Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    2.5 drama galore! Short ball on the body, oversteps as the umpire calls out a no ball while a pull is played sharply to short fine leg. Avishka calls for a suicide run from the non-striker's end and takes on Seekkuge Prasanna's arm, but a direct hit beats the dive by three inches. Runout off a no ball! Wanted the free hit and now he gets no hit for the rest of the day. 13/1
    5.3 the sucker ball! Floated up gently outside off, batsman came down the track and this was the change up, not a seam-up delivery, just a pure offbreak charging in from 15 paces and the batsman is beaten in flight and turn. Misses a tame prod. Stumped easily. 23/2
    17.3 tries to uppercut this over third man and instead Naveen is on a hat-trick! Short and wide outside off, Dhananjaya tries to get too clever and picks out the man on the rope to perfection. Simple catch taken by Pradeep on the rope at chest height. 167/6
    7.2 yorker cleans him up! 115 kph delivery zinged in to the base of middle stump. He's been floating most stuff up at 85-95 kph. The quicker ball is the surprise delivery and Moores never moved his feet, barely moved his bat to stab this out. Clever clever stuff from Gunaratne. 35/3
    9.3 nothing going right for the Stallions! Low full toss on middle, could've been bashed anywhere but he clubs it straight back down the pitch toward Kamindu, who deflects this off his right hand back onto the non-striker's stumps with Shoaib two yards out of his crease. Shoaib walks off before the standing umpire can ask for help from the third umpire. 49/4
    17.2 fuller and wider on fifth stump, Thisara finally mistimes one and it's a skied drive over cover. The sweeper Seekkuge Prasanna charges in and takes a decent catch tumbling forward after circling across 15 yards left and running in another 10. Made that a bit more theatrical than it needed to be but nothing was guaranteed after the clumsy effort from Gurbaz to give Thisara a life on 50. Cost them another 18 runs in the end. 167/5
    18.3 attempted wide yorker, instead it's a knee high full toss but results in a wicket. Not his finest ball by any stretch but Hasaranga flubs this off the toe of the bat trying to slam it over extra cover and it's caught easily on the circle by Dilruwan at chest height. 177/7
    19.3 full toss wide on sixth stump, slaps this flat toward Gunaratne on the cover rope. He catches this the first time around at chest height reaching up as he's backpedaling toward the rope, then flicks it up before he steps over. Does the flick well enough that he has time to reestablish himself back inside the field of play before collecting the flick as it comes back to earth. Well done all around by Gunaratne, who was a game-changer earlier with the ball in the first half of the innings. 181/8
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    TOTAL
    185/8 (20 Overs, RR: 9.25)
    Did not bat: D Olivier
    Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Avishka Fernando, 2.5 ov), 2-23 (Minod Bhanuka, 5.3 ov), 3-35 (Tom Moores, 7.2 ov), 4-49 (Shoaib Malik, 9.3 ov), 5-167 (Thisara Perera, 17.2 ov), 6-167 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 17.3 ov), 7-177 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 18.3 ov), 8-181 (Chaturanga de Silva, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MM Patel301404.66111011
    MDK Perera3030010.0073200
    DAS Gunaratne302026.6640100
    Naveen-ul-Haq4044311.00105211
    S Prasanna10909.0011010
    PHKD Mendis2023011.5041210
    N Pradeep4044111.0065120
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    0.5 fullish length on the legs, goes to pull and another top edge swirls around over short fine leg. This time does not carry nearly as far as the first one did. Olivier backpedals from the ring and takes what was a moderately difficult chance, 7/10 for swirlers heading to a fine leg fielder who are typically weak links, but hangs onto the catch quite comfortably in the end while tumbling backward. 6/1
