The artificial turf here at the Ypsonas cricket ground had favoured the batsmen in one of thr previous leg played here. The trend is expected to continue and the bowlers will have to again rely on their change of pace to outfox the batsmen.
According to Accuweather, the weather will be warm and sunny with no chance of precipitation. The maximum temperature is expected to be 34 degree centigrade with humidity around 45 percent. Expect a full 20-over game of cricket.
Penultimate game of the day and both Nicosia Tigers and Sri Lankan Lions will be starting their campaign with this match. The Sri Lankan Lions look stronger on the paper, however, looks can be deceiving and it will all boil down to which team executes their skills better in the middle.
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The two teams will have seen after watching the two games that batting is easy but the bowlers need to constantly chop and change things. Employing the services of medium-pacers who can vary their pace at all times seems like the best bet on this track.
A well deserved victory for the Nicosia Tigers CC in end as they dominate through this innings as well. The only batter who could keep going for the Sri Lankan Lions Limassol CC was BLCS Kumara who kept them in the hunt as he made 66 runs in 32 balls. Unfortunatly there was no one apart from him who looked upto the task to take Sri Lankan Lions Limassol CC accross the line as once he departed it seemed preety much game over for them.
The Sri Lankan Lions Limassol CC will surely be looking back at the extras they gave and also refect on the last over which yielded 25 runs for Nicosia Tigers CC and surely turend out to be a the differenciating factor for them in the end.
That's it for this game everyone!! We hope that you enjoyed this live coverage between Sri Lankan Lions Limassol CC and Nicosia Tigers CC. Stay tuned on Sportskeeda for all the live cricketing updates from around the world. This is Navjeevan Rajput and alongside me, Sameer Deodhar signing off till then take care and stay safe!!
9.6 A. Hossain to K. Raiz, Full delivery on the stumps lofted behind covers for two more runs and SLL end on 107/3 in their 10 overs and lost by 31 runs!
9.5 A. Hossain to K. Raiz, Full delivery on the stumps lofted to long-on for a couple
9.4 A. Hossain to K. Raiz, Another missed heave outside off
9.3 A. Hossain to K. Raiz, Another dot ball and now its all formality for NTC to win this game.
9.2 A. Hossain to K. Raiz, Steps out and misses the heave on the full delivery outside off
9.1 A. Hossain to N. Pathirana, A single to long-off to start the final over
At the end of the 9th over SLL are 101/3. Lions somehow manage to cross the 100 run mark. They need 38 runs in the last 6 balls which is surely not possible! All NTC needs are 6 legal balls and they win this one.
8.6 M. Gunasekara to K. Raiz, FOUR! Steps out and inside edges the heave to deep square leg!
8.5 M. Gunasekara to K. Raiz, Full delivery outside off and Raiz misses the slog
8.4 M. Gunasekara to N. Pathirana, Yorker on the stumps tapped on the off-side for a single
8.3 M. Gunasekara to N. Pathirana, Length ball on the stumps cross-batted to long off
8.2 M. Gunasekara to N. Pathirana, FOUR! Full delivery outside off smashed to deep covers for a boundary!
8.1 M. Gunasekara to N. Pathirana, Length ball outside off front right-arm-round and Pathirana misses the slog
At the end of the 8th over SLL are 88/3. A magnificent over bowled by Hossain here as he conceded just 3 runs and also managed to get 2 wickets which includes the key wicket of Kumara. The last hope for Lions diminishing in this over as they now need 51 runs in 12 balls!
7.6 A. Hossain to N. Pathirana, Full delivery on the stumps smashed hard to long-on for a single
7.6 A. Hossain to N. Pathirana, wide ball outside off
7.5 A. Hossain to K. Raiz, Full delivery outside off hit hard straight to covers and the DROP allows a single
7.4 A. Hossain to K. Raiz, Length ball on the pads and Raiz misses the swivel
7.3 A. Hossain to B. Kumara, OUT! Yorker on off-stump and the danger man is gone! Unfortunately, for SLL as Kumara departs for a well made 66 runs can the other batters take on this humongous task?
