31 all out but team still wins the match

                                Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties, and the statement once again proved itself on Tuesday when the cricket world saw an 'unlikeliest' of victories during a Premier Championship match in Sri Lanka.

Riding on Asiri Karunaratne's magnificent 5 for 21, Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club, who opted to field, demolished Galle Cricket Club's first innings for just 31 in mere 15.1 overs.

Most teams would consider a match to be in their pocket after bowling out the opposition for such a meager total.

Interestingly though, Galle Cricket Club recovered from the dismal batting show to win by four runs and save themselves from being relegated from Sri Lanka's first class competition.

After Galle's 31, Air Force Sports Club scored 215 to take a solid 184-run lead and be in the driving seat with a comfortable victory in sight. But that was where the game took an unbelievable turn.

Galle cruised past 184 for the loss of just two wickets and ended their second innings at 295 courtesy a brilliant century from former Sri Lanka U-19 batsman Charith Asalanka. That set a 112-run target for the Air Force team to register a win.

But Air Force were bowled out for 107, handing Galle a four-run win.

It was the lowest winning first-innings score in a first-class match since 1924, when Gloucestershire were dismissed for 31 against Middlesex. The lowest of all time was in 1827, when England were skittled for 27 against Sussex.