Colombo Strikers Vs B-Love Kandy Match 18 13 August 2023

18th T20 • R.Premadasa Stadium • Colombo

Colombo Strikers

169/9 (20)

Kandy Falcons

160/8 (20)

CS won by 9 runs

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Pathum Nissanka

51(38)

Player of the Series Wanindu Hasaranga

B-Love Kandy

Info

Colombo Strikers

169/9 (20)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

134.21

c Asif Ali b Hasaranga

Babar Azam

112.50

c Haris b Mathews

Lahiru Udara

33.33

c Haris b Mathews

Nipun Dananjaya

137.93

c Asif Ali b de Silva

Mohammad Nawaz

110.53

c Hasaranga b Pradeep

Iftikhar Ahmed

0.00

b Hasaranga

Chamika Karunaratne

188.89

c Bandara b Udana

Nuwanidu Fernando

166.67

b Udana

Naseem Shah

150.00

runout (Udana)

Jeffrey Vandersay

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.45)

169/9

Did not Bat

Matheesha Pathirana

Bowlers

EXT

7.67

10.00

7.67

9.50

5.25

9.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Babar Azam

c Haris b Mathews

1-20

2.5

Lahiru Udara

c Haris b Mathews

2-28

4.1

Nipun Dananjaya

c Asif Ali b de Silva

3-97

11.5

Pathum Nissanka

c Asif Ali b Hasaranga

4-127

15.1

Iftikhar Ahmed

b Hasaranga

5-127

15.2

Chamika Karunaratne

c Bandara b Udana

6-146

17.3

Mohammad Nawaz

c Hasaranga b Pradeep

7-154

18.1

Naseem Shah

runout (Udana)

8-165

19.3

Nuwanidu Fernando

b Udana

9-169

19.6

B-Love Kandy

160/8 (20)

Batters

Mohammad Haris

25.00

c (sub Mendis) b Shah

Fakhar Zaman

78.57

runout (Pathirana)

Sahan Arachchige

61.90

c & b Ahmed

Wanindu Hasaranga

190.48

c Azam b Vandersay

Angelo Mathews

110.00

c Ahmed b Vandersay

Chaturanga de Silva

145.45

c Azam b Karunaratne

Asif Ali

220.00

b Pathirana

Ashen Bandara

122.22

b Pathirana

Isuru Udana *

100.00

Not out

Mohammad Hasnain

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8)

160/8

Did not Bat

Nuwan Pradeep

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

6.25

8.00

8.33

9.75

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Mohammad Haris

c (sub Mendis) b Shah

1-4

0.6

Sahan Arachchige

c & b Ahmed

2-26

5.5

Fakhar Zaman

runout (Pathirana)

3-62

9.1

Wanindu Hasaranga

c Azam b Vandersay

4-70

10.1

Chaturanga de Silva

c Azam b Karunaratne

5-92

12.6

Angelo Mathews

c Ahmed b Vandersay

6-96

13.3

Asif Ali

b Pathirana

7-138

17.3

Ashen Bandara

b Pathirana

8-160

19.5

Match Info

Date & Time

13 Aug, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Match

18th T20,

Lanka Premier League

Umpires

Ranmore Martinesz (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Wendell Labrooy (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Colombo Strikers elected to bat

6 2 6 0 1 0

Over 17

Runs: 15

6 0 1wd W 1 4 1

Over 18

Runs: 13

1 1 1wd 1lb 0 2 1

Over 19

Runs: 7

4 1 2 1 W 0

Over 20

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Pathum Nissanka

51(38)

Player of the Series Wanindu Hasaranga

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Rajarshi Das as we wrap up the coverage of this fixture. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda with two exciting LPL fixtures lined up tomorrow too. Until next time, it is a warm good-bye!

Chamika Karunaratne (Colombo Strikers captain): It was tough. The ways boys played was very good. The way Pathum played and the debutant, Nipun was really good. Nawaz, myself and Nuwanidu did well in the lower-order and the bowlers were superb. (The decision to bowl Iftikhar Ahmed in the Powerplay) If the left-hander was there, wanted Iftikhar Ahmed to bowl. It was my plan and the team was happy with it. (On how he will approach the final game) I am not a relaxed person. If there is something more than 100%, we have to give that.

Wanindu Hasaranga (B-Love Kandy captain): We came today to win the game but they played really well. We rested Dinesh Chandimal today and gave a chance to Sahan Arachchige. He is still young and we didn't manage the Powerplay overs well. After we lost two matches, I asked Angelo Mathews whether he could bowl with the new ball. He needed two days of practice and he was ready to go

Pathum Nissanka is the Player Of The Match! Here's what he has to say: I learned a lot batting with Babar Azam. I didn't have much of a plan even after Babar got out, played my normal game, and as far as the final total we got, I felt that there was still a few runs short. (Translated by Roshan Abeysinghe)

Time for the post match presentations.

