- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.2 big appeal, and given! Chandimal pre-meditates the reverse and ends up picking the worst ball to play that stroke. This is full, speared into middle and leg. The ball breezes past his bat and smashes into his back leg. The umpire's finger goes up instantly, and Chandimal does not bother with the review. Replays, though, indicate the ball would have missed leg stump... 19/112.3 soft dismissal, and Hemantha continues waging a lone battle! Fizzed through on a length on middle and off. Sticks in the surface and comes off slower than Fletcher expects. He tries to work it to leg but ends up closing his bat face early. The ball spoons up and Hemantha snaffles up the chance via a sprawling dive to his right. Vital, vital wicket, with the way Fletcher was batting! 127/46.2 Hemantha outfoxes Haris! Slowed up nicely on a length just outside off. Haris looks at the flight and thinks he can go inside out. However, he does not get to the pitch of the ball and has to reach out in front of his pad. Clinks it off the toe-end and Nabi, running back from cover, completes a smart catch over his shoulder! 60/210.6 edged and taken! Hemantha has another! Lobbed up beautifully on a full length on leg stump. Hasaranga wants to go downtown but the massive turn leads to his undoing. He gets a nick and the ball ends up outside off stump. Perera has a couple of snatches at it but eventually holds on. Big moment in the game! 104/3Extras6 (lb 4, w 2)TOTAL222/4 (20 Overs, RR: 11.1)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Dinesh Chandimal, 3.2 ov), 2-60 (Mohammad Haris, 6.2 ov), 3-104 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 10.6 ov), 4-127 (Andre Fletcher, 12.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Thushara 4 0 36 0 9.00 6 3 1 1 0 D Madushanka 4 0 43 0 10.75 9 2 4 1 0 GS Dinusha 3 0 39 1 13.00 5 3 3 0 0 MADI Hemantha 4 0 14 3 3.50 13 1 0 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 3 0 42 0 14.00 1 0 5 0 0 C Wickramasinghe 2 0 44 0 22.00 0 4 4 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.4 holes out to deep backward square leg! Shortish on the hips and Hendricks thinks he can help this on its way. He gets a decent chunk of it too but the only problem is that he also picks out Chaturanga. Clean catch on the fence, and Dambulla lose their form batter! 11/114.5 Hasaranga gets Perera, and that might be that for this run-chase! Hasaranga slows it up on a fullish length on off, daring Perera to go for the slog sweep. He tries but in vain. Miscues his stroke because he has no pace to work with and Hasnain gobbles up the chance, running to his left from short third! 125/62.4 goes straight up, and Hasnain is into the wicket-taking act! Badgers that hard length again and both batters have not looked very comfortable against it. Zadran tries to swipe it leg side but the ball skews off the leading edge. Third man settles under it and does the rest. Dambulla in early trouble! 16/25.1 taken in the deep again! Angled in on a length on the pads. Udara, like Hendricks, thinks there is an easy six on offer. Does not get the elevation or the distance he is after, though, and offers some more catching practice to Chaturanga at deep backward square leg. Simple catch, and Dambulla are three down! 47/39.4 Hasaranga breaks through, just like that! Googly on a back of a length outside off. Seems to stick in the surface a little and Chapman, hanging back in his crease, smashes it to Hasaranga's left. The Falcons skipper dives low and does so very swiftly, seemingly taking the catch cleanly. But Chapman is not going anywhere and the third umpire has been called into action. The ball definitely carried to Hasaranga but the question is whether the ball then grazed the turf as his hands hit the ground. His hands seem to be under the ball when he finally gets up and the third umpire reckons it is a fair catch. Seems the right decision too, and Chapman has to walk back! 87/411.2 soft dismissal! Angled in on a length on leg stump. Nabi looks for the sweep but he does not have the room to free his arms completely. Scuffs it and the ball loops towards short fine leg. Mathews judges it well, dives forward and catches it, inches off the turf. There was a check to see if the catch was clean, and it took just one replay to confirm it was! 96/516.6 taken superbly by Hasaranga! Shanaka takes pace off and bowls it into the track outside off. Dinusha gives it the slot and slices it towards extra cover Hasaranga tracks it all the way and then swoops down sharply to his right to complete the catch! 138/718.6 goes straight up, and Hasaranga finishes with a four-for! Tosses up the googly invitingly outside off. Wickramasinghe, because of the line, has to fetch this one. Does not pick the googly either and cuts across it too much. Lobs up tamely for Hasaranga, who gobbles up a regulation return chance! 159/819.3 Chaturanga gets the better of Hemantha! Floated up on a length outside off. Drifts into Hemantha and that entices him to come down and have a slog across the line. Spins away just enough to breeze past the bat and Chandimal does the rest behind the stumps! 166/9Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL168/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.4)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Reeza Hendricks, 1.4 ov), 2-16 (Ibrahim Zadran, 2.4 ov), 3-47 (Lahiru Udara, 5.1 ov), 4-87 (Mark Chapman, 9.4 ov), 5-96 (Mohammad Nabi, 11.2 ov), 6-125 (Kusal Perera, 14.5 ov), 7-138 (Sonal Dinusha, 16.6 ov), 8-159 (Chamindu Wickramasinghe, 18.6 ov), 9-166 (Dushan Hemantha, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 1 0 8 0 8.00 3 1 0 1 0 MD Shanaka 4 0 29 3 7.25 8 2 1 1 0 Mohammad Hasnain 4 0 31 1 7.75 13 3 2 0 0 RTM Mendis 4 0 25 0 6.25 8 2 0 1 0 PHKD Mendis 2 0 29 0 14.50 3 2 2 1 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 35 4 8.75 7 2 2 0 0 PC de Silva 1 0 9 1 9.00 3 0 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Dambulla Sixers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20
Match days
15 July 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kandy Falcons 2, Dambulla Sixers 0
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Kandy Falcons - 0/0
- Kandy Falcons: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Falcons - 83/2 in 9.0 overs (ADS Fletcher 36, PW Hasaranga 7)
- Kandy Falcons: 100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 4
- ADS Fletcher: 50 off 30 balls (1 x 4, 6 x 6)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Batting side - 33 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kandy Falcons: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Kandy Falcons - 160/4 in 16.0 overs (PHKD Mendis 28, AD Mathews 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (PHKD Mendis 40, AD Mathews 8, Ex 2)
- PHKD Mendis: 50 off 23 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Kandy Falcons: 200 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: Kandy Falcons - 222/4 in 20.0 overs (PHKD Mendis 51, AD Mathews 44)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 3 wickets)
- Dambulla Sixers: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
- Over 6.3: Review by Kandy Falcons (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - IC Soysa, Batter - MDKJ Perera (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- MDKJ Perera: 50 off 25 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Sixers - 81/3 in 9.0 overs (MDKJ Perera 52, MS Chapman 19)
- Dambulla Sixers: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Sixers - 118/5 in 14.0 overs (MDKJ Perera 70, GS Dinusha 9)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Batting side - 12 runs, 1 wicket)
- Dambulla Sixers: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 6
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