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Best performances - Batsmen

J Liyanage
56(47) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 9 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
18 1 5 5 10 1 9 7
AD Mathews
AD Mathews
50(34) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
1 1 5 0 1 6 27 9

Best performances - Bowlers

N Pradeep
N Pradeep
O4
M0
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Imran Tahir
Imran Tahir
O4
M0
R25
W2
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Fidel Fernando (@afidelf)

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.

Dambulla 2nd innings Partnerships

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