Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

BKG Mendis
BKG Mendis
105(54) 12x4 - 5x6
Control %94%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 34 runs
  • 1x4 - 4x6
5 13 1 16 10 8 2 50
ADS Fletcher
ADS Fletcher
38(21) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 15 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
0 10 1 5 0 0 6 16

Best performances - Bowlers

FA Allen
FA Allen
O4
M0
R24
W4
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
V Viyaskanth
O4
M0
R30
W3
Eco7.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Madushka Balasuriya

END OF OVER:
20 | 15 Runs | KAF: 186/8 (2 runs required, RR: 9.30)

  • Ramesh Mendis30 (11b)
  • Pavan Rathnayake11 (5b)
  • Asitha Fernando4-0-43-0
  • Jason Behrendorff4-0-43-0

And on that note it's a wrap from us, but be sure to join us tomorrow for one final time as this season of the LPL comes to what is sure to be a thrilling conclusion. It'll be Jaffna Kings taking on the Galle Marvels, the top two from the group stage, and the most common finals combination across five seasons of the LPL. Galle have never beaten Jaffna in a final, will tomorrow be the day? All will be revealed tomorrow, but for now this is Madushka signing out!

Charith Asalanka: "It's a great feeling playing in a final, and that will be the most important game. 188 is a very good score on this track but I knew that they came with 10 batters so it's a tricky match, but the bowlers did a fantastic job. [combination for tomorrow?] (laughs) It's a tough question, let me have a chat with the coach first."

Wanindu Hasaranga: "Wicket was good, it was a chaseable target, but at the end of the day it was a great game of cricket. It was a great journey, we had a great bunch of players. Especially our foreign players, they gave me a lot of confidence, and then our senior players and youngsters also got their opportunities."

Player of the Match goes to Kusal Mendis for his 105 off 54: "Yeah we lost two, three wickets but I played my normal game. Charith and the middle order supported me well to help me play my game. [pressure?] Little bit but the rate was going well, so it was easier to manage my innings to get us to 170-180 on this wicket. I knew I could manage the inning if I played 20 overs. [form?] Yeah I think I'm coming into form now - last match also I got 46 - so we'll see in the India series and tomorrow's game."

Time for the post-match presentation...

Badar: "Ramesh Mendis should have batted ahead of Chaturanga but alas it's too late."

11.05pm There are yelps of celebration and dead stares of despair, you can see what it means to these players. But there has to be winners and losers, and this day you could say had Mendis' on both sides of that divide. Kusal Mendis struck an eventually matchwinning 105 off 54 to set a target of 188, before a series of cameos nearly snuck Kandy over the line - including knocks from Kamindu Mendis and, sensationally at the death, from Ramesh Mendis. In the end though it was not meant to be, as the damage done by Fabian Allen and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth were enough to withstand Kandy's death overs onslaught.

19.6
2
AM Fernando to RTM Mendis, 2 runs, Jaffna hold their nerve! What a game, what a finish! Low full-toss, darted on the pads, and all Mendis can do is hack this to deep midwicket. They run back for the second, but the throw is safely into Kusal Mendis's hands. Jaffna win by one run!

4 needed from 1

19.5
6
AM Fernando to RTM Mendis, SIX, And he's found it! Low full-toss and Ramesh Mendis has absolutely smoked this straight down the ground, through the line and all the way

10 needed from 2, Kandy need a boundary here

19.4
2
AM Fernando to RTM Mendis, 2 runs, Cracking yorker on off, dug out down the ground to long-on. They scramble for a desperate two but the throw misses the stumps

12 needed from 3

19.3
4
AM Fernando to RTM Mendis, FOUR, Finds the boundary! Full on off, just misses the yorker length. Clears the front leg, frees the arms, high elbow lofted straight drive and there's no chance for long-off
19.2
0
AM Fernando to RTM Mendis, no run, low full-toss chipped to long-on on the bounce. Mendis turns down the single. Was that the right move? Rathnayake is no tailender
19.1
1
AM Fernando to Rathnayake, 1 run, Starts with an excellent yorker, squeezed out to long-on

Asitha with the ball. Deep square, deep mid, long-off, long-on

Aravinth : "why do we have a top order batter batting so low down the order? " --- Don't question it, just enjoy the show.

17 needed off 6.

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Kandy 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st48ADS FletcherLD Chandimal
2nd14ADS FletcherMohammad Haris
3rd31PHKD MendisMohammad Haris
4th20PHKD MendisPW Hasaranga
5th13AD MathewsPHKD Mendis
6th9AD MathewsMD Shanaka
7th7AD MathewsPC de Silva
8th2AD MathewsRTM Mendis
9th42RTM MendisP Rathnayake