Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    2.2 Pradeep strikes! Avishka looks to whip this full and straight one onside but there's just enough movement away to catch the leading edge. It goes high into the Colombo sky as mid-off settles under it 11/1
    10.5 And is this another!? Yes it is! Chaturanga is certain of it! Umpire says no, but they end up reviewing This was a quicker one that went through bat and pad as Mendis played back. It popped up off the back pad and Chandimal dived in front of the wicket to grab it. Is there an inside edge though? Yes there is! 71/3
    10.1 Castles him! The arm ball zips through off a good length. This keeps low as well and Sadeera really ought not to have been going back to this 68/2
    not out
    31
    25
    2
    1
    124.00
    18.3 Sliced high and cover settles under it! This was a good length ball on off, that DDS looks to muscle over the offside but he's too late on the stroke and ends up slicing it straight up for Mathews to complete a simple take 134/4
    not out
    2
    3
    0
    0
    66.66
    Extras
    11 (lb 3, w 8)
    TOTAL
    147/4 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)
    Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Avishka Fernando, 2.2 ov), 2-68 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 10.1 ov), 3-71 (Kusal Mendis, 10.5 ov), 4-134 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 18.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AD Mathews201105.5061000
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman402406.00122010
    N Pradeep403017.50122200
    PC de Silva402526.2572010
    Mohammad Hasnain403819.5071210
    PHKD Mendis201608.0042010
  • BATSMEN
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    6.3 beauuutifil slider. This is snuck through to hit off stump. This ball is quick through the air but has a lot of top spin on it, and Haris is late on chopping down on it. It sends the bails flying and Aura are ecstatic. They desperately needed that. 49/1
    12.4 not so good there. Tries the reverse sweep again and gets a top edge that settles in the hands of backward point, who is tracking back and holds it safely. This is slowed up a little bit from Noor, who has also put a little top spin on it, and pitched it further up. Mendis can't control the shot and goes for a decent, but not match-winning 44. 94/2
    14.6 fullish, on the stumps, Pramod Madushan has taken an outstanding catch at the fine leg boundary. Chandimal laid into that, and tried to crash that over the deep square leg boundary, but it came off the inside half of his bat. Madushan took it about one and a half metres inside the boundary, but made sure he stayed inside the ropes by looking back and stopping himself. He'd taken that catch over his head 105/3
    not out
    25
    21
    3
    0
    119.04
    15.5 length ball wide of off, chopped to backward point for a single 107/4
    18.1 spectacular catch from KJP. One of the catches of the tournament. Oh my lord. That's a full ball outside off, off Asif Ali's outside edge, and it was FLYYYYIIIING past short third, but Kusal Perera leaps up and intercepts it at full stretch. A reflex catch at short third - which is rare. It would have been four had he not got hands to it. Could it change the game for Aura? 132/5
    not out
    5
    3
    1
    0
    166.66
    Extras
    8 (lb 6, w 2)
    TOTAL
    151/5 (19.5 Overs, RR: 7.61)
    Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Mohammad Haris, 6.3 ov), 2-94 (Kamindu Mendis, 12.4 ov), 3-105 (Dinesh Chandimal, 14.6 ov), 4-107 (Chaturanga de Silva, 15.5 ov), 5-132 (Asif Ali, 18.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    B Fernando403127.7584000
    DM de Silva301605.3361000
    Pramod Madushan2.502007.0561100
    H Kerr3030010.0033100
    Noor Ahmad402736.75124020
    MADI Hemantha302107.0092100

Match Notes

Kandy 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49PHKD MendisMohammad Haris
2nd45LD ChandimalPHKD Mendis
3rd11AD MathewsLD Chandimal
4th2AD MathewsPC de Silva
5th25AD MathewsAsif Ali
6th19AD MathewsLD Madushanka