Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

WIA Fernando
WIA Fernando
100(64) 10x4 - 4x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 20 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
10 16 4 15 12 13 15 15
C Karunaratne
75(47) 10x4 - 2x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 31 runs
  • 3x4 - 2x6
2 0 17 7 22 5 11 11

Best performances - Bowlers

JNT Seales
O4
M0
R24
W3
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
M Theekshana
M Theekshana
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

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

END OF OVER:
20 | 18 Runs | DAT: 187/9 (24 runs required, RR: 9.35)

  • Chamika Karunaratne75 (47b)
  • Nuwan Pradeep0 (1b)
  • Chaturanga de Silva1-0-14-0
  • Jayden Seales4-0-24-3

With that, we wrap up proceedings for the day. Jaffna Kings meet Galle Gladiators in the final two days from today in a repeat of last year's final, and don't forget to tune in for the same. Until then, it is goodnight from Ranjith and me, Himanshu!

Thisara Perera, the winning captain: "Really happy today with the way our batters batted. We were under pressure after losing the first match. As a unit, everything was done really well today. My boys did a good job today, and hopefully they can do it in the final."

Niroshan Dickwella, Giants captain: "Bowling and fielding let us down. We have a good fielding side, but today everyone made mistakes and bowlers didn't execute. 210 was too much on this wicket, and around 180-185 would have easier to chase down. We let ourselves down as a team. "

Avishka Fernando is the Player of the Match: "I am extremely pleased with the hundred. I was slightly disturbed in the last game, and did better today."

Time for the presentations

Tharanga: "@Chat, very tru point made there. I feel however that breeding more youngsters is only possible through diversity in teams. What I mean is Jaffna team is surprisingly but unacceptably stronger than the other teams. When you've your countries best two spinners in the same team, it speaks for itself."

Damian: "Team for the Eastern province.Trinco Sharks"

11.18pm Much closer in the end, but that fight was too little and too late from Giants. A couple of starts by their batters were thrown away, always a caveat in a mountain of a chase. Karunaratne provided some late entertainment with an unbeaten 47-ball 75, but just one handy contribution while trying to hunt down 211 was always going to be too less.

19.6
4
de Silva to Karunaratne, FOUR, four to end the innings! More fun for Karunaratne. Another short ball on off, and turning away, as he rocks back to slash that to deep point, who tries to intervene with his right boot, but the ball slides through. Kings make the LPL 2021 final with a 23-run win
19.5
2
de Silva to Karunaratne, 2 runs, another shortish ball on middle, and he makes room to cut to deep point. They pocket two, with the bails being flicked by the bowler rather belatedly
19.4
0
de Silva to Karunaratne, no run, short delivery again on off, and pulled to long-on. They don't run
19.3
4b
de Silva to Karunaratne, 4 byes, four byes behind the wicket. Tries to slog that pretty full ball outside leg but misses, as the ball then ends up beating him, the stumps and the keeper
19.2
4
de Silva to Karunaratne, FOUR, short again on middle and off, and pulled between long-on and deep midwicket. Oh what Giants would give for these runs much earlier
19.1
4
de Silva to Karunaratne, FOUR, short and wide of off, and slashed away to the left of deep extra cover

Chaturanga will bowl the last over. Around the wicket.

Chat: "@Tharanga: I really hope that no new teams are added in the short to medium term. We have a very mediocre domestic structure because there are way too many teams. Let us not destroy quality for quantity."

Dambulla 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st39N DickwellaPD Salt
2nd3N DickwellaDS Weerakkody
3rd2DS WeerakkodyJ Liyanage
4th31DS WeerakkodyNajibullah Zadran
5th4Najibullah ZadranRTM Mendis
6th6Najibullah ZadranC Karunaratne
7th11C KarunaratneSMLD Samarakoon
8th33M de LangeC Karunaratne
9th40Imran TahirC Karunaratne
10th18N PradeepC Karunaratne