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Limassol Zalmi 106 all out in 9.4 overs Umar Shah 64(24) | Roshan Siriwardana 4/21 Jawad Shah 13(10) | Suresh Janaka 2/20
The Sri Lankan Lions have pulled this game off and this has been a brilliant effort from them! The Zalmi were in the game for the first half of the innings as Umar Shah and Jawad Shah went all guns blazing for the first five overs! Umar in particular was at his destructive best as he raked up the runs and smashed the bowlers all round the park en route his 64 of just 24 balls! However, once he was gone , the rest of the middle order failed to accelerate and capitulated under pressure.
The Sri Lankan Lions bowlers took some tap early on but they came back really well and bowled in the right areas and got the wickets! They were incredibly tidy as they just gave away 1 extra in their whole innings! Roshan Siriwardana was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 4 wickets and cleaned up the tail, although he was a bit expensive. Suresh Janaka also bowled really well and picked up a couple of key wickets including that of Jawad Shah and Zia ul Haq.
9.4 Roshan Siriwardana to Muhammad Farhad, OUT! STUMPED! Length ball outside off fired across the right-hander, Farhad puts on his dancing shoes as he shimmies down the track and looks to smack it away but fails to make any connection. The keeper effects a quick stumping and that's another one for Siriwardana! Huzaifa will not take the crease after he picked up an injury while fielding. He's absent hurt and Limassol Zalmi are ALL OUT!
Muhammad Farhad st Nalin Pathirana b Roshan Siriwardana 6(3b, 0x4, 1x6)
9.3 Roshan Siriwardana to Muhammad Farhad, length ball outside off fired in, Farhad attempts another hoick but gets the toe-end of the bat towards short third man. No run!
9.2 Roshan Siriwardana to Muhammad Farhad, SIX! BANG! Tossed up and on the leg stump line, Farhad rocks onto the back-foot and sends that packing over the mid-wicket region! Sails over the fielder's head and goes for half a dozen runs!
Muhammad Farhad, RHB, comes to the crease.
9.1 Roshan Siriwardana to Syed Zia, OUT! CAUGHT! Tossed up delivery on the body, Zia charges down the track and goes for the hoick across the line. Heaves it in the air as he does not get it off the meat of the bat and gets it straight into the hands of the fielder at deep mid-wicket!
Syed Zia c Kamal Riaz b Roshan Siriwardana 1(2b,0x4, 0x6)
Roshan Siriwardana [1.0-0-15-2] comes back into the attack.
Couple of big wickets in the penultimate over from Srinath Rajith and he has ensured that his side will be on course for a victory! Zalmi need an improbable 36 from the final over and someone has to do a RINKU SINGH for them here.
9
overs
100/7score
1
0
0
W
1
W
runs
Hasher Ullah*
2(3)
Syed Zia
1(1)
Srinath Rajith
2/13
8.6 Srinath Rajith to Hasher Ullah, OUT! KNOCKS HIM OVER! Walks across a long way and looks to glance that one away. He's unable to make any connection as Rajith aims at the sticks. The sheer pace on that sees Ullah miss out and the ball crashes into the leg stump!
Hasher Ullah b Srinath Rajith 2(3b,0x4,0x6)
8.5 Srinath Rajith to Syed Zia, length ball on the middle stump angling away, Zia shimmies down the track and slaps that to the left of long off for a single.
Syed Zia, RHB, comes to the crease.
Huge wicket in the context of the game and this might just be the final nail in the coffin for the Limassol Zalmi!
8.4 Srinath Rajith to Shayan Khan, OUT! BOWLED! Length ball on the off stump, quick and pacy as Shayan looks to go big over the mid-wicket region. His uncharacteristic swipe across the line fails to make any connection with the ball, which goes on to clip the top of off stump!
Shayan Khan b Srinath Rajith 1(5b,0x4,0x6)
8.3 Srinath Rajith to Shayan Khan, length ball outside off angling away, Shayan attempts a wild heave across the line but fails to make any connection.
8.2 Srinath Rajith to Shayan Khan, into the blockhole and angling away from the right-hander, Shayan looks to dig that out but fails to get any bat on it.
8.1 Srinath Rajith to Hasher Ullah, length ball on the middle stump, stays low as Ullah adjusts and pushes it out into the leg side for a quick single as the bowler fields it off his own bowling.
8
overs
98/5score
6
4
2
W
1
0
runs
Shayan Khan*
1(2)
Hasher Ullah
1(1)
Chamal Sadun
1/27
7.6 Chamal Sadun to Shayan Khan, back of a length ball outside off, Shayan goes for the massive hoick across the line only to miss it completely!
7.5 Chamal Sadun to Hasher Ullah, length ball outside off, Ullah reaches out for it and drives it towards sweeper cover for a single.