Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
WIA Fernando
70(49) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %69%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 14 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
MD Shanaka
36(26) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %61%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 7 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
11/08Result
14th Match (N), Lanka Premier League at Colombo, Aug 11 2023
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![Galle Titans]( "Galle Titans")
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![Dambulla Sixers]( "Dambulla Sixers")
134/3 (17.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
11/08Result
14th Match (N), Lanka Premier League at Colombo, Aug 11 2023
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![Galle Titans]( "Galle Titans")
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![Dambulla Sixers]( "Dambulla Sixers")
134/3 (17.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Dambulla Aura , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
11 August 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Dambulla Aura 2, Galle Titans 0
Scorecard Summary
GALLE TITANS 133/9 (20 OVERS)
- Chad Bowes22 (18)
- Dasun Shanaka36 (26)
- Binura Fernando1/14 (4)
- Dushan Hemantha2/31 (4)
DAMBULLA SIXERS 134/3 (17.4 OVERS)
- Sadeera Samarawickrama25 (18)
- Avishka Fernando*70 (49)
- Shakib Al Hasan1/20 (4)
- Lahiru Kumara2/31 (4)
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar
11:06pm Right. That will be that from us for tonight. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, this is me (Shashwat) saying goodbye on behalf of Thilak and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo. Goodnight and take care!
Kusal Mendis, the Dambulla Aura captain, says that he is happy to be at the top of the table. It was a tough toss and that they completely misread the pitch. He also said that better pitches will help the pitch and they are still unsure of what the best combinations are.
Dasun Shanaka, Galle Titans captain: (On losses stacking up) I expected the wicket to play better. Expected to be a high-scoring game. We did not bat well enough to get a win today. Part and parcel of the game, one team has to lose. (On spinners not rising to the occasion) We really expected the wicket to do well for the fast bowlers. We felt it would not play well for the spinners and that is why we kept Shamsi out. We all misread the pitch. (On where to improve) We need to play well in all departments. It has been a concern but we need to bounce back quickly. Of course, as a captain (you feel the heat) but you can always come back strongly.
Avishka Fernando is the Player of the Match for his 49-ball 70. He says it was not an easy pitch to bat on. He toiled hard and he tried to bat as long as possible. He is happy that he was able to get the job done.
10:50pm A clinical run-chase led by Avishka Fernando, who batted through the innings and ensured that there were no hiccups. He did not begin in pristine fashion, though, and had to graft his way in the powerplay. Luckily for the Dambulla Aura, he stuck around and as he spent more time at the crease, the fluency that so often characterises his knocks, returned. Samarawickrama also played a vital cameo in the middle phases, and that took the pressure off Avishka, allowing them to keep eating away at the total.
The Titans were good with the ball for large swathes but in the end, they just did not have enough runs to work with. Kumara, in his first three overs, was the pick of the bowlers, with Shakib also turning in a tidy display. To win, however, the Titans needed to dent the Aura early and that did not happen, meaning that they were playing catch-up thereafter.
17.4
1
Ngarava to WIA Fernando, 1 run, Avishka hits the winning runs, fittingly! Slower delivery dug into the track outside off. Avishka taps the ball on its head and dabs it down to third man to seal the deal and to send Dambulla Aura to the top of the points table!
Just one run needed now for victory for Dambulla Aura
17.3
4
Ngarava to WIA Fernando, FOUR, four more! Width outside off and Avishka uses his blade like a knife, peeling the outer cover off the ball and scything it past third man
17.2
1
Ngarava to de Silva, 1 run, slower delivery on a back of a length outside off. de Silva runs it down to third man for a single
17.1
4
Ngarava to de Silva, FOUR, cheeky! Dug in short outside off. de Silva waits in his crease, uses the width and upper-cuts it delightfully over the keeper's head for four!
10 needed off the final three overs. Dambulla Aura should finish this off at a canter now. Ngarava returns
END OF OVER:17 | 19 Runs | DAT: 124/3 (10 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.29, RRR: 3.33)
- Avishka Fernando65 (47b)
- Dhananjaya de Silva1 (5b)
- Lahiru Kumara4-0-31-2
- Shakib Al Hasan4-0-20-1
16.6
4
Kumara to WIA Fernando, FOUR, beautiful! Rank half-volley outside off and Kumara, in the space of three balls, has lost the plot completely. Avishka does not mind one bit, though, as he leans into his drive and times it exquisitely past cover point
Avishka punched the air in delight after that ball raced away to the fence. 14 off 19 now
16.6
5w
Kumara to WIA Fernando, 5 wides, wild bouncer that flies over the batter and the keeper's head. The worst outcome for the Titans and that might just be it, as far as the outcome of this contest is concerned!