Kusal Mendis & Fabian Allen Powers Jaffna To 04th Final
SLC 05th Lanka Premier League Men’s T20 Championship 2024 – 04 Teams Play Off stage – Khettarama, Colombo District, Western Province – 14th Day
Match 23 : Qualifier 02
Jaffna Kings beat Kandy Falcons by 01 run
Jaffna Kings put into bat, 187 / 7 – ( 20 Overs ) Kusal Mendis 105no ( 5×6, 12×4, 54 balls ) – carried his bat through the innings – Azmatullah Omarzai 26, Pathum Nissanka 18, Avishka Fernando 11 – Pathum Nissanka / Kusal Mendis 47 run opening stand, Kusal Mendis / Rilee Rossouw 20 runs for the 02nd wicket, Kusal Mendis / Avishka Fernando 34 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the next 03 wickets for the addition of 36 runs – Kusal Mendis / Dhananjaya De Silva 44 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 02 wickets fell for the addition of 06 runs – Ramesh Mendis 2 / 10, Chathuranga De Silva 2 / 22, Mohammad Hasnain 2 / 48, Andre Fletcher 02 catches.
Kandy Falcons in reply, 186 / 6 – ( 20 Overs ) Andre Fletcher 38, Kamindu Mendis 32, Ramesh Mendis 30no, Mohammad Haris 26, Angelo Mathews 18, Skipper Wanidu Hasaranga 13, Pavan Rathnayake 11no, Dinesh Chandimal 11 – Dinesh Chandimal / Andre Fletcher 48 run opening stand, Mohammad Haris / Kamindu Mendis 31 runs for the 03rd wicket, Kamindu Mendis / Wanidu Hasaranga 20 runs for the 04th wicket – then lost the next 05 wickets for the addition of 31 runs – Ramesh Mendis / Pavan Rathnayake 42 runs unbroken for the 09th wicket – FabianAllen 4 / 24 ( all bowled ) & 02 catches, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 3 / 30.
Player of the Match : Kusal Mendis – Jaffna Kings
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