Niroshan Dickwella was the winning pitcher with 30 runs in this Lanka Premier League (LPL).Dambulla Giants batted first in Saturday’s late-evening match.
Shoaib Maksood (24) and Phil Salt (20) were the other players besides Dickwella.With figures of 3/25 and 3/27, Jeffrey Vandersay was the top bowler for Colombo Stars.
Colombo Stars could not find any way to start their chase as they lost wickets regularly.Stars kept their hopes alive by Dinesh Chandimal’s brilliant unbeaten 65 from 40 balls.But he was constantly losing his partners.
Chandimal scored four boundaries and three sixes and took the game to the Stars unassisted.
The Stars had six runs after the last delivery.The Stars missed their target by Chandimal’s one-handed performance of only achieving a boundary with the final delivery.
Tharindu Ratnayake, a Dambulla Giants bowler with figures of 3/18 was their pick.
Kandy, who have not had a great time in the tournament, put the Galle Gladiators under pressure by restricting them to 127 for 7 in 20 overs.Kamindu Mendis was the pick of the bowlers for the Kandy Warriors as he picked up 3 wickets for 25.Nimesh Vimukthi also made a vital contribution with figures of 2/17.
Kandy Warriors romped to 131/5 with Ravi Bopara leading the way with an unbeaten 34 along with Tom Moores’ 28 and Charith Asalanka’s 21.
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