- BATSMENRB4s6sSR15.1 he's been honeytrapped at deep midwicket! Full on off and the legbreak too. Nissanka goes for the slog sweep, and it's a dangerous option with the leg-side sweeper so square. Runs to his left and takes a simple running catch. Smart work from Asif 127/42.5 edged and gone! Mathews gets Babar. That's huge. This is a length ball quite wide of off, Mathews moves it away off the seam, and Babar pushes at it, trying to poke it through the covers. Wicketkeeper Haris - who had missed a run out of Babar earlier - takes a good catch high to his right. That's Strikers' best batter gone early. 20/14.1 another for Mathews! This is a top edge, gobbled up by the keeper, who drifted towards short third. Just goes to show what a valuable bowler Mathews still could be in the shorter formats. This is a back of a length ball on about off stump that bounces more than Udara expects. He plays a pull but it balloons off his edge, and Haris tracks it back and pouches it safely 28/211.5 simple for point! Length ball outside off and sliding further away. He backs away to cut but ends up slicing it. In the air and the fielder moves to his left for a dolly 97/318.1 holes out! Full, slightly wide outside off. Nawaz this time connects reaching out but it's been toe-ended. Hasaranga runs in from deep extra cover and slides to complete it 154/715.2 two in two! Hasaranga you beauty Through the gates. Tantalises Iftikhar with a pitched up ball on off. He goes for a slog sweep to cow corner but leaves a big gap between bat and body. The stumps are rattled. 127/517.3 down long-off's throat. Pace-off length ball on off and angling across. Tries to flat-bat a muscled shot over wide long off but instead picks the fielder 146/619.6 yorker length just outside off. Nuwanidu moves off side and tries to flick off his heel, but misses. Off-stump rattled and B-Love Kandy need 170 to win. 169/919.3 Yorker length just outside off. Nuwanidu moves to the off side to look for a big heave. Forced to bring the bat down late, and it's been knocked back to Udana. Udana grabs with his left hand and spots Naseem well out of his crease trying to take a run, and he runs back to dislodge the bails. 165/8Extras9 (b 5, lb 1, w 3)TOTAL169/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.45)Did not bat: M PathiranaFall of wickets: 1-20 (Babar Azam, 2.5 ov), 2-28 (Lahiru Udara, 4.1 ov), 3-97 (Nipun Dhananjaya, 11.5 ov), 4-127 (Pathum Nissanka, 15.1 ov), 5-127 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 15.2 ov), 6-146 (Chamika Karunaratne, 17.3 ov), 7-154 (Mohammad Nawaz, 18.1 ov), 8-165 (Naseem Shah, 19.3 ov), 9-169 (Nuwanidu Fernando, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 3 0 23 2 7.66 8 3 0 0 0 I Udana 4 0 40 2 10.00 9 2 3 1 0 Mohammad Hasnain 3 0 23 0 7.66 6 1 1 1 0 PC de Silva 2 0 19 1 9.50 2 1 1 0 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 21 2 5.25 11 2 0 0 0 N Pradeep 4 0 37 1 9.25 9 3 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 leading edge, and that goes straight to point. Naseem deserved that! That was full, on about off stump, swinging away late again. Haris closes the face trying to flick through midwicket, but the ball moves and the edge flies off to the fielder who takes it at thigh height. 4/19.1 almost a yorker and a terrible attempted run has resulted in a direct hit and a run out! Dug the ball out back to the bowler, who misfields and sends the ball off towards cover. Hasaranga makes the late decision to take the single off the misfield, and Zaman is caught completely off guard. Still, Zaman commits to the run and sprints through. But Pathirana recollects and has all three stumps to aim at and catches Zaman like three metres short. He's sacrificed himself for the captain there. 62/35.5 off the top edge, goes very high, and Iftikhar gets under it himself. Again Arachchige was trying to lift it over the legside, and again the bowler has slowed it up, pitched out outside off, and turned it. In the end, it's a comfortable caught and bowled. 26/210.1 SL wristspinner gets SL wristspinner! Vandersay would've enjoyed that. Pitched full outside off. Turning away. Hasaranga's eyes lit up seeing that tossed up but he's toe-ended the big shot. Up high in the night sky and Babar at cover keeps his eyes on the ball and gobbles it up 70/413.3 Vandersay with another! This time by cover running in. Full and a tad wider. Mathews reaches out to hit it long on but a leading edge sends the ball the other way. The legbreak made it even tougher for him 96/612.6 what an excellent over! Slower ball pitched up on middle and Chaturanga gets a decent connection hitting it down the ground, but it's not off the sweet spot. Babar at the long-on boundary does the rest. The dangerous Chaturanga is gone. 92/517.3 youngster gets the experienced pro! And he's done it with a yorker around off. The ball sneaks under Asif's bat as he tries to drive, and the bails have lit up and how 138/719.5 game, set, match. With one ball to go. Full ball just outside off and Bandara tried to slog it over the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the stumps 160/8Extras8 (lb 1, w 7)TOTAL160/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Did not bat: N PradeepFall of wickets: 1-4 (Mohammad Haris, 0.6 ov), 2-26 (Sahan Arachchige, 5.5 ov), 3-62 (Fakhar Zaman, 9.1 ov), 4-70 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 10.1 ov), 5-92 (Chaturanga de Silva, 12.6 ov), 6-96 (Angelo Mathews, 13.3 ov), 7-138 (Asif Ali, 17.3 ov), 8-160 (Ashen Bandara, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Naseem Shah 4 0 28 1 7.00 10 2 0 4 0 Iftikhar Ahmed 4 0 25 1 6.25 11 2 1 0 0 M Pathirana 4 0 32 2 8.00 9 3 1 1 0 C Karunaratne 3 0 25 1 8.33 8 5 0 0 0 JDF Vandersay 4 0 39 2 9.75 8 2 3 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 1 0 10 0 10.00 1 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Colombo Strikers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
13 August 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Colombo Strikers 2, B-Love Kandy 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 2 wickets)
- 1 short run at 2.2 overs
- Colombo Strikers: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 64/2 in 9.0 overs (P Nissanka 38, ND Perera 14)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (P Nissanka 22, ND Perera 27, Ex 2)
- Colombo Strikers: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 106/3 in 13.0 overs (P Nissanka 41, Mohammad Nawaz (3) 9)
- P Nissanka: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Colombo Strikers: 150 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Colombo Strikers - 169/9 in 20.0 overs (JDF Vandersay 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 2 wickets)
- B-Love Kandy: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: B-Love Kandy - 62/2 in 9.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 11, PWH de Silva 33)
- B-Love Kandy: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: B-Love Kandy - 116/6 in 16.0 overs (Asif Ali 12, KNA Bandara 8)
- B-Love Kandy: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (113 balls), Extras 8
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