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Best performances - Batsmen

BR McDermott
BR McDermott
69(46) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %60%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 21 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
3 3 7 0 10 4 13 29
AI Ross
52(38) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 9 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 0 4 5 10 10 2 21

Best performances - Bowlers

Hasan Ali
Hasan Ali
O4
M0
R16
W3
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Noor Ahmad
O4
M0
R14
W2
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Fidel Fernando

That's it from us folks. We will be with you for that double header tomorrow.

Aura, now are definitely in the playoffs. But there's three more spots up for grabs. Jaffna Kings can join them there if they beat the Galle Titans in the first game. And then B-Love Kandy take on Colombo Strikers in the evening. Till then, take it easy.

Aura captain Mendis: The pitch is much better today than yesterday. Even though we lost a few wickets in the first few overs, we were able to put on a big partnership through McDermott and Ross, who showed they can perform in these conditions. I have personally only been able to score satisfactorily in one match, but my teammates are scoring heavily and helping the team well. In T20s you only need one or two batters to score heavily. Hopefully I can score in the next games.

Losing captain Dickwella: We did well to the 15th over, and after that I missed a chance and we couldn't execute well. I think it was 20 runs too much. We were one of the best teams in the first part of the tournament and since then we've dropped a few catches and we've lost games.

Player of the match is Ben McDermott for his 69 off 42.

McDermott: It was very challenging to start with. Had a bit of luck. We kept losing wickets so I had to play to the end. We had Ross play a beautiful innings as well. We just tried to score a lot towards the end of the innings and we were lucky enough to do that tonight.

Dambulla Aura now go to the top of the table with that victory. They've got 10 points, with five wins from seven matches.

It didn't seem like such a daunting total when they got there, but Noor Ahmad and Dushan Hemantha absolutely dominated the middle overs, and Hasan Ali did beautifully both with the new ball and at the end, with a solid assist from Binura Fernando.

Earlier, it had been the 102-run stand between McDermott and Ross and set Aura up with their total, after they'd been 46 for 4, with a 102-run stand that came off 72 balls.

19.4
W
B Fernando to Karunaratne, OUT, full, wide of off, he tries to flay it through the offside but just gets an outside edge, which Mendis - who has kept very well - takes a simple catch going across. That's the game folks.

C Karunaratne c †Mendis b B Fernando 5 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

19.3
0
B Fernando to Karunaratne, no run, full toss outside off. Drilled to long on. Not sure why Karunaratne is not running. Strikers can't win anyway
19.2
0
B Fernando to Karunaratne, no run, fullish, angled across the stumps, Karunaratne throws his bat at it and tries to bang it over cow corner, Gets a leading edge towards deep third instead and doesn't take a run
19.1
0
B Fernando to Karunaratne, no run, full, yorker length outside off. Driven to long off. They refuse the run

Binura Fernando to bowl the last

END OF OVER:
19 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | CLS: 116/9 (51 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.10, RRR: 51.00)

  • Jeffrey Vandersay0 (1b)
  • Chamika Karunaratne5 (6b)
  • Hasan Ali4-0-16-3
  • Binura Fernando3-0-18-1

Hasan's finished off a mighty spell.

18.6
0
Hasan Ali to Vandersay, no run, fullish ball outside off, driven to mid on.

Vandersay's the new guy.

18.5
W
Hasan Ali to Pathirana, OUT, another one for Hasan, who has bowled nicely. This is length wide outside off, which Pathirana tries to drag to the legside. it takes the top edge and flies towards short fine leg, where the fielder goes back and takes a good catch, the ball coming over his shoulder

M Pathirana c Noor Ahmad b Hasan Ali 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Colombo 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19Babar AzamP Nissanka
2nd18Babar AzamN Dickwella
3rd18Babar AzamMNK Fernando
4th1AK PereraMNK Fernando
5th18Iftikhar AhmedMNK Fernando
6th28Mohammad Nawaz (3)Iftikhar Ahmed
7th10Mohammad Nawaz (3)C Karunaratne
8th4C KarunaratneNaseem Shah
9th0C KarunaratneM Pathirana
10th0JDF VandersayC Karunaratne