That brings us to the end of this encounter. A relatively tame end after Nicolo Fernando and Tahir Khan had ignited the hopes with a very good partnership. However the fall of Tahir Khan's dismissal, the game literally slipped away from the grasp of Kent Lanka. Vimukthi gave some hope with a couple of lusty blows but despite Nicolo Fernando standing till the end, it was a too tall an ask and in the end, it was a convincing 33 run victory for the Bangla Morning Sun.
Risal Jayawardena gave away his wicket cheaply in the opening over as Anik Ahmed started off brilliantly. He bagged the wickets of Jayawardena and Ishan Shaminda in the very first over to put Kent Lanka in the backfoot. One more wicket fell in quick succession but it was the partnership between Fernando and Tahir which gave them some hope.
They continued finding the boundaries at regular intervals and one stage they were scoring at 15 runs per over after the 4th over. Achintha Denuwan departed early and despite Nicolo Fernando carrying the bat through, it wasn't enough for Kent Lanka. After a great knock with the bat, Sharif Raihan bowled a superb over but Anik Ahmed was the star, finishing with figures of 2/14.
10
overs
106/8score
0
4
0
0
4b
4
runs
Nicolo Fernando*
51(27)
Stefano Kanhala
0(1)
Rifat Janal
0/8
9.6 Rifat Janal to Nicolo Fernando, FOUR MORE! That is that as Roma Bangla Morning Sun proved to be just a little too much for Kent Lanka as they go down by 33 runs. Length delivery, wide of off-stump as Fernando reaches and slams it to deep extra-cover for another boundary.
9.5 Rifat Janal to Nicolo Fernando, FOUR BYES! Wide yorker, Fernando reaches to squeeze it away but misses, keeper misses and that races down to third-man for a four byes.
9.4 Rifat Janal to Nicolo Fernando, darted a full delivery outside the off-stump, Fernando hangs back to hoick but misses.
9.3 Rifat Janal to Nicolo Fernando, good length on the stumps, Fernando too early to sweep and misses.
9.2 Rifat Janal to Nicolo Fernando, FOUR! Misfield costs them a boundary. Full outside the off-stump, Fernando drilled it straight to the fielder at extra-cover, he let's it through and that races away.
9.1 Rifat Janal to Nicolo Fernando, length delivery, tossed up outside the off-stump. Fernando has a wild slog across the line and misses.
Rifat Janal, right-arm off break comes into the attack.
That's the end of the penultimate over and all Morning Bangla Sun needs to do is bowl six legal deliveries. The game is almost done and dusted with 46 required off the final over. Nicolo Fernando has played a good knock but hasn't got enough support from the other end.