- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.3 wow, what a hectic start to this game! This is back of a length well outside off, and Kumara gets just a touch more bounce than Avishka expects. The batsman drives at this on the up, and sends an outside edge to the keeper. Huuuge wicket for Viiking, because Avishka looked in ripping form on Friday night, hitting a 90-odd. 4/13.2 shortish, and oh my, that's NOT a good shot from Minod Bhanuka. Gets a half tracker that only gets up to about waist high, and Bhanuka plays a pull shot in the air, and picks out the deep midwicket fielder, who runs in and takes a decent low catch. He'd been placed there exactly for this shot. Bhanuka hit that ball well but the placement was terrible. 24/31.2 Viiking making serious inroads into this Stallions top order. And for the second time in two overs a batsman gives up and outside edge after having hit the bowler for four. This is pitched nice and tight from Mendis, who gets a little turn off the surface (he's coming around the wicket to the leftie). Moores goes back and tries to squeeze him square on the offside again, but gets an outside edge and Dickwella makes his second catch behind the stumps. 9/24.4 oh dear, what is happening to Stallions' top order. Excellent flight and guile here from Patel, who beats DDS in the air. The batsman backs away and tries to go over cover again, and misses completely. The ball pitches fairly full and clatters into the stumps. Viiking are ecstatic 36/48.3 the worst ball of the over, and a lucky wicket, but it doesn't matter how they come. Malik seemed to just be getting himself moving. This is pushed way down the legside by Patel - unintentionally - I think. It's so far to leg that Malik can't get a decent connection as he tries to whip this square on the legside. It takes a tickle off the bat, and Dickwella - who has kept beautifully today - has his gloves in the right place to collect this about half a metre outside the leg stump. Stallions in deep, deep trouble, needing at least another 110 runs here to be competitive. 64/513.5 oh my, this could be a big moment! Chaturanga de Silva was batting nicely in support of Thisara, and he's been run out. Mendis bowls another one on the legs and Thisara turns this around the corner. Upul Tharanga at short fine leg is on to it very quickly though, and sends in a flat, hard throw just above the stumps for Dickwella to collect. The keeper breaks the bails with his forearm, but that's allowed. Chaturanga is a few centimetres short of his ground, and Jaffna have another setback just as they seemed to be turning the tide. 115/617.3 where has Aftab been all this time? This is a slower bouncer, rolling his fingers over the ball. Wanindu tries to sway out of the way and club this to the legside, but gets only a top edge that Dickwella gobbles up behind the stumps. A vital wicket for Viiking 170/7Extras6 (b 1, w 5)TOTAL218/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.9)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Avishka Fernando, 0.3 ov), 2-9 (Tom Moores, 1.2 ov), 3-24 (Minod Bhanuka, 3.2 ov), 4-36 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 4.4 ov), 5-64 (Shoaib Malik, 8.3 ov), 6-115 (Chaturanga de Silva, 13.5 ov), 7-170 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CBRLS Kumara 4 0 63 1 15.75 6 8 4 0 0 RTM Mendis 4 0 25 1 6.25 7 2 0 0 0 Anwar Ali 4 0 46 1 11.50 4 5 1 3 0 SR Patel 3 0 26 2 8.66 5 2 1 0 0 Aftab Alam 3 0 22 1 7.33 9 0 2 1 0 MD Shanaka 1 0 14 0 14.00 2 0 2 0 0 LD Madushanka 1 0 21 0 21.00 0 1 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.4 slower ball, and Dickwella has been done in. 105 kph back of a length ball outside off stump from Shinwari. Dickwella stays in his crease and tries to slam this over cover, but ends up only spooning a catch to the fielder there. Out-thought completely by the bowler. 