Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    10.5 a dolly of a catch. Gurbaz is done in by the flight, and pops up the easiest catch to Hasaranga, who swallows it with ease and celebrates with vigour. This is a tossed up ball outside off, which Gurbaz tries to hit down to long off, but is too early through the shot. 82/4
    2.5 that's out! Or at least, it looks like it. This is a fullish ball wide of off, and Waseem is trying to drag this to leg, gets it off the inside edge, and sends it to midwicket, where Mohammad Haris has dived forward brilliantly and intercepted the ball centimetres from the ground. Mathews makes the first incision. 25/1
    2.6 horrendous run out! Phillips is absolutely fuming. He punches his bat in fury, swings it through the air angrily, and even tosses it up on his way off the field. This is a back of a length ball that Phillips has pushed towards cover and called his partner through for an early run on. Gurbaz seems to respond positively first up, and then when Phillips is at least two thirds down the pitch, tries to send his partner back. Gurbaz makes sure to make his ground at the non-striker's end first too. That was Phillips' call, and there was an easy run there. 25/2
    5.3 holes out to deep midwicket. Hasnain breaks through. This is a bouncer that gets up to about chest-height, over the stumps. Nipuna tries to hook it, but doesn't get a great connection. The deep square leg is back exactly for that shot. Doesn't have to move much, and swallows it easily. 42/3
    19.3 slower one, length wide of off, Sadeera tries to hammer that over long on, but mis-hits it badly and sends it very high in the air, and Andre Fletcher - having come in from his position at long on - gets under it and holds it safely. End of a good Sadeera innings. 157/7
    10.6 two in two! This is the fast googly, which has had many victims over the years. Shadab is the latest. He plays back to it, and the ball rushes into his stumps. Didn't have much of a clue where that ball was headed, Shadab. Falcons are pumped now! 82/5
    18.6 top edge, caught by Dinesh Chandimal running back with the gloves. This was a length ball wide of off, that Wellalage tried to drag through midwicket. But the mis-hit went into the air, and Chandimal called early and got under it. Short third could have got there too. 150/6
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    19.4 two in two. This is a short ball outside off, and Wijesundara tries to club it over the legside, but ends up top edging it to deep midwicket who runs around and takes it comfortably. 157/8
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    Extras
    15 (b 2, lb 3, w 10)
    TOTAL
    159/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.95)
    Did not bat: M Pathirana
    Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Muhammad Waseem, 2.5 ov), 2-25 (Glenn Phillips, 2.6 ov), 3-42 (Nipun Dhananjaya, 5.3 ov), 4-82 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 10.5 ov), 5-82 (Shadab Khan, 10.6 ov), 6-150 (Dunith Wellalage, 18.6 ov), 7-157 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 19.3 ov), 8-157 (Isitha Wijesundara, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AD Mathews201316.5071100
    MD Shanaka403318.2595010
    PC de Silva403208.0074000
    Mohammad Hasnain302438.0093030
    PW Hasaranga402125.2581000
    RTM Mendis3031010.3332110
  • BATSMEN
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    0.4 caught off the top edge by a diving deep third. This is angled across Chandi, who tries to crash it over long on, but it goes high into the air instead, and Sadeera Samarawickrama runs in off that boundary, and having misjudged it initially, puts in a dive to catch the ball in the end. Strikers have got rid of a dangerous player 6/1
    3.6 Wijesundara claps back! This is another full one, but tighter into the stumps, and Fletcher tries to clear mid off with this lofted shot. Doesn't get the height on the shot though, and the fielder takes a comfortable catch. Wijesundara celebrates 38/3
    2.2 on the stups, not a great ball, but it produces a wicket, partly because of Wijesundara's diving catch at backward square leg. Haris flicks it aerially, and Wijesundara dives to his right and grabs it it with both hands. Celebrates pretty hard too. 22/2
    17.1 oh wow! A magic ball, that takes the outside of off stump at 150kph, and sends Kamindu back to the dugout. This is angled across Kamindu, and possibly moving away slightly, but in any case, the best batter of the match has missed this ball and had his off stump pegged back. Can Pathirana get more this over? 152/8
    7.4 154kph bouncer! That is RAPID. And Mathews, a good hooker and puller of the ball, has nicked that through to the keeper. That is a top, top quality delivery from a hugely talented young bowler. That's serious heat, for a delivery that his so beautifully directed, right over leg stump. Gurbaz takes it over his head and Strikers are thrilled 64/4
    8.1 Hasaranga got Shadab with a googly first ball, so, Shadab has bowled a googly first up to Hasaranga and got the Falcons' captain's wicket. He's caught at long on, trying to slog this over the legside boundary. Shadab is pumped, and lets Hasaranga know it. A bit of feeling in this one. 65/5
    10.2 stunner from Shadab at backward point.n This was a back of a length ball just wide of off, Chaturanga slices at this and tries to send it behind square, but Shadab goes airborne to his right and plucks this out of the air. He's playing a huge role in this defence. 83/6
    16.6 yorker into the stumps. Slower ball, fingers rolled over it, and Shanaka is early on the shot trying to bash this down the ground. He misses, and Binura finds the base of off stump. 152/7
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    Extras
    7 (lb 3, w 4)
    TOTAL
    163/8 (18.4 Overs, RR: 8.73)
    Did not bat: Mohammad Hasnain
    Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Dinesh Chandimal, 0.4 ov), 2-22 (Mohammad Haris, 2.2 ov), 3-38 (Andre Fletcher, 3.6 ov), 4-64 (Angelo Mathews, 7.4 ov), 5-65 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 8.1 ov), 6-83 (Chaturanga de Silva, 10.2 ov), 7-152 (Dasun Shanaka, 16.6 ov), 8-152 (Kamindu Mendis, 17.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    B Fernando403538.7593200
    I Wijesundera302016.66112100
    NLTC Perera1010010.0010100
    Shadab Khan403318.2573100
    M Pathirana403839.50115140
    GD Phillips10909.0020100
    DN Wellalage1.401509.0031100

Match Notes

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Kandy 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st6ADS FletcherLD Chandimal
2nd16ADS FletcherMohammad Haris
3rd16ADS FletcherPHKD Mendis
4th26AD MathewsPHKD Mendis
5th1PHKD MendisPW Hasaranga
6th18PC de SilvaPHKD Mendis
7th69MD ShanakaPHKD Mendis
8th0RTM MendisPHKD Mendis
9th11RTM MendisC Gomez