Jaffna Kings vs Colombo Strikers, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

That's it for the first game of LPL. Tomorrow is a double-header day, we will be there. Do join us then. Till then sleep tight and be well. Escaping now!

Thisara Perera | Jaffna captain: Really good start to the 4th edition. We did a great?job. Very confident?about my players. If someone is gone, I don't worry about it, we build another team. David Miller and Nandre Burger have already arrived and they will be available for the next game.

Chamika Karunaratne | Comes in to talk instead of Niroshan Dickwella: We took a good decision [on bowling first]. We should have kept them to 160 but some no-balls and extras. 170 was chaseable. We are short of one batter in the middle. We went with more local?players because they know the wicket better. The run-out was crucial, if I was there I could have finished it off.? Ramesh was going well and the last 2 overs 20 runs, 3 sixes, game over. I take the?responsibility for my run-out.

Vijaykanth Viyaskanth | Player of the Match: [on his chats with R Ashwin] We are talking on Instagram daily. Today also I told him I was playing, he messaged good luck. Every time we talk we are talking friendly. I don't have any plan, just bowl wicket to wicket and also supported by Thisara Perera.

23:10 Local Time, 17:40 GMT, 23:10 IST: Jaffna continue their winning ways. They have started 2023 in style. Colombo started well in the chase with Dickwella punishing in the powerplay but regular wickets hurt them. Babar went early and that was a big wicket. Hardus Viljoen and Madushanka bowled hard lengths into the wicket and a couple of soft dismissals hurt Colombo in the middle. Dickwella and Nawaz ramped straight to third man and the innings just lost its way. Too much to do for the likes of Chamika Karunaratne at the end and the asking rate brought wickets. Jaffna through their bowlers closed it out. The legspin of Viyaskanth very impressive during the middle overs too. Stay tuned for the presentation...

Madushanka to Pathirana, out Bowled!! Jaffna win. Good yorker length delivery on the stumps, Pathirana makes room outside the leg-stump to drive and misses. The ball clatters into the stumps. Pathirana b Madushanka 8(8) [4s-2]

Madushanka to Pathirana, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Madushanka to Pathirana, no run, just wide of off-stump! Pathirana first shuffles across outside off and then backs away outside the leg-stump, too many movements, misses the full delivery

Madushanka to Pathirana, no run, dug in short on the stumps, Pathirana pulls and misses

Madushanka to Sandakan, 1 run, short of length on the stumps, Sandakan slashes and the thick edge falls in front of third man who did not attack it

Dilshan Madushanka [2.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack

Last over | 23 needed.

Viljoen to Pathirana, no run, good shot for no run. Pathirana makes room and smashes the drive but straight to the fielder at extra-cover

Viljoen to Pathirana, no run, hard back of a length into the pitch, Pathirana pulls and misses

Viljoen to Pathirana, FOUR, four more. A back of a length delivery on the stumps, Pathirana does not get hold of the pull totally but gets it over mid-off

Viljoen to Pathirana, no run, back of a length and Pathirana makes room to guide, the extra bounce takes it over the stumps

Viljoen to Pathirana, FOUR, full and wide outside off, a cracking cover drive from Pathirana and it races away wide of cover. Theekshana loves it and claps in front of Pathirana with a big smile on his face

Matheesha Pathirana, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Viljoen to Ramesh Mendis, out Caught by Nishan Madushka!! Clear glove and Madushka is proven right. Short down leg, Ramesh Mendis gloves the pull and the review overturns the original decision. Ramesh Mendis c Nishan Madushka b Viljoen 17(10) [4s-1 6s-1]

Viljoen to Ramesh Mendis, THATS OUT!! Caught!!