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Match Details
CS vs DA Eliminator 1, LPL 2021
DA
146-418.5
Dambulla Giants won by 6 wickets 🏆
CS
20.0145-6
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Player of the Match
Janith Liyanage
Dambulla AURA56(47)
DA - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 47 | 45 | 10 Over | 72 | 78 | 15 Over | 111 | 117 |
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CS - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 46 | 28 | 10 Over | 54 | 69 | 20 Over | 163 | 145 |
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Niroshan Dickwella: "Unfortunate that I got out off the first ball. But I wanted the team to win. It is a great tournament. The major part is played by the bowlers here. We are enjoying this tournament."
Angelo Mathews: "It was a good wicket. A good challenging wicket. We were 20-25 short. From picking the players at the last moment, it is really a proud moment for us. Naveen and Chandimal were brilliant."
Janith Liyanage: "Actually, this time it wasn't spinning much. I thought I could rotate the strike as there were power hitters to follow. The wickets here are really good. I was nervous but then thought this was my chance."
Janith Liyanage's match-winning knock of an unbeaten 56* (47) earns him the Player of the Match Award!
So that’s that and it’s the Dambulla Giants that have secured a win by six wickets and eight balls to spare. They have now advanced into Qualifier 2 while crashing the Stars out of the tournament.
Opting to bat first, the Colombo Stars posted a first-innings total of 145-6 from 20 overs of play.
Kusal Perera’s stay was short as he got dismissed for 3 (6)
by Nuwan Pradeep. His opening partner, Tom Banton was run out for the second
time in quick succession for 13 (13). Pathum Nissanka and Dhananjaya de Silva partnered
along to accumulate 42 runs as an act of consolidation.
However, veteran leg
spinner Imran Tahir soon chipped in and got Dhananjaya de Silva out, bowled for 15 (11). Pathum Nissanka also showed some character for
his 42 (39) but was unable to change gears as Tahir got his second victim of
the night. The skipper Angelo Mathews provided respite and scored an unbeaten
50* (34) which got his side to a respectable total.
Nuwan Pradeep and Imran Tahir bowled terrifically well as they picked up two wickets while conceding under 30 runs each in the process.
Talking about the run chase, the Dambulla Giants captain Niroshan
Dickwella was dismissed off the very first ball, as he handed a catch back to Chameera
on the follow-through. Sandun Weerakkody didn’t have much to offer either as
he got stumped for 10 (11), by wrist-spinner Prasanna.
Philip Salt along with Janith Liyanage eased
off the pressure with a 48 run stand for the third wicket. Salt did manage to
play a valuable knock of 32 (21), before getting caught in Vandersay’s over. Janith
Liyanage didn’t stop there as he then came together with Najibullah Zadran to
accumulate a partnership of 61 runs. Zadran was dismissed by countryman Naveen
ul Haq at a crucial juncture of the game for 34 (28). Things did get nervy
toward the end, but Janith Liyanage’s mature contribution of 56* (46) got his
side over the line, and through to the Qualifiers.
The final score in the second innings for the Stars was 146-4 from 18.5 overs.
The Colombo Stars will believe that they fell short by 15 runs if not more, and will now be heading home as a result of it.
Ayan: Congratulations to Dambulla Giants for winning this game by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare. They were without Dasun Shanaka their regular skipper but they still won even without Dickwella going early. Janith Liyanage, remember the name keeping his composure under pressure. 2nd fifty in his 3rd match. Take a bow young man. The owner is very happy and so is the whole team and rightly so. The Stars bow out and rightly so. They were 15-20 runs short in my opinion.
18.5 K Janat to J Liyanage
4 FOUR! Game set and match for the Giants. Short and wide, Liyanage plays the uppercut behind point and it goes into the gap towards the third man boundary here to seal the deal here. So, The Dambulla Giants win this by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare to qualify to Qualifier 2 while Colombo Stars bow out.
18.4 K Janat to C Karunaratne
1 Short ball into the pitch, Karunaratne pulls it and miscues it in the gap for a single.
18.3 K Janat to C Karunaratne
4 Full toss here, Karunaratne gets the gap in the midwicket region and bisects the field. How's that for timing and placement along the ground for a boundary? Intelligent cricket from Chamika. The match is done now.
18.2 K Janat to C Karunaratne
2 Short of a length, Karunaratne drags it to midwicket for a couple of runs here. Karunaratne pushing Liyanage really hard here.
18.1 K Janat to J Liyanage
1lb That one comes back in and catches Liyanage by surprise. 136.5 km. hr surprised Liyanage and gets hit on the pad to the keeper for a leg bye here.
OVER 18
Dambulla Giants
134/4
Chamika Karunaratne
3(2)
Janith Liyanage
52(45)
Naveen ul Haq
1-26(4.0)
Third umpire review for a run out! the ball is off his hands as he dislodges the bails. Karunaratne survives!
17.6 N ul to C Karunaratne
2 Fuller in length, Karunaratne hits it down the ground past the bowler and they hustle back for the brace. There is an appeal for the run out here. The batter is out of his crease but it seems the ball is not in the fielders' hands. Liyanage was in trouble here, Nissanka was good but the fielder drops the ball. 2 runs were completed to end the over. Giants need 12 off 12 now.
17.5 N ul to J Liyanage
1 Short and wide, Liyanage bunts it to mid-off for a quick single. A shy at the non-strikers' end but the fielder misses. The run is completed.
17.4 N ul to C Karunaratne
1 Slower ball on off, Karunaratne hits it down the ground for a single. Wanted a couple of runs there, but it wasn't there. Chamika off the mark now.
17.3 N ul to J Liyanage
1 Short and wide and a little slow, Liyanage flat bats it to cover for a single.
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