Colombo Stars Vs Dambulla Aura Match 12 08 August 2023

8th T20 • Pallekele International Cricket Stadium • Kandy

Dambulla Sixers

192/6 (20)

Colombo Strikers

182/4 (20)

DS won by 10 runs

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Player of the Match Kusal Mendis

87(46)

Dambulla Aura

Info

Dambulla Aura

192/6 (20)

Batters

Avishka Fernando

66.67

c Lakshan b Pathirana

Kusal Mendis

189.13

c Azam b Shah

Sadeera Samarawickrama

168.57

b Karunaratne

Kusal Perera

66.67

b Pathirana

Dhananjaya de Silva

214.29

Not out

Alex Ross

57.14

b Shah

Hayden Kerr

0.00

b Pathirana

Hasan Ali

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.6)

192/6

Did not Bat

Pramod Madushan, Praveen Jayawickrama, Noor Ahmad

Bowlers

EXT

Naseem Shah

5.25

Chamika Karunaratne

13.75

Mohammad Nawaz

12.33

Matheesha Pathirana

7.75

Jeffrey Vandersay

8.25

Dhananjaya Lakshan

14.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Avishka Fernando

c Lakshan b Pathirana

1-24

4.4

Kusal Mendis

c Azam b Shah

2-144

15.2

Sadeera Samarawickrama

b Karunaratne

3-164

16.5

Kusal Perera

b Pathirana

4-168

17.1

Alex Ross

b Shah

5-179

18.5

Hayden Kerr

b Pathirana

6-186

19.4

Colombo Strikers

182/4 (20)

Batters

Niroshan Dickwella

200.00

c Samarawickrama b Silva

Babar Azam

170.83

lbw b Ahmad

Pathum Nissanka

78.57

b Kerr

Nuwanidu Fernando

143.59

Not out

Dhananjaya Lakshan

120.00

c Kerr b Ahmad

Chamika Karunaratne

285.71

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.1)

182/4

Did not Bat

Ramesh Mendis, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Matheesha Pathirana, Jeffrey Vandersay

Bowlers

EXT

Hayden Kerr

6.75

Dhananjaya de Silva

8.33

Pramod Madushan

12.00

Praveen Jayawickrama

8.00

Hasan Ali

9.50

Noor Ahmad

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Niroshan Dickwella

c Samarawickrama b Silva

1-17

1.3

Babar Azam

lbw b Ahmad

2-79

8.5

Pathum Nissanka

b Kerr

3-108

12.2

Dhananjaya Lakshan

c Kerr b Ahmad

4-158

17.6

Match Info

Date & Time

05 Aug, 03:00 PM IST

Venue

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Match

8th T20,

Lanka Premier League

Umpires

Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh), Ravindra Kottahachchi (Sri Lanka), Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Manoj Mendis (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Colombo Strikers elected to bowl

1 4 0 1wd 2lb 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 8

1 6 0 1lb 4 W

Over 18

Runs: 12

2 1 0 1 0 0

Over 19

Runs: 4

6 1 1 2 6 4

Over 20

Runs: 20

All Overs

Player of the Match Kusal Mendis

87(46)

Commentary

That will be all from the duo of Bidipto and Abhishek. Do switch tabs to quench your LPL action thirst as the match starts 20 minutes from now. Till then, bye bye and take care.

Niroshan Dickwella (Colombo Strikers captain): I thought we gave away 20 runs too much after starting off nicely. Our batters made a good match of it but some dropped chances in the first innings cost us the game.

Kusal Mendis has been adjudged the Player of the Match! Here is what he has to say.

Kusal Mendis (Dambulla Aura captain): We batted really well in the first six overs. The wicket was a bit slow early on but then it played beautifully. The bowlers were tremendous right through the 2nd innings.

It is time for the post-match presentation!

