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Best performances - Batsmen
MDKJ Perera
53(39) 4x4 - 3x6
Control %74%
- Productive Shot
- sweep shot
- 12 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
17/08Result
Qualifier 1, Lanka Premier League at Colombo, Aug 17 2023
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![Galle Titans]( "Galle Titans")
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![Dambulla Sixers]( "Dambulla Sixers")
147/4 (19.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
17/08Result
Qualifier 1, Lanka Premier League at Colombo, Aug 17 2023
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![Galle Titans]( "Galle Titans")
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![Dambulla Sixers]( "Dambulla Sixers")
147/4 (19.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
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Match Details
Toss
Dambulla Aura , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Dambulla Aura advanced
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Match days
17 August 2023 (20-over match)
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Scorecard Summary
GALLE TITANS 146 (20 OVERS)
- Shakib Al Hasan19 (17)
- Lasith Croospulle80 (61)
- Hayden Kerr3/18 (3)
- Noor Ahmad2/27 (4)
DAMBULLA SIXERS 147/4 (19.4 OVERS)
- Kusal Perera53 (39)
- Kusal Mendis49 (45)
- Seekkuge Prasanna1/22 (4)
- Dasun Shanaka1/1 (0.4)
Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Fidel Fernando
That's it from us. The LPL eliminator is coming up. Do hop over to that match.
Player of the match Kusal Mendis: We were able to play really well across all three disciplines. We were able to be successful in the powerplays. The bowlers bowled really well, and they've done their jobs about as well as they could have.
Losing captain Shanaka: We had a chance to get 160 or 170, and at crucial times we gave away our wickets. Croospulle was going from one side, but myself, Shakib and Najib didn't click as we needed to.
Kusal Mendis is player of the match.
jimmy: "Croospulle took a single on 19.4, ensuring that nothing substantial would be scored on the last 3 balls of the innings. A boundary or two could have went a long way towards posting a defendable total. What a colossal mistake to take a single in that spot while 8 wickets down and a tail ender at the other end of the crease!" Not sure I agree Jimmy. It's the last over. You take what runs are on offer. Croospulle himself is not a renowned boundary-hitter or finisher. And I don't think the difference was just a few runs.
It's been a masterful chase by Aura, who have been the best team in this competition. They've bowled well to restrict Titans, then Kusal Mendis led with 49 off 45, and Kusal Perera struck 53 off 39, and the victory was comfortable in the end.
Aura go through to the LPL final.
Titans have another chance to qualify. They'll play the winner of this evening's eliminator, on Saturday.
19.4
1
Shanaka to Ross, 1 run, a leg bye does it. This is length on the pads, goes off towards fine leg, and they scamper the match-winning single.
19.3
0
Shanaka to Ross, no run, umm, what's happening? This is a length ball outsid e off, clubbed to point, straight to the fielder. Ross wants the single but is sent back by DDS
19.2
0
Shanaka to Ross, no run, Ross starts with a dot, a length ball, defended back to the bowler.
End of a good innings from Perera. No way Aura can mess it up here, right.
19.1
W
Shanaka to Perera, OUT, he's out! All he needed to do was miss a fielder, and he has clubbed a slower-ball full toss back to the bowler. Shanaka has caught that easily in his follow through.
MDKJ Perera c & b Shanaka 53 (39b 4x4 3x6) SR: 135.89
Just one run for Aura to get now. Perera on strike.
END OF OVER:19 | 13 Runs | DAT: 146/3 (1 run required from 6 balls, RR: 7.68, RRR: 1.00)
- Dhananjaya de Silva2 (2b)
- Kusal Perera53 (38b)
- Kasun Rajitha3-0-37-0
- Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-37-1
18.6
2
Rajitha to de Silva, 2 runs, full - attempted yorker - on about off stump. Clipped through midwicket for a nicely-hustled two
18.5
1
Rajitha to Perera, 1 run, length on the pads, turned around the corner to to fine leg for four