Aura vs Strikers, 16th Match at Colombo, LPL, Aug 12 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

full, wide of off, he tries to flay it through the offside but just gets an outside edge, which Mendis - who has kept very well - takes a simple catch going across. That's the game folks.

full toss outside off. Drilled to long on. Not sure why Karunaratne is not running. Strikers can't win anyway

fullish, angled across the stumps, Karunaratne throws his bat at it and tries to bang it over cow corner, Gets a leading edge towards deep third instead and doesn't take a run

full, yorker length outside off. Driven to long off. They refuse the run

fullish ball outside off, driven to mid on.

another one for Hasan, who has bowled nicely. This is length wide outside off, which Pathirana tries to drag to the legside. it takes the top edge and flies towards short fine leg, where the fielder goes back and takes a good catch, the ball coming over his shoulder

yorker outside off, Pathirana throws a bat at it and can't connect

length ball speared in at the stumps, blocked out to leg.

full, wide, and lifted, almost like catching practice, into a safe pair of hands at deep cover. Naseem was going to throw his bat, but he hit it high instead of long, and the fielder there is safe. He accepts the catch gleefully and holds it close to his chest.

fullish ball on off stump, driven powerfully down the ground, but long on is across it

fullish on the stumps, driven to long on

dropped! This one Sadeera Samarawickrama should have caught. That was a length ball nailed but straight to long off, who could have taken it at waist height but shells it

that's another good length ball, tighter into the stumps this time, another wild swing, another miss

another swing and miss outside off, to another slower one I think

slower length ball outside off, a play and a miss

a big leading edge and dropped! This is a full ball on off that Karunaratne tries to bash over long on. He gets a big edge to it and it flies high towards long off, but the advancing Samarawickrama can't hold on to a slippery ball (there's dew)

NOOOOOOOOR! What a spell! That may very well be a match-winning effort. This is a flat, fast, stock ball with plenty of revs. Nawaz goes back and tries to bash it through leg. The ball doesn't bounce though, and it hits the off stump flush.

gets a flat stock ball on target this time. This pitches on leg (from around the wicket to the right hander) and straightens. Karunaratne drops it to the legside and runs

fires this down leg. Mendis gets a pad behind it. This is great keeping as well as ambitious bowling.

bowls a big googly, but way down off. Mendis again fast to get to it and stop it.