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The 8th Match of the Lanka Premier League 2023 was played today bitween Colombo Strikers and Dambulla Aura at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. In which Dambulla Aura wins against Colombo Strikers by 10 runs.
Colombo Strikers won the toss and invited Dambulla Aura to bat first, Dambulla Aura batted first, started the inning very well, Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 24 runs in 4.4 over, Avishka Fernando dismissed for 12 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in 18 balls, next batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 120 runs with Kusal Mendis, the second wicket has dismissed for 144 runs in 15.2 over, Kusal Mendis dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 87 runs with the help of 8 sixes and 4 boundaires in just 36 balls, next batsman Kusal Perera came to bat, after a moments the third wicket also dismissed for 164 runs in 16.5 over, Sadeera Samarawickrama dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 59 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaires in just 35 balls, followed by Dhananjaya de Silva came to bat, meanwhile the fourth wicket also dismissed for 168 runs in first ball of the 18th over, Kusal Perera dismissed just for 2 runs in 3 balls, next batsman Alex Ross came to bat and he good strike for a while with Dhananjaya de Silva, the fifth wicket dismissed for 179 runs in 18.5 over, Alex Ross dismissed just for 4 runs in 7 balls, next batsman Hayden Kerr came to bat and he dismissed just in 2 balls without scoring as sixth wicket in fourth ball of the final over, the team score was 168 runs, followed by Hasan Ali came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 6 runs in just 2 balls with Dhananjaya de Silva, and Dhananjaya de Silva also remains unbeaten for 15 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in just 7 balls. In this way, Dambulla Aura scored 192 runs for losing just 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 193 runs in front of Colombo Strikers.
Colombo Strikers bowlers Matheesha Pathirana took 3 wickets for 31 runs in his spell, Naseem Shah 2 wickets just for 21 runs in his spell, Chamika Karunaratne 1 wicket for 55 runs in his spell, Jeffrey Vandersay was wicketless for 31 runs in his spell, Mohammad Nawaz wicketless for 37 runs in 3 overs, and Dhananjaya Lakshan also wicketless for 14 runs in 1 over.
Colombo Strikers chasing 193 runs in the second inning could manage just 182 runs for losing just 4 wickets and lost the match by 10 runs. Colombo Strikers also started the inning very well, Niroshan Dickwella and Babar Azam came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 17 runs in 1.3 over, Niroshan Dickwella dismissed for 16 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in just 8 balls, next batsman Pathum Nissanka came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 62 runs with Babar Azam, the second wicket has dismissed for 79 runs in 8.5 over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 41 runs with the help of 7 boundaires in just 24 balls, followed by Nuwanidu Fernando came to bat and palyed well with Pathum Nissanka, the third wicket has dismissed for 108 runs in 12.2 over, Pathum Nissanka dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundairy in 28 balls, next batsman Dhananjaya Lakshan came to bat andled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 50 runs with Nuwanidu Fernando, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 168 runs in last ball of the 18th over, Dhananjaya Lakshan dismissed for 18 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in 15 balls, followed by Chamika Karunaratne came to bat and he played an unbeaten inning of 20 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 7 balls with Nuwanidu Fernando, and Nuwanidu Fernando played a brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 56 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 4 boundaires in just 39 balls, but unluckly they can't reach to the target by 10 runs. In this way, Colombo Strikers could manage just 182 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 10 runs.
Dambulla Aura bowlers Noor Ahmad took 2 wickets for 34 runs in his spell, Hayden Kerr 1 wicket just for 27 runs in his spell, Dhananjaya de Silva 1 wicket for 25 runs in 3 overs, Hasan Ali was wicketless for 38 runs in his spell, Pramod Madushan wicketless for 36 runs in 3 overs, and Praveen Jayawickrama also wicketless for 16 runs in 2 overs.
Dambulla Aura batsman Kusal Mendis was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick powerful half-century inning of 87 runs with the help of 8 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 46 balls.
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