Match 12, Kandy, August 08, 2023, 03:00 PM
B-Love Kandy
203/5(20.0ov)
Galle Titans
114/10(16.4ov)
B-Love Kandy beat Galle Titans by 89 runs
Best Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
Best Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Man of the Match
Wanindu Hasaranga
Commentry
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Wanindu Hasaranga is the Player of the Match. He says the pitch was flat and very good to bat. Reckons they were targeting the stumps with the ball. Tells they missed Fakhar Zaman and Dushmantha Chameera in the start and they are making an impact now. On his batting, he says he tries to do his basics well and so with the ball as well.
Dasun Shanaka says they should have done basics well. They failed to execute on this pitch and credits the way B-Love Kandy bowled. Shares they have been poor in the fielding but hopes to turn things around.
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The top 6 of Galle Titans fell out quickly and that didn't help them at all. Chasing over 200, they needed someone like Bhanuka Rajapaksa or Tim Seifert to produce a big innings but went out on a single-digit. B-Love Kandy will be over the moon. They go three on a trot and for now go on top of the table.
What a bowler Wanindu Hasaranga is! With his performance in the last two games, we should start saying what an all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga is. A champion performer. First, a match-winning 64 with the bat and now a four-fer. Galle Titans chose to bowl on this flat deck but they didn't produce what they hoped for. They gave away plenty of runs early on and later couldn't replicate what B-Love Kandy did with the bat.
In over# 17
0W
0W
2lb
1
Wanindu Hasaranga 17/4(3.4)
16.4
W
OUT! TAKEN! Wanindu Hasaranga ends with four-fer. What a bowler! This is full and around off, skids on. Richard Ngarava swings his abt across only to get a top edge high in the air and to long off where Dushmantha Chameera takes the skier. B-Love Kandy win by 89 runs.
16.3
W
OUT! BOWLED! Tabraiz Shamsi gets a taste of his medicine. A googly, full and on middle, Shamsi looks to heave but misses and it crashes the stumps. B-Love Kandy one wicket away.
16.2
2lb
Not out it is! Flat and on middle, spins in. Shamsi looks to heave as he skips down but misses and gets hit on the pads. Wanindu Hasaranga was interested and takes it upstairs. UltraEdge shows no bat while Ball Tracking shows it would have spun past the leg pole.
16.1
1
Tossed up on middle, Rajitha tucks it to square leg for one.
In over# 16
0W
1wd
1
0W
6
0
1
Nuwan Pradeep 21/3(3)
15.6
W
OUT! GONE! A soft dismissal. Two in the over for Pradeep. A slower bumper on middle, Priyanjan looks to pull but miscues it completely and Sahan Arachchige takes it at square leg.
15.6
1wd
Wide! A full toss sliding down the leg side, Ashan Priyanjan leaves.
15.5
1
A full toss on middle, this is clipped to mid-wicket for one.
15.4
W
OUT! BOWLED! B-Love Kandy get the breakthrough finally. This is full and around off, a slower one. Samarakoon looks to heave again but plays inside the line and it crashes the stumps.
15.3
6
SIX! BANG! This is full and outside off, Samarakoon heaves and it goes all the way over mid-wicket for a biggie.
15.2
.
On a length and on off, blocked out.
15.1
1
On middle, this is clipped to mid-wicket for a single.