MATCH OVER!

Colombo Strikers won by nine runs!

Colombo Strikers 169-9 (20)
B-Love Kandy 160-8 (20)

Wanindu Hasaranga 40 (21) | Asif Ali 33 (15)

Matheesha Pathirana 4-0-32-2 | Jeffrey Vandersay 4-0-39-2

What a superb victory for Colombo Strikers as they stay alive in the tournament with an impressive nine-run win against B-Love Kandy. Colombo Strikers did really well to post 169-9 initially on a tricky wicket. They also started superbly with the ball as Naseem Shah removed Mohammad Haris in the very first over. After struggling for a while, Sahan Arachchige was the next to depart as he was caught and bowled by Iftikhar Ahmed in the Powerplay. Despite the poor start to the chase, Wanindu Hasaranga promoted himself to No.4 again and played some counter-attacking cricket.

Just as Kandy were getting into a decent position, a poor call from Hasaranga meant that Fakhar Zaman was run-out in the tenth over. In the very next over, Hasaranga holed out in a bid to take on Jeffrey Vandersay as Colombo got right back on top. Hasaranga's brother, Chaturanga de Silva kept the team in the hunt with some lusty blows but Chamika Karunaratne got the better of him eventually. In the 14th over, Vandersay forced a false shot out of Angelo Mathews as Kandy slipped to 96-6. Thereafter, Asif Ali was the final hope for the batting side and the Pakistani threatened to take the game away. Yet, Matheesha Pathirana bowled a superb full delivery to castle Asif in the 18th over as Kandy were handed a major blow. The duo of Ashen Bandara and Isuru Udana tried to take the game deep but Naseem Shah and Pathirana closed out the match with some brilliant death bowling.

This result keeps Colombo in the hunt for a play-offs spot. They will face Galle Titans tomorrow in what will basically be a knock-out fixture!

overs

160 /8 score

runs

Mohammad Hasnain *

0 (1)

Isuru Udana

5 (5)

Matheesha Pathirana

2 /32

19.6 Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Hasnain, swing and a miss! Colombo are alive - they keep themselves in contention for the playoffs! Pace-on delivery from Pathirana, he pitched this one up outside off stump, Hasnain had a swing at it having moved away, but was far from making contact! Colombo Strikers triumph by 9 runs!

Mohammad Hasnain, RHB, is into the middle

19.5 Matheesha Pathirana to Ashen Bandara, KNOCKS HIM OVER! Pathirana is an absolute champion! The crowd at R. Premadasa erupted in unison just as the ball crashed onto the fibre! This was fired in on a full length from Pathirana, marginally outside off stump. Bandara had a big swing across the line, the ball took the inside edge, and the furniture was lit up!

Ashen Bandara b Matheesha Pathirana 22 (18b, 3x4, 0x6)

19.4 Matheesha Pathirana to Isuru Udana, full toss outside off stump, but Udana doesn't capitalize! He flat-bats this one towards long on for a single. No signal from the square leg umpire either!

19.3 Matheesha Pathirana to Isuru Udana, full outside off from Pathirana, Udana heaved this one towards cow corner without much timing. However, the call was for two right away, and they got it

19.2 Matheesha Pathirana to Ashen Bandara, half-volley just outside off stump, Bandara squeezed this one towards the cover region. Just a single as the man at cover does really well

19.1 Matheesha Pathirana to Ashen Bandara, FOUR! Just the start B-Love Kandy needed! Back of a length outside off stump, Bandara moved across, gave the ball a hoick, didn't quite connect, but still managed to find the gap at deep mid wicket!

World-class death bowling from Naseem Shah. Just eight runs off the penultimate over and he has left Matheesha Pathirana 18 runs to defend

overs

152 /7 score

2wd

1lb

runs

Ashen Bandara *

17 (15)

Isuru Udana

2 (3)

Naseem Shah

1 /28

18.6 Naseem Shah to Ashen Bandara, full, down leg, Bandara gave himself room, looked to loft the ball over long on, but found the man in the deep on the bounce. Just a single - 18 to get off the last over for B-Love Kandy!

18.5 Naseem Shah to Ashen Bandara, yorker on middle stump, Bandara squeezed this one towards the mid on region. Udana called him through for a second run as three fielders - including the bowler, converged upon the ball, and they got it

18.4 Naseem Shah to Ashen Bandara, perfect yorker from Naseem this time! He fires it down leg, but Bandara, having made room for it, wasn't able to connect. Udara did really well to dive to his left and gather that

18.3 Naseem Shah to Isuru Udana, yorker from Naseem once again, Udana looked to swing, but was struck on the foot outside leg stump. The batters sneak through for a leg bye