Colombo Strikers vs Jaffna Kings, 17th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

So a one-sided affair in the evening today after a Super Over in the afternoon in the Lanka Premier League. That's the luck of the draw sometimes. Let's see what awaits us with tomorrow's double header. See you then, bye for now!

T Perera: Very happy with the performance, can't say anything wrong. As a bowling unit, we did pretty well. I was trying to minimize boundaries and keep them under 150. We know our batting unit is very strong, Gurbaz, Angelo and Waseem did very well. I knew our bowlers could do something special on this track, that's why we picked this squad. Whatever the pitch, I have the bench power. That's how we picked this squad.

C Asalanka: All three departments went wrong. Shocking in the field. (On the pitch) Not that bad, we could have done better including myself. Usually we get spinning tracks here, we are used to it as players. It was a bit tough for batters today, but no excuses. We are still in second spot and happy, hopefully we stay there.

Shadab Khan | Player of the Match: (On missing out on a hat-trick) I think it was out, technology problem. I was a bit confused when the umpire said not out. This pitch was a bit slower, we had to mix it up. You go for runs in T20 cricket, I just tried to bowl in the right areas. The pitch is helping us spinners, it was holding and gripping a bit. I was trying to bowl in good areas. I struggled in the last 3 months, that's the beauty of cricket. Sometimes you don't perform and now you perform, hope this continues.

22:30 Local Time, 17:00 GMT, 22:30 IST: A walk in the park for Colombo Strikers as they chase down the target in 9.5 overs. The mood was set after Gurbaz and Perera smashed 16 runs off the first Behrendorff over. Madhushan got the wicket of Perera but the attacking intent from Colombo continued. Muhammad Waseem joined Gurbaz, and the duo made light work of the rest of the chase. Gurbaz played the role of the aggressor in the powerplay, and he got to a 50 off 30 balls. Waseem chipped in with a couple of sixes towards the end to finish with 35 off 18 balls. The Strikers were also aided by some sloopy catching from Jaffna. Earlier in the day, Shadab Khan stole the show with 4/10 with the ball to restrict Jaffna Kings to just 109 runs. Hang around for the presentations...

Eshan Malinga to Muhammad Waseem, SIX, finishes off in style!! A slower, full delivery onto off. Waseem shuffles in, gets on one knee, waits and then slams it over long-on to finish the game off with a six. Colombo chase this down with 10 overs to go

Eshan Malinga to Muhammad Waseem, no run, good length and extra bounce outside off, Waseem can't connect

Eshan Malinga to Gurbaz, 1 run, dropped!! A length ball on off, Gurbaz clears his front leg for a bling slog across the line. Gets it off the toe end and hits it a mile in the air. Covers settles under it but the ball pops out his hands

Eshan Malinga to Gurbaz, wide, short ball, slides down leg

Eshan Malinga to Gurbaz, no run, back of length, angling inwards. Gurbaz gets a leading edge on the pull that takes the ball towards mid-off

Eshan Malinga to Gurbaz, SIX, short ball onto off, Gurbaz shuffles in almost half expecting it and pulls it away beyond fine leg into the lower stands for six

Time-Out.

V Viyaskanth to Muhammad Waseem, FOUR, flat delivery outside off, Waseem rocks back and pulls it to the right of deep mid-wicket. One bounce and over

V Viyaskanth to Muhammad Waseem, SIX, dances to the pitch of it and whacks it down the ground in disdain. Doesn't even bother looking at where the ball landed, was so sure it was going all the way

V Viyaskanth to Gurbaz, 1 run, length ball at the stumps, clipped to deep mid-wicket. That's 50 for the Afghan opener. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and an under par chase - a match made in heaven!

V Viyaskanth to Gurbaz, no run, spinning away outside off, goes past the sweep

V Viyaskanth to Gurbaz, 2 runs, dropped!! A fuller delivery and Gurbaz goes for a big slam down the ground after making some room. Rossouw from long-on overruns it and then tries to track back and attempt a one handed catch. Never got in a position to take that catch though

V Viyaskanth to Gurbaz, no run, a quicker leg spinner that pitches and just turns past off. Gurbaz goes for a big slog and misses

Eshan Malinga to Muhammad Waseem, no run, hard length delivery that goes over the stumps, Waseem backs away for a big heave and can't connect

Eshan Malinga to Gurbaz, 1 run, Malinga goes yorker as Gurbaz charges out again. Squeezed to the left of mid-off for a single