Jaffna Kings Vs Kandy Falcons Match 15 12 August 2023

15th T20 • R.Premadasa Stadium • Colombo

Kandy Falcons

178/8 (20)

Jaffna Kings

170/6 (20)

KF won by 8 runs

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Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Mohammad Haris

81(51)

Player of the Series Wanindu Hasaranga

B-Love Kandy

Info

B-Love Kandy

178/8 (20)

Batters

Mohammad Haris

158.82

b Wellalage

Fakhar Zaman

129.41

b Thushara

Dinesh Chandimal

33.33

b Wellalage

Sahan Arachchige

40.00

b Madushanka

Angelo Mathews

122.22

c Miller b Thushara

Wanindu Hasaranga

135.71

c (sub Perera) b Thushara

Asif Ali

100.00

runout (Madushanka / Lynn)

Isuru Udana

150.00

c (sub Perera) b Madushanka

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

100.00

Not out

Dushmantha Chameera

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 14)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.9)

178/8

Did not Bat

Nuwan Pradeep

Bowlers

EXT

5.00

11.33

8.50

7.75

10.75

7.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Fakhar Zaman

b Thushara

1-51

5.3

Dinesh Chandimal

b Wellalage

2-52

6.1

Sahan Arachchige

b Madushanka

3-63

7.4

Mohammad Haris

b Wellalage

4-138

14.5

Angelo Mathews

c Miller b Thushara

5-145

16.1

Wanindu Hasaranga

c (sub Perera) b Thushara

6-167

18.5

Asif Ali

runout (Madushanka / Lynn)

7-168

19.1

Isuru Udana

c (sub Perera) b Madushanka

8-177

19.5

Jaffna Kings

170/6 (20)

Batters

Nishan Madushka

88.89

c Asif Ali b Mathews

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

50.00

c Chandimal b Mathews

Chris Lynn

103.85

c Haris b Pradeep

Charith Asalanka

28.57

c Chandimal b Mathews

Shoaib Malik

148.65

Not out

David Miller

150.00

b Udana

Thisara Perera

180.00

c Chandimal b Pradeep

Dunith Wellalage

120.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.5)

170/6

Did not Bat

Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara

Bowlers

EXT

3.33

7.67

11.00

8.25

12.00

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c Chandimal b Mathews

1-3

0.6

Nishan Madushka

c Asif Ali b Mathews

2-10

2.1

Charith Asalanka

c Chandimal b Mathews

3-16

4.1

Chris Lynn

c Haris b Pradeep

4-51

8.3

David Miller

b Udana

5-90

12.4

Thisara Perera

c Chandimal b Pradeep

6-150

17.5

Match Info

Date & Time

12 Aug, 03:00 PM IST

Venue

R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo

Match

15th T20,

Lanka Premier League

Umpires

Chamara De Zoysa (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Graeme Labrooy (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Kandy Falcons elected to bat

0 1 1 4 1 1wd 0

Over 17

Runs: 8

1wd 1 0 6 1nb 1wd 1 W 1nb 1lb

Over 18

Runs: 13

2 0 1 2 1 2

Over 19

Runs: 8

1 2 2 2 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 9

All Overs

Player of the Match Mohammad Haris

81(51)

Player of the Series Wanindu Hasaranga

Commentary

So, B-Love Kandy become the second team to qualify for the playoffs! That will be all from the first game of the day at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. But do switch tabs and join us for the second match which begins in about 25 minutes from now. This is the pair of Pragadeesh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Wanindu Hasaranga (B-Love Kandy captain): Pleased with this win! (On not bowling three overs of frontline spin) I decided to bowl the seamers instead of Mujeeb Ur Rahman and myself towards the back-end because the wicket was getting better to bat on. Our quicker men have the experience of bowling crunch overs in T20 cricket, so, we left it to them to get the job done and they did it really well. Great that we have made the playoffs, hard work has paid off.

Thisara Perera (Jaffna Kings captain): (On where they lost the game) I think we did not quite execute our plans with the bat in the first 6 overs. If we could score another 20 or 30 runs in it, could have been a different story but we will have to do the job tomorrow now, can't think about what could have been at this stage.

Mohammad Haris (Player of the Match) - When I see the pitch from the last match, I stuck to my strengths. T20 is all bout the momentum and I got it today

B-Love Kandy win by 8 runs and march to the Playoffs!

Mohammad Haris 81 (51) | Angelo Mathews - 3/10 (3)
Shoaib Malik 55* (37) | Nuwan Thushara - 3/31 (4)

What started off as a run chase that lost 4 wickets without really making a significant impact ended up as a bit of a classic, but, B-Love Kandy and Dushmantha Chameera held the nerves and pulled off a narrow victory in the end!

After Angelo Mathews gave his side 3 early wickets, Nuwan Pradeep got rid of the dangerous Chris Lynn. At that stage, it looked as if things were heading down south for Jaffna. Then came a bit of a resurgence from David Miller and Shoaib Malik that could not last long, but, got carried over to skipper Thisara Perera.

He joined hands with the Pakistan veteran to try and do the improbable and, to many people's surprise, the duo played some fine shots to take the team closer to the target and almost catch up with the asking rate.

After Perera's departure, Malik tried hard and took the innings deeper. He got a bit of support from young Dunith Wellalage. But, a top quality final over from Chameera quashed Jaffna's hopes of winning the match!

Wanindu Hasaranga's decision not to bowl 3 overs of frontline spin was a bit interesting, but, in the end, his pacers got the job done and took the team to the playoffs.

overs

170 /6 score

runs

Dunith Wellalage *

6 (5)

Shoaib Malik

55 (37)

Dushmantha Chameera

0 /33

19.6 Dushmantha Chameera to Dunith Wellalage, Fourth successive win for B-Love Kandy. Back of a length across off, Wellalage drags it down to long-on.

19.5 Dushmantha Chameera to Shoaib Malik, another inch-perfect yorker on middle stump, Malik jams it down to long-on and gets a single. Chameera delivers under pressure and Malik can't send any of the deliveries over the ropes

From the last 2 deliveries, Jaffna Kings need 11 runs.

19.4 Dushmantha Chameera to Shoaib Malik, full on off-stump, Malik drills it wide of long-off this time and scampers through for a second

Jaffna Kings are still alive! They need 13 runs to win from 3 balls.

19.3 Dushmantha Chameera to Shoaib Malik, right in the blockhole on middle and leg-stump, Malik can only dig it wide of long-on. He takes a couple and retains the strike

Shoaib Malik brings up his 3rd LPL fifty! Jaffna now need 15 runs to win off 4 deliveries.

19.2 Dushmantha Chameera to Shoaib Malik, FIFTY FOR MALIK! Goes full and straight, Malik drills it wide of long-off and gets a brace

Jaffna need 17 more to win from 5 balls.

19.1 Dushmantha Chameera to Dunith Wellalage, pitched up slanting across off, Wellalage squeezes it to deep point and puts Malik on Strike

Dushmantha Chameera [3.0-0-24-0] comes back into the attack.

Last over coming up! Wellalage will take the first ball. How does he go about things here? Does he take the single and give it to Malik or go for a boundary? This will be interesting.

overs

161 /6 score

runs

Shoaib Malik *

47 (33)

Dunith Wellalage

4 (3)

Isuru Udana

1 /30

18.6 Isuru Udana to Shoaib Malik, nails the yorker slanting across off, Malik digs it to the right of long-off and hustles back to complete the second run