Jaffna Kings beat Dambulla Giants by 23 runs to reach the final.
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The Qualifier 2 Match of the Big Bash League 2021-22 was played yesterday between Dambulla Giants and Jaffna Kings at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. In which Jaffna Kings beats Dambulla Giants by 23 runs to reach the final.
Dambulla Giants won the toss and invited Jaffna Kings to bat first, Jaffna Kings batted first started the inning very brilliantly, Avishka Fernando and Rahmanullah Gurbaz came to start the inning and gave a brillliant start with century partnership of 122 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 122 runs in the second ball of the 14th over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dimissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 70 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 40 balls, next batsman Kohler-Cadmore came to bat, and played well for a while with Avishka Fernando, the second wicket has gone for 159 runs in the third ball of the 17th over, Kohler-Cadmore dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Thisara Perera came to bat, and he good strike rotate with Avishka Fernando, the thid wicket has gone for 200 runs in the second ball of the last over, Avishka Fernando dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick century inning of 100 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 64 balls, followed by Shoaib Malik came to bat, and he dismissed for 6 runs in the last ball of the inning as fouth wicket, and Thisara Perera remians unbeaten for 11 runs in 7 balls. In this way, Jaffna Kings batted first after losing the scored 210 for the loss of just 4 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 211 runs in front of Dambulla Giants.
Dambulla Giants bowlers Lahiru Samarakoon took 2 wickets for 30 runs, Chamika Karunaratne, and Marchant de Lange got 1-1 wicket.
Dambulla Giants chasing 211 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 187 runs after losing 9 wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Dambulla Giants started the inning not very well, Chamika Karunaratne played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 75 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 47 balls, Philip Salt scored 22 runs in 11 balls, Najibullah Zadran 21 runs in 15 balls, Niroshan Dickwella 18 runs in 12 balls, Sandun Weerakkody 12 runs in 10 balls, apart from this no batsman touch figure out of 10, Marchant de Lange 9 runs, Lahiru Samarakoon 8 runs, Imran Tahir 6 runs, Janith Liyanage 1 run, Ramesh Mendis dismissed without scoring, and Nuwan Pradeep remains unbeaten without scoring. In this way, Dambulla Giants chasing 211 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 187 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 23 runs.
Jaffna Kings bowlers performed very brilliantly, Jayden Seales took 3 wickets just for 24 runs, Maheesh Theekshana took 2 wickets just for 23 runs, Maheesh Theekshana took 2 wickets for 50 runs, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Suranga Lakmal got 1-1 wicket.
Jaffna Kings batsman Avishka Fernando was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick century inning of 100 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 64 balls.
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