Lanka Premier League - LPL 2024: Dambulla Sixers vs Jaffna Kings Match Preview, Lanka Premier League

4th T20 • Pallekele International Cricket Stadium • Kandy

Dambulla Sixers

191/2 (20)

Jaffna Kings

197/6 (20)

JK won by 4 wickets

Info

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Scorecard

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Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

03 Jul, 03:00 PM IST

Venue

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

TV/Streaming

Fancode

Match

4th T20,

Lanka Premier League - LPL 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ravindra Kottahachchi (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Wendell Labrooy (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Jaffna Kings elected to bowl

Pitch Report

- The pitch looks like a belter for batting. The hardness remains the same on this track, so that's the good news for Asalanka, winning the toss and opting to chase. 180 and 190 remains a challenging total and we are going to see plenty of runs here

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

150.48Avg SR

2nd Innings

140Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

146.94Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 7

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Dambulla Sixers

Jaffna Kings

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Mark Chapman

DS . BAT

91 Runs

1 Match

Chamindu Wickramasinghe

DS . ALL

62 Runs

1 Match

Avishka Fernando

JK . BAT

59 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Fabian Allen

JK . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Asitha Fernando

JK . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Akila Dananjaya

DS . BOWL

1 Wkt

1 Match

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

D de Silva

C Wijesinghe

Expert Team 2

M Chapman

D de Silva

Venue Details

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

150.48Avg SR

2nd Innings

140Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

146.94Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

50%Bat First Bowl First50%

Team Batting First

52%Wins Losses48%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 1 • Jul 1 • Lanka Premier League

B-LK 183/4 (17.2)

DS 179/4 (20)

B-LK won by 6 wickets

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11th Match • Aug 7 • Lanka Premier League

DS 134/8 (20)

JK 125/7 (20)

vs live score

8th Match • Aug 5 • Lanka Premier League

CS 182/4 (20)

DS 192/6 (20)

vs live score

Match 6 • Aug 4 • Lanka Premier League

B-LK 160/3 (18.3)

DS 156/6 (20)

B-LK won by 7 wickets

vs live score

14th Match • Dec 14 • Lanka Premier League

CS 90/1 (11.3)

DS 89/10 (13.5)

vs live score

11th Match • Dec 13 • Lanka Premier League

DS 116/10 (14.2)

B-LK 193/3 (20)

vs live score

8th Match • Dec 11 • Lanka Premier League

JK 240/4 (20)

DS 189/8 (20)

JK won by 51 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Dambulla Sixers

Jaffna Kings

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 7

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

154

Average Score

137

192/6

Highest Score

177/7

132/2

Lowest Score

89/10

1 W 0 2 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 3

1wd 0 1 1 1 1 W

Over 18

Runs: 5

4 1 W 1 1 4

Over 19

Runs: 11

2 1 0 0 0 6

Over 20

Runs: 9

All Overs

Player of the Match Avishka Fernando

80(34)

Player of the Series Rilee Rossouw

Commentary

Thanks a lot for joining us - Pragadeesh and Mohul Bhowmick - for this exciting game of cricket in the Lanka Premier League 2024 between Dambulla Sixers and Jaffna Kings, which the latter won. We hope you had as much fun as we did bringing this to you. Until next time, ciao!

Charith Asalanka (Jaffna Kings' captain): I planned to bowl as two left-handers were opening the innings for them. I think we have enough resources in our ranks. Dananjaya bowled very well and gave me a lot of support. It was a phenomenal game; Avishka batted extremely well. His innings gave us a lot of energy.

Mohammad Nabi (Dambulla Sixers' captain): We had enough runs on the board especially on such a wicket. Avishka and Asalanka played extremely well and that is why we lost the game. We should have defended that total but unfortunately, we could not.

Avishka Fernando is the Player of the Match: (In Sinhalese) I am very pleased with my innings. I was trying to get to the score as quickly as possible. I am happy with the way my knock helped my team win the match.

Jaffna Kings beat Dambulla Stars by 4 wickets!

Kusal Perera 102* (52) | Dhananjaya de Silva 2-25
Avishka Fernand 80 (34) | Mustafizur Rahman 2-30

Dambulla Sixers seemed to be in complete control of this game but that is when Charith Asalanka and Avishka Fernando decided to step up and take responsibility for their team.

The duo made a mockery of this steep chase for Jaffna and brought them close to the target and punished the Dambulla bowlers whenever the latter made mistakes.

The failure of the top order of Jaffna gave Dambulla the confidence of winning this game but it was knocked out of their sails when the Asalanka-Fernando duo was batting. Jaffna will take a lot of confidence from this win, especially since they were beaten by Galle Marvels at the same venue yesterday.

The side hailing from the northernmost tip of the island of Sri Lanka will hope that this stunning win gives the momentum to carry it forward into the rest of the tournament and allows them to express themselves with full confidence. Dambulla, for their part, will hope that they can improve upon their bowling showing in their next game.

It goes down to the last delivery, but Allen does it for Jaffna!

overs

197 /6 score

runs

Fabian Allen *

11 (6)

Azmatullah Omarzai

4 (4)

Nimesh Vimukthi

0 /50

19.6 Nimesh Vimukthi to Fabian Allen, SIX! The Kings get their first win. Allen sees the slot delivery and pumps it over long-off to finish things in style

19.5 Nimesh Vimukthi to Fabian Allen, OH! Interesting all the way. Three dots in a row and suddenly, the pressure is on Allen. Spins away from a good length, Allen backs away but the sharp turn takes the ball away from his hitting arc

2 balls in hand...

19.4 Nimesh Vimukthi to Fabian Allen, spears it back on a fuller length, Allen sweeps but gets hit on the pads

19.3 Nimesh Vimukthi to Fabian Allen, spears it around off, Allen backs away to punch this down to extra cover

THE SCORES ARE TIED!

19.2 Nimesh Vimukthi to Azmatullah Omarzai, attacks the stumps from a good length, pushed in front of square for a single

JUST TWO RUNS NEEDED NOW!

19.1 Nimesh Vimukthi to Azmatullah Omarzai, pitched up angling back, driven to the left of long-off for a couple

Nimesh Vimukthi [3-0-41-0] will bowl the final over.

That will help Jaffna a lot! They need just four runs from the last over, and this boundary off the last over will give them a lot of confidence. Omarzai and Allen, the two overseas stars, have to see their team home now.

overs

188 /6 score

runs

Fabian Allen *

5 (2)

Azmatullah Omarzai

1 (2)

Mustafizur Rahman

2 /30

18.6 Mustafizur Rahman to Fabian Allen, OH! INTO THE FENCE! This releases the pressure. Off-cutter across off, Allen tries to go down the ground but gets a thick outside edge. It flies between two fielders behind square on the off-side

18.5 Mustafizur Rahman to Azmatullah Omarzai, pitched up angling on off-stump, Azmat works it to deep cover for one

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