24/15.1 You could see this coming. This is a back of a length ball angled across Stirling. The batsman tries to slam this over square leg with a cross bat, but the ball bounces a little more than he expects. Takes the top edge, and floats up high enough for the keeper to comfortably get himself under the catch, which he completes in the vicinity of short third man. 39/28.3 goes for his first big one, and perishes! This is a back of a length ball on the thigh pad, and Tharanga whips this over backward square leg and would have picked up a six, had Minod Bhanuka run around smartly to intercept the ball, catching it at around chest high, while making sure not to tread on that boundary rope. Viiking's chase takes another hit. 63/311.2 that's as good a response as you're ever going to get. It's the googly. Patel doesn't pick it at all. To make things worse, Hasaranga has beaten him in the air as well, so although he expects this ball to bounce earlier, it doesn't. He offers a leaden-footed poke but the ball zips in between bat and pad and hits the top of middle and leg. 89/415.6 out now! Is that the game? Slower ball this from Binura, who goes full and wide again, but rolls his fingers over this one. Shanaka tries to bash this over extra cover again, but mis-hits it high into the air. Long off has a long time to get himself underneath it, and completes a straightforward catch. Good response from Binura, knowing that Shanaka has to go hard at everything. 141/614.4 superbly well-judged catch on the boundary by Chaturanga de SIlva. Anwar shovels this short ball high into the air off the top edge, and for a moment it seemed like it would carry over the deep square leg boundary. It holds up in the breeze though, and Chaturanga waits for it just inside the rope, gobbling it up safely as it descends. Five down for Viiking. 124/516.3 another one goes! This is banged into the pitch from Thisara Perera, and Madushanka tries to heave this away to leg. It takes a top edge and Usman Shinwari runs around from mid on to complete a good running catch 144/717.5 another chest-high short ball, and this time, Olivier emerges the victor. Mendis tries to lean away and ramp that over the wicketkeeper, but can only get an edge to that ball and Tom Moores comfortably completes the catch. Some reward for Olivier, who has been expensive 151/818.4 sharp bouncer at the throat, Pushpakumara is backing away and he can't handle that. Gets the bat across almost in self defence, and it takes a top edge and flies towards short fine leg. There's almost a collision between the keeper and Binura Fernando, but Binura pulls away at the last moment and lets Moores swallow that one with his gloves 152/919.1 terrible mix up, and that's the end of this game folks. Kumara wants the run and races out, but and Alam responds with a yes initially, before changing his mind and stopping short, Kumara is stranded as the throw comes in from Hasaranga at cover. 152/10Extras7 (lb 6, w 1)TOTAL152 all out (19.1 Overs, RR: 7.93)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Niroshan Dickwella, 2.4 ov), 2-39 (Paul Stirling, 5.1 ov), 3-63 (Upul Tharanga, 8.3 ov), 4-89 (Samit Patel, 11.2 ov), 5-124 (Anwar Ali, 14.4 ov), 6-141 (Dasun Shanaka, 15.6 ov), 7-144 (Lahiru Madushanka, 16.3 ov), 8-151 (Ramesh Mendis, 17.5 ov), 9-152 (Malinda Pushpakumara, 18.4 ov), 10-152 (Lahiru Kumara, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Usman Shinwari 4 0 16 3 4.00 17 1 1 0 0 B Fernando 4 0 41 2 10.25 11 3 3 1 0 D Olivier 4 0 42 1 10.50 8 5 2 0 0 NLTC Perera 3 0 23 2 7.66 7 0 2 0 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 24 1 6.00 10 0 2 0 0 PC de Silva 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Dambulla Viiking , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
30 November 2020 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Jaffna Stallions 2, Dambulla Viiking 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 4 wickets)
- Jaffna Stallions: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Jaffna Stallions - 64/5 in 8.3 overs (PC de Silva 9)
- Jaffna Stallions: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 1
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (PC de Silva 19, NLTC Perera 30, Ex 1)
- Jaffna Stallions: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 4
- NLTC Perera: 50 off 27 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Jaffna Stallions - 152/6 in 16.0 overs (NLTC Perera 52, PWH de Silva 12)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 18 balls (NLTC Perera 27, PWH de Silva 20, Ex 3)
- Jaffna Stallions: 200 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Jaffna Stallions - 218/7 in 20.0 overs (NLTC Perera 97, B Fernando 8)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.6: Review by Jaffna Stallions (Bowling), Umpire - RR Wimalasiri, Batsman - PR Stirling (Struck down)
- Dambulla Viiking: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 5
- Dambulla Viiking: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Viiking - 141/6 in 16.0 overs (LD Madushanka 0)
- Dambulla Viiking: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 7
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