Mathews to Kusal Mendis, no run, drