Kandy Falcons vs Galle Gladiators, 9th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Karunaratne to Thanuka Dabare, out Thanuka Dabare Run Out!! 1 run completed. It has been such a day for Nissanka, two catches taken, two dropped and now a direct hit to catch Dabare short. On a length and just outside off - Dabare backs away and clatters the drive to deep cover, was always coming back for the second and is nowhere in the frame as Nissanka throws down the wicket. Thanuka Dabare run out (Nissanka) 70(51) [4s-6 6s-2]

Karunaratne to Thanuka Dabare, FOUR, hammered, another predictable slower ball from Karunaratne - Dabare backs away and has enough time to wait and chip the drive over cover for a boundary

Zahoor Khan to Imad Wasim, FOUR, that has been slugged away - slower ball outside off, Imad swipes across the line and places it inbto the gap over mid-wicket, one bounce and over the ropes - 21 from the over

Zahoor Khan to Imad Wasim, SIX, dropped and six, misjudgement from the fielder in the deep, ran in and then had to go back - went one-handed as he dived backwards and palms it over the ropes, slower ball outside off and Wasim smashed the drive towards long-off

Zahoor Khan to Imad Wasim, FOUR, slapped, slower ball outside off -Imad went hard on the drive and placed it wide of extra-cover for a boundary

Zahoor Khan to Thanuka Dabare, FOUR, nicely played, fuller length delivery and well outside off - Dabare delays the drive and slices it over backward point for a boundary

Udana to Nuwanidu Fernando, out Lbw!! Nuwanidu has been given OUT LBW and he's reviewed it, missed a full ball and was struck adjacent to leg, was the off-cutter and it's smashing into the middle-stump. OUT is the call. The Falcons started well and they're finishing well - Nuwanidu falls after a fine hand though, was another slower cutter which gripped and spun off the pitch, but it was the dip that undid Nuwanidu's attempted flick. Nuwanidu Fernando lbw b Udana 56(50) [4s-5]

Karunaratne to Thanuka Dabare, FOUR, much needed boundary for the Gladiators - slower short ball from Karunaratne, Dabare shuffles right across and paddles it very fine - long leg was inside the ring and has no chance, brings up a quality half-century from Dabare

Hasaranga to Nuwanidu Fernando, 1 run, another wrong 'un, but the length is short and Nuwanidu punches it to long-on for a single

Brathwaite to Nuwanidu Fernando, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off, dropped to the left of backward point and that brings up a fine fifty from Nuwanidu, walked in at 10 for 4 and has been superb since the first ball

Brathwaite to Nuwanidu Fernando, FOUR, nicely played, short and at the stumps, Nuwanidu swivels across and pulls it behind square on the on-side, beats the man in the deep to the ropes

Brathwaite to Thanuka Dabare, 1 run, slower ball around off, nudged wide of mid-wicket for a single, brings up Gladiators's 100

Brathwaite to Thanuka Dabare, FOUR, edged and four, short of a good length and just outside off, Dabare is slightly cramped for room on the cut, gets a thick edge that went flying past the keeper and into the ropes

Zahoor Khan to Thanuka Dabare, FOUR, easy pickings, the Falcons have let the advantage slip - Zahoor came from round the wicket and bowled a short ball down leg, Dabare swivels across and helps it on its way with a fine pull

Zahoor Khan to Nuwanidu Fernando, FOUR, cracking shot, the slower ball from Zahoor, but he dragged it short and wide of off, Nuwanidu waits on it and then cuts it to behind square on the off-side for a boundary

Karunaratne to Nuwanidu Fernando, FOUR, nicely played, short of a good length and angling into the pads, Dabare shuffles across, gets inside the line and flicks it fine - the man at fine leg was inside the ring and has no chance

Zahoor Khan to Nuwanidu Fernando, FOUR, that's easy pickings for Nuwanidu - back of a length and at the hips, he gets inside the line and helps it on its way, races away to the long leg boundary

Zahoor Khan to Nuwanidu Fernando, 2 runs, full and at the stumps, Nuwanidu presents the full face of the bat on the drive, places it to the left of long-on and he's back for the second

Hasaranga to Thanuka Dabare, FOUR, that has been drilled, tossed up invitingly on off, Dabare comes down the pitch, gets it in the half-volley and drills the drive through Hasaranga's legs, runs away to the straight boundary

Priyanjan to Thanuka Dabare, SIX, 17 from the over, Dabare is leading the counter-punch, runs down the pitch, takes the momentum into the shot and hoists it high and over long-on for a maximum

Priyanjan to Thanuka Dabare, SIX, hammered, dragged short by Priyanjan, Dabare rocks back and pumels the pull over mid-wicket for a maximum

Udana to Nuwanidu Fernando, FOUR, cracking shot, short of a good length and just outside off - Nuwanidu stands tall and punches it off the back-foot, into the gap wide of cover-point and runs away to the ropes

Brathwaite to Iftikhar Ahmed, out Caught by Nissanka!! Oh dear! A second batter has fallen to the pull shot. What are the Gladiators doing? Third wicket for Brathwaite, back of a length and just outside off - Iftikhar swivelled across and looked to help it on its way, doesn't bother to keep it down, doesn't bother to clear the ropes either, catching practice for Nissanka, his second of the afternoon at deep square leg. Brathwaite finds himself on a hat-trick. Iftikhar Ahmed c Nissanka b Brathwaite 0(1)

Brathwaite to Azam Khan, out Lbw!! That looked plumb and Azam has been given OUT LBW, but he's reviewed it. Shuffled right across and missed a full ball, the height wasn't an issue. Don't think the review will save him. No bat and UltraEdge confirms it. Onto ball-tracking: Three reds and the original call stays - Azam Khan is OUT. The Gladiators have sliped into massive trouble now, the nip-backer, pitched around off and shaped back into the right-hander, Azam plonked his front-foot across and then played all around the ball, missed and was struck around the knee-roll, in front of middle, was going on and crashing into the leg-stump. Azam falls and takes a review with him as well. Azam Khan lbw b Brathwaite 1(3)

Udana to Lahiru Udara, out Bowled!! That's a corker and Udara has been cleaned up. On a good length and the ball kept going with the angle - Udara was playing for the inswinger as he pressed forward, but this one straightened a tad, curved past the outside edge and crashed into the top of off-stump. A pacers delight and the Gladiators are in some early trouble. Lahiru Udara b Udana 5(6) [4s-1]

Udana to Lahiru Udara, FOUR, lovely, on a good length and just outside off, Udara leans into the drive and finds the gap wide of cover, no need to run for those

Brathwaite to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by Nissanka!! Mendis has holed out in the deep! The trap was set and he's fallen to it rightaway - back of a length and just outside off, Mendis swivelled across on the pull, but didn't go through it completely, was looking to place it into the gap, doesn't do that either, straight into the hands of Nissanka, who was the lone fielder stationed in the deep. The Gladiators have lost their captain early. Kusal Mendis c Nissanka b Brathwaite 1(4)