19/08Result
(N)Sri Lanka Premier League at Kandy, Aug 19 2012
Uva Next won by 4 wkts (5b rem)
Player of the Match
Sachithra Senanayake
Sachithra SenanayakeUva Next
19/08Result
(N)Sri Lanka Premier League at Kandy, Aug 19 2012
Uva Next won by 4 wkts (5b rem)
Player of the Match
Sachithra Senanayake
Sachithra SenanayakeUva Next

Presentation:

Jehan Mubarak: This tournament has been a case of what ifs, made crucial mistakes. When we batted the first four overs, it seemed difficult, we thought 130 was a decent target, bowlers bowled but there were too many mistakes from us.

Thilina Kandamby: Obviously slightly nervous but knew that Malik would do the job, pitch behaved differently from what I thought, it was not a batting wicket as I thought. We knew 124 was not going to be easy, Munaweera gave a good start but needed to bat through as well.

Sachithra Senanayake is the MoM: I did not think too much before I went out to bat, slightly nervous before I went in, after that it was good.

That is it from me, Suneer Chowdhary, will be back tomorrow for both the games! Till then, have a good evening ahead.

At 0/2 in four overs, the Rudras looked done and dusted, before Janaka Gunaratne's 30 helped them through to 124, not too much but an improved score. Uva were always in touching distance but with 24 needed from three overs, the pulse rates were racing. Shoaib Malik batted well to get them off that spot of bother. Presentation in a while.

19.1
6
Naved-ul-Hasan to Senanayake, SIX, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of that, short ball and that has been dispatched over deep square-leg for a six! Well fought Rudras but they have now gone down four games in a row, and barring a mathematical miracle are out of the tournament too.

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | UvNxt: 120/6 (5 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.31, RRR: 5.00)

  • Sachithra Senanayake6 (5b)
  • Shoaib Malik26 (15b)
  • Chathura Peiris4-0-24-2
  • Dillon du Preez4-0-29-0
18.6
1
Peiris to Senanayake, 1 run, slower one, gets an inside edge to square-leg for a single
18.5
0
Peiris to Senanayake, no run, length ball, driven back to the bowler and hits his left palm on the full, it was a catch alright, tough alright but a catch all the same!
18.4
4
Peiris to Senanayake, FOUR, outside the off and that has been lofted over the mid-off region for a four, excellent pressure-reliever, they cannot mess up from here now, surely?
18.3
0
Peiris to Senanayake, no run, outside the off, tries to cut it away but misses the outside edge, Rudras are still in it.
18.2
1
Peiris to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, on the off stump, pushes it to third-man for a single, 10 needed from 10
18.1
4
Peiris to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, poor ball on the leg side, and he swivels around for a four over short fine-leg for a four, bad delivery to start off, probably to do with the way Malik has been cutting them?

After all that hara kiri, wicket and a four last over, they still need 15 from 12.

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | UvNxt: 110/6 (15 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 7.50)

  • Shoaib Malik21 (13b)
  • Sachithra Senanayake1 (1b)
  • Dillon du Preez4-0-29-0
  • Chathura Peiris3-0-14-2
17.6
1
du Preez to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, driven to the off side for a single
17.5
2
du Preez to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, goes on to the back foot, punches it back to the right of the bowler and they take a single, Malik wants the second, Senanayake does not, both are at the same end and the bowler does not not collect the ball! It was sent straight to him and he drops it, allowing him to regain his crease!
17.4
1
du Preez to Senanayake, 1 run, on the middle stump, whipped it to deep square-leg for a single

The bowlers are in now. Senenayake at eight.

17.3
W
du Preez to Oram, OUT, gone, run-out, Oram's been sent back! It was pushed to the off side, the bowler runs to his right, it was only a couple of yards away, bends down and throws the stumps at the striker's end down, by then Oram was half way out and there was no way he was getting close to that crease once again.

JDP Oram run out 0 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

17.2
1
du Preez to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, another one outside the off, opens the face and guides them through to third-man for a single
17.1
4
du Preez to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, outside the off stump and that has been blazed away through point for four, it went crashing into the fence, good, good shot at this stage

24 from 18 needed. The game's turned around by quite a bit.

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs | UvNxt: 101/5 (24 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.94, RRR: 8.00)

  • Jacob Oram0 (5b)
  • Shoaib Malik13 (9b)
  • Chathura Peiris3-0-14-2
  • Naved-ul-Hasan3-0-20-1
16.6
0
Peiris to Oram, no run, outside the off, pushed to the covers and that is another dot, Uthura are favourites here!
16.5
0
Peiris to Oram, no run, pushed away to mid-wicket and it has gone quickly to the fielder, not for a run
16.4
0
Peiris to Oram, no run, excellent yorker, on the middle moving into the batsman and in the end, the batsman did well to take away his foot and dig it away
16.3
1
Peiris to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, on the off stump, pushes to the covers and are off for a quick single, the fielder dives in and throws it to the striker's end, misses, single ensues
16.2
0
Peiris to Shoaib Malik, no run, outside the off stump, pushed to the off side but for no runs
16.1
2
Peiris to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, on the leg stump, short of length as well, tapped away to the fine-leg region and they are able to come back for the second

27 from 24. This could go either way. Remember, Uthura had played out four successive maidens up front

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Uva Next 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st43S ChanderpaulEMDY Munaweera
2nd30S ChanderpaulPBB Rajapaksa
3rd7Shoaib MalikPBB Rajapaksa
4th12Shoaib MalikWU Tharanga
5th6SHT KandambyShoaib Malik
6th8Shoaib MalikJDP Oram
7th20Shoaib MalikSMSM Senanayake