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Best performances - Batsmen

MDKJ Perera
MDKJ Perera
74(40) 5x4 - 5x6
Control %56%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 23 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
2 15 1 20 28 1 2 5
ADS Fletcher
ADS Fletcher
60(34) 1x4 - 7x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 19 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
1 0 2 9 3 18 12 15

Best performances - Bowlers

PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
O4
M0
R35
W4
Eco8.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
1W
MADI Hemantha
O4
M0
R14
W3
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Dambulla Sixers , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20

Match days

15 July 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Kandy Falcons 2, Dambulla Sixers 0

Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 168/9 (55 runs required, RR: 8.40)

  • Nuwan Thushara1 (2b)
  • Dilshan Madushanka1 (1b)
  • Chaturanga de Silva1-0-9-1
  • Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-35-4

7:20pm That will be all from us for this game. In about half an hour, the Colombo Strikers will take on the Galle Marvels, and you can join Madushka for all the action. Until next time, this is goodbye from me, Chetan and Thilak. Take care, folks!

Wanindu Hasaranga, the Kandy Falcons captain is also the Player of the Match: It was a good toss to lose, especially on this kind of a wicket. We also did not read the wicket. That was an experienced innings from our finishers and our top order. (On how the spinners can bowl on this kind of pitch) Spinners should vary the pace and bowl that 4-5 metre length - that is very hard to hit. This game was a big game for us, and we won with a big margin.

Mohammad Nabi, Dambulla Sixers captain: (On the decision at the toss) Plus point to win the toss and we tried our best to keep the score as low as possible. As a bowling group, we did not bowl really well. If the conditions want something from you, you have to bowl according to it. Our lengths were not right, we were too full (when bowling). (On Hemantha) He used the conditions, that is why he bowled really well.

7:11pm A one-sided game and the second innings confirmed what was the general feeling at the half-way stage - that the Falcons just had too many on the board. Perera tried to keep Dambulla in the hunt but support was not forthcoming for him. He had to wage a lone battle and the most of the cameos came after he had been dismissed and the Sixers were fighting to reduce the deficit of their defeat.

As for the Falcons, Hasaranga, like he did with the bat, stood up, picking up four wickets. Shanaka was tidy throughout and bagged three, whereas Mendis was just as neat, even if he did not pick up a wicket. Hasnain was sharp and his pace seemed to give the Falcons a point of difference, which could yet be crucial in what remains of this season.

The Falcons needed a win today, and they got it. Not just that, they won by a handsome margin, which has now put even more pressure on the Sixers. There is still a scenario where the Falcons might not qualify for the playoffs, but even if that happens, they will be happy that they gave it everything in their last game.

19.6
0
de Silva to Thushara, no run, The Falcons win by 54 runs, and the defending champions live to see another day in the LPL! Slowed up on a length outside off. Thushara has a wild whoosh across the line and connects with fresh air. Dot to end the innings, and that wraps up a comfortable win for the Falcons!
19.5
1
de Silva to Madushanka, 1 run, short outside off. Madushanka flat-bats it over the bowler's head
19.4
1
de Silva to Thushara, 1 run, back of a length on middle and off. Thushara has a huge mow across the line and loses his bat in the process. The ball trickles away into the on side. Seems like he did not get the right pair of gloves out, after all

Thushara is the last man in. Looks like he might have initially walked down with a wrong pair of gloves. Gets that sorted and is now set to take strike

19.3
W
de Silva to Hemantha, OUT, Chaturanga gets the better of Hemantha! Floated up on a length outside off. Drifts into Hemantha and that entices him to come down and have a slog across the line. Spins away just enough to breeze past the bat and Chandimal does the rest behind the stumps!

MADI Hemantha st †Chandimal b de Silva 17 (10b 1x4 2x6) SR: 170.00

19.3
1w
de Silva to Hemantha, 1 wide, tries to hide it outside off but bowls it too far wide. More exercise for the umpire
19.2
6
de Silva to Hemantha, SIX, these are extremely crucial runs! Tossed up full outside off. Hemantha marches down the track and smears it over long on!

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Sixers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11RR HendricksMDKJ Perera
2nd5MDKJ PereraIbrahim Zadran
3rd31MDKJ PereraLU Igalagamage
4th40MDKJ PereraMS Chapman
5th9Mohammad NabiMDKJ Perera
6th29MDKJ PereraGS Dinusha
7th13GS DinushaC Wickramasinghe
8th21MADI HemanthaC Wickramasinghe
9th7MADI HemanthaD Madushanka
10th2D MadushankaN Thushara