Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

J Charles
J Charles
76(56) 10x4 - 1x6
Control %69%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
14 3 14 1 9 6 10 19
WIA Fernando
WIA Fernando
39(26) 2x4 - 4x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
1 0 1 0 1 11 6 19

Best performances - Bowlers

PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
O4
M1
R15
W3
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
PM Pushpakumara
O4
M0
R24
W2
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Binoy George

That's it from us today. So the #3 and #4 seed have advanced to the final. Who'd have guessed that at the start of the semis? Come back on Wednesday to see whether Jaffna Stallions or Galle Gladiators will lift the championship trophy. Until then, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

Man of the Match is Johnson Charles: "It was a good pitch but it definitely was holding a bit for the slow bowlers so you couldn't really hit through the line against the spinners. But all in all it was a good pitch. At the start I didn't [read Hasaranga], I just move with what my eyes see and it's working."

Jaffna Stallions captain Thisara Perera: "I was a little worried. We had a lot of experiments [in previous games] but we went back to full strength. [Runouts] will happen in any cricket, even T20Is or 50-cricket, but at the end of the day we won. As a bowling unit, we've done a really good job. In this kind of weather and conditions, it's tough to grip the ball. Wanindu Hasaranga, he's doing a great job for us."

Dambulla Viiking captain Dasun Shanaka: "I think we did really good in our bowling, especially Lahiru Kumara and Kasun Rajitha. Hopefully they'll carry this momentum into the international matches. The two runouts cost the game for us. If they were not, the game would have been different. 165 was gettable on this wicket. Hasaranga is a matchwinner. There are a lot of positives in this team, especially the way Dickwella kept behind the stumps." Shanaka then names basically every single player in his squad as having had a good tournament.

Matt: "Seems crazy that the Kings and Viikings (the top 2 teams in the group stage) will not make it to the final!"

10.40 pm A topsy-turvy semi-final. Jaffna were way in front the first 10 overs, then looked like they may have bungled the victory with a significant stumble in the second half of their batting. But the bowlers ensured this was a far easier win on paper than it really should have been. Dambulla with a very weak fight once the third wicket went down. They lost 5 for 34 in a middle phase, 8 for 54 in all to end the match. Once Dickwella fell, the innings more resembled Humpty Dumpty. Credit to the tournament's leading wicket-taker Hasaranga with the golden arm at the bowling crease and Usman Shinwari with the golden arm at short third man creating multiple runouts to hasten the collapse. Jaffna Stallions now move on to join Galle Gladiators in the final on Wednesday.

19.1
W
PC de Silva to Rajitha, OUT, flighted full on fourth stump and skids on, batsman goes to slog sweep and misses. Middle and off stump are knocked back and the bails light up on their way to the earth. Jaffna Stallions with a brilliant fightback in the field to win by 37 runs.

CAK Rajitha b PC de Silva 2 (11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 18.18

Chaturanga to bowl the final over. Mathematically over already with 38 needed to win.

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs | DAT: 128/9 (38 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.73, RRR: 38.00)

  • Kasun Rajitha2 (10b)
  • Lahiru Kumara1 (3b)
  • Suranga Lakmal3-0-24-1
  • Duanne Olivier4-0-35-1
18.6
1
Lakmal to Rajitha, 1 run, yorker on middle, driven to mid-off.
18.5
1
Lakmal to Kumara, 1 run, full length ball on the stumps, slapped through the leg side.
18.4
0
Lakmal to Kumara, no run, dropped! Or did it not carry regardless? Slower ball on a length on fifth stump, batsman slashes at this and edges it but it flutters just short of the keeper, taken on a half-volley.
18.3
1b
Lakmal to Rajitha, 1 bye, wide yorker, Charles lets this go through his legs for a bye to deep fine leg.
18.2
0
Lakmal to Rajitha, no run, slower ball lands on a good length on the legs, batsman way out in front trying to heave this to leg.

Viiking 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11SR PatelN Dickwella
2nd7AK PereraN Dickwella
3rd44WU TharangaN Dickwella
4th7WU TharangaMD Shanaka
5th4WU TharangaSamiullah Shinwari
6th18WU TharangaAnwar Ali
7th5WU TharangaRTM Mendis
8th12PM PushpakumaraRTM Mendis
9th14CAK RajithaRTM Mendis
10th6CAK RajithaCBRLS Kumara