In the 16th match of this year’s Lanka Premier League, the Kandy Falcons, who are at the top of the points table, managed to record an excellent 9 wickets victory against the Colombo Stars team today (17).
Colombo Stars won the toss and batted first but they were able to score only 106 runs after 19.1 overs.
Angelo Mathews worked hard to take his Colombo team to a respectable score by scoring 41 runs.
Dinesh Chandimal 20 runs. Charith Asanka was dismissed for 12 runs, while Suranga Lakmal scored 15 runs. Niroshan Dikwella, who failed again, got out without scoring.
In bowling, Chamika Karunaratne took 4 wickets for 11 runs. West Indies Pacer Oshane Thomas took 3 wickets in one over and he end his four-over spell 3 – 20.
In the reply, Falcons reached the target with 24 balls left in the innings with the loss of only one wicket.
Andre Fletcher scored an unbeaten 44 off 41 balls, while Kamindu Mendis scored an unbeaten 51 off 48 balls. Minod Bhanuka was out for 6 runs.
The Kandy Falcons have won 6 matches out of 7 matches and still at the top of the points table.
Colombo Stars, who are third in the points table, have won only 3 matches out of 7 matches.
Watch Oshane Thomas put in the work tonight;