    2.2 what a catch! This was a heat-seeking missile off the bat of Kusal Perera! Length ball flicked with lethal timing toward deep backward square, Bhanuka hustles quickly to his right getting a great read off the bat, intercepts this in stride reaching up at head height. That's the kind of chance that results in a trip to the dentist at club cricket level but he took it flawlessly. May have looked easy because he tracked the ground so well, but with the speed that ball was coming at him, the Russian, Swiss, Brazilian, French and Canadian judges all hold up scores of 10 out of 10! 24/2
    4.4 Six and out! Short ball on the stumps, hustled for pace. Cramped for room trying to pull and it results in a top-edge that falls gently into the hands of Dhananjaya de Silva, who tracks 15 yards from midwicket in the ring to claim it nearer the square leg umpire. 47/3
    10.4 short on off, Taylor tries to muscle this over midwicket but the length caused him to mistime it and it comes down safely in the hands of the fielder perched three yards inside the rope. The captain Thisara claims it. 90/5
    8.2 short on the stumps, top edged pull sails to deep fine leg. Thisara's day gets even better. Boundary fielder never had to move. Perfectly positioned for the bouncer. Lakmal takes it five yards in from the rope with palms out, fingers up in front of his face. 70/4
    17.1 fullish length ball on the stumps at 120 kph, misses a heave across the line and is hit on the back leg. Big lbw shout upheld. Gunaratne calls for the review with nothing to lose. He's hit in the groin. Has to be going over the top? Nope! He was crouching when contact was made and ball-tracking shows it was clipping the top of the stumps. 131/10
    11.6 charges down the track before the ball is released and Hasaranga sees it, adjusts to drag the length back plenty and move the line wide outside off. Seekkuge tries to smash it with a flat bat anyway over cover but manages a limp top edge over point. Simple catch on the ring for the captain calling off the keeper running out towards him. 98/6
    14.4 it's a bouncer (attempted) yorker combo that works the trick. He targets the base of the stumps but sends down a low full toss at shin height. Dilruwan shovels this off the toe high toward the cover sweeper. Easy catch for Bhanuka five yards in from the rope sliding on his knees to steady himself and cushion the take. If he took that screamer at deep backward square in the Powerplay to dismiss Kusal, no way is he dropping this gentle skier. 119/7
    15.3 premeditates a reverse sweep and it brings about a wicket. Awful ball, knee high full toss on middle stump. If Naveen stood straight he could have heaved this over midwicket or slammed it straight down the ground. But can't get any momentum off the full bunger and flubs the shot straight to short third man. Simple catch. 125/8
    16.2 full on the stumps, tries to heave over midwicket, skies this high over mid-off, Thisara takes a swirling catch on the ring. He's a magnet for the ball in the field is the captain. 126/9
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    TOTAL
    131 all out (17.1 Overs, RR: 7.63)
    Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 0.5 ov), 2-24 (Kusal Perera, 2.2 ov), 3-47 (Kusal Mendis, 4.4 ov), 4-70 (Kamindu Mendis, 8.2 ov), 5-90 (Brendan Taylor, 10.4 ov), 6-98 (Seekkuge Prasanna, 11.6 ov), 7-119 (Dilruwan Perera, 14.4 ov), 8-125 (Naveen-ul-Haq, 15.3 ov), 9-126 (Nuwan Pradeep, 16.2 ov), 10-131 (Asela Gunaratne, 17.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Usman Shinwari301735.66101100
    RAS Lakmal302729.0092200
    PC de Silva2030015.0032300
    D Olivier3030110.0066000
    NLTC Perera2.10924.1540000
    PW Hasaranga401724.25130100

Match Notes

Tuskers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st6MDKJ PereraRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd18MDKJ PereraBKG Mendis
3rd23BRM TaylorBKG Mendis
4th23BRM TaylorPHKD Mendis
5th20BRM TaylorDAS Gunaratne
6th8S PrasannaDAS Gunaratne
7th21MDK PereraDAS Gunaratne
8th6DAS GunaratneNaveen-ul-Haq
9th1N PradeepDAS Gunaratne
10th5MM PatelDAS Gunaratne