4.3 Harper falls too! Slanted in full and following the batter outside leg. Harper thinks he can still pop this downtown but the bat face closes upon impact. Cramped for room too and he arrows it down Piyush Chawla's throat at mid on. Kings have a foothold in the contest now! 46/2

3.2 oh, that is a very soft dismissal! Darted in on a back of a length just outside leg. Croospulle backs away but the ball holds in the surface. He jabs at it with hard hands and picks out extra cover, who dives forward and seems to complete the catch. Third umpire called into question to check the fairness, though. Looks like a clean catch, and the third umpire agrees. Wellalage on the board, and Croospulle has to walk back for 1! 43/1

16.5 shanked to long on, and Asalanka's party is over! Slower ball bashed into the track outside off. Asalanka has a hack at this too but miscues it slightly. Not enough pace to work with either and he shanks it straight to Zadran. A top tone-setting knock, though! 156/4

10.2 holes out to deep mid wicket! Slower ball on a length outside off. Mehidy, feeling the pinch of the scoring rate, reckons this is the ball to help him break free. Has an almighty mow at it but ends up dragging it. Nuwanidu does the rest on the fence, and Mehidy's batting woes come to an end! 82/3

17.2 more catching practice at long on! Googly hung up full and wide, asking Arachchige to fetch it. He takes on the challenge but comes up second-best, largely owing to the lack of pace. A miscue down long on's throat, and Chawla holds his arms aloft in celebration! 165/5

19.6 caught at long off, but the damage may have already been done! Fired in on a back of a length just outside off. Nawaz stands tall and looks to muscle it over long off. Hits it flat and close enough to long off, who moves to his right and snares the chance. Gallants finish on 213! 213/6

5.2 scuffed to mid off, and Malinga is doing his thing already! Seems like a change-up, on a length outside off. Avishka wants to go up and over but the lack of pace means that he does not time it as well as he would have liked. A tame chip to mid off, and that is a huge wicket in the context of the game! 63/1

6.4 taken superbly at long on, and the Kings are sliding! Bashed in short outside off. Mishara stands tall, trying to forehand it over long on. Cuts across it too much, though, and that brings Viyaskanth into play. He surges to his right and then tumbles to ensure he hangs on. Top work on the fence, and the set batter has to depart too! 68/3

5.5 no saving Zadran this time! Zinged through full on middle and off, and this seems to leave the batter late. Zadran gets turned inside out as he looks to flick it away and the ball flies off the leading edge towards short third, where Viyaskanth does the rest. Malinga on a roll! 65/2

9.4 another gentle slice, and Malinga is running riot! Low full toss outside off. Nuwanidu thinks the inside-out lofted drive is on but slices across it way too much. Off the outer half and Mehidy accepts the offering gleefully on the deep point fence. Kings in trouble! 84/5

7.4 massive, massive moment in the game! The Asalanka experiment works a charm. A bit of loop and dangled full outside off. Rajapaksa does not get close enough to the pitch of the ball and looks to drive. Does not get under it enough either and pops it to extra cover, who leaps up and takes the catch. Galle in the box seat now! 72/4

14.2 goes high up again, but no distance on this, and Wellalage has to go! Viyaskanth holds his nerve, and dangles this on a length on middle. Wellalage thinks he can slog this into next week but cannot quite get on top of the bounce. The ball swirls off the top edge and the bowler calls early to complete a return catch in the short mid wicket region! 126/6

18.4 a feeble end to a feeble knock! Thigh-high full toss on off and this ought to have sailed beyond the stands. Wiese has been in such a rut tonight, though, that he shanks it straight to deep mid wicket. He cannot believe it, and trudges off the park eventually. There is a brief check to see how high the full toss is, but nothing doing on that count. Galle almost there! 172/9

16.2 oh dear - that is a terrible mix-up and a terrible outcome for the Kings! Back of a length outside off. Wiese dabs it to backward point and then ball-watches, all while Wickramasinghe hurtles down for the single. Wickramasinghe has to turn back but by then, it is too late. The throw is not the strongest ever but it trickles onto the stumps at the bowler's end eventually, with Wickramasinghe short of his ground. He is livid as he storms off, and this could be the game! 153/7

17.3 clinked to mid off, and Chawla perishes! Not quite a yorker outside off but full enough to not let Chawla get under it completely. The bat face closes upon contact too and Karunaratne gobbles up a fairly regulation chance. Kings eight down now! 167/8

19.4 Malinga seals the deal! Beautiful dipping yorker on off. Mathew has no clue about it and plays way too early. The ball squirms under the toe-end of his bat and thuds into off stump. A convincing victory in the end, and the Galle Gallants have been full value for it! 177/10