19/12Result
Eliminator (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Hambantota, Dec 19 2021
Dambulla won by 6 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Janith LiyanageDambulla Thunders
19/12Result
Eliminator (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Hambantota, Dec 19 2021
Dambulla won by 6 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Janith LiyanageDambulla Thunders

That's it from us folks. Madushka Balasuriya will have the Jaffna Kings v Galle Gladiators qualifier for you. Hop over to that page.

Dickwella, winning (stand-in) captain: In Colombo the wickets weren't easy, and the major part was played by the bowlers. Here, our bowlers did a great job.

Mathews: I thought we were around 20 runs short, and I thought we were pathetic on the field, to be honest. From picking the players last moment and to come this far, I'm proud of the boys. A few of the boys had a tremendous series. All the best to the remaining teams.

Player of the match is Liyanage: "It wasn't spinning much, so I thought if I stay in the wicket - we have power-hitters to come - we could win the game. The wickets here are really good to bat. It suits the fast bowlers as well."

Giants now progress to that second qualifier on Tuesday. They'll play the loser of the Galle Gladiators v Jaffna Kings game, later today.

Stars are now knocked out, and they only have themselves to blame really. They had so many outstanding innings from Dinesh Chandimal this tournament, but messed up their batting order, and Chandimal - the tournament's highest scorer before this match - got to face with only eight balls remaining in the innings. Beyond that, they also used their seam resources poorly, reserving too many overs for the end, when the game was already in Giants' hands.

Wonderful effort from Liyanage. And easily the best innings of the game. Played within himself and paced the chase beautifully. Excellent hands from Salt, who gave the innings its impetus, and from Zadran as well.

18.5
4
Karim Janat to Liyanage, FOUR, that's it! Liyanage has played a gem here and is rightly the fella to finish it. This is short and wide, and Liyanage stayed in his crease and carved it over backward point for a one-bounce four.
18.4
1
Karim Janat to Karunaratne, 1 run, back of a length outside off stump. dragged aerially towards vacant square leg for one
18.3
4
Karim Janat to Karunaratne, FOUR, full on the stumps, It's a low full toss, actually. But Karunaratne has timed that so well it's a boundary. Just whips that between long on and deep midwicket, and the long on fielder can't get across to cut it off
18.2
2
Karim Janat to Karunaratne, 2 runs, slower ball, wide of off, Karunaratne drags it wide of deep midwicket, and Karunaratne calls for two. They get it easy
18.1
1lb
Karim Janat to Liyanage, 1 leg bye, bowled into the body, hits the thigh pad and dribbles towards the keeper and they scamper a leg bye

Karim Janat to bowl the penultimate.

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 134/4 (12 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.44, RRR: 6.00)

  • Chamika Karunaratne3 (2b)
  • Janith Liyanage52 (45b)
  • Naveen-ul-Haq4-0-26-1
  • Karim Janat2-0-13-0
17.6
2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Karunaratne, 2 runs, almost in the blockhole, driven down the ground, they try to take two, but Stars have a run out chance. I don't know why Karunaratne insisted on the second. But, wow, the ball has been dropped by the fielder before the stumps were broken. So it's not out. A shambles all around. That should have been a straightforward run out.
17.5
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Liyanage, 1 run, slower one again, length wide of the stumps, bashed to the mid off fielder who takes it on the bounce. They take a single.
17.4
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Karunaratne, 1 run, fullish ball angled into off stump, driven to long on
17.3
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Liyanage, 1 run, slower one, length ball wide of off. Liyanage slaps this to the cover sweeper
17.2
W
Naveen-ul-Haq to Najibullah Zadran, OUT, length on the stumps, Zadran tries to launch that over the straight boundary, but he's holed out! He's mis-hit that terribly. It's a slower one from Naveen, who learned from that last Karim Janat over. It takes the top edge, goes high, and Chandimal takes it about half a metre inside the rope.

Najibullah Zadran c Chandimal b Naveen-ul-Haq 34 (28b 1x4 2x6) SR: 121.42

17.1
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Liyanage, 1 run, length ball angled into off stump, opens the face and runs it to deep backward point. THat's a very good half-century for Liyanage

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | DAT: 128/3 (18 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.52, RRR: 6.00)

  • Najibullah Zadran34 (27b)
  • Janith Liyanage49 (42b)
  • Karim Janat2-0-13-0
  • Dushmantha Chameera4-0-24-1
16.6
0
Karim Janat to Najibullah Zadran, no run, five dots in a row! How often do you see that in a 17th over of a T20? This is a short delivery angled into the stumps again, and a slower ball. Once more, Zadran doesn't pick it up and is through his shot too early
16.5
0
Karim Janat to Najibullah Zadran, no run, borderline wide, but Janat gets away with it. Wide yorker, just outside the tram lines. Zadran can't connect.
16.4
0
Karim Janat to Najibullah Zadran, no run, three dots in a row. This is 122kph, dug into the pitch again, angled into the body. Once more, Zadran is through the shot early, and it hits him in the ribs
16.3
0
Karim Janat to Najibullah Zadran, no run, digs this in short outside off stump, another slower one I think. Najibullah can't get bat to it.

Dambulla 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0N DickwellaPD Salt
2nd20DS WeerakkodyPD Salt
3rd48PD SaltJ Liyanage
4th61Najibullah ZadranJ Liyanage
5th17C KarunaratneJ Liyanage