GG vs KR

Lanka Premier League · Match 10

Recent overs

Ov 19
4014
9 runs
Ov 18
011011
4 runs
Ov 17
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12 runs
Ov 16
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5 runs

Commentary

Kandy Warriors beat Galle Gladiators by 5 wickets with 8 balls to spare

That will be it from me, Anavit Naik and alongside Navjeevan Rajput, it was a pleasure bringing the live coverage to you all over the world. Take care!
Angelo Perera, captain of Kandy Warriors: 
(On the win) Exactly, we are very delighted, we were close in the last match and yet so far, very happy to get the job done this time around, batsmen chased really well, with Moores and Bopara, they are experienced and class players and bowlers did a magnificent job at the start as well.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Galle Gladiators captain: Not really, we were 10-15 short with our total, Scoring 130 is not good enough on this pitch especially when you are batting first on this kind of wicket. (On so many extras) I would call it a mistake as we need to control our line and lengths, (On team combination) Hafeez was not there, proper combination was required so we picked the best we could and we would look forward to , we will win it next time around.
Ravi Bopara (Player of the match): A tough wicket to bat one, it's a dry day and with a low score, it will be tough. The plan was sent, we had to get 128 even if it took 20 overs as we had to get those two points today. I knew if we hit boundaries it would stay hit. Coming from T10 this has been a good change as it gets a batter working.
Ravi Bopara is the Player of the Match!
Those are the winning runs from Ravi Bopara! Finishes off in style as there was no need to check the boundary on the ropes as only a solitary run was required to win. But the heart of the chase lied in the Moores-Bopara partnership. The start was not ideal as they lost a flurry of wickets in the Powerplay with Samit Patel striking one in the middle and being economical in the rest. He finished with figures of 2-20 in his 4 overs.

Amir and Lakshan were good in their 3 overs each as what would hurt them badly is the number of wides the bowling unit conceded.  A total of 18 wides in such a low scoring encounter! 
19.0
18.4 Nuwan Thushara to Ravi Bopara, BOPARA FINISHES OFF IN STYLE!! Short and on the stumps, Ravi rocks back and hooks that away comfortably over backward square leg for a boundary to seal the deal. WARRIORS WIN THEIR FIRST!
18.3 Nuwan Thushara to Minod Bhanuka, on the length and on the stumps, Minod drags that one towards leg-side and gets one. SCORES ARE TIED!!
18.2 Nuwan Thushara to Minod Bhanuka, slower one outside off, Minod tries to swot that away but misses out
18.1 Nuwan Thushara to Minod Bhanuka, TOP SHOT!! Fuller and angling across just outside off, Minod powers that one down the ground towards long-off, and the ball races away to the boundary ropes. Just 2 runs are needed now!!
Nuwan Thushara (3-0-22-1) comes back into the attack
18Ov122/5Score
0110114 runs
Ravi Bopara30 (38)
Minod Bhanuka*3 (4)
Dhananjaya Lakshan1/20
17.6 Dhananjaya Lakshan to Minod Bhanuka, full and on the stumps, Bhanuka nudges this along the ground for one
17.5 Dhananjaya Lakshan to Ravi Bopara, full and slower one on the stumps again, Ravi clips that away to mid-wicket for one
17.4 Dhananjaya Lakshan to Ravi Bopara, short and outside off, Ravi tries to pull that away but misses, a dot ball
17.3 Dhananjaya Lakshan to Minod Bhanuka, short and wide angling across outside off, Minod flat bats that away through the covers for one
17.2 Dhananjaya Lakshan to Ravi Bopara, on the length and on the stumps, Ravi turns that away towards mid-wicket and takes one
17.1 Dhananjaya Lakshan to Ravi Bopara, full and just outside off that one, Ravi defends that one towards off-side
Dhananjaya Lakshan (2-0-16-1)  comes into the attack