Gladiators vs Kings, 1st Match at Colombo, LPL, Dec 05 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

That's it! Caught at mid-on by Rajapaksa as Theekshana tried to loft it over mid-on but didn't get all of it. It's a resounding victory by Gladiators who have outgunned Kings in a one-sided match

On a length, whooshing away in the corridor, slams a cut off his backfoot and earns a pair of runs

Banged in short, tries to muscle this over midwicket, nowhere near the pitch of the ball

Short of a length, rising delivery on an attacking line outside off, negotiates with a lot of bother, the ball quickly dies down towards the off side

No hat-trick for Tharanga as Seales goes back and blocks it well presenting full face of the bat

Two in two! Disturbs the furniture with this snorter, it was aimed at the stumps, too good for Lakmal who looked out of sorts, was leaning back but failed to read the line, missed it completely

That's a perfect riposte! Bagged by Noor Ahmad! Wahab's cameo comes to an end. He tried to hit across the line and he had to go after every delivery given the match situation but he ends up getting gobbled easily by Noor at midwicket

About as agricultural as Wahab gets, but that was belted out of the middle of the bat and cleared the fence over midwicket. Another meaty blow!

Goes down on the knee, plays against the turn and Dunk covers a lot of ground to line himself under the skier, the ball was swirling away from his reach and Wahab lives to fight another day

Springs down the track and chips it into the leg side, no timing and force behind the shot

Skips down the track, creates his own length and bunts it down the ground, long-off rushes to his right and gathers the ball

Looped up on a full length outside off, steers it behind square on the off side, third man intercepts the ball

Zips it on a fuller length, he shuffles across and shoves it near square leg

Rooted back and he attempts a late cut, beats first slip as the ball trickles away towards the third man

On a short length, turns back a mile as he fends it to the off side

Goodness me! Very close to the stumps, attempts a cut and fails to make a connection

Dangles a legbreak on a shorter length, drives it on the rise to long-off and earns a run

Hangs back in the crease and forces it away to cover, can't get past the fielder in the ring

Lands it on a fraction shorter length, some width on offer, prods it off the backfoot towards long-off

Tossed up on a fuller length, spinning towards leg stump, jams his bat down but couldn't beat the fielder at short fine leg