- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.2 Excellent skills from Karunaratne and looks like Madushka is short of his ground! Oh, yes, he is. It was a good ball to start off. Length on middle, he defends but the ball goes literally nowhere. Was inside the crease, but Madushka set off for a run. Karunaratne, however, was very quick on his follow-through and knocks the ball with his right foot onto the stumps. Madushka was well short. 42/22.5 In the aiiiiir and Ramesh Mendis running back from mid-on has taken an absolute beauty! What a catch. Change of pace from Naseem, was the slower off cutter on off. Gurbaz swings through the line once more, but is a touch early. The ball goes up but the seems to be going away from the fielder. Mid-on, though runs back, keeps his eyes on the ball at all times. And flings back to complete a stunning take. Naseem is pumped alright. Has a few words to say to Gurbaz. 27/18.4 Plonked straight to Babar Azam at long off. Fuller, and honestly there to be hit. Asalanka gets under it, but can't find the desired elevation on his lofted drive. Does not time it well enough and Babar pouches it comfortably. Not the best of innings from Asalanka. He was not getting the boundaries away. Finally sees one in his arc, but can't get his timing right. 66/318.3 Slower one is top edged to long-on. Back of length outside off, Hridoy tried to flat-bat it as hard as he could. It flew without great pace and ballooned down to the fielder, who took a dolly. Hridoy goes for 54 157/512.6 Priyamal tries to upper cut the bouncer, edges it to the keeper. It was well outside off, his front foot had gone towards midwicket and his back leg was diagonally across. He tried to slap it while jumping and was able to only tickle it to the keeper. Pathirana brings out his signature Neymar-inspired celebration 107/4Extras13 (b 5, lb 2, nb 3, w 3)TOTAL173/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8.65)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2.5 ov), 2-42 (Nishan Madushka, 5.2 ov), 3-66 (Charith Asalanka, 8.4 ov), 4-107 (Priyamal Perera, 12.6 ov), 5-157 (Towhid Hridoy, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Naseem Shah 3 0 30 1 10.00 5 2 1 1 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 4 0 24 0 6.00 10 1 1 0 0 RTM Mendis 1 0 10 0 10.00 2 2 0 0 0 M Pathirana 4 0 32 1 8.00 8 5 0 0 0 C Karunaratne 4 0 36 1 9.00 10 5 0 0 2 PADLR Sandakan 4 0 34 1 8.50 5 0 2 2 1
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR10.3 Dickwella gets low and steers it straight to deep third! Back of outside off, Madushanka rolled his fingers on the ball. Dickwella crouched and tried to ramp it fine, the ball curved in and he ended up guiding it in Vijayakanth's direction 87/43.4 Oh, the back of a length ball does the trick for Perera. Babar departs and that is a huge wicket for Jaffna first up. Wasn't all that short as Babar looked for a similar pull as he executed the previous ball. Misses and the ball hits the top of off stump. Perera is pumped up and rightly so. 33/14.3 Edged and taken. Nissanka falls now and Colombo are in early trouble! Harmless cross-seam length ball outside off. Nissanka sees the width and tries to hack it through covers a bit too hard. Loses his shape and the outside edge lands is snapped up by the keeper to his right. 40/28.5 Popped back to the bowler, who does not make a mistake! A touch slower outside off. Think that got stuck in the surface as Fernando was a touch early into his shot. Goes nowhere and Viyaskanth moves to his right to complete a simple catch. 78/311.1 More fielding practice to the man at deep third. Vijolen banged it on a short length just outside off, Nawaz was the man who went for the upright ramp rather than Dickwella's crouched variant. He got the timing right but directed it straight to Madushanka, who took a good high catch. Colombo five down, Vijolen has two. 87/516.3 Direct hit at the striker's end. Sent upstairs but the sliding bat is not even close to the crease. The ball was going towards Wellalage, he made the move to reach it early and shot a throw with the left arm. Flat, hard direct hit sent Mendis back. It was a length ball to which Mendis went deep in the crease and cut 128/715.5 Mix-up, that looks like a schoolboy run out. Sent upstairs. Karunaratne put in the dive and lost the grip on his bat, it bubbled over the crease but not before the keeper had whipped off the bails. It was a full ball that was clipped towards midwicket and Karunaratne took off. He was sent back after being close to halfway down. Theekshana got across and underarmed the ball to the keeper, who turned around and reached out to get the ball onto the stumps. 121/618.1 Bouncer down leg, Mendis tried to pull it fine. It went to the keeper and there was a caught-behind appeal. Vijolen and the keeper were convinced and they send it upstairs. The slow-mo replays show the ball to be near the gloves as he tried to pull it. Ultra-Edge confirms it was glove, so Mendis has to walk back. 143/916.6 Dances down, heaves and misses. Stumped with ease by Madushka Fernando. Naseem's dance down the ground was premeditated. Viyaskanth pulled his length back, landed it down leg and applied a lot of revs on it. It snaked away from Naseem's bat swing - aiming to take it over long-on - and went towards the keeper's right shoulder. 128/819.4 Another cover drive beaten, makes a mess of the stumps. Slower ball was very full on leg, Pathirana backed away and tried to open up the off side with a drive. It was too full and beat the shot 152/10Extras5 (b 4, w 1)TOTAL152 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 7.72)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Babar Azam, 3.4 ov), 2-40 (Pathum Nissanka, 4.3 ov), 3-78 (Nuwanidu Fernando, 8.5 ov), 4-87 (Niroshan Dickwella, 10.3 ov), 5-87 (Mohammad Nawaz, 11.1 ov), 6-121 (Chamika Karunaratne, 15.5 ov), 7-128 (Yashodha Lanka, 16.3 ov), 8-128 (Naseem Shah, 16.6 ov), 9-143 (Ramesh Mendis, 18.1 ov), 10-152 (Matheesha Pathirana, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB D Madushanka 2.4 0 18 2 6.75 10 2 1 1 0 NLTC Perera 3 0 29 1 9.66 5 5 0 0 0 M Theekshana 4 0 39 0 9.75 5 2 2 0 0 GC Viljoen 4 0 31 3 7.75 15 4 2 0 0 V Viyaskanth 4 0 17 2 4.25 13 1 0 0 0 KIC Asalanka 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0 DN Wellalage 1 0 8 0 8.00 2 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Colombo Strikers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
30 July 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Jaffna Kings 2, Colombo Strikers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 2 wickets)
- Jaffna Kings: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Jaffna Kings - 66/3 in 8.4 overs (Towhid Hridoy 16)
- Jaffna Kings: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (77 balls), Extras 8
- Over 14.6: Review by Colombo Strikers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gazi Sohel, Batter - DN Wellalage (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Jaffna Kings - 132/4 in 16.0 overs (Towhid Hridoy 43, DN Wellalage 12)
- Jaffna Kings: 150 runs in 17.6 overs (110 balls), Extras 11
- Towhid Hridoy: 50 off 37 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (Towhid Hridoy 22, DN Wellalage 24, Ex 4)
- Innings Break: Jaffna Kings - 173/5 in 20.0 overs (DN Wellalage 25, NLTC Perera 14)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 2 wickets)
- Colombo Strikers: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 76/2 in 8.0 overs (N Dickwella 51, MNK Fernando 16)
- N Dickwella: 50 off 27 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 13.2: Review by Jaffna Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RR Wimalasiri, Batter - C Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Colombo Strikers: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 121/6 in 15.5 overs (AKKY Lanka 11)
- Over 18.1: Review by Jaffna Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gazi Sohel, Batter - RTM Mendis (Upheld)
- Colombo Strikers: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 5
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