Limassol Zalmi Vs Sri Lankan Lions Bronze Final 23 April 2023

Bronze Final • Ypsonas Cricket Ground • Limassol

Sri Lankan Lions

103/7 (10)

Limassol Zalmi

104/4 (8.4)

LIZ won by 6 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Jawad Ali-Shah

62(20)

SLL

LIZ

Info

Sri Lankan Lions

103/7 (10)

Batters

Srinath Rajith

216.67

c S Khan I b F Muhammad

Akila Kalugala

216.67

c Syed Zia b S Khan

Chamal Sadun

130.00

c J Ali-Shah b H Ullah

Chami Kumara

162.50

Not out

Roshan Siriwardana

0.00

b M Khan

Prasad Suranga

50.00

b H Ullah

Nalin Pathirana

0.00

lbw b H Ullah

Suresh Nadeeshan

166.67

c J Ali-Shah b F Muhammad

Kamal Raiz

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 3)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 10.3)

103/7

Did not Bat

Nalin Gamage, Ashan Chanaka

Bowlers

EXT

Babar Ayub

17.00

Furqan Muhammad

7.50

Shayan Khan

13.00

Salman Khan I

8.00

Hasher Ullah

5.50

Murtaza Khan

14.00

Muhammad Huzaifa

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Srinath Rajith

c S Khan I b F Muhammad

1-25

1.3

Akila Kalugala

c Syed Zia b S Khan

2-28

2.2

Chamal Sadun

c J Ali-Shah b H Ullah

3-50

4.5

Roshan Siriwardana

b M Khan

4-57

5.5

Prasad Suranga

b H Ullah

5-58

6.1

Nalin Pathirana

lbw b H Ullah

6-59

6.2

Suresh Nadeeshan

c J Ali-Shah b F Muhammad

7-91

8.2

Limassol Zalmi

104/4 (8.4)

Batters

Jawad Ali-Shah

310.00

c K Raiz b S Rajith

Umar Shah

140.00

c A Kalugala b Roshan Siriwardana

Salman Khan I

154.55

Not out

Syed Zia

57.14

c N Pathirana b N Gamage

Muhammad Farhad

0.00

lbw b Roshan Siriwardana

Murtaza Khan *

600.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(8.4 Ov, RR: 12)

104/4

Did not Bat

Muhammad Huzaifa, Shayan Khan, Hasher Ullah, Furqan Muhammad, Babar Ayub

Bowlers

EXT

Kamal Raiz

20.00

Srinath Rajith

12.50

Chamal Sadun

9.00

Roshan Siriwardana

1.4

12.60

Nalin Gamage

9.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Umar Shah

c A Kalugala b Roshan Siriwardana

1-40

3.1

Jawad Ali-Shah

c K Raiz b S Rajith

2-81

5.3

Syed Zia

c N Pathirana b N Gamage

3-97

7.5

Muhammad Farhad

lbw b Roshan Siriwardana

4-98

8.3

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Apr, 04:00 PM IST

Venue

Ypsonas Cricket Ground, Limassol

Match

Bronze Final,

ECS Cyprus T10

Umpires

Sachithra Tharanga (Srilanka), Abdul Rehman (Cyprus), Hamad Ahmad (Pakisthan, TV)

Referee

Steffan Gooch (Europe)

Toss

Sri Lankan Lions elected to bat

Player of the Match Jawad Ali-Shah

62(20)

Commentary

And so there you have it - just one more game to go in the ECS Cyprus 2023 with the grand finale to be played between the Black Caps and Napa Royal Kings at this very venue. Not far away from live action as far as that contest is concerned so you can head over here and follow our coverage of it on Sportskeeda, while also keeping yourselves updated with all the other cricketing news and action from around the world on this very platform. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of this contest and we thank you for joining us today. For the moment though, this is the duo of Bidipto Datta and Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave. See you around soon - buh-bye for now!

Match Summary: Limassol Zalmi beat Sri Lankan Lions by 6 wickets to win the Bronze Final.

Jawad Shah 62 (20) | Hasher Ullah 3/11 (2)
Chami Kumara 39* (24) | Roshan Siriwardana 2/21 (1.4)

A target that seemed tricky, but one which was made light weather of by one man. It was the Jawad Shah show all the way for Limassol Zalmi, who set out in pursuit of 104 in order to win this Bronze Final. The Sri Lankan Lions simply had no answer though to the Jawad onslaught as he spared none in his path.

Having struck a four and a six off the first two deliveries, he made his intentions clear as Zalmi racked up 20 off the opening over. His opening partner Umar Shah didn't let the momentum slip away at the other end himself and at no point during the chase were Zalmi behind the eight-ball. They maximized the powerplay to the fullest and ensured that the loose deliveries were put away to the fence, leaving the Lions with some soul-searching to do.

Roshan Siriwardana struck right after the powerplay although there was simply no stopping Jawad thereafter. Salman Khan chipped in with a handy cameo of his own and with each passing over, the result of the contest seemed beyond doubt. Jawad racked up a half-century and continued to butcher the bowlers and while he was eventually dismissed, it was just a consolation for a hapless Lions attack. Mind you, they fought well and tried their best to stretch this game into the last over. It didn't happen eventually as Murtaza Khan struck the one ball he faced over the fence to seal the deal with more than an over to spare.

This result means that Zalmi walk away with the third spot and the bronze to their name while the Lions have to settle for a second loss today. They will look back at this experience though and take their positives, while also knowing what they need to do in order to bounce back stronger next time out.

And he takes just one delivery to seal the deal! Done in grand style and it's a resounding victory for Zalmi who take the bronze. Limassol Zalmi win by 6 wickets with 8 deliveries to spare!

8.4 Roshan Siriwardana to Murtaza Khan, SIX RUNS! AND THE BRONZE FINAL GOES TO LIMASSOL ZALMI! Full and in the slot around off-stump. Murtaza presses forward and smashes it over long-off for a maximum to finish the match in style!

Murtaza Khan, RHB, comes to the crease

Oh dear! That pitched comfortably outside leg stump. Poor decision it must be said.

8.3 Roshan Siriwardana to Muhammad Farhad, OUT! Good length flatter ball on leg-stump. It strikes the batter in line with the stumps as he misses the tap back to the bowler on the back foot. The umpire reckons that everything is fine and it is going on to hit the stumps.

Muhammad Farhad lbw b Roshan Siriwardana 0 (3b, 0x4, 0x6)

8.2 Roshan Siriwardana to Muhammad Farhad, short and flat outside off. A swing and a miss off the back foot through the line. Dot ball.

8.1 Roshan Siriwardana to Salman Khan, full outside off-stump. Lifted in the air to wide long-off for a single off the front foot.

Roshan Siriwardana [1.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack.

Outstanding over from Gamage! It might just be a case of dragging the inevitable but it's good to see the Lions showing a fight here. They'd want Zalmi to really work hard for their runs.

overs

97 /3 score

runs

Muhammad Farhad *

0 (1)

Salman Khan-I

16 (10)

Nalin Gamage

1 /19

7.6 Nalin Gamage to Muhammad Farhad, good length ball on middle-and-off. Defended down to short cover from the back foot, no run.

Muhammad Farhad, RHB, comes to the crease

7.5 Nalin Gamage to Syed Zia, GOT HIM! Short and skiddy around off-stump. Zia ends up gliding it straight into the gloves of the keeper off the back foot with the attempted late cut!

Syed Zia c Nalin Pathirana b Nalin Gamage 4 (7b, 0x4, 0x6)

7.4 Nalin Gamage to Salman Khan, short outside off-stump. Slapped straight down the ground off the back foot for a single to long-off.

7.3 Nalin Gamage to Syed Zia, short outside off-stump. Tapped off the horizontal bat to deep point for a single.

7.2 Nalin Gamage to Salman Khan, fuller around off-stump. Driven to deep cover off the front foot for a single.

7.1 Nalin Gamage to Syed Zia, full on off-stump. Knocked off the front foot to long-on for a single.

Nalin Gamage [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack.

That dropped catch sums up the day for the Lions, doesn't it? It just hasn't gone according to plan on the park here and they're staring down the barrel of a thumping defeat now. Limassol Zalmi require 11 runs to win off 3 overs at 3.67 RPO.

overs

93 /2 score

runs

Syed Zia *

2 (4)

Salman Khan-I

14 (8)

Chamal Sadun

0 /18

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