6.6Wellalage to P Silva57/1
LBW OUT. OUT! L.B.W. Dunith Wellalage to Pathum Nissanka. Stock length ball, outside off stump down the track working, hit pad. Wellalage provides the breakthrough.
8.1Loku Marakkalage to M Azam62/2
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Dilshan Madushanka to Babar Azam. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled to backward point, caught by Miller. Madushanka gets the vital wicket.
8.4Loku Marakkalage to M Fernando64/3
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Dilshan Madushanka to Nuwanidu Fernando. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep square leg, caught by Theekshana. Theekshana takes a stunner.
9.6Wellalage to I Ahmed69/4
Clean Bowled. OUT! Bowled. Dunith Wellalage to Iftikhar Ahmed. Stock length ball, outside off stump down the track Slog, missed. Cleaned him up!
14.4Theekshana to L Igalagamage99/5
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught & Bowled. Maheesh Theekshana to Lahiru Udara. Off break length ball, outside off stump backing away driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled back to bowler. Another blinder from Theekshana.
18.4Malik to M Nawaz139/6
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Shoaib Malik to Mohammad Nawaz. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot slog sweeping, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket, caught by Hridoy. Malik has the last laugh.
19.3Thushara to R Wanigamuni144/7
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Nuwan Thushara to Ramesh Mendis. Off cutter half volley, outside off stump down the track driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long off, caught by Miller. Seven down for the Strikers.
19.6N Shah146/8
Run OUT. OUT! Run Out. Nuwan Thushara to Chamika Karunaratne. Off cutter full toss, middle stump on the back foot Slog, mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Wellalage. Excellent throw from Wellalage! That brings the first innings to a close. Colombo Strikers have set a decent target on the board. Pathum Nissanka top-scored with 36. Dunith Wellalage and Dilshan Madushanka bowled brilliantly and picked up two wickets each. Stay tuned for the run chase.