07/12Result
3rd Match, Lanka Premier League at Hambantota, Dec 7 2022
Jaffna won by 9 wkts (26b rem)
Player of the Match
Sadeera Samarawickrama
Sadeera SamarawickramaJaffna Kings
07/12Result
3rd Match, Lanka Premier League at Hambantota, Dec 7 2022
Jaffna won by 9 wkts (26b rem)
Player of the Match
Sadeera Samarawickrama
Sadeera SamarawickramaJaffna Kings

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

S Samarawickrama
S Samarawickrama
62(44) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
9 9 3 16 4 7 4 10
WIA Fernando
WIA Fernando
51(49) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 14 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 8 9 5 15 4 4 5

Best performances - Bowlers

M Theekshana
M Theekshana
O4
M0
R20
W3
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
V Viyaskanth
O4
M0
R24
W3
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

6:22pm Well, that will be a wrap for this game. LPL action, though, does not stop. In an hour's time, the Galle Gladiators will take on the Kandy Falcons. For now, this is me (Shashwat) on behalf of Sudeep and Ranjith, signing off. Goodbye and take care!

Time for the post-match presentation!

Thisara Perera, Jaffna Kings captain: I have to mention our bowlers. They are doing really good job for us on these kinds of surfaces. (On Wellalage) They have so many left-handers so I did not need to give him the ball. Bhanuka played the left-armers really well, hence I did not bowl him (Wellalage).

Dasun Shanaka, Dambulla Aura captain: (Where did it go wrong) It is disappointing. The batting part, we did not do our jobs. We did not give ourselves a chance on that wicket. We threw our wickets away at regular intervals and it cost us the game. They bowled really well, plus we did not bat well in the middle phase. That is where we lost the game.

Sadeera Samarawickrama, Player of the Match: (About the innings) I would like to thank god first. Really happy that I delivered on the big stage. I was waiting for this opportunity and I was working hard. I had nothing to lose, so I had my plans. I backed myself and stuck to my basics. Really happy about the performance today.

6:10pm That was a convincing victory for the Kings in the end. They were put under some early pressure in their bowling innings, with Cox teeing off in the powerplay. Once Viyaskanth got the better of him, though, they controlled the match. Dambulla tried to stitch together partnerships but kept losing wickets, eventually finishing with a score that was well under par.

In the second innings, the pitch did play a little better, although credit must also be given to Avishka, who has not played a lot of cricket lately, and Samarawickrama, who was included as a replacement for Gurbaz. The pair bossed proceedings in the powerplay, and then continued that momentum in the middle overs. If yesterday's win was about them just getting past the finish line, today's victory was as comfortable as it could get. Ominous signs for the rest of the chasing pack, you'd assume!

15.4
4
Noor Ahmad to Randika, FOUR, and he seals the deal with a boundary! Fired down the leg side, and that is just too easy for Randika. He gets inside the line of the ball and glances it through fine leg to hand the Kings their second successive win!

Randika is the new batter at the crease

15.3
W
Noor Ahmad to Fernando, OUT, googly on a length outside off stump. Avishka has a swing at it but misses the ball completely. The keeper whips off the bails, and we go upstairs to check for the stumping! Oh, hang on! This is a lot closer than it first felt. Avishka has over-balanced a touch and the third umpire thinks that Cox has whipped off the bails just in time. Some part of the back foot seemed to be behind the line but it does not matter now - Avishka is on his way!

WIA Fernando st †Cox b Noor Ahmad 51 (49b 4x4 1x6) SR: 104.08

15.2
1
Noor Ahmad to Samarawickrama, 1 run, full delivery on middle and leg stump. Samarawickrama lunges forward and turns it behind square on the leg side for one more run
15.1
1
Noor Ahmad to Fernando, 1 run, length delivery on middle and off stump. Avishka gets down on one knee and slogs it towards long on. The fielder flings out his right palm and saves the boundary

Six runs needed now. Surely the Kings will polish off this run-chase in this over? They will have to do it against Noor Ahmad

END OF OVER:
15 | 12 Runs | JK: 116/0 (6 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 7.73, RRR: 1.20)

  • Avishka Fernando50 (47b)
  • Sadeera Samarawickrama61 (43b)
  • Lahiru Kumara3-0-27-0
  • Noor Ahmad3-0-22-0
14.6
1
Kumara to Fernando, 1 run, oh dear! Low full toss just outside off stump. Avishka tips it towards short mid wicket and hares down for the single. He eventually makes it because the fielder misses his shy at the stumps
14.5
0
Kumara to Fernando, no run, back of a length delivery outside off stump. Avishka gets onto the back foot and prods the ball towards backward point. Still on 49!

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