- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.5 Kalana with his second wicket! Length ball on the middle, Bandara finds a top edge while trying to loft it as Daniel takes a clean catch at point 56/23.3 Kalana strikes Full and on the leg, batter comes down the track and tries to hit over mid-on. Fielder fumbles for a second before completing the catch 31/17.6 Cleaned him up! That's a quick one. Full and on the middle, Kamindu goes for a flick and misses it as the ball hits the stumps. Raza jumps in the air as he celebrates the wicket 67/316.6 Oh dear, what have you done here? Full and outside off, Bandara tries to slog sweep and mistimes it as the keeper completes an easy catch. Two wickets and four runs off the over 140/613.4 Brilliant catch by Madushan! Short ball on the middle and leg, a top edge from batter while trying to go for a pull towards square, Madushan runs in from short fine to complete a stunning catch with a dive 109/416.2 Cleaned him up! Full and on the middle, moves across to go for an inside-out shot, exposing his stumps and completely misses it as the ball hits the middle stump 137/517.2 Forde strikes! Length ball on the middle, a slight outside edge and keeper takes the catch 140/7Extras8 (b 4, lb 2, w 2)TOTAL160/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Minod Bhanuka, 3.3 ov), 2-56 (Kavin Bandara, 5.5 ov), 3-67 (Kamindu Mendis, 7.6 ov), 4-109 (Najibullah Zadran, 13.4 ov), 5-137 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 16.2 ov), 6-140 (Ashen Bandara, 16.6 ov), 7-140 (Fabian Allen, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MD Shanaka 1 0 8 0 8.00 2 0 0 1 0 Sikandar Raza 4 0 26 1 6.50 8 2 0 0 0 Pramod Madushan 3 0 34 0 11.33 4 4 1 1 0 KKV Perera 3 0 27 2 9.00 6 2 1 0 0 Noor Ahmad 4 0 24 0 6.00 5 0 0 0 0 DS Thilakaratne 2 0 19 2 9.50 3 1 1 0 0 MW Forde 3 0 16 2 5.33 9 0 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.3 Cox is gone third ball! That's a huge blow. This ball was there to be punished, but he picks out deep square leg perfectly, flicking the length ball off his pads straight to the fielder. Aura would have had big hopes about this partnership. 0/14.3 caught nicely on the dive. Minod Bhanuka gets a little redemption. This is a length ball, way outside off, which Daniel tries to bash over mid on. But he gets an outside edge, and the keeper has to dive hard to his left to take the catch low to the ground. Excellent take. 24/212.5 he's gone through him! Raza is down the track slightly, and misses this fullish, tossed up delivery outside off. Minod Bhanuka takes the bails off sharply, and Raza is clearly out 81/74.4 that's out too. Another good catch from Minod Bhanuka, again diving to his left. this was full well outside off, and the batter tried to flay this through the covers, and gets only a thick outside edge. The keeper takes this much higher than ground level, but still has to dive to get to it 24/36.5 gone! That's the end of SHanaka, and that's the benefit of a slip. this was slightly short of a length, outside off stump. Shanaka fends at it without a lot of conviction, and Kamindu Mendis at slip dives to his left to pouch that 40/47.2 tossed up, beeeeeautiful googly. Tempting the batter on to the front foot and getting him to commit to the shot. It dips on him, and he doesn't pick the googly either. Spin between bat and pad and takes out leg. Aura crashing hard. 41/510.3 googly on the stumps, fast one, and he goes right through Ford, who tries to hit through mid on but leaves a gap between bat and pad, and lets it tickle his leg stump 56/615.5 another wicket. though perhaps it shouldn't be one. This was a short at the body. Took the batters helmet as he ducked and the keeper took a comfortable catch. Did that touch glove though? I'm not sure. 100/815.6 short ball, bouncer at the body, throat height, takes the batter's glove as he tries to fend it with the head tucked in, and it travels to the keeper at a very catchable height. 100/9Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL121/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.05)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jordan Cox, 0.3 ov), 2-24 (Shevon Daniel, 4.3 ov), 3-24 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 4.4 ov), 4-40 (Dasun Shanaka, 6.5 ov), 5-41 (Ravindu Fernando, 7.2 ov), 6-56 (Matthew Forde, 10.3 ov), 7-81 (Sikandar Raza, 12.5 ov), 8-100 (Noor Ahmad, 15.5 ov), 9-100 (Kalana Perera, 15.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Zahoor Khan 3 0 16 1 5.33 10 1 0 0 0 C Karunaratne 2 0 14 0 7.00 6 2 0 1 0 O Thomas 4 0 15 3 3.75 16 2 0 0 0 PW Hasaranga 3 0 18 1 6.00 6 1 0 0 0 FA Allen 4 0 23 2 5.75 8 0 1 0 0 KNA Bandara 2 0 18 0 9.00 3 1 1 0 0 C Wijesinghe 2 0 17 2 8.50 3 0 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Kandy Falcons , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
18 December 2022 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kandy Falcons 2, Dambulla Aura 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kandy Falcons: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Falcons - 56/2 in 5.5 overs (PHKD Mendis 14)
- Kandy Falcons: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Falcons - 108/3 in 13.0 overs (KNA Bandara 21, Najibullah Zadran 22)
- Kandy Falcons: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Kandy Falcons - 160/7 in 20.0 overs (C Karunaratne 13, C Wijesinghe 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 3 wickets)
- Dambulla Aura: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Aura - 50/5 in 9.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 22, MW Forde 5)
- Over 13.4: Review by Kandy Falcons (Bowling), Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - DS Thilakaratne (Struck down)
- Dambulla Aura: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Aura - 100/8 in 15.5 overs (DS Thilakaratne 9)
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