Colombo Strikers vs Dambulla Aura, 8th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Pathirana to Hasan Ali, FOUR, Hasan Ali moves leg-side to flick, gets a thick outside edge that eludes the keeper to run away to the third man fence. 13 runs off the final over!

Pathirana to Hayden Kerr, out Bowled!! Hayden Kerr moves leg-side to heave and misses this off-speed short of length ball. Past the inside edge to crash into the sticks. Hayden Kerr b Pathirana 0(2)

Pathirana to Dhananjaya, FOUR, 145.2kph low full toss and Dhananjaya whips it over mid-wicket. Wow. Two bounces and into the fence. Wristy shot...

Naseem Shah to Ross, out Bowled!! 138.7kph, full toss, Ross moves across a long way to scoop and misses it. Hits the leg-stump. Ross b Naseem Shah 4(7)

Pathirana to Kusal Perera, out Bowled!! Kusal Perera moves leg-side and swings across the line. Misses it altogether and the ball crashes into the top of middle-stump. Perera reckons the ball moved away a touch. Kusal Perera b Pathirana 2(3)

Karunaratne to Dhananjaya, FOUR, DDS is off and running with a boundary! Back of a length outside off, Dhananjaya stands tall and cuts through point

Karunaratne to Samarawickrama, out Bowled!! 123.5kph, slow, full and outside off, Samarawickrama goes for the big drive through the covers and chops it onto his sticks via an inside edge. Samarawickrama b Karunaratne 59(35) [4s-7 6s-1]

Karunaratne to Samarawickrama, FOUR, four more! This is excellent batting from Samarawickrama. Samarawickrama moves leg-side and cuts this fullish ball to the right of the diving backward point fielder

Karunaratne to Samarawickrama, FOUR, slower delivery from a short of length, Samarawickrama waits and cuts fiercely between backward point and short third man

Naseem Shah to Samarawickrama, 1 run, 141.8kph, full delivery, knocked down to long-on and the single brings up Samarawickrama's fifty!

Naseem Shah to Samarawickrama, FOUR, super timing! In-slanter, Samarawickrama closes his bat-face to glance it in front of square on the leg-side

Naseem Shah to Samarawickrama, FOUR, 142kph, low full toss, steered to third man. Oh, the ball escapes the third man fielder. Bad bounce for him. Unlucky!

Naseem Shah to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by Babar Azam!! 144.4kph, full delivery outside off, Mendis throws the kitchen sink and slices it in the air off the outer edge. Babar Azam moves to his left from mid-off, keeps his eyes on the ball and gobbles it up. End of a top knock from the Dambulla captain. Kusal Mendis c Babar Azam b Naseem Shah 87(46) [4s-4 6s-8]

Naseem Shah to Samarawickrama, 1 run, 144.3kph, fullish delivery angled in, Samarawickrama looks to flick and gets an inside edge onto his front pad. The ball pops up, Naseem runs in and dives but fails to hold onto it. Another chance goes down!

Vandersay to Kusal Mendis, SIX, that's a half-tracker and Mendis takes heavy toll of it. Googly and it's way too short. Kusal Mendis slams the pull over deep backward square leg

Karunaratne to Kusal Mendis, SIX, dug in short, pace on, Kusal Mendis picks the length early and pulls over deep mid-wicket. Century partnership!

Karunaratne to Samarawickrama, SIX, a biggie now! Samarawickrama sits on one leg after shuffling across and swipes it over deep square leg. High and handsome

Karunaratne to Samarawickrama, FOUR, slower delivery, Samarawickrama gets down on one leg to sweep. Finds the gap between backward square leg and short fine leg. Back-to-back fours!

Karunaratne to Samarawickrama, FOUR, nicely played! Width on offer, Samarawickrama stays back and plays a late-cut to send it behind square on the off-side

Dhananjaya Lakshan to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, slow, short and wide, Kusal Mendis stands tall to slap it over extra cover. A couple of bounces and into the fence

Dhananjaya Lakshan to Kusal Mendis, SIX, too predictable! Another slower delivery, Kusal Mendis shuffles and waits before muscling the pull over deep mid-wicket

Pathirana to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, 140.9kph, short and wide, Kusal Mendis slaps the cut behind square on the off-side. Hit in the air and into the gap

Nawaz to Kusal Mendis, SIX, three sixes in the over! Kusal Mendis waltzes down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball and brings his bottom hand into play as he lofts it over wide long-on. Superb strike to bring up his fifty!

