Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
LD Chandimal
89(37) 8x4 - 7x6
Control %85%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 19 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
09/07Result
11th Match (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Dambulla, Jul 9 2024
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![Jaffna Kings]( "Jaffna Kings")
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![Kandy Falcons]( "Kandy Falcons")
230/3 (18.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
09/07Result
11th Match (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Dambulla, Jul 9 2024
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![Jaffna Kings]( "Jaffna Kings")
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![Kandy Falcons]( "Kandy Falcons")
230/3 (18.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Kandy Falcons , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20
Match days
9 July 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kandy Falcons 2, Jaffna Kings 0
Scorecard Summary
JAFFNA KINGS 224/7 (20 OVERS)
- Rilee Rossouw41 (18)
- Pathum Nissanka119 (59)
- Dasun Shanaka3/40 (4)
- Ramesh Mendis2/28 (3)
KANDY FALCONS 230/3 (18.2 OVERS)
- Dinesh Chandimal89 (37)
- Kamindu Mendis*65 (36)
- Tabraiz Shamsi2/46 (4)
- Pramod Madushan1/33 (3)
Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Fidel Fernando (@afidelf)
That's it from us for this match. The evening game will be live shortly.
Wanindu Hasaranga, Falcons captain: After three losses we played a great game. Credit should go to our batters. Our bowlers didn't do well in the Powerplay, in the last three games. But we did well today.
Charith Asalanka, Kings captain: I think we were short of 10-15 runs with the start we got. These pitches are a nightmare for bowlers. It's a fast outfield and a flat pitch.
Chandimal is POtM: I thought as a senior player I needed to stand up, and I did. It's all about mentality and being positive when I'm batting. I relaxed my hands also a little bit. Very happy with how I playd.
Dinesh Chandimal deserves a lot of credit for giving Falcons the momentum in this gargantuan chase. But don't forget Pathum Nissanka's 119 - the highest ever score at the LPL, even if it did not result in a win. Falcons also bowled well towards the end of their innings, and retrospectively, that seems a crucial part of the game.
That win brings Falcons up to two wins. THey are now fourth on the table.
18.2
6
AM Fernando to PHKD Mendis, SIX, six to finish. A fitting way to complete the highest ever successful chase at the LPL. They've run down 225 with 10 balls to spare. This is a bouncer on the chest, and Kamindu stays back and bangs this nonchalantly over deep square leg
18.1
4
AM Fernando to PHKD Mendis, FOUR, low full toss o the stumps, Kamindu keeps legside of it and flays it through cover for four, all along the ground. Falcons are charging home here.
Asitha Fernando to bowl the 19th.
END OF OVER:18 | 16 Runs | KAF: 220/3 (5 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 12.22, RRR: 2.50)
- Angelo Mathews29 (13b)
- Kamindu Mendis55 (34b)
- Charith Asalanka1-0-16-0
- Asitha Fernando3-0-25-0
17.6
6
Asalanka to Mathews, SIX, Mathews takes aim now. This is tossed up on the stumps and Mathews mows that hiiiigh over deep midwicket for six. Wanindu Hasaranga, Falcons captain, is ecstatic in the dugout.
17.5
1
Asalanka to PHKD Mendis, 1 run, down the track again and hits it on the bounce to long off this time
17.4
6
Asalanka to PHKD Mendis, SIX, down the track again, turns it into a full toss, and he slams this downt the ground for six, giving the long off fielder no chance. That's his fifty off 33 balls, after he'd been at about a run about off his first 19 deliveries.
17.3
2
Asalanka to PHKD Mendis, 2 runs, down the pitch again, to make it a low full toss. Tries to carve it over cover, but mis-hits it. Still gets a couple as the fielder reels it in just outside the ring
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