Jaffna Kings vs Colombo Strikers, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Pathirana to Perera, FOUR, sloppy fielding! Slower delivery short of length on middle, Perera hangs back and hammers it powerfully down to deep mid-wicket, it just burst through the hands of the fielder and went to the ropes

Pathirana to Perera, FOUR, streaky but they'll take it! Full and just outside off, Perera sits deep in his crease looking to carve it over cover and gets a thick outside edge that flies past short third man

Karunaratne to Perera, FOUR, slower delivery short of length on leg-stump, that's a gift really with no one out at deep square leg, Perera just hammered it away and it went one-bounce and into the ropes at deep square leg

Karunaratne to Towhid Hridoy, out Caught by Naseem Shah!! In the air and down the fielder's throat! Slower delivery on a length outside off, Hridoy sat deep in his crease and looked to heave that down the ground, he got no timing on it whatsoever and Naseem Shah took a simple catch down at long-on. Excellent knock from Hridoy, he's done his job. Towhid Hridoy c Naseem Shah b Karunaratne 54(39) [4s-4 6s-1]

Karunaratne to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR, that's the 50-run stand! Length delivery sprayed out wide outside off, Hridoy reaches out and taps it up and over cover, all of the fielders were in the ring and he got four despite not timing it well

Pathirana to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR, that's 50 for Hridoy on LPL debut! Full and wide outside off, Hridoy charges down the track and slaps this up and over cover, no one in front of square in the deep on the off-side and he gets a boundary

Naseem Shah to Wellalage, FOUR, lovely shot! Length delivery angling across outside off, Wellalage hangs back and just plays a lovely cut, gets under it and hits it over backward point for four

Karunaratne to Wellalage, FOUR, delicately done! Length delivery slanting across outside off, Wellalage hangs back and waits for it before opening the face of the blade to run this down very fine to the third man fence, the fielder was quite square and he can't get to it

Nawaz to Wellalage, leg byes, 1 run, was a flatter delivery delivery on middle, pulled the length back on this one and Wellalage was running down the track looking to work this into the leg-side again. He played across the line and missed, hit him on the front pad but he was a long way down the pitch. It's umpire's call on impact as Wellalage was more than 3m down the pitch

Pathirana to Priyamal Perera, out Caught by Dickwella!! Appeal and given! Dug in short and a touch wide outside off, rushes Perera and gets big on him as he looks to upper-cut, he gets a faint edge through to Dickwella who makes no mistake. Fourth wicket goes down. Timely blow this from Colombo. Priyamal Perera c Dickwella b Pathirana 22(16) [4s-3 6s-1]

Pathirana to Priyamal Perera, FOUR, edged and four! Fuller just outside off, Perera pushes at it and gets a thick outside edge that flies past Dickwella and to the ropes

Pathirana to Priyamal Perera, FOUR, that's gone quick! Full and wide outside off, Perera throws his hands at it and slashes it away past backward point, wasn't far away from him but he had no chance

Nawaz to Priyamal Perera, FOUR, lovely shot! Full outside off, Perera shuffles across and plays a cracking sweep that goes right into the gap between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket

Sandakan to Towhid Hridoy, SIX, he's nailed this! Full and on the pads, Hridoy leans in and sweeps it away over the deep square leg

Sandakan to Priyamal Perera, SIX, full on middle, right in the slot for Perera and he smacks it down the ground, hits the long-off ropes on the full and it'll be a maximum

Sandakan to Asalanka, out Caught by Babar Azam!! Gone, the 2nd wicket goes down! Floated up full on off-stump, Asalanka looks to take him down the ground but he miscues it, it goes off the toe end of the blade and he holes out to long-off. Sandakan tossed out the bait and Asalanka took it. Asalanka c Babar Azam b Sandakan 12(14) [4s-1]

Karunaratne to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR, poor line this, slower delivery short of length on leg-stump, Hridoy hangs back and waits for it before smacking it behind square on the leg-side, too easy

Karunaratne to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR, now he strays in line, full and sliding down leg, Hridoy just gets a tickle on this and helps it on its way down to the fine leg fence

Karunaratne to Towhid Hridoy, byes, FOUR, banged in short outside off, zippy pace and extra bounce, beats the batter and the keeper. That just took off of the surface

Karunaratne to Asalanka, 1 run, short of length on middle, Asalanka presses back and pulls it away towards deep mid-wicket

Karunaratne to Asalanka, out Nishan Madushka Run Out!! Yes indeed it is a run-out! Nishan Madushka is gone! They'd been pinching a few risky singles and this time Madushka pays the price! Was a length delivery on middle that Asalanka nearly chopped it on to his stumps while looking to run it down to third man, he got a thick inside edge that hit his pads and landed inside the popping crease. Madushka called him through for a single but Karunaratne was quicker to get to the ball and he kicked it on to the stumps with some nifty footwork to find Madushka short of his ground. Nishan Madushka run out (Karunaratne) 12(13) [4s-1]

Pathirana to Nishan Madushka, 1 run, fuller on off-stump, Madushka prods forward and drives it towards cover, they set off for a risky single, direct hit at the bowler's end and Madushka was struggling

Ramesh Mendis to Asalanka, FOUR, poor delivery and it's been dealt with! Dragged down short on leg-stump, Asalanka presses back and hammers it behind square on the leg-side with a pull

Ramesh Mendis to Nishan Madushka, FOUR, nice adjustment! Mendis saw Madushka coming down the track and dropped this quicker and shorter on leg-stump, Madushka halted in his tracks and used the pace to pull it away over short fine-leg, no one down there to stop that

Naseem Shah to Gurbaz, out Caught by Ramesh Mendis!! In the air again and taken this time! Excellent catch! Full on middle again but Naseem Shah took the pace off this one and Gurbaz was completely done as he looked to loft this down the ground over long-on. Went high into the night sky and Mendis was the fielder running back from mid-on, never took his eyes off it and judged it to perfection in the end after running a long way back. Took a nice tumbling catch in the end and Gurbaz has to go. Gurbaz c Ramesh Mendis b Naseem Shah 21(11) [4s-1 6s-2]

Naseem Shah to Gurbaz, SIX, creamed! That was so easy on the eye! Pitched up full on off-stump by Naseem Shah, Gurbaz just prods forward and drives this up and through the line, makes a superb connection and it sails over the long-off fence

Nawaz to Gurbaz, SIX, heaved away over the ropes! Dragged down shorter and flatter on off-stump, Gurbaz was quick to press back before heaving that away towards the mid-wicket fence, didn't get all of it but enough to clear the ropes

Naseem Shah to Gurbaz, FOUR, edged and dropped! Length delivery on off-stump, bit of extra bounce there and it cramped Gurbaz for room as he looked to run it down towards third man, he got a thick outside edge that went quickly to first slip and the fielder just couldn't react quick enough, ended up parrying it over his head and to the fence