- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 Incredible from Shanaka! The previous two were warning shots, but this one was bang on. Pitches on leg and seams away - gentle pace truth be told - to beat the edge and clip the bails off from off stump. Hermann just simply playing down the wrong line 9/119.1 Oh what's happened there?! Brain fade from Mendis and he's lost his wicket. Goes for an outstanding 79 off 53. This was a low full toss around off, drilled to mid-off. Shanaka picks up and throws down the stumps at the non-striker's end, but Kusal has just meandered across. Not even in the frame when the wickets are broken 186/64.3 Nawaz strikes in his first over! Another one that just sticks in the surface, pitches on off and straightens down the line. Sadeera goes for the pull but is all odds and ends as he ends up top edging this. Well taken by a backpedaling backward square leg 43/25.5 Scythes through him! and gets his man! This was a length ball, 142kph, and carries on with the angle - perhaps some seam movement back in. Goes right between bat and pad as Kamindu is caught in the crease. They go up for a caught behind, but the umpire says no. This time though the review is a good one. Clear spike as the ball passes the bat, a faint noise too. Colombo have lost three in the powerplay 65/316.2 Breaks the stand! Full and straight, this was a yorker length and reversing back in quickly. McDermott stays camped on the back foot as he looks to drill this hard down the ground. Misses completely and reviews the lbw call, more in instinct than any real hope. He's walked halfway back by the time ball tracking confirms the bad news. Great knock comes to an end 162/417.2 Chipped straight to midwicket! Back of a length on the stumps, 138kph. Liyanage looks to make a little room and whip this over the fielder in the ring but he's rushed a bit and ends up offering a very simple catch 167/519.5 Another one falls! Short and quick as Tharupathi is rushed on the hook. Top edge and easily tracked and taken by the keeper. Three runs and two wickets in the over so far 189/719.6 Another top edge and Akif has four! Hard length and quick as Wanuja slices this high to point. Colombo finish on 189 for 8 189/8Extras9 (lb 3, w 6)TOTAL189/8 (20 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Rubin Hermann, 1.3 ov), 2-43 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 4.3 ov), 3-65 (Kamindu Mendis, 5.5 ov), 4-162 (Ben McDermott, 16.2 ov), 5-167 (Janith Liyanage, 17.2 ov), 6-186 (Kusal Mendis, 19.1 ov), 7-189 (Malsha Tharupathi, 19.5 ov), 8-189 (Wanuja Sahan, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB C Karunaratne 2 0 25 0 12.5 4 4 1 0 0 MD Shanaka 2 1 16 1 8 8 0 2 1 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 4 0 39 1 9.75 6 3 2 0 0 Akif Javed 4 0 40 4 10 12 0 4 1 0 V Viyaskanth 4 0 24 0 6 8 2 0 0 0 E Malinga 4 0 42 1 10.5 7 5 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.5 But Wanuja gets his man in the end! This time dragged the length back as it stuck in the surface. Harper looks to take on the pull, but there's no pace on the ball. Ends up getting more height than distance as Neesham holds on safely at deep midwicket 134/42.3 Mahmud has the last laugh! Drags the length back wide of off, and gets some extra bounce and carry. That's what does Croospulle in, as he looks for the cut but only manages a thick edge through to the keeper 23/15.1 Straight to backward square leg! This was pushed through flat outside off as Mehidy premeditates this sweep. Lunges across and connects well but doesn't keep it down, and can't beat the man in the ring either. Deserved wicket for Wanuja after a tidy first over 50/213.5 There's the breakthrough the Kaps desperately needed! This was short and the cutter, Asalanka goes for the pull but only manages a top edge as Neesham settles under it at deep square leg and makes no mistake 122/317.2 There's life in this game yet! Neesham has done Shanaka in with a beaut! Good length leg cutter, pitches on off and straightens. It's bamboozled Shanaka, who pushes at it too early and is beaten on the outside edge. Off stump is disturbed, and the only man more surprised than Shanaka is Neesham himself, who covers his mouth in disbelief at the quality of that delivery 163/5Extras6 (lb 3, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL191/5 (19.2 Overs, RR: 9.87)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Lasith Croospulle, 2.3 ov), 2-50 (Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 5.1 ov), 3-122 (Charith Asalanka, 13.5 ov), 4-134 (Sam Harper, 14.5 ov), 5-163 (Dasun Shanaka, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Liyanage 1 0 8 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 B Fernando 4 0 54 0 13.5 3 7 2 1 0 Hasan Mahmud 2.2 0 31 2 13.28 3 4 1 0 1 W Sahan 3 0 19 2 6.33 8 1 1 1 0 JDS Neesham 3 0 26 1 8.66 6 3 1 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 30 0 7.5 6 2 1 0 0 M Tharupathi 2 0 20 0 10 1 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Galle Gallants , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
18 July 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Galle Gallants 2, Colombo Kaps 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 3 wickets)
- Colombo Kaps: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 2
- Over 5.3: Review by Galle Gallants (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BCN Amarasinghe, Batter - BKG Mendis (Struck down)
- Over 5.5: Review by Galle Gallants (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BCN Amarasinghe, Batter - PHKD Mendis (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Kaps - 87/3 in 9.0 overs (BKG Mendis 38, BR McDermott 16)
- Colombo Kaps: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 7
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 34 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (BKG Mendis 22, BR McDermott 29, Ex 0)
- Colombo Kaps: 150 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 8
- BR McDermott: 50 off 30 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Batting side - 15 runs, 1 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Kaps - 161/3 in 16.0 overs (BKG Mendis 69, BR McDermott 57)
- Over 16.2: Review by Colombo Kaps (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RR Wimalasiri, Batter - BR McDermott (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Colombo Kaps - 189/8 in 20.0 overs (JDS Neesham 12)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 3.5: Review by Colombo Kaps (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BCN Amarasinghe, Batter - Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Struck down)
- Galle Gallants: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Galle Gallants - 76/2 in 9.0 overs (SB Harper 38, KIC Asalanka 5)
- Galle Gallants: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (SB Harper 30, KIC Asalanka 17, Ex 3)
- SB Harper: 50 off 38 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Batting side - 27 runs, 0 wicket)
- Galle Gallants: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (96 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Galle Gallants - 153/4 in 16.0 overs (SSD Arachchige 19, MD Shanaka 6)

