- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.2 Through the gate, bends into middle and sends the bails on a flight. Kumara is absolutely pumped. Length ball arced in and Nissanka played around it. The ball angled in to beat the flick; went through the gap between gap and pad to rattle the stumps 4/13.6 Chopped on and Kumara is ecstatic again! Shortish ball, moved in the air and then straightened further off the pitch. Babar went for the cut - a shot that'd have been perfectly reasonable had it not moved laterally. But it did and the 135kph ball went off the inside edge onto the pad and then trickled onto the stumps. 19/26.6 Spins in sharply to knock him over. Back of length, landed around fourth stump and ragged back in. Udara shaped for the cut but got severely cramped for room, it's what prodigious turn does. Snaked back to hit the stumps and Shamsi's shoe-lebrating again! 37/46.4 Celebrappeal from Shamsi, umpire gives it lbw. A proper boot-call celebration ensues with a team-mate. Perera reviews. He pre-meditated the scoop, it didn't bounce as much as he expected and it looked almost like he tried to scrape the ball from below. Eventually, he missed it. What does ball-tracking say? Back of length, pitching around leg and spins away to hit the middle of middle. Wasted review. 36/310.5 Shamsi's field day continues as he knocks over another. Fernando is beaten the inside edge, middle and stump get rattled. Length ball, landed outside off and spun back in. Fernando started on the back foot, tried to adjust late by getting the bat down. it ripped through the defence. More shoe-lebrations for Shamsi with Prasanna 63/512.4 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. 68/615.4 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. 74/1014.1 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 71/714.3 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 74/814.4 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. 74/9Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL74 all out (15.4 Overs, RR: 4.72)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Pathum Nissanka, 1.2 ov), 2-19 (Babar Azam, 3.6 ov), 3-36 (Nipun Dhananjaya, 6.4 ov), 4-37 (Lahiru Udara, 6.6 ov), 5-63 (Nuwanidu Fernando, 10.5 ov), 6-68 (Mohammad Nawaz, 12.4 ov), 7-71 (Chamika Karunaratne, 14.1 ov), 8-74 (Shoriful Islam, 14.3 ov), 9-74 (Jeffrey Vandersay, 14.4 ov), 10-74 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 15.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CAK Rajitha 2 0 10 0 5.00 6 1 0 1 0 CBRLS Kumara 2 1 9 2 4.50 9 2 0 0 0 SMLD Samarakoon 1 0 11 0 11.00 2 2 0 0 0 Shakib Al Hasan 3.4 0 8 1 2.18 15 0 0 1 0 T Shamsi 4 0 20 4 5.00 11 1 0 1 0 S Prasanna 3 0 14 3 4.66 10 1 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.6 Spin away costs aggressive Rajapaksa, Udara has an easy stumping. Colombo have an early breakthrough. Rajapaksa danced down the track, and tried to launch the full ball through the line, maybe get it over straight mid-on. It straightened after pitching and made way for an Ifti fist-pump 13/13.3 The camera can't pan to the fielder in real time but the huge cheer from the keeper confirms Fernando's catch. He's run quite far to the left, from long-off, dove across and took a sliding catch. The ball was fullish, Litton tried to go inside out. Got decent connection but not all of it. Costs him in the end. 19/2Extras9 (w 9)TOTAL75/2 (8.3 Overs, RR: 8.82)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 1.6 ov), 2-19 (Litton Das, 3.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shoriful Islam 1 0 7 0 7.00 4 1 0 2 0 Iftikhar Ahmed 3 0 26 1 8.66 6 3 1 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0 JDF Vandersay 3 1 18 1 6.00 11 1 1 0 0 M Pathirana 0.3 0 18 0 36.00 0 1 1 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Galle Titans , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
15 August 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Galle Titans 2, Colombo Strikers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 6.4: Review by Colombo Strikers (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LE Hannibal, Batter - ND Perera (Struck down)
- Colombo Strikers: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 52/4 in 9.0 overs (MNK Fernando 5, Mohammad Nawaz (3) 8)
- Over 12.5: Review by Galle Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LE Hannibal, Batter - C Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 73/7 in 14.1 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 4, Shoriful Islam 0)
- Over 14.4: Review by Colombo Strikers (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LE Hannibal, Batter - JDF Vandersay (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Colombo Strikers - 74/10 in 15.4 overs (M Pathirana 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 3.4: Review by Galle Titans (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Shakib Al Hasan (Upheld)
- Galle Titans: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (L Croospulle 32, Shakib Al Hasan 16, Ex 5)
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