Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Kings, Lanka Premier League 2021, 1st Match

We saw a big mismatch in the opening game of the Lanka Premier League as Gladiators spinners applied a stranglehold on the Kings' batters with the chief tormenter being the 41-year-old Mohammad Hafeez who didn't put foot a foot wrong in his amazing spell.

The potent spin attack caused difficulties right from the start of the Kings' innings and the surface proved to be very conducive to spin bowling. The cherry on the top for Gladitators was that the dew didn't spoil the party for the Rajapaksa-led side.

Earlier, Rajapaksa's blazing 56-run-knock coupled with Samit Patel's staggering 42 helped Gladiators put up a par score. Apart from Seales, who returned figures of 3/23, and Theekshana's economical spell, other bowlers leaked plenty of runs. In reply, Kings' innings never really took off as bowlers kept breaking partnerships at regular intervals and no batter stepped up to the plate

18.4

Thushara to Theekshana, OUT, That's it! Caught at mid-on by Rajapaksa as Theekshana tried to loft it over mid-on but didn't get all of it. It's a resounding victory by Gladiators who have outgunned Kings in a one-sided match

M Theekshana c Rajapaksa b Thushara 2 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

18.3

Thushara to Theekshana, 2 runs, On a length, whooshing away in the corridor, slams a cut off his backfoot and earns a pair of runs

18.2

Thushara to Theekshana, no run, Banged in short, tries to muscle this over midwicket, nowhere near the pitch of the ball

18.1

Thushara to Theekshana, no run, Short of a length, rising delivery on an attacking line outside off, negotiates with a lot of bother, the ball quickly dies down towards the off side

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 2 Wkts | JK: 108/9 (57 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 28.50)

Jayden Seales0 (1b)
Maheesh Theekshana0 (0b)

Pulina Tharanga2-0-13-2
Noor Ahmad4-0-25-1

17.6

Tharanga to Seales, no run, No hat-trick for Tharanga as Seales goes back and blocks it well presenting full face of the bat

17.5

Tharanga to Lakmal, OUT, Two in two! Disturbs the furniture with this snorter, it was aimed at the stumps, too good for Lakmal who looked out of sorts, was leaning back but failed to read the line, missed it completely

RAS Lakmal b Tharanga 10 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

17.4

Tharanga to Wahab Riaz, OUT, That's a perfect riposte! Bagged by Noor Ahmad! Wahab's cameo comes to an end. He tried to hit across the line and he had to go after every delivery given the match situation but he ends up getting gobbled easily by Noor at midwicket

Wahab Riaz c Noor Ahmad b Tharanga 27 (20b 2x4 2x6) SR: 135.00

17.3

Tharanga to Wahab Riaz, SIX, About as agricultural as Wahab gets, but that was belted out of the middle of the bat and cleared the fence over midwicket. Another meaty blow!

17.2

Tharanga to Wahab Riaz, 2 runs, Goes down on the knee, plays against the turn and Dunk covers a lot of ground to line himself under the skier, the ball was swirling away from his reach and Wahab lives to fight another day

17.1

Tharanga to Lakmal, 1 run, Springs down the track and chips it into the leg side, no timing and force behind the shot

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | JK: 99/7 (66 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.82, RRR: 22.00)

Suranga Lakmal9 (8b)
Wahab Riaz19 (17b)

Noor Ahmad4-0-25-1
Pulina Tharanga1-0-4-0

16.6

Noor Ahmad to Lakmal, 1 run, Skips down the track, creates his own length and bunts it down the ground, long-off rushes to his right and gathers the ball

16.5

Noor Ahmad to Wahab Riaz, 1 run, Looped up on a full length outside off, steers it behind square on the off side, third man intercepts the ball

16.4

Noor Ahmad to Lakmal, 1 run, Zips it on a fuller length, he shuffles across and shoves it near square leg

Jaffna INNINGS		R	B
WU Tharanga	bowled	17	13
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	caught	11	16
T Kohler-Cadmore	caught	10	12
WIA Fernando	caught	1	2
S Ashan	stumped	15	19
NLTC Perera	caught wk	11	12
PW Hasaranga	bowled	0	3
Wahab Riaz	caught	27	20
RAS Lakmal	bowled	10	10
M Theekshana	caught	2	4
JNT Seales	not out	0	1
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 1, w 1)
TOTAL	110 (all out; 18.4 ovs)

Galle BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Thushara	2.4	0	20	1	7.50	(1w)
I Udana	1.0	0	9	0	9.00
Mohammad Hafeez	4.0	1	11	2	2.75
SR Patel	4.0	0	21	3	5.25
Noor Ahmad	4.0	0	25	1	6.25
LD Madushanka	1.0	0	6	1	6.00
DHAP Tharanga	2.0	0	13	2	6.50

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	28	WU Tharanga	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd	11	T Kohler-Cadmore	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
3rd	2	T Kohler-Cadmore	WIA Fernando
4th	11	T Kohler-Cadmore	S Ashan
5th	18	NLTC Perera	S Ashan
6th	1	PW Hasaranga	S Ashan
7th	4	Wahab Riaz	S Ashan
8th	33	Wahab Riaz	RAS Lakmal
9th	0	RAS Lakmal	M Theekshana
10th	2	M Theekshana	JNT Seales

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 2 Wkts | JK: 108/9 (57 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 28.50)

END OF OVER:17 | 6 Runs | JK: 99/7 (66 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.82, RRR: 22.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 2 Wkts | JK: 108/9 (57 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 28.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | JK: 99/7 (66 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.82, RRR: 22.00)