- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.6 off stump out of the ground! Asitha caps off an inconsistent over with a gem of a delivery. Beautifully-disguised slower one that Chandimal simply does not pick up. Chandimal aims for the moon and swings way too early. The ball breezes past the bat and then sends off stump flying! 71/40.3 soft dismissal! A first-over wicket for Behrendorff! Back of a length just outside off. Shapes back into Fletcher and gets big on him too. Fletcher seems to be early into the stroke and spoons it straight to backward point. Batting might not be very easy here at the start! 1/14.2 Haris' cameo comes to an end! Behrendorff keeps badgering that back of a length and finally gets his reward. Dares Haris to go over cow corner but he just cannot get enough behind it. Miscues it and the sweeper at deep mid wicket gobbles it up! 57/24.5 taken this time! A little fuller and a little wider this time. Shanaka, from the moment he walked out, was trying to hit every ball for six and loses his shape again. Cuts across it too much and skews it up. Allen settles under it in the cover point region and makes no mistake! 59/36.3 oh, what a grab! Cutter hung up on a length way outside off. Mathews gives it everything he has but in that process, loses shape. Flies off his outside edge and Samarakoon, who has not had a great day in the field, leaps high to his left and snares the chance! Top, top effort! 71/5Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL78/5 (7 Overs, RR: 11.14)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Andre Fletcher, 0.3 ov), 2-57 (Mohammad Haris, 4.2 ov), 3-59 (Dasun Shanaka, 4.5 ov), 4-71 (Dinesh Chandimal, 5.6 ov), 5-71 (Angelo Mathews, 6.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JP Behrendorff 2 0 10 3 5.00 6 1 0 0 0 AM Fernando 2 0 19 1 9.50 3 3 0 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 2 0 20 1 10.00 6 1 1 1 0 SMLD Samarakoon 1 0 28 0 28.00 0 2 3 1 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.1 knocks him over! Back of a length, targeting the stumps. Nissanka clears his front leg, trying to deposit it into the ocean. Loses his shape and loses track of the ball. Swishes at thin air and hears the death rattle soon after. The Kings' run-chase is flagging! 13/30.4 gone first ball! Hard length just outside off. Mendis does not hang back and tries to transfer the pressure onto Mathews immediately. Ends up trying to hit it too hard and chalks it towards Haris, who takes a few paces to his right from mid on and completes the catch! 1/11.3 Rossouw has to go! Back of a length outside off. Rossouw gives himself room, trying to go over mid off. The ball, though, sticks in the surface just enough to meddle with Rossouw's timing. Clinks it off the bottom of the bat and Hasaranga does the rest at mid off! 11/25.4 chance goes down, but the scores are now level! Chaos in Colombo! On a length, perhaps just outside off. Omarzai has a slog at it and miscues it. Kamindu Mendis tries to settle under it but is unable to do so. Does not get a good enough hand to it. The Kings think they can sneak in two but Avishka is well short on the second at the bowler's end! 78/64.2 six and out! Hasaranga has his revenge! Another half-tracker outside off and nine times out of ten, Asalanka would have smashed it into the stands. On this occasion, though, he slices across it and offers a fairly regulation catch to long on. No real emotion from Hasaranga, but this could be a big moment in the game! 54/44.4 two in the over for Hasaranga! Googly floated up full and wide outside off, tempting Samarakoon to slog across the line. He takes up the invitation but comes up second-best. Spoons up off the outside half of the bat and short third makes no mistake! 54/5Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL79/6 (5.5 Overs, RR: 13.54)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kusal Mendis, 0.4 ov), 2-11 (Rilee Rossouw, 1.3 ov), 3-13 (Pathum Nissanka, 2.1 ov), 4-54 (Charith Asalanka, 4.2 ov), 5-54 (Lahiru Samarakoon, 4.4 ov), 6-78 (Avishka Fernando, 5.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Mathews 2 0 22 2 11.00 6 0 3 1 0 MD Shanaka 2 0 26 1 13.00 3 0 3 1 0 PW Hasaranga 1 0 18 2 18.00 3 0 3 0 0 ADS Fletcher 0.5 0 13 0 15.60 0 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Jaffna Kings , 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
13 July 2024 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Jaffna Kings 2, Kandy Falcons 0
Match Notes
- Rain: Kandy Falcons - 0/0
- Wet Ground: Kandy Falcons - 0/0
- Rain: Kandy Falcons - 0/0
- Wet Ground: Kandy Falcons - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 2.0 (Mandatory - 14 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kandy Falcons: 50 runs in 3.5 overs (23 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (LD Chandimal 18, Mohammad Haris 30, Ex 7)
- Innings Break: Kandy Falcons - 78/5 in 7.0 overs (PW Hasaranga 2, RTM Mendis 5)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 2.0 (Mandatory - 13 runs, 2 wickets)
- Jaffna Kings: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 2