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Match Details
Blues vs Reds 6th Match, SLC T20 League 2022
Blues
145-620.0
SLC Reds won by 33 runs 🏆
Reds
20.0178-4
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That's it from our coverage of the 6th SLC Invitational T20 League fixture between SLC Blues and SLC Reds from the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Megh Mandaliya here, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Tugral Azmi and scorer/analyst Zeeshan. Tune in for the final fixture between the SLC Blues and SLC Reds, which will take place on the 15th of August. See you there!
Wanindu Hasaranga has been awarded the player of the match for his 69 (41) and 2/18.
Megh: That’s it! That sweeps the group round of the SLC Invitational League and we have our finalists. The Reds qualify for the finals alongside the Blues, who already consolidated their place a long time ago. Both the teams were the best in the business, and rightly deserve the position in the finale. The Reds, however, had an exceptional outing today, having an upper edge on the Blues.
They were outperformed by the Reds and lost their initial fixture in this league. Maheesh Theekshana pushed the Reds to an electrifying start with the bowl as he clinched a wicket on the second ball of the innings. Although an early wicket didn’t trouble the Blues much as Sadeera Samarawickrama and Lahiru Udara stitched 53 in the powerplay, however, Wanindu Hasaranga’s economical spell of 2/18 kept them under the wraps.
First, Hasaranga orchestrated an unbeaten 69 (41) followed by an outstanding spell, where he showcased different variations and bewildered the batters. The partnership of Sadeera and Udara was proving treacherous for the Reds, before - got the better off Wanindu in the 7th over.
178 made by the Reds, courtesy of Kusal Mendis 86 (60), proved a little too much for the Reds. In the end, it was a comprehensive win for the Reds by 33 runs. The SLC Invitational League will play a decisive role in selecting Sri Lanka’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup and the World T20.
So far, we have witnessed some stupendous performances from the youngsters as well as the players who are well versed in playing international cricket. Now, one last game remains, and it’s between the best two teams in the tournament - Blues vs Reds.
OVER 20
SLC Blues
145/6
Lahiru Samarakoon
2(10)
Suminda Lakshan
5(4)
Matheesha Pathirana
0-25(3.0)
19.6 M Pathirana to L Samarakoon
0 Good change of pace by Pathirana. Length delivery on the middle stump line. Lahiru quickly tries to pull it through the leg side but misses out. Reds won the match by 33 runs.
19.5 M Pathirana to L Samarakoon
0 Similar line and length as the previous delivery. Lahiru plays it straight back to the bowler.
19.4 M Pathirana to L Samarakoon
0 Fuller delivery, almost a yorker on the blockhole. Lahiru digs it out right to the bowler. Dot ball.
19.3 M Pathirana to S Lakshan
1lb LEG-BYES! Good length straight into the middle, Lakshan gets hit on the pads towards the off side. The pair sneak a single.
19.2 M Pathirana to S Lakshan
4 FOUR! Strangling on the pads, Lakshan uses the pace of the ball and helps it on its way through the leg side. Away it goes for a boundary.
19.2 M Pathirana to S Lakshan
4wd FOUR WIDES! Angling in onto the leg stump line, Lakshan sees off and leaves it alone to the keeper. The keeper fumbles to collect it and the ball races away to the fence.
19.1 M Pathirana to S Lakshan
0 Yorker delivery on the stumps, Lakshan gets the inside edge of the blade. The ball rolls it behind the stumps.
OVER 19
SLC Blues
135/6
Lahiru Samarakoon
2(7)
Suminda Lakshan
1(1)
Asitha Fernando
2-25(4.0)
18.6 A Fernando to L Samarakoon
0 Wide yorker delivery on the off, Lahiru plays it straight back to the bowler inside half of the blade.
18.5 A Fernando to S Lakshan
1 Good length on the leg stump line, Lakshan tucks it to the leg side for a single.
18.4 A Fernando to A Bandara
W In the air and taken by Arachchige! Back of a length delivery on the off. Bandara quickly comes into the position as he pulls that one toward the deep mid-wicket region but doesn't get the elevation. Arachchige is stationed in the deep mid-wicket region and takes a brilliant catch.
18.3 A Fernando to A Bandara
4 FOUR! LUCKY BOUNDARY FOR BANDARA! Slower delivery and wide of off. Bandara takes full advantage of the width and gets the bottom edge of the blade. The ball sprints away to the third-man boundary fence.
18.2 A Fernando to L Samarakoon
1 Back of a length delivery on the leg, Lahiru pulls it along the ground to the deep fine leg region to pick up a single.
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