short ball down the leg stump line! Chandimal pulls and gets a boundary. He falls down on his back as he played the stroke. Karunaratne is the hero of the moment. He bowled a stellar over for the final over of the game
Dambulla vs Stars, 11th Match at Colombo, LPL, Dec 11 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Though Chandimal was blazing at one end, one always felt that left themselves a lot to get towards the final overs of the match. In hindsight, they should've gone after one of the spinners. They got 79 runs off 15 overs of spin
A six required off the final delivery
fuller ball outside the off stump. He lofts it to wide long-off and gets himself a couple
miscues the slog to deep midwicket and doesn't take a run
yes he will! But it's a wicket! Short ball outside the off stump. He looks to pull it and gets a top edge. Chandimal runs across and crosses by the time Karunaratne runs across and takes the catch himself
Will Chandimal get the strike back?
short of a good length delivery. He looks to pull and gets an under edge to leg side for a single.
short of a good length delivery outside the off stump. He is on the backfoot as he cuts it in front of square for a boundary. The ball just flew off his bat
13 runs required off the final over. Who will bowl it? Jayathilake will be the one bowling it. No, it won't be him. Dasun Shanaka, Dickwella and Jayathilake had a long conversation and they decide that Chamika Karunaratne will bowl the final over. It will be his first over in the game
cuts it to deep point for a single
steers it to third-man for a couple
short of a good length delivery on the stumps. He looks to pull and gets a top edge to long-on where Salt takes the catch
misses the yorker and bowls it full. Prasanna lofts it over mid-off for a boundary
fuller outside off. He slams it to sweeper cover for a single
for the first time Dambulla Giants seem to be under the pump. A wicket can change it though
full toss outside the off stump. He lofts it to long-on and it hits the boundary cushion on the full and it's a six!
glances it to short fine-leg
wide outside the off stump. Looks to slog it and misses
comes forward and pushes it to wide long-on for a single
turns it to midwicket for a single
drives it to mid-off for a single
comes forward and turns it behind square for a single to hand the strike back to Chandimal.
full toss on the stumps. Chandimal gets behind the line of the delivery and propels it over square-leg for a six. Brilliant stroke. Can he do this for a couple of overs more? Have Colombo Stars started to have a go at the target late?
comes forward and drives it to sweeper cover for a couple
Over 20 • CS 137/8