- BATSMENRB4s6sSR15.4 slides down leg and Nissanka misses the sweep. Dickwella instantaneously begins an animated appeal, but the umpire is having none of it. But the Stars review, and yes it does show some glove on the way through. The partnership is finally broken! 156/1Extras6 (lb 3, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL199/1 (20 Overs, RR: 9.95)Fall of wickets: 1-156 (Pathum Nissanka, 15.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 2 0 18 0 9.00 6 2 1 1 0 RAS Lakmal 4 0 29 0 7.25 7 3 0 0 0 DC Drakes 4 0 33 0 8.25 8 3 1 0 0 KMA Paul 2 0 26 0 13.00 2 4 0 0 1 BAC Howell 3 0 34 0 11.33 2 3 1 1 0 M Lakshan 2 0 33 0 16.50 0 5 1 0 0 S Prasanna 3 0 23 1 7.66 4 1 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 Gone! Full ball on middle and off and it's flicked to Hasaranga at mid-on. He is quick to pick it up and throws the stumps down and finds him short at the non-striker's end. Early breakthrough for the Falcons 6/18.6 Hasaranga has his fourth! Tossed up on leg-stump and Mathews looked for the slog sweep. Doesn't connect cleanly and Fabian Allen takes a simple catch at deep square 50/71.3 Edged and gone! At a length outside off, just moving away from him and Asalanka went poking and gets a thin edge to the keeper. Stars are two down early 8/22.5 In the air and taken! Back of a length outside off again, Bopara looks to hit it over cover but is beaten by the bounce. Ball hangs high in the air and Hasaranga runs to his left from mid-off to take a good catch 11/36.3 Beauty! Tossed up just outside off, inviting Chandimal into the drive, but he can't read the googly and is cleaned up 39/46.4 Gone first ball! Hasaranga pitches it up full and it goes past Howell's attempted shot and pings him on the pad. Hasaranga is up in appeal and the umpire, after a wait, raises his finger. Howell reviews, and it's umpire's call on wickets, with replays showing it was just clipping leg-stump. 39/56.5 He's got him! Another googly as Prasanna looked to defend, but it hit him bang in front. Hasaranga has the first hat-trick in LPL history! Prasanna reviews, but in vain as it's three reds on the DRS 39/614.2 Another short one, and this one grabs him a scalp! It was a certifiable long hop from Allen, but this pull from Drakes goes high but only as far as the man at deep square leg 90/913.4 Chops this on, as Daniel gets his first! This was pushed through outside off, on a length. Paul looks to get back and cut this square but only manages a thick under edge 84/814.3 And that is that! This was pushed through flat on a length, and Lakmal is caught in the crease. He's rapped on the back pad, and the finger goes up. This looks pretty straight forward, but Stars have a review and they use it. But the decision is upheld as it's umpire's call on the wickets, as this is found the be clipping the top of leg stump. And with that, the Falcons complete a dominant 109 run win! 90/10Extras1 (w 1)TOTAL90 all out (14.3 Overs, RR: 6.2)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Niroshan Dickwella, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Charith Asalanka, 1.3 ov), 3-11 (Ravi Bopara, 2.5 ov), 4-39 (Dinesh Chandimal, 6.3 ov), 5-39 (Benny Howell, 6.4 ov), 6-39 (Seekkuge Prasanna, 6.5 ov), 7-50 (Angelo Mathews, 8.6 ov), 8-84 (Keemo Paul, 13.4 ov), 9-90 (Dominic Drakes, 14.2 ov), 10-90 (Suranga Lakmal, 14.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Zahoor Khan 2 0 8 1 4.00 7 1 0 0 0 CR Brathwaite 3 0 22 1 7.33 5 2 0 0 0 I Udana 2 0 11 0 5.50 5 1 0 0 0 PW Hasaranga 3 0 14 4 4.66 9 1 0 0 0 C Karunaratne 2 0 12 0 6.00 6 2 0 0 0 A Daniel 2 0 22 1 11.00 4 1 2 1 0 FA Allen 0.3 0 1 2 2.00 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Colombo Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
06 December 2022 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kandy Falcons 2, Colombo Stars 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kandy Falcons: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (42 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (P Nissanka 17, ADS Fletcher 30, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Falcons - 63/0 in 8.0 overs (P Nissanka 19, ADS Fletcher 41)
- ADS Fletcher: 50 off 36 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Kandy Falcons: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (71 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 71 balls (P Nissanka 40, ADS Fletcher 58, Ex 3)
- P Nissanka: 50 off 30 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Kandy Falcons: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (91 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 91 balls (P Nissanka 68, ADS Fletcher 79, Ex 5)
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Falcons - 156/1 in 15.4 overs (ADS Fletcher 80)
- Over 15.4: Review by Colombo Stars (Bowling), Umpire - BCN Amarasinghe, Batter - P Nissanka (Upheld)
- ADS Fletcher: 100 off 66 balls (11 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Kandy Falcons - 199/1 in 20.0 overs (ADS Fletcher 102, CR Brathwaite 20)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 6.4: Review by Colombo Stars (Batting), Umpire - BCN Amarasinghe, Batter - BAC Howell (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 6.5: Review by Colombo Stars (Batting), Umpire - BCN Amarasinghe, Batter - S Prasanna (Struck down)
- PWH de Silva took a hat-trick with the wickets of 4-39 (Chandimal, 6.3 ov), 5-39 (Howell, 6.4 ov), 6-39 (Prasanna, 6.5 ov)
- Colombo Stars: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 0
- Over 14.3: Review by Colombo Stars (Batting), Umpire - BCN Amarasinghe, Batter - RAS Lakmal (Struck down - Umpires Call)
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