Nawaz to Kusal Mendis, SIX, quicker and shorter, Kusal Mendis rocks back to pull it over deep mid-wicket. Second six in three balls

Nawaz to Kusal Mendis, no run, Nawaz has his revenge? Slower through the air, Kusal Mendis drives and there's a sharp catch at short extra cover. Mendis is waiting. Is that a fair catch? The umpires have sent it upstairs. "The ball is clearly grounded," says the third umpire. Vandersay was the fielder and I thought he had his fingers underneath the ball. Colombo won't be happy with that decision

Nawaz to Kusal Mendis, SIX, shortish ball, Kusal Mendis treks back and hammers the pull over deep mid-wicket

Vandersay to Samarawickrama, FOUR, lovely shot! Samarawickrama comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and flicks it over mid-wicket for a one-bounce four. Perfect placement - between deep mid-wicket and long-on

Nawaz to Samarawickrama, 1 run, chopped past cover for a single

Nawaz to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, wristed through mid-wicket after shimmying down. Long-on and deep mid-wicket converge but neither dive. They didn't call for it and the ball goes between them to hit the fence. Nawaz isn't happy with that effort

Karunaratne to Kusal Mendis, SIX, Kusal Mendis takes the aerial route and goes over long-on! Fullish delivery, Mendis bends his back leg, gets under the ball and bludgeons it. A six to end the powerplay

Karunaratne to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, slightly overpitched outside off and Kusal Mendis drills it straight of mid-off

Pathirana to Avishka Fernando, out Caught by Dhananjaya Lakshan!! Gone this time. 127.1kph, another off-speed ball. Full and down leg, Avishka Fernando moves leg-side to flick and holes out. Lakshan moves to his left from deep backward square leg to hold onto the catch. Colombo have the breakthrough! Avishka Fernando c Dhananjaya Lakshan b Pathirana 12(18) [4s-1 6s-1]

Nawaz to Kusal Mendis, SIX, full in length, Kusal Mendis gets forward and lofts it over long-on. Not much turn and the skipper struck it pretty hard

Nawaz to Avishka Fernando, 1 run, dropped! Avishka Fernando moves leg-side and is on the walk to flick it through mid-wicket. Hits it uppish and straighter. Mid-on moves to his right and makes a mess of it...

Naseem Shah to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, 142.1kph, Kusal Mendis pushes at this short of length ball outside off sans any feet movement. The ball trims the inside edge and Dickwella can't hold onto the catch. He dives to his left and manages to get some part of the glove on it. It was low as well. Very tough chance!

Karunaratne to Avishka Fernando, SIX, a touch too full from Karunaratne and Fernando hoists it over long-on off the front foot. Good swing of the bat to hit it downtown

Karunaratne to Avishka Fernando, no run, fullish delivery, Fernando looks to heave it away and inside-edges it to mid-wicket. Kusal Mendis sets off and is almost halfway down before he gets sent back. Fortunately for the Dambulla captain, there's no direct-hit. Had there been one, Mendis was a goner

Naseem Shah to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, 139.6kph, another outswinger, full in length and Fernando leans forward to drive it with the swing through extra cover. Just a push and he's timed it beautifully to get off the mark

Naseem Shah to Avishka Fernando, no run, 142.8kph, a very confident appeal for lbw from Naseem. Turned down the umpire. Dickwella has a word with the bowler and sends it upstairs. It's a lovely outswinger from Naseem. Late curl and Avishka Fernando is beaten on the outside edge as he looks to work it into the leg-side. He didn't expect the ball to move so much and gets squared up. Hits him high on the back pad. Ball-tracking shows it to be clipping top of middle - umpire's call. So close...