Galle Marvels Into Finals, Colombo Strikers Eliminated

SLC 05th Lanka Premier League Men’s T20 Championship 2024 – Last 04 Teams Playoff Stage – Khettarama, Colombo District, Western Province – 13th Day

Match 21 : Qualifier 01
Galle Marvels beat Jaffna Kings by 07 wickets

Jaffna Kings put into bat, 177 / 7 – ( 20 Overs ) Avishka Fernando 52 ( 3×6, 4×4, 33 balls ), Kusal Mendis 46 ( 1×6, 4×4, 39 balls ), Rilee Rossouw 40 ( 3×6, 4×4, 22 balls ), Azmatullah Omarzai 14no – Kusal Mendis / Rilee Rossouw 61 runs for the 02nd wicket, Kusal Mendis / Avishka Fernando 45 runs for the 03rd wicket, Avishka Fernando / Charith Asalanka 22 runs for the 04th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 31 runs – Dwaine Pretorius 4 / 23, Isuru Udana 2 / 37, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 02 catches.

Galle Marvels in reply, 181 / 3 – ( 18.1 Overs ) Tim Seifert 62no ( 1×6, 9×4, 41 balls ), Janith Liyanage 56 ( 3×6, 5×4, 36 balls ), Alex Hales 36 ( 2×6, 5×4, 21 balls ), Extras 10 – Alex Hales / Niroshan Dickwella 29 run opening stand, Alex Hales / Tim Seifert 41 runs for the 02nd wicket, Tim Seifert / Janith Liyanage 92 runs for the 03rd wicket, Kusal Mendis
02 victims.

Player of the Match : Dwaine Pretorius – Galle Marvels

Match 22 : Eliminator
Kandy Falcons beat Colombo Strikers by 02 wickets

Colombo Strikers put into bat, 159 / 8 – ( 20 Overs ) Sadeera Samarawickrama 62 ( 7×4, 45 balls ), Rahmanullah Gurbaz 30, Dunith Wellalage 28, Nipun Dhananjaya 14, Muhammad Waseem 10, Extras 15 – Rahmanullah Gurbaz / Muhammad Waseem 25 run opening stand – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 17 runs – Rahmanullah Gurbaz / Sadeera Samarawickrama 40 runs for the 04th wicket, Sadeera Samarawickrama / Dunith Wellalage 68 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 07 runs – 03 batters dismissed without scoring, out first ball each of them – Mohammad Hasnain 3 / 24, Skipper Wanidu Hasaranga 2 / 21, Mohammad Haris 02 catches.

Kandy Falcons in reply, 163 / 8 – ( 18.4 Overs ) Kamindu Mendis 54 ( 3×6, 3×4, 36 balls ), Dasun Shanaka 39 ( 2×6,4×4, 21 balls ), Andre Fletcher 20, Mohammad Haris 10, Angelo Mathews 10 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 32 runs – Kamindu Mendis / Angelo Mathews 26 runs for the 04th wicket, the next 03 wickets fell for the addition of 19 runs – Kamindu Mendis / Dasun Shanaka 69 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 02 wickets went down without any addition to the score – Binura Fernando 3 / 35, Matheesha Pathirana 3 / 38, Shadab Khan 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Kamindu Mendis – Kandy Falcons

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