Dambulla Aura win by 10 runs

Nuwanido Fernando - 56 | Noor Ahmad - 2/34

Babar Azam - 41 | Dhananjaya de Silva - 1/25

Colombo fall short in the end. They started on a strong note with Niroshan Dickwella flying off to three boundaries in his eight deliveries. He fell while mistiming his pull towards the deep midwicket fielder. But, Babar Azam quickly took over the mantle from there. Scoring boundaries for fun on the off side with his crisp timing, Colombo raced off to 61-1 by the end of the powerplay.

A 62 run partnership blossomed between Babar and Pathum Nissanka. But, things went southill when Noor Ahmad came into the picture. The umpire signaled not out but a right replay overturned the decision as Azam missed out on his half-century. Nissanka played too slowly by absorbing 28 balls and scoring only 22 runs.

Many thought the game was over, but Nuwanido Fernando scored fours and sixes all over the park. The required run rate kept on climbing. From 14 it went above 16 slowly. Hayden Kerr's 19th over ended all hopes as he conceded only four runs with the equation down to 31 off 6.

Chamika Karunaratne scored two sixes and a four but it proved to be too little too less in the end.

overs

182 /4 score

runs

Chamika Karunaratne *

20 (7)

Nuwanidu Fernando

56 (39)

Pramod Madushan

0 /36

19.6 Pramod Madushan to Chamika Karunaratne, FOUR RUNS TO FINISH! BUT DAMBULLA AURA WIN! Good length slower ball outside off-stump. Karunaratne waits for it and slaps it nicely over cover from the back foot for a one bounce boundary!

19.5 Pramod Madushan to Chamika Karunaratne, SIX RUNS AGAIN! Full toss on off-and-middle. Clobbered from the middle of the bat by clearing the front leg for half-a-dozen!

19.4 Pramod Madushan to Chamika Karunaratne, full on off-and-middle. Dragged around to deep mid-wicket off the inside edge for a couple of runs only.

19.3 Pramod Madushan to Nuwanidu Fernando, OH! Short on middle-stump. Pulled over the in-field without conviction but safely down to deep square-leg for a single only.

19.2 Pramod Madushan to Chamika Karunaratne, full and in the block hole around off-stump. Jammed down to long-on from the back foot for a single only. But there is a problem at the moment between Kusal Mendis and Chamika Karunaratne about something here. Perhaps with the way things panned out at the bowler's end.

19.1 Pramod Madushan to Chamika Karunaratne, over the wicket, SIX RUNS! Full toss on middle-and-leg. Clubbed from deep in the crease from down on one knee for a maximum over deep square-leg!

Hayden Kerr has sealed the game for Dambulla Aura. 31 required off the last 6 balls. Chamika Karunaratne or Nuwanido Fernando need to channel his inner Rinku Singh to smack five sixes in the over.

overs

162 /4 score

runs

Nuwanidu Fernando *

55 (38)

Chamika Karunaratne

1 (2)

Hayden Kerr

1 /27

18.6 Hayden Kerr to Nuwanidu Fernando, full and wide outside off-stump. Nuwanidu shimmies across to slam it over mid-on again but fails to make any contact! No run.

18.5 Hayden Kerr to Nuwanidu Fernando, full toss outside off-stump. Nuwanidu shuffles across to hammer it over mid-on but fails to connect. A dot ball this time!

18.4 Hayden Kerr to Chamika Karunaratne, full and wide outside off-stump. Karunaratne goes deep in the crease and bunts to wide long-off for a single only.

18.3 Hayden Kerr to Chamika Karunaratne, full and wide outside off-stump. Driven off the back foot to short cover this time. A mix-up in the middle of the pitch did not hurt Colombo as the fielder decided not to throw.

18.2 Hayden Kerr to Nuwanidu Fernando, full outside off-stump. Smashed down to long-on from deep in the crease along the ground for a single.

18.1 Hayden Kerr to Nuwanidu Fernando, over the wicket, full and really wide outside off-stump. Heaved to wide long-on by stepping way across for a couple of runs this time.

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