Lanka Premier League - LPL 2024: Dambulla Sixers vs Colombo Strikers Match Preview, Lanka Premier League

20th T20 • R.Premadasa Stadium • Colombo

Dambulla Sixers

123/10 (20)

Colombo Strikers

95/10 (18.1)

DS won by 28 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

16 Jul, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

TV/Streaming

Fancode

Match

20th T20,

Lanka Premier League - LPL 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Faizal Aafreedy (Sri Lanka), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri lanka, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Colombo Strikers elected to bowl

Pitch Report

It's a used pitch, the ball in line will come on nicely. There's wear and tear outside the off-stump. Colombo has offered more turn, that's why the bowlers have been dominating. Bowlers need to use the rough, create the pressure. Pitch will deteriorate and toy with the batters, they'll come after and take the bait. Spinners are key here!

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

131.32Avg SR

2nd Innings

128Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

126.79Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Dambulla Sixers

Colombo Strikers

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Reeza Hendricks

DS . BAT

222 Runs

4 Matches

Kusal Perera

DS . WK

215 Runs

6 Matches

Glenn Phillips

CS . BAT

206 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Shadab Khan

CS . ALL

14 Wkts

6 Matches

Nuwan Thushara

DS . BOWL

8 Wkts

5 Matches

Dushan Hemantha

DS . ALL

7 Wkts

4 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

131.32Avg SR

2nd Innings

128Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

126.79Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

60%Bat First Bowl First40%

Team Batting First

55%Wins Losses45%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 16 • Jul 14 • Lanka Premier League

DS 148/7 & 6/2 (20 & 0.5)

GM 148/9 & 12/0 (20 & 0.4)

GM tied with DS (GM win Super Over by 2 wickets)

vs live score

Final • Aug 20 • Lanka Premier League

DS 147/4 (20)

BLK 151/5 (19.5)

vs live score

Qualifier 1 • Aug 17 • Lanka Premier League

DS 147/4 (19.4)

GM 146/10 (20)

vs live score

19th Match • Aug 14 • Lanka Premier League

BLK 142/10 (19.4)

DS 162/7 (20)

vs live score

16th Match • Aug 12 • Lanka Premier League

DS 166/5 (20)

CS 116/10 (19.4)

vs live score

14th Match • Aug 11 • Lanka Premier League

DS 134/3 (17.4)

GM 133/9 (20)

vs live score

4th Match • Aug 1 • Lanka Premier League

DS 132/2 (16.2)

JK 129/7 (20)

vs live score

2nd Match • Jul 31 • Lanka Premier League

GM 180/5 & 11/0 (20 & 0.2)

DS 180/7 & 9/1 (20 & 1)

vs live score

20th Match • Dec 19 • Lanka Premier League

GM 129/8 (20)

DS 134/6 (14.2)

vs live score

18th Match • Dec 18 • Lanka Premier League

BLK 160/7 (20)

DS 121/9 (20)

BLK won by 39 runs

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Dambulla Sixers

Colombo Strikers

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 3

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

152

Average Score

155

191/2

Highest Score

199/9

147/4

Lowest Score

74/10

Player of the Match Mohammad Nabi

40(33)

1/11

Info

Dambulla Sixers

123/10 (20)

Batters

Reeza Hendricks

12.50

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b I Wijesundera

Kusal Perera

77.78

runout (M Pathirana)

Nuwanidu Fernando

187.50

b B Fernando

Mark Chapman

88.89

runout (I Wijesundera)

Towhid Hridoy

0.00

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b B Fernando

Mohammad Nabi

(C)

121.21

c AK Perera b B Fernando

Chamindu Wickramasinghe

89.66

b M Pathirana

Dushan Hemantha

142.86

c W Muhammad b D Wellalage

Akila Dananjaya

88.89

c & b M Pathirana

Nuwan Pradeep

0.00

lbw b D Wellalage

Nuwan Thushara

0.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.15)

123/10

Bowlers

EXT

3.75

4.00

7.00

8.25

6.25

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Reeza Hendricks

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b I Wijesundera

1-1

1.4

Nuwanidu Fernando

b B Fernando

2-21

3.4

Kusal Perera

runout (M Pathirana)

3-25

4.5

Towhid Hridoy

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b B Fernando

4-25

5.3

Mark Chapman

runout (I Wijesundera)

5-38

7.1

Mohammad Nabi

c AK Perera b B Fernando

6-100

15.5

Chamindu Wickramasinghe

b M Pathirana

7-107

17.1

Dushan Hemantha

c W Muhammad b D Wellalage

8-121

18.2

Nuwan Pradeep

lbw b D Wellalage

9-121

18.4

Akila Dananjaya

c & b M Pathirana

10-123

19.6

Colombo Strikers

95/10 (18.1)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

0.00

b C Wickramasinghe

Angelo Perera

0.00

c M Chapman b C Wickramasinghe

Waseem Muhammad

250.00

c M Chapman b N Pradeep

Glenn Phillips

100.00

c M Nabi b A Dananjaya

Sadeera Samarawickrama

85.71

c A Dananjaya b N Pradeep

Dunith Wellalage

91.67

b M Nabi

Thisara Perera *

(C)

96.77

c R Hendricks b N Pradeep

Shadab Khan

50.00

runout ( (sub S Dinusha ))

Isitha Wijesundera

70.59

c N Fernando b D Hemantha

Binura Fernando

40.00

runout (N Thushara / D Hemantha)

Matheesha Pathirana

0.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(18.1 Ov, RR: 5.23)

95/10

Bowlers

EXT

Chamindu Wickramasinghe

3.25

Nuwan Pradeep

2.1

9.23

8.50

4.50

2.75

13.00

2.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Angelo Perera

c M Chapman b C Wickramasinghe

1-1

0.5

Waseem Muhammad

c M Chapman b N Pradeep

2-16

1.5

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

b C Wickramasinghe

3-16

2.4

Sadeera Samarawickrama

c A Dananjaya b N Pradeep

4-31

5.1

Glenn Phillips

c M Nabi b A Dananjaya

5-48

7.6

Dunith Wellalage

b M Nabi

6-48

8.1

Shadab Khan

runout ( (sub S Dinusha ))

7-52

9.3

Isitha Wijesundera

c N Fernando b D Hemantha

8-85

16.1

Binura Fernando

runout (N Thushara / D Hemantha)

9-88

17.1

Thisara Perera

c R Hendricks b N Pradeep

10-95

18.1

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jul, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

TV/Streaming

Fancode

Match

20th T20,

Lanka Premier League - LPL 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Faizal Aafreedy (Sri Lanka), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sri lanka, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Colombo Strikers elected to bowl

1 6 1 0 4 1

Over 16

Runs: 13

W 0 0 2 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 2

W 0 6 0 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 7

Over 19

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Mohammad Nabi

40(33)

1/11

Commentary

That's all that we have for you from the league stage of the Lanka Premier League. Galle Marvels, Jaffna Kings, Colombo Strikers and the Kandy Falcons - we have our top four - in that order. We'll be back on Thursday with playoff action - the Galle Marvels taking on the Jaffna Kings in Qualifier one in the afternoon, followed by a knockout clash between the Colombo Strikers and the Kandy Falcons in the evening. Join us right here on Sportskeeda for our coverage of them, and a lot more in between! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Bidipto Datta and Pradeep Somasekhar. Good night!

Mohammad Nabi is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: Tough game on a tricky pitch, we did our bets to put runs on the board, but early wickets didn't help the cause. Small partnership in the middle helped get to something, if I had played till the end, would've been different. You have take a bit of time, waited for the bad balls to punish. Just play the simple cricket, watch the ball and play accordingly, just be cautious with the leg spinner, watch out for googly. In the huddle, we kept talking about it, gave a shot at it and had nothing to lose and if we had taken wickets early, we did but we nearly did. Lovely tournament, enjoyed as a captain, unfortunately didn't qualify for the playoffs, really enjoyed.

Thisara Perera (Colombo Strikers captain): We knew it was not going to be easy to bat second, told my boys to hung on but didn't work. It happens in cricket, but it's a lesson learnt. As a bowling unit, we did splendidly well but the batting didn't click in the run chase. Ready for the business end.

Match summary:

Dambulla Sixers win by 28 runs

Mohammad Nabi 40 (23) | Nuwan Pradeep 3/20 (2.1)
Thisara Perera 30 (31) | Binura Fernando 3/15 (4)

Dambulla Sixers needed something really special to bundle the Colombo Strikers under 48, and they bowled and fielded in the powerplay as per the occasion. Mark Chapman set the standards all by himself - the New Zealander threw himself around the field, took two amazing catches, and the rest of the team took a cue and saved a good 20 runs in the first six overs.

Muhammad Waseem made an effort to deliver a quick finish - he went four, four, six against Nuwan Pradeep in the second over, but was stupendously held by Chapman right after dispatching the ball over deep square. Perera and Gurbaz fell on either side of Waseem, and once Glenn Phillips tried to go big over the leg side and produced a top-edge, Colombo Strikers were in strife.

Shadab Khan's run out further added to the woes of the Strikers. Thisara Perera and Isitha Wijesundera were then stifled by two offies - Mohammad Nabi and Akila Dananjaya - they played and missed on several occasions, often unable to decipher whether the ball would turn or not. Perera, though, went for the odd big hit, and that helped the Strikers keep up with the required rate - just about.

Having bowled himself and Dananjaya out in succession, Nabi decided to employ more spin in part-timers Nuwanidu Fernando and Dushan Hemantha. While the batters succeeded in taking on the former, Wijesundera holed out trying to hit the leggie out the ground. With just the remainder of the tail to bat with, Thisara Perera's job was going to be a lot tougher. The Strikers were bundled out eventually, and they miss out on a spot in the top two as a result.

Would you believe it? Dambulla Sixers will be able to bow out with their heads held high - they've just defended the lowest total in the Lanka Premier League successfully!

18.1 Nuwan Pradeep to Thisara Perera, OUT! MILES UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! It's all over. Strikers can't make it to the top of the table and that means they'll be playing the Eliminator. Dambulla Sixers finish with a consolation win as they didn't allow the Strikers to get to the Qualifier 1. Back of a length outside the off-stump, Perera swings at it but skied it. Chapman at deep backward point, judged it to perfection and pouches it safely.

Thisara Perera c Reeza Hendricks b Nuwan Pradeep 30 (31b, 1x4, 3x6)

Nuwan Pradeep (2-0-20-2) is back into the attack

Pathirana had one job - dig the yorker out, and so he did. 29 off 12 - simple equation for the batting side - but Thisara Perera might have to do all of it.

overs

95 /9 score

runs

Matheesha Pathirana *

0 (1)

Thisara Perera

30 (30)

Nuwan Thushara

0 /17

17.6 Nuwan Thushara to Matheesha Pathirana, OH! Nails the yorker, right up in the blockhole. Pathirana manages to dig it out into the on-side.

17.5 Nuwan Thushara to Thisara Perera, length delivery outside the off-stump, Perera toe ends it down to wide long-off for just one.

17.4 Nuwan Thushara to Thisara Perera, full and goes just inside the tramline as it was angled wide of off-stump. Perera had to reach and misses.

17.3 Nuwan Thushara to Thisara Perera, SIX! BOOM! That is now a mighty hit from Perera. Short outside the off-stump, Perera swings and clubbed it all the way over deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum.

17.2 Nuwan Thushara to Thisara Perera, DROPPED! Wickramasinghe almost pulled off a blinder, brave effort from Sixers once again. Back of a length outside the off-stump, Perera swings big but skied it. Wickramasinghe comes sprinting from deep, dives but can't cling on.

Matheesha Pathirana, RHB, is the last man in

Goodness me - metaphorically, it took Binura a couple of business days to make it back at the bowler's end. He put the dive in - wouldn't have mattered anyway. The Strikers are down to their last pair!

17.1 Nuwan Thushara to Thisara Perera, OH! Did Binura slide his bat back in time? Slower one, back of a length outside the off-stump. Perera reaches and belted it to deep extra-cover. Perera wanted to get back to strike desperately. Bullet throw from the fielder and Binura had to put in a full length dive as the throw comes to Thushara who disturbs the stumps.

Replays confirmed that Binura is well short and has to go here. Strikers are nine down and are in scare of losing that top spot here!

Binura Fernando run out (Dushan Hemantha/Nuwan Thushara) 2 (5b, 0x4, 0x6)

Nuwan Thushara (1-0-9-0) is back into the attack

Looks like there's a fresh twist in the tale! Wijesundera saw the leggie, tried to hit him with the turn but perished. Thisara Perera needs support...

overs

87 /8 score

runs

Binura Fernando *

2 (5)

Thisara Perera

22 (25)

Dushan Hemantha

1 /2

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