Kandy Falcons Vs Colombo Stars Match 3 31 July 2023

3rd T20 • Colombo

157/6 (20)

130/8 (20)

CS won by 27 runs

Info

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Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Babar Azam

59(52)

Player of the Series Wanindu Hasaranga

Colombo Stars

Info

Colombo Stars

157/6 (20)

Batters

Niroshan Dickwella

100.00

lbw b I Udana

Babar Azam

113.46

c K Mendis b I Udana

Pathum Nissanka

125.00

runout (S Ahmed / PTM Dabare)

Nuwanidu Fernando

90.32

c KNA Bandara b M Hasnain

Dhananjaya Lakshan

109.09

c KNA Bandara b I Udana

Mohammad Nawaz

166.67

b M Hasnain

Chamika Karunaratne

225.00

Not out

Ramesh Mendis

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 3, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.85)

157/6

Did not Bat

Naseem Shah, Jeffrey Vandersay, Matheesha Pathirana

Bowlers

EXT

9.75

6.75

7.00

15.00

5.50

7.00

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Niroshan Dickwella

lbw b I Udana

1-4

0.4

Pathum Nissanka

runout (S Ahmed / PTM Dabare)

2-33

3.6

Nuwanidu Fernando

c KNA Bandara b M Hasnain

3-93

13.1

Dhananjaya Lakshan

c KNA Bandara b I Udana

4-120

16.5

Babar Azam

c K Mendis b I Udana

5-141

18.2

Mohammad Nawaz

b M Hasnain

6-151

19.3

Kandy Falcons

130/8 (20)

Batters

Thanuka Dabare

66.67

lbw b N Shah

Dinesh Chandimal

90.91

b M Pathirana

Kamindu Mendis

150.00

b N Shah

Angelo Mathews

113.64

c N Fernando b J Vandersay

Ashen Bandara

85.71

b J Vandersay

Wanindu Hasaranga

225.00

c N Dickwella b M Pathirana

Sarfaraz Ahmed *

76.19

Not out

Aamer Jamal

77.78

b M Nawaz

Isuru Udana

63.64

c M Nawaz b M Pathirana

Mohammad Hasnain

58.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.5)

130/8

Did not Bat

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bowlers

EXT

4.75

7.00

6.00

8.00

4.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Thanuka Dabare

lbw b N Shah

1-4

0.6

Kamindu Mendis

b N Shah

2-28

4.1

Dinesh Chandimal

b M Pathirana

3-34

5.3

Angelo Mathews

c N Fernando b J Vandersay

4-66

10.1

Ashen Bandara

b J Vandersay

5-75

10.4

Wanindu Hasaranga

c N Dickwella b M Pathirana

6-84

11.3

Aamer Jamal

b M Nawaz

7-93

13.1

Isuru Udana

c M Nawaz b M Pathirana

8-115

16.4

Match Info

Date & Time

31 Jul, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Match

3rd T20,

Lanka Premier League

Umpires

Chandrika Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka), Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh), Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Graeme Labrooy (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Colombo Strikers elected to bat

1 0 1 1 0 0 4

Over 18

Runs: 7

1 1 1 0 0 0

Over 19

Runs: 3

0 0 4 0 0 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 6

Over 21

Runs: 1

All Overs

Player of the Match Babar Azam

59(52)

Player of the Series Wanindu Hasaranga

Commentary

That brings us to the end of another LPL encounter. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) biding you a goodbye. Goodnight! Cheers!

Niroshan Dickwella (Colombo Strikers captain): I am glad that I got some runs yesterday but doesn't matter as long as we are winning. It was the third game on this track and we wanted to bat. I knew the ball would turn and would remain slower throughout the game. Just accessing the conditions. When Shamsi was bowling in the first game the ball was turning. When we had Vandersay in the ranks, we knew he would turn the ball.

Wanindu Hasaranga (B Love Kandy captain): No actually, we would have bowled had we won the toss. You know, this is the 3rd game in this pitch. We don't know about the wickets. The ball was little gripping when we were batting and lost some crucial wickets.

Babar Azam is the Player of the Match for his knock of 58 off 52 deliveries. Here is what he has to say: I just tried to build a partnership. The pitch was two-paced and the ball wasn't coming onto the bat. I just wanted to build partnership. I wanted to take it deep and wanted to step on after the 15th over. When I played two balls and saw some extra bounce, I knew what to expect from the pitch. The boys are playing really well.

Colombo Strikers won by 27 runs

Babar Azam 59(52) | Matheesha Pathirana 3/24(4)
Angelo Mathews 25(22) | Isuru Udana 3/39(4)

It turned out to be an exceptional bowling effort from the Colombo Strikers as they comfortably defended their score of 157, winning by 27 runs on the back of some all-round effort from the bowlers. Naseem Shah's opening spell made a huge difference as he bowled with venom and asked a lot of questions to the top order. He got the wicket of Thanuka Dabare in the very first over and he kept going from strength to strength.

Kamindu Mendis played some good shots and was building a good partnership with Dinesh Chandimal when Naseem got him with a back-of-a-length delivery very close to his body. Chandimal departed in the very first over for Matheesha Pathirana and it seemed, Colombo was all over Kandy. Angelo Mathews batted sensibly for a while before top edge a tossed-up delivery from Jeffrey Vandersay which brought about his downfall.

Wickets kept falling at regular intervals and there was not a single batter who found it easy while executing his strokes. Hasaranga gave away his wicket cheaply while Sarfaraz Ahmed who is naturally a free-flowing batter didn't get any timing whatsoever. The pressure kept building and in the end, the mountain was too steep to climb and it turned out to be a convincing victory for the Colombo Strikers.

overs

130 /8 score

runs

Mohammad Hasnain *

7 (12)

Sarfaraz Ahmed

16 (21)

Chamika Karunaratne

0 /28

19.6 Chamika Karunaratne to Mohammad Hasnain, That's a comfortable victory for Colombo. Back of a length delivery a shade outside off, Hasnain swipes across the line but gets beaten.

19.5 Chamika Karunaratne to Sarfaraz Ahmed, on a length around the off-stump channel, Sarfaraz makes some space and punches it away past the backward point fielder for a single.

19.4 Chamika Karunaratne to Sarfaraz Ahmed, a slower length delivery which keeps low. Sarfaraz gets down on one knee and goes for the slog. Gets hit on thee front leg but would have comfortably gone down leg.

19.3 Chamika Karunaratne to Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sarfaraz makes some room, Chamika sees that and bangs it around the back of a length channel, bit of pace and beats Sarfaraz on the outside edge.