Galle Gladiators vs Jaffna Stallions, 9th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

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Avishka Fernando, Man of the Match: I am not in a rush when batting second. We know exactly what we are chasing. I play my normal game against the spinners.

Thisara Perera: We are planning and executing well. As a bowling unit, we have been doing well. We had some issues in the batting department but Avishka today was superb. We can try and play some youngsters in the next few games.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa: We can't lose hope, still have a few games remaining. It's a matter of one win to turn things around. Our plan was to score 180 but we lost quick wickets in the middle which really hurt us. Malik bowled a brilliant final over and we were short by 15-20 runs. We got two match-winning spinners in our team but unfortunately it didn't work out today.

19:07 Local Time, 13:37 GMT, 19:07 IST: Fist-pumps in the dug-out. Hasaranga blows a kiss to someone in the Jaffna camp. DDS hugs his team-mate after finishing things off for his team. The Stallions were ahead for most parts of the chase because of that 99-run partnership between Avishka and Minod. The duo never allowed the required rate to drop at any stage with some risk-free yet calculated strokes. Asitha Fernando broke the stand and provided his team a glimmer of hope. Avishka kept finding the fence and trimmed the equation down further. Dhananjaya Lakshan bowled a tight 18th over where he not only stemmed the runs but also picked up the prized scalp of Avishka to create turbulence in the Jaffna camp. But Hasaranga stole the thunder in the end hitting four boundaries off the penultimate over and killed Galle's hopes. The Gladiators continue to remain winless.

Dananjaya to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR, game over. Tossed up by Dananjaya, Dhananjaya remains calm and lifts it straight down the ground to drive Jaffna to their fourth consecutive win

Dananjaya to Hasaranga, 1 run, beautiful googly which spins back in, Hasaranga wants to drive it through off-side, inside-halves it to long-on

Dananjaya to Dhananjaya de Silva, 1 run, googly, Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it past mid-wicket for a single

Dhananjaya de Silva, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Dananjaya to Shoaib Malik, out Caught by Dhananjaya Lakshan!! Oh, well. We've got more twists here. Malik gone, what now? Temptingly flighted by Dananjaya outside off, Malik drives it pretty hard but it's uppish. Lakshan at extra cover dives across and plucks a sharp catch. No celebration from Galle. Shoaib Malik c Dhananjaya Lakshan b Dananjaya 1(3)

Dananjaya to Shoaib Malik, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Just 3 required for Jaffna off 6 balls.

Amir to Hasaranga, FOUR, clincher then? What a player this Hasaranga is. Four boundaries in the over. Amir pounds it short outside off, Hasaranga backs away a smidgen and does what he's been doing all this while. Runs it past short third man where the fielder dives but can't stop it

Amir to Hasaranga, no run, two dots now. Hasaranga is not happy with the call here. Slower ball, cutting away outside off, Hasaranga goes searching at it but can't reach

Amir to Hasaranga, no run, finally a dot. Trims his length back. Digs it short outside off, Hasaranga can't lay bat on this

Amir to Hasaranga, FOUR, this should be the game for the Stallions. Three yorkers from Amir, he's stunned that Hasaranga has managed to crack three fours. This was much straighter, Hasaranga watches it very closely, opens his bat face and sends it in the gap between short third man and backward point

11 from 10.

Amir to Hasaranga, FOUR, back-to-back fours and it's advantage Jaffna. Again very full delivery outside off, Wanindu gets under it and hammers it wide of long-off.

Amir to Hasaranga, FOUR, Jaffna needed this. Priceless boundary. Amir goes for the yorker outside off, Hasaranga smartly opens the bat face and guides it past short third man

Mohammad Amir [3.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack