Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

KNM Fernando
46(32) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %68%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
4 5 2 6 3 4 18 4
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
39(21) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 4 13 4 1 10 7

Best performances - Bowlers

DN Wellalage
DN Wellalage
O3
M0
R9
W2
Eco3.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
Naseem Shah
Naseem Shah
O3.3
M0
R22
W2
Eco6.28
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Commentator: Madushka Balasuriya

Alright then, that's a wrap. Remember there's a two-day break before the next game, as the action moves back to Colombo. Be sure to join us for that, but until then this is Madushka, on behalf of Fidel, saying goodbye!

Thisara Perera: "Thank God that we're all back in form after two losses. As a bowling unit we did well on this sort of flat wicket. Earlier I said we didn't click with our batting, that's why we brought in Nishan Madushka as a cushion. I feel we can do something special this year as well."

Babar Azam: "We started well but didn't capitalise in the middle overs. We also didn't finish well. When we started we were looking at 180-190, but unfortunately we lost back-to-back wickets. We're just trying to learn from our mistakes and do our 100% going forward."

Pathum Nissanka gets the Striker of the Match award.

Player of the Match goes to Dunith Wellalage for his 2 for 9, which really stifled the Colombo innings: "I want to thank by skipper and my bowling group for giving great support. I always trust myself and do the basics, and try to handle the match situation as best as I can."

Time for the presentation ceremony...

What this means is that this push-pull LPL season continues along on its merry way, with three sides on six points and two more on four.

10.35pm So an easy win for the Kings in the end, as their batters made easy work of a middling chase. Gurbaz gave them an ideal start at the top with a 21-ball 39, and then Madushka hung around through the middle with a 32-ball 46 before falling with the chase almost done. Aside from Naseem Shah, who ended with 2 for 22, none of the Colombo bowlers showed any level of discipline as the Jaffna batters had it all their own way for large parts. Really the only time Colombo looked in the game was in the first powerplay, when Babar and Nissanka were blazing away. After that it was all Jaffna.

14.3
4
Naseem Shah to Towhid Hridoy, FOUR, And that's that! Just guides this back of a length ball down to the deep backward point boundary to cap off a dominant 6-wicket win for the Jaffna Kings!
14.2
0
Naseem Shah to Towhid Hridoy, no run, defended back to Naseem off a good length
14.1
4lb
Naseem Shah to Towhid Hridoy, 4 leg byes, Scores level! Strays on the pads and it's glanced fine for four
14.1
1w
Naseem Shah to Towhid Hridoy, 1 wide, short, ducked under. And this is yet another wide, on height this time

waleed: "Teddy: Always easy to say in hindsight."

END OF OVER:
14 | 12 Runs | JK: 141/4 (6 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 10.07, RRR: 1.00)

  • David Miller1 (3b)
  • Towhid Hridoy10 (6b)
  • Matheesha Pathirana3-0-27-1
  • Naseem Shah3-0-17-2
13.6
0
Pathirana to Miller, no run, Full outside off, but pace taken right off. Almost rolls along the ground through to the keeper

12 wides in this innings now.

13.6
1w
Pathirana to Miller, 1 wide, Short, down leg once more

Jaffna 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st58Rahmanullah GurbazKNM Fernando
2nd39KIC AsalankaKNM Fernando
3rd30NLTC PereraKNM Fernando
4th1DA MillerKNM Fernando
5th22DA MillerTowhid Hridoy