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Match Details
DS vs GM Qualifier 1, LPL 2023
DS
147-419.4
Dambulla AURA won by 6 wickets 🏆
GM
20.0146-10
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Player of the Match
Kusal Mendis
Dambulla Sixers49(45)
DS - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 46 | 44 | 10 Over | 72 | 73 | 15 Over | 109 | 111 |
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GM - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 47 | 45 | 10 Over | 75 | 80 | 15 Over | 119 | 105 | 20 Over | 148 | 146 |
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That's it from the first qualifier of the Lanka Premier League 2023, Ninaad Dixit, Deepak Prakash and Zeeshan Naiyer this side taking your leave. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
Kusal Mendis (Player of the Match & Dambulla AURA Captain): "Things are going to the plan and everyone is contributing. We are feeling very good."
Dasun Shanaka (Galle Titans Captain): "We had the chance to score 160-170 but we gave our wickets in crucial times. Croospulle played well but me, Shakib and few other main batters need to take responsibility."
Kusal Mendis is the player of the match!
6:42 PM: Time for the post-match presentation.
6:35 PM: Dambulla Aura win by 6 wickets and write their name as the first team to feature in the Lanka Premier League finals.
Quick recap to the first qualifier, Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bowl first on a slower surface and stopped the Galle Titans for a slightly below par total of 146 dismissing the team in 20 overs.
The Aura openers got off to an attacking start adding 33 in 22 balls when Avishka Fernando was stumped off Shakib Al Hasan's bowling, Kusal Mendis continued his good work with Sadeera Samarawickrama (13 off 15) falling next.
Kusal Perera then joined his namesake and added 69 runs for the third wicket taking the team closer to the total. He hit 3 sixes and 4 fours scoring 53 in 39 balls and was dismissed in the final over with only 1 run needed.
Mendis played his hand as well scoring 49 in 45 balls anchoring the innings to perfection but was dismissed by Tabraiz Shamsi. Dasun Shanaka bowled the final over with only 1 run required and dismissed Perera and bowled a couple of dots afterwards with Alex Ross managing the winning single off the 4th delivery.
Shanaka (1/1), Seekkuge Prasanna (1/22), Shakib Al Hasan (1/23) and Shamsi (1/37) were the wicket takers for Titans. Lahiru Kumara bowled an economic spell of 0/16 but there were just not enough runs for the Titans bowlers to put their foot in.
The Titans will have another chance to get in the finals as they will now proceed to play the 2nd qualifier with the winner of the eliminator game which will take place in a few minutes.
Quick recap to the first qualifier, Dambulla Aura won the toss and elected to bowl first on a slower surface and stopped the Galle Titans for a slightly below par total of 146 dismissing the team in 20 overs.
The Aura openers got off to an attacking start adding 33 in 22 balls when Avishka Fernando was stumped off Shakib Al Hasan's bowling, Kusal Mendis continued his good work with Sadeera Samarawickrama (13 off 15) falling next.
Kusal Perera then joined his namesake and added 69 runs for the third wicket taking the team closer to the total. He hit 3 sixes and 4 fours scoring 53 in 39 balls and was dismissed in the final over with only 1 run needed.
Mendis played his hand as well scoring 49 in 45 balls anchoring the innings to perfection but was dismissed by Tabraiz Shamsi. Dasun Shanaka bowled the final over with only 1 run required and dismissed Perera and bowled a couple of dots afterwards with Alex Ross managing the winning single off the 4th delivery.
Shanaka (1/1), Seekkuge Prasanna (1/22), Shakib Al Hasan (1/23) and Shamsi (1/37) were the wicket takers for Titans. Lahiru Kumara bowled an economic spell of 0/16 but there were just not enough runs for the Titans bowlers to put their foot in.
The Titans will have another chance to get in the finals as they will now proceed to play the 2nd qualifier with the winner of the eliminator game which will take place in a few minutes.
19.4 D Shanaka to A Ross
1 That's it! Here comes the winning run! Length ball around the off stump, Ross advances a step and gets an inside edge to short fine leg, easy single and Dambulla Aura step into the LPL finals!
Three dot balls in a row. Can Shanaka pull things from here?👀
19.3 D Shanaka to A Ross
0 Good length and wide outside the off stump, Ross chops it towards point, wants a single but is sent back!
19.2 D Shanaka to A Ross
0 Over the wicket, full and straight on the stumps, defends it back to the bowler.
Alex Ross strides out to the middle at 6.
19.1 D Shanaka to K Perera
W GONE! Dasun Shanaka with the golden arm gets a wicket first ball! Around the wicket, a slow back of the hand full toss, very low. Perera throws his hands at it and gets the toe end of the bat playing it straight back to Shanaka, easy return catch.
Dasun Shanaka brings himself into the attack for the final over of the innings.
The scores are level now and Dambulla AURA need one run in the last over to advance into the final.
OVER 19
Dambulla AURA
146/3
Dhananjaya de Silva
2(2)
Kusal Perera
53(38)
Kasun Rajitha
0-37(3.0)
18.6 K Rajitha to Silva
2 Full on the off stump, clipped in the leg side between midwicket and deep square, the latter moves to his left but the batters turn back for 2.
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