Mathews to Muhammad Waseem, leg byes, 1 run, short of length ball shaping in, Muhammad Waseem looks to tuck it across but the ball deflects off his pads towards backward point for a leg bye
1.6
Shanaka to Gurbaz, no run, short and wide, Gurbaz slashes but only meets thin air
1.5
Shanaka to Muhammad Waseem, leg byes, 1 run, back of a length ball seaming in from outside off, Muhammad Waseem looks to work it across but is struck high on the pads. There's an appeal but it was too high
1.4
Shanaka to Muhammad Waseem, FOUR, to deep backward point
1.3
Shanaka to Gurbaz, 1 run, pitched up outside off, Gurbaz strokes it to sweeper cover
1.2
Shanaka to Muhammad Waseem, 1 run, to cover
1.1
Shanaka to Muhammad Waseem, FOUR, to backward square leg
Dasun Shanaka, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Mathews to Gurbaz, no run
Kandy take a review.
0.5
Mathews to Gurbaz, no run
0.4
Mathews to Muhammad Waseem, 1 run
0.3
Mathews to Muhammad Waseem, no run
0.2
Mathews to Muhammad Waseem, no run, full length ball outside off, Waseem strokes it to extra cover
0.1
Mathews to Gurbaz, 1 run, pitched up ball outside off, Gurbaz leans ahead and eases it towards extra cover for a quick single
Gurbaz and Muhammad Waseem are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Mathews will open the attack
The players and the umpires stride out to the middle.
Pitch Report: The pitch looks similar but the conditions are different – there’s a breeze blowing across and that will bring relief to the players. In the first innings in the last game, the average turn was 1.5 degrees and in the second innings, it was 2.9 degrees so it got slower. But, conditions are better for batting under lights at this venue so I’m not surprised that Kandy chose to bowl, reckons Farveez Maharoof.
Teams:
Kandy Falcons (Playing XI): Dinesh Chandimal(w), Andre Fletcher, Mohammad Haris, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Kamindu Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Chaturanga de Silva, Ramesh Mendis, Chamath Gomez, Mohammad Hasnain