- BATSMENRB4s6sSR11.2 Avishka bites the dust! So just when Dambulla were getting back on track and the partnership was starting to look threatening, Udana flummoxed him with a well-disguised slower one on a shorter length, he went for the shot too early and got a thick edge to the slip fielder who reacts quickly and caught like a bird batches its prey 77/42.4 Bagged at short midwicket! Hits the hard length and gets the ball to kick off the turf on off, he goes merrily for an ambitious pull off the backfoot and didn't get the middle of the bat. Kamindu was strategically placed there for this shot, he instinctively flicks out his hands and the ball sticks in 14/13.6 Shout for an lbw and not given. Was it outside the line? No bat involved. It was a touch shorter and veers back from off, he cleared his front leg and was loading up for a full-blooded pull off the backfoot, got it terribly wrong. Here's Hawk-eye... pitching outside off, impact in line and hitting the middle stump, so the on-field decision will be changed! 29/25.3 Inverses his stance to sweep but fails to connect! Short and goes on with the arm towards middle stump. They appeal in unison for an lbw and the umpire raises the finger in agreement. Looks a bit high and Fernando sends it immediately to the third umpire for another look. No bat involved says the third umpire, pitching outside off, impact is in line and it's smashing the stumps so the on-field decision stands, it's all over for Perera. Another dangerous customer removed inside the powerplay. Dambulla are in dire straits early in their innings and need some rebuilding work now 35/319.6 Rams the yorker on off and he flicks it straight up in the air, launches it straight into the hands of Bandara at deep midwicket. An incredible innings comes to an end, he has hauled his team out of the trouble and helped them put up a respectable total 156/615.4 Sounds the death rattle! Middle-stump sent packing with an incredible delivery, an off-cutter, on a shorter length and he was backing away to cut, ball swerved in and went through his defence. Ross was the main man in guiding his team to that Super Over in the first game and he showed he can go berserk in the last five overs. A timely scalp for B-Love Kandy 117/5Extras5 (lb 3, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL156/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.8)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Kusal Mendis, 2.4 ov), 2-29 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 3.6 ov), 3-35 (Kusal Perera, 5.3 ov), 4-77 (Avishka Fernando, 11.2 ov), 5-117 (Alex Ross, 15.4 ov), 6-156 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 1 0 5 0 5.00 4 1 0 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 17 2 4.25 14 2 0 1 0 PVD Chameera 4 0 40 1 10.00 7 7 0 0 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 23 0 5.75 8 2 0 0 0 Mohammad Hasnain 3 0 35 1 11.66 6 3 2 0 1 I Udana 4 0 33 2 8.25 9 2 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.6 A nothing ball gets him the prized scalp of the danger man Fakhar Zaman! A half-tracker on off stump, he makes room and then ends up chipping it back to Dhananjaya who pockets the catch low down to his left. Dhananjaya you can do no wrong! 69/111.1 Back of a length, nips back from outside off, hacked away to deep backward point and he chucks a throw at keeper's ends, Chandimal puts in a full-length dive and tries to slide the bat in but he is well short of the crease as the keeper quickly whips off the bails, two was not on and that's a ugly mess-up. A vital breakthrough but he will be livid with himself to get out in this fashion after doing all the hard work and also fall short of a well deserved half century by two runs 99/215.6 Good length hoping in and he slaps it back to Kerr who takes a blinder in his follow-through! He is pumped up, clearly the standout bowler for Dambulla today. Mendis departs for 18. A couple of wickets could make this an interesting contest but with no asking rate pressure, it's Kandy's game to lose 129/3Extras22 (b 5, lb 1, w 16)TOTAL160/3 (18.3 Overs, RR: 8.64)Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Fakhar Zaman, 7.6 ov), 2-99 (Dinesh Chandimal, 11.1 ov), 3-129 (Kamindu Mendis, 15.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Fernando 3 0 21 0 7.00 8 3 0 0 0 DM de Silva 3 0 16 1 5.33 6 1 0 0 0 Shahnawaz Dahani 3.3 0 46 0 13.14 6 6 1 2 0 RS Fernando 1 0 17 0 17.00 1 4 0 0 0 H Kerr 4 0 28 1 7.00 7 3 0 1 0 Noor Ahmad 4 0 26 0 6.50 12 1 0 4 0
Match Details
Toss
Dambulla Aura , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
04 August 2023 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
B-Love Kandy 2, Dambulla Aura 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 3.6: Review by B-Love Kandy (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RMPJ Rambukwella, Batter - S Samarawickrama (Upheld)
- Over 5.3: Review by Dambulla Aura (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RMPJ Rambukwella, Batter - MDKJ Perera (Struck down)
- Dambulla Aura: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Aura - 54/3 in 9.0 overs (WIA Fernando 18, DM de Silva 8)
- Over 8.6: Review by B-Love Kandy (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gazi Sohel, Batter - WIA Fernando (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Dambulla Aura: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Aura - 117/5 in 15.4 overs (DM de Silva 35)
- Over 17.4: Review by B-Love Kandy (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RMPJ Rambukwella, Batter - H Kerr (Struck down)
- DM de Silva: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Dambulla Aura: 150 runs in 19.3 overs (118 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Dambulla Aura - 156/6 in 20.0 overs (H Kerr 12)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 0 wicket)
- B-Love Kandy: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Fakhar Zaman 22, LD Chandimal 30, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: B-Love Kandy - 57/0 in 6.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 22, LD Chandimal 35)
- B-Love Kandy: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 14
- Strategic Timeout: B-Love Kandy - 129/3 in 16.0 overs (AD Mathews 16)
- B-Love Kandy: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 21