09/07Result
11th Match (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Dambulla, Jul 9 2024
Kandy won by 7 wkts (10b rem)
Player of the Match
Dinesh Chandimal
Dinesh ChandimalKandy Falcons
09/07Result
11th Match (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Dambulla, Jul 9 2024
Kandy won by 7 wkts (10b rem)
Player of the Match
Dinesh Chandimal
Dinesh ChandimalKandy Falcons

That's it from us for this match. The evening game will be live shortly.

Wanindu Hasaranga, Falcons captain: After three losses we played a great game. Credit should go to our batters. Our bowlers didn't do well in the Powerplay, in the last three games. But we did well today.

Charith Asalanka, Kings captain: I think we were short of 10-15 runs with the start we got. These pitches are a nightmare for bowlers. It's a fast outfield and a flat pitch.

Chandimal is POtM: I thought as a senior player I needed to stand up, and I did. It's all about mentality and being positive when I'm batting. I relaxed my hands also a little bit. Very happy with how I playd.

Dinesh Chandimal deserves a lot of credit for giving Falcons the momentum in this gargantuan chase. But don't forget Pathum Nissanka's 119 - the highest ever score at the LPL, even if it did not result in a win. Falcons also bowled well towards the end of their innings, and retrospectively, that seems a crucial part of the game.

That win brings Falcons up to two wins. THey are now fourth on the table.

18.2
6
AM Fernando to PHKD Mendis, SIX, six to finish. A fitting way to complete the highest ever successful chase at the LPL. They've run down 225 with 10 balls to spare. This is a bouncer on the chest, and Kamindu stays back and bangs this nonchalantly over deep square leg
18.1
4
AM Fernando to PHKD Mendis, FOUR, low full toss o the stumps, Kamindu keeps legside of it and flays it through cover for four, all along the ground. Falcons are charging home here.

Asitha Fernando to bowl the 19th.

END OF OVER:
18 | 16 Runs | KAF: 220/3 (5 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 12.22, RRR: 2.50)

  • Angelo Mathews29 (13b)
  • Kamindu Mendis55 (34b)
  • Charith Asalanka1-0-16-0
  • Asitha Fernando3-0-25-0
17.6
6
Asalanka to Mathews, SIX, Mathews takes aim now. This is tossed up on the stumps and Mathews mows that hiiiigh over deep midwicket for six. Wanindu Hasaranga, Falcons captain, is ecstatic in the dugout.
17.5
1
Asalanka to PHKD Mendis, 1 run, down the track again and hits it on the bounce to long off this time
17.4
6
Asalanka to PHKD Mendis, SIX, down the track again, turns it into a full toss, and he slams this downt the ground for six, giving the long off fielder no chance. That's his fifty off 33 balls, after he'd been at about a run about off his first 19 deliveries.
17.3
2
Asalanka to PHKD Mendis, 2 runs, down the pitch again, to make it a low full toss. Tries to carve it over cover, but mis-hits it. Still gets a couple as the fielder reels it in just outside the ring
17.2
0
Asalanka to PHKD Mendis, no run, tossed up wide of off, pushed to cover after coming down the track
17.1
1
Asalanka to Mathews, 1 run, floated up, full toss, on the pads, drilled down to deep midwicket for just the single

Asalanka has brought himself on.

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs | KAF: 204/3 (21 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 12.00, RRR: 7.00)

  • Kamindu Mendis46 (30b)
  • Angelo Mathews22 (11b)
  • Asitha Fernando3-0-25-0
  • Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-46-2
16.6
0
AM Fernando to PHKD Mendis, no run, length ball, down leg. Called a wide, but maybe Kamindu got a touch on it with pad. They burn a review just to reverse the wide call. It's a dot ball now because it flicked pad.
16.5
4
AM Fernando to PHKD Mendis, FOUR, backs away and crashes this length ball on the stumps over extra cover for a one-bounce four. Had a slowish start to the innings, but Kamindu is all over it now
16.4
1
AM Fernando to Mathews, 1 run, full delivery, very wide of off, throws his bat at it and gets a single to deep point
16.3
6
AM Fernando to Mathews, SIX, fuller ball, outside off, looking for that yorker, but Mathews is deeep in that crease, and waiting to get under the ball. He mauls it over wide long and clears the rope easily
16.2
0
AM Fernando to Mathews, no run, slower length ball, just wide of off. Mathews tries to drag to deep midwicket but just inside edges it back into his pads
16.1
2
AM Fernando to Mathews, 2 runs, full, almost a yorker, jammed out towards cover and the deep fielder running in misfields and allows a second run

Here's Asitha - Kings' best bowler so far.

END OF OVER:
16 | 15 Runs | KAF: 191/3 (34 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 11.93, RRR: 8.50)

  • Kamindu Mendis42 (28b)
  • Angelo Mathews13 (7b)
  • Tabraiz Shamsi4-0-46-2
  • Azmatullah Omarzai3-0-45-0
15.6
0
Shamsi to PHKD Mendis, no run, slows this one down outside off and rips it. Kamindu goes for another massive slog sweep and misses

Kandy 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st34ADS FletcherLD Chandimal
2nd58LD ChandimalMohammad Haris
3rd72LD ChandimalPHKD Mendis
4th66AD MathewsPHKD Mendis