Pramod Madushan to Ashen Bandara, FOUR, Bandara shuffles and Madushan follows him with a yorker, clipped to the left of short fine for a boundary!
19.4
6
Pramod Madushan to Ashen Bandara, SIX, slower delivery on the pads, Bandara shuffles away and slams it over the deep mid-wicket boundary. Struck very sweetly!
18.5
6
van Meekeren to Najibullah, SIX, slower length ball on the body, Zadran heaves it over deep backward square leg for a maximum.
18
4
Pramod Madushan to Najibullah, FOUR, good length outside off, cut just short of the extra cover fielder who comes forward to try and stop but fumbles it. The ball goes through him for a boundary
17.4
W
Pramod Madushan to Kamindu Mendis, out Caught by Raza!! Short pitched on off, Mendis steps out to try and slog over deep mid-wicket but holes out to that fielder. End of a fine innings, a superb fifty for the southpaw. Kamindu Mendis c Raza b Pramod Madushan 58(40) [4s-9]
17.2
4
Pramod Madushan to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, low full toss on middle, Mendis take it on the full and lifts his drive over the bowler's head for a straight boundary!
17
4
Shanaka to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, slower delivery on the pads, clipped in the gap between deep mid-wicket and deep backward square leg. Dasun Shanaka hangs his head down, this was an expensive over!
16.4
4
Shanaka to Ashen Bandara, FOUR, short pitched on off, pulled very powerfully to the right of deep mid-wicket for four! Ashen Bandara is finding his groove..
16.3
M
Shanaka to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, slower length ball on the body, tucked to mid-wicket for a single. 50 up for Kamindu Mendis!
16.1
4
Shanaka to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, full on off, Mendis shuffles closer and top-edges his ramp over the keeper's head. Short fine chases after to try and stop, but has connection with the ropes while trying to push the ball back into play. Four more for Kandy
15.4
4
Noor Ahmad to Ashen Bandara, FOUR, flighted on leg stump, Bandara sweeps this through cow corner. Very well struck for four!
15.1
4
Noor Ahmad to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, low full toss on off, Mendis reverse sweeps this nicely between backward point and short third
14.5
4
van Meekeren to Ashen Bandara, FOUR, short pitched, pulled through deep mid-wicket and some ordinary fielding from the guy in the deep. Let's it slip through and gifts Bandara a boundary!
13.3
4
Raza to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, full again, and quick on middle. Mendis chips his drive to the left of the deep point fielder. Third boundary of the over!
13.1
4
Raza to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, quick wide yorker, Mendis opens the bat face to get the ball past backward point and through for another boundary!
13.1
4
Raza to Kamindu Mendis, no ball, FOUR, full on off, Mendis plays the switch hit and lifts his shot over point and into the vacant space in the deep. To add insult to injury, that's also a no ball
12.5
van Meekeren to Kamindu Mendis, 2 runs, hard length on leg, Mendis is through his pull early and edges it towards the left of the keeper. An overthrow as Cox misses his attempt at the stumps allows the batting side a couple
11.3
W
Ramesh Mendis to Fletcher, out Fletcher Run Out!! 1 run completed Half tracker outside off, Fletcher reaches for it to cut towards sweeper cover. There was an easy double but the West Indian batter stuttered a bit, and falls short on the second despite a dive. A partnership that was going so well reaches a premature end!Fletcher run out (Pramod Madushan/Jordan Cox) 44(31) [4s-4 6s-3]
11.1
4
Ramesh Mendis to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, short outside off, cut hard square of the wicket to beat the outfielder for four!
10.5
Noor Ahmad to Fletcher, no run, googly that pitches outside leg to get Fletcher on the pads. Review wasted!
10
6
C de Silva to Fletcher, SIX, flat and straight, Fletcher gives it a charge and heaves it straight down the ground. Comes off the middle of the bat and goes for a straight six!
9.3
C de Silva to Fletcher, 1 run, slower onto off, Fletcher taps towards cover point for a quick run
7.5
6
Raza to Fletcher, SIX, full and quick onto middle, asks Fletcher to go again and the batter does go again! Heaved over deep mid-wicket this time for back to back sixes
7.4
6
Raza to Fletcher, SIX, Raza pushes it fuller and Fletcher latches onto it. Gives it a full blooded drive over long-on for a maximum. Does well to get across the delivery from off stump
6.5
4
Noor Ahmad to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, full on off stump, Mendis brings out the reverse sweep and gets it nicely to the right of the short third-man fielder
6.4
Noor Ahmad to Kamindu Mendis, 2 runs, quicker on off, driven past the cover fielder for a couple of runs
5.5
W
C de Silva to Nissanka, out Caught by van Meekeren!! Arm ball onto the pads, Nissanka gets low to sweep it fine but picks out the fine leg fielder who is inside the circle. The opening stand broken one ball before the end of the powerplay! Nissanka c van Meekeren b C de Silva 26(20) [4s-3]
5.3
4
C de Silva to Fletcher, FOUR, short on off, Fletcher gets back and cuts uppishly to the right of short third-man. Beats the infield and races away for another boundary
5.2
4
C de Silva to Fletcher, FOUR, low full toss on leg, Fletcher shuffles away to give himself room and drive it between extra cover and mid-off
3.5
4
C de Silva to Fletcher, FOUR, short on off, Fletcher shuffles away to cut this past point for a boundary
2.5
4
van Meekeren to Fletcher, FOUR, good length on off, Fletcher dances down for a slash and gets a thick edge that runs away to the third-man boundary
2.1
4
van Meekeren to Nissanka, FOUR, full on the pads, glanced past the short fine fielder and that runs away to the fence. Van Meekeren welcomed with a boundary
1.4
4
Pramod Madushan to Nissanka, FOUR, good length and straight, Nissanka shuffles closer and steers his pull over mid-wicket. Second boundary for him!
1
4
Shanaka to Nissanka, FOUR, hard length just outside off, Nissanka steps out and slaps this over mid-off. Clears the infield and gets to the fence after a couple of bounces