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Best performances - Batsmen

I Udana
I Udana
72(38) 5x4 - 5x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 16 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
10 6 8 6 6 18 2 16
C Wickramasinghe
56(34) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 8 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
12 4 2 6 12 8 9 3

Best performances - Bowlers

K Nadeeshan
O4
M0
R16
W3
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
MADI Hemantha
O4
M0
R33
W3
Eco8.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Galle Marvels , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

9 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Dambulla Sixers 2, Galle Marvels 0

Commentator: Madushka Balasuriya

Alright then, two thrilling matches today and there's sure to be similar action tomorrow, so be sure to join us for that. But for now, it's a good night from us!

Mohammed Nabi: "Tough game, low total. Pitch wasn't that easy, but we know to win the game we had to take wickets. The bowl was swinging till the sixth over, which is why we bowled three overs each of the fast bowlers. [Udana worry you?] Yeah a little but. He hit good shots as well, but we went back to the basics with wide yorkers and wide slow ones and that worked in the end."

Niroshan Dickwella: "We started really well, it's a good wicket. I think we bowled well through the innings, even if the last over went for 24 runs. I think it was a good wicket to bat on, but we lost wickets through the innings. The Dambulla bowlers started really well, and so we lost three wickets in the powerplay. We've been playing good cricket, but we didn't get the start we wanted. But these things happen in long tournaments. How we come back is what matters."

Player of the match goes to Chamindu Wickramasinghe for his two wickets and 56 off 34: "It was a hard time for our team. My plan was to play 20 overs, and I think I did that. It was a lot of pressure, but I executed my plans. [first knock in the first game?] Same like today, coaches gave the plan and I just executed it."

Akindu: "Love how balanced the teams are. All of them can go all the way to the finals. Its gonn be a fun tournament"

11.01pm So Dambulla survive an Isuru Udana-sized scare to secure their second win of the season and move up to fourth. Chamindu Wickramasinghe was the undoubted star though, whose 34-ball 56 dragged his side to a competitive total, before grabbing the crucial wicket of Udana in the final over having been thrown the ball for his first over of the game. In between, Dambulla tore through Galle's batting line-up - led by the excellent Nuwan Thushara and Dilshan Madushanka, as well as their spinners. But then came Udana. From 62 for 8 and a runrate damaging loss, his 38-ball 72 took Galle closer than they had any right to be, but in the end it just wasn't enough. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation shortly.

19.4
W
Wickramasinghe to Theekshana, OUT, And that's the game! Short of a length on off, walks across and looks to pull this. Top edge straight to backward square leg. Dambulla win by 25 runs!

M Theekshana c Hendricks b Wickramasinghe 5 (11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 45.45

19.3
1
Wickramasinghe to Zahoor Khan, 1 run, full on off, carved to cover
19.2
0
Wickramasinghe to Zahoor Khan, no run, good length outside off, swing and a miss

Zahoor is the last batter

19.1
W
Wickramasinghe to Udana, OUT, And the young man has got the breakthrough! Udana can't see it through! Good length, outside off, angling away and all Udana can do is slice this to long-off where Nabi holds on to a very good high-pressure catch! That is surely the game!

I Udana c Mohammad Nabi b Wickramasinghe 72 (38b 5x4 5x6) SR: 189.47

Alright then, final over. Chamindu Wickramasinghe has been given the ball. It's his innings that is looking to be the difference here. He struck 24 off the last over, Galle need 27 here. Udana on strike

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs | GAM: 134/8 (27 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.05, RRR: 27.00)

  • Isuru Udana72 (37b)
  • Maheesh Theekshana5 (10b)
  • Nuwan Pradeep4-0-32-1
  • Dilshan Madushanka4-0-16-1
18.6
1
Pradeep to Udana, 1 run, full toss on off, nudged to midwicket for one
18.5
1
Pradeep to Theekshana, 1 run, wide yorker, squeezed out to cover

LPL News

Galle 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8AD HalesN Dickwella
2nd0AD HalesTL Seifert
3rd16AD HalesPBB Rajapaksa
4th3AD HalesJ Liyanage
5th19AD HalesSSD Arachchige
6th6D PretoriusSSD Arachchige
7th7I UdanaSSD Arachchige
8th3I UdanaK Nadeeshan
9th72I UdanaM Theekshana
10th1Zahoor KhanM Theekshana