- Dwaine Pretorius9 (5b)
- Asitha Fernando4-0-40-2
- Jason Behrendorff4-0-37-0
Galle Marvels start off the tournament with a win this evening, but the action from the LPL today isn't done yet. Join us for the Kandy vs Colombo game in about an hour. Until then, goodbye from this one! Take care!
Niroshan Dickwella, Galle Marvels captain: "Hales and I were just talking that we get through the powerplay. It was a tricky wicket - on the slower side. It was a good toss to lose. It was a used wicket, and we didn't know what the wicket would do. I wanted to take down the legspinner, but I got out. We dragged the game to the last over."
Charith Asalanka, Jaffna Kings captain: "I think we had enough runs on the board. When we were bowling, we gave them more pace - we could have bowled more slower balls. Dhananjaya and Fabian bowled fantastically. Credit goes to Niroshan and Hales."
Alex Hales is the Player of the Match: "Different to back in the UK. Little bit slower... Dickwella definitely made my job a lot easier. I was trying to get going in the powerplay, but it didn't quite happen."
Time for the presentations
6.22pm A thrilling finish where Galle's No. 7, facing just his second ball on a slow pitch, scooped the ball for four to get his side over the line. The momentum kept swinging this way and that for much of the second half of the chase, after Dickwella fired 47 off 27 balls to give Galle the perfect start. But Jaffna hit back through Allen, who struck twice - including getting Hales for 65 - even as Liyanage's cameo of 25 from 13 balls, and Arachchige's final-ball scoop, took Galle to victory.
Three needed off one ball...
Pretorius on strike, with four more needed...
Arachchige
J Liyanage c Nissanka b AM Fernando 25 (13b 3x4 1x6) SR: 192.30
Just nine required in the final over
END OF OVER:19 | 11 Runs | GAM: 169/4 (9 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.89, RRR: 9.00)
- Dwaine Pretorius8 (4b)
- Janith Liyanage21 (10b)
- Jason Behrendorff4-0-37-0
- Asitha Fernando3-0-30-1
Behrendorff from around the stumps
Michael: "Anwar with the jinx" --- Could be too early yet!
END OF OVER:18 | 19 Runs 1 Wkt | GAM: 158/4 (20 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.77, RRR: 10.00)
- Janith Liyanage19 (7b)
- Dwaine Pretorius0 (1b)
- Asitha Fernando3-0-30-1
- Jason Behrendorff3-0-26-0
Pretorius
PBB Rajapaksa c Viyaskanth b AM Fernando 13 (13b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
Asitha back
END OF OVER:17 | 10 Runs | GAM: 139/3 (39 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.17, RRR: 13.00)
- Janith Liyanage7 (4b)
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa7 (11b)
- Jason Behrendorff3-0-26-0
- Dhananjaya de Silva4-0-16-1