A comprehensive victory for the Sri Lankan Lions who start their title defence in style with a clinical performance with the bat as well with the ball plus on the field too.
Napa Kings had a steep task on their hands and they got off to more than a decent start as Gurdip Sharma got them off to a flier taking Kamal Riaz to the cleaners. They raced off to the 50-run mark within the powerplay but right at the end of it Gurdip was dismissed by Riaz.
Post that dismissal, none of the batters could really get going as the bowlers strangled the innings and bowled some good hard lengths to avoid any big overs that the Kings wanted. Gunasekara got 2 wickets but they key was every bowler going at well under par after the powerplay which gave the Lions a comfortable win. They would have like the bonus point as well but the Kings did enough to get one point out of this encounter.
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122/5score
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6
4
1
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Sanaullah Safi*
27(22)
Kamaljit Singh
18(6)
Roshan Siriwardana
1/22
9.6 Roshan Siriwardena to Sanaullah Safi, length delivery angling in, Safi backs away and tries to heave it to the leg-side but he gets a leading-edge which is caught by the keeper.
Sanaullah Safi c Nalin Pathirana b Roshan Siriwardena 27 (22b, 3x4, 1x6).
9.5 Roshan Siriwardena to Kamaljit Singh, yorker outside-off, Kamaljit backs away and digs it out to long-off. Single taken.
9.4 Roshan Siriwardena to Kamaljit Singh, FOUR! Short and wide of off, Kamaljit cuts it over backward point for a boundary.
9.3 Roshan Siriwardena to Kamaljit Singh, SIX! Full and angling in, Kamaljit heaves it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
9.2 Roshan Siriwardena to Sanaullah Safi, yorker outside-off, Safi squeezes it to long-off for a single.
9.1 Roshan Siriwardena to Sanaullah Safi, length delivery outside-off, Safi has a wild slog but he misses the ball completely.
Roshan Siriwardena [1.0-0-10-0] to bowl the last over
The result is a foregone conclusion now and with just one over remaining Kings will want to get as much as they can to minimize their margin of loss, also 3 runs needed for them to get a single point.
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Sanaullah Safi
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