- BATSMENRB4s6sSR10.3 beautifully taken by Nuwanidu Fernando on the long off boundary. That was tossed up outside off, spinning away, Gurbaz goes for a big shot but it takes the outside half of the bat and goes hiiiigh into the air. Nuwanidu keeps his cool, leans over that boundary, and takes it on one leg. There's a bit of a hop, but he's left enough space between his foot and the boundary. 87/28.3 full, just wide of off, poked to point and they sprint one. Perera is in trouble at the non-striker's end though, as the fielder has picked up and thrown quickly. However, Hemantha has not gathered the throw cleanly, and it should be not out. HANG ON! The third umpire has given this out! Surely that needed more replays than the third umpire took? The ball seemed to have bounced out of Hemantha's hands, when his tricep broke the stumps. And the third ump only called for a single angle -from what I can tell - before he made his decision. Angelo Perera is stunned. Hemantha had also run off after the stray ball after breaking the stumps, by the way, which suggested that even he thought he hadn't broken the stumps with the ball in hand. 73/119.5 out now! That's another slower ball from Pradeep, who digs it short and gets Phillips to play a pull shot that settles in the hands of the deep square leg fielder. A dot ball, if nothing else 184/611.5 top edges this to short fine leg. Not often you see Nabi get a wicket like this. This is quickish, on the stumps, and the ball is there to sweep. But Samarawickrama's execution is off - rolls his wrists early and it comes off the top edge to Nuwan Pradeep, who takes a comfortable catch 94/313.6 thin top edge and Udara takes the catch. That's a decent deflection off a flat delivery pushed through outside off. Shadab had tried to cut, but there was a big noise before the ball thudded into the keeper's gloves, and Udara had positioned his gloves beautifully. 104/415.4 banged straight to Nabi at mid off. This is a low full toss, about ankle-height, about a foot wide of off. Thisara Perera's eyes light up and he smashes that hard, but hits it at chest-height directly to Nabi, who juggles it once but holds the rebound. 125/5Extras14 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL185/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.25)Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Angelo Perera, 8.3 ov), 2-87 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 10.3 ov), 3-94 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 11.5 ov), 4-104 (Shadab Khan, 13.6 ov), 5-125 (Thisara Perera, 15.4 ov), 6-184 (Glenn Phillips, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB D Madushanka 3 0 27 0 9.00 6 3 1 0 0 N Pradeep 4 0 41 2 10.25 6 6 0 2 0 Mustafizur Rahman 4 0 53 0 13.25 9 2 5 2 0 MADI Hemantha 3 0 22 1 7.33 6 3 0 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 4 0 20 2 5.00 8 0 0 0 0 C Wickramasinghe 2 0 19 0 9.50 3 0 1 2 1
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR14.4 Taskin gets a wicket! After all that punishment, finally something to celebrate. This is a short of a length ball wide of off. Hendricks tries to drag that over the deep midwicket boundary, but it's straight to the fielder on the rope instead. Easy take there, and Sixers finally lose their first. 154/114.6 another wicket! Taskin has got both openers, and Strikers have a sliver of a chance now. This is a hell of a comeback over. This is a slower one, dug into the pitch, on about off stump. KJP tries to send this high over the deep square leg rope, but mis-hits it and it settles comfortable into the hands of Angelo Perera, about 15 metres in from the square leg boundary. Taskin has gone for 45, but dismisses his two tormentors. 155/2Extras20 (b 4, lb 1, w 15)TOTAL188/2 (17.5 Overs, RR: 10.54)Fall of wickets: 1-154 (Reeza Hendricks, 14.4 ov), 2-155 (Kusal Perera, 14.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Fernando 4 0 25 0 6.25 7 1 1 0 0 Taskin Ahmed 4 0 45 2 11.25 11 5 1 4 0 C Karunaratne 1 0 9 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 NLTC Perera 1 0 10 0 10.00 2 2 0 0 0 Shadab Khan 3 0 32 0 10.66 4 1 3 0 0 M Pathirana 3.5 0 49 0 12.78 5 2 4 2 0 DN Wellalage 1 0 13 0 13.00 0 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Dambulla Sixers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
7 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Dambulla Sixers 2, Colombo Strikers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 0 wicket)
- Lahiru Udara kept wickets in place of Kusal Perera from 4.4 overs of Colombo Strikers innings
- Colombo Strikers: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 24, AK Perera 25, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 73/1 in 8.3 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 30)
- Colombo Strikers: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Batting side - 30 runs, 1 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Colombo Strikers - 125/5 in 15.4 overs (GD Phillips 26)
- Colombo Strikers: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 12
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (GD Phillips 21, C Karunaratne 26, Ex 6)
- GD Phillips: 50 off 34 balls (1 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Colombo Strikers - 185/6 in 20.0 overs (C Karunaratne 27, DN Wellalage 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 0.2: Review by Colombo Strikers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batter - RR Hendricks (Struck down)
- Dambulla Sixers: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 17
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (RR Hendricks 10, MDKJ Perera 25, Ex 17)
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Sixers - 63/0 in 6.0 overs (RR Hendricks 20, MDKJ Perera 26)
- Dambulla Sixers: 100 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 20
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 51 balls (RR Hendricks 37, MDKJ Perera 45, Ex 20)
- MDKJ Perera: 50 off 33 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- RR Hendricks: 50 off 34 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Dambulla Sixers: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 20
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 85 balls (RR Hendricks 54, MDKJ Perera 79, Ex 20)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Batting side - 14 runs, 0 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Dambulla Sixers - 160/2 in 16.0 overs (LU Igalagamage 3, MS Chapman 3)