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Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi
40(33) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 6 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
6 0 4 6 7 1 6 10
NLTC Perera
NLTC Perera
30(31) 1x4 - 3x6
Control %58%
  • Productive Shot
  • straight drive
  • 6 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
2 5 0 0 8 6 7 2

Best performances - Bowlers

B Fernando
O4
M1
R15
W3
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
N Pradeep
N Pradeep
O2.1
M0
R20
W3
Eco9.23
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Colombo Strikers , 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

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

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Dambulla Sixers 2, Colombo Strikers 0

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Madushka Balasuriya

And with that we're done for the night and we're done with the group stages. We'll be back again on Thursday for a play-off double header. First up will be Qualifier 1 between Galle and Jaffna, followed by the Eliminator between Colombo and Kandy. Be sure to join us for that, but until then it's a goodbye from us!

Mohammed Nabi, the Dambulla skipper, is adjudged Player of the Match for his 40 off 33 that kept his side in the game, and then his figures of 1 for 11 in four overs: "It was a tough game and a tricky pitch, we tried our best to put a big score on the board but early wickets damaged us. Still we had a small partnership in the middle. I think if I was around for the last four overs, it could have been a different situation in the game. [challenge of the surface?] You have to take a little bit of time to get set, and wait for the bad ball. Just needed to play simple cricket, watch the ball - when a legspinner is bowling watch out for the googly and flipper - and play it. [47 to defend?] Yeah we just wanted to go ahead and attack, bowl stump to stump and look to pick up early wickets. [Thoughts on LPL] It's a good tournament, and I really enjoyed it."

Thisara Perera: "We knew that because of the wicket behaviour it's not easy to play, that's why I told my boys to "hang on, hang on, hang on" but you know it's not working for us, but it's okay it happens in cricket. We'll come back strongly. As a bowling unit we've done really well, 127 is easy to chase. If we click and execute our batting plan, we'll definitely be the winning side."

Time for the post-match presentation...

Dinesh Asanka: "If Dambulla has scored that one run, they may be playing in the 1st qualifier. " --- Absolutely they'll be ruing that final over against Galle.

This result now means Galle Marvels and Jaffna Kings are through to Qualifier 1, while Colombo Strikers and Kandy Falcons will square off in the Eliminator. Dambulla are eliminated but they leave with their heads held high.

10.50pm Colombo will rue some really sloppy strokeplay that bungled this chase, especially after an outstanding performance with the ball and in the field. Dambulla though showed impressive fight, as well some outstanding work in the field to make Colombo's life as difficult as possible. In fact, that 28-run margin of victory might have been much less - or non-existant - if not for the several runs saved in the field.

18.1
W
Pradeep to NLTC Perera, OUT, And Dambulla have won it! They may be out of the tournament, but they've made history by successfully defending 123, the lowest total defended at the LPL. Thisara looks to go big, but ends up slicing this high to deep backward point. Chapman is the man waiting, and he judges this perfectly to hold on and sign off with a win

NLTC Perera c Hendricks b Pradeep 30 (31b 1x4 3x6) SR: 96.77

DaWolf: "Perera needs to completely hog the strike now. Boundaries or dots. Singles 5th or 6th balls of the over. 3 boundaries an over needed..."

29 needed from 12 and Dambulla turn to Pradeep.

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | CLS: 95/9 (29 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.27, RRR: 14.50)

  • Matheesha Pathirana0 (1b)
  • Thisara Perera30 (30b)
  • Nuwan Thushara2-0-17-0
  • Dushan Hemantha1-0-2-1
17.6
0
Thushara to Pathirana, no run, Yorker into Pathirana's toes, repaying the favour from earlier in the day. Pathirana just about squeezes it out
17.5
1
Thushara to NLTC Perera, 1 run, full and wide, muscled to deep extra cover
17.4
0
Thushara to NLTC Perera, no run, wide yorker, can't reach it
17.3
6
Thushara to NLTC Perera, SIX, Well there's no catching this! Another slower cutter on a back of a length, but this was mauled over cow corner. That is Thisara territory
17.2
0
Thushara to NLTC Perera, no run, Grassed! Thisara goes for a cross-swipe off a back of a length, Chamindu races in from long-on but he can't keep a hold of this

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Colombo 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1AK PereraRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd15Rahmanullah GurbazMuhammad Waseem
3rd0GD PhillipsRahmanullah Gurbaz
4th15S SamarawickramaGD Phillips
5th17GD PhillipsDN Wellalage
6th0NLTC PereraDN Wellalage
7th4NLTC PereraShadab Khan
8th33NLTC PereraI Wijesundera
9th3NLTC PereraB Fernando
10th7NLTC PereraM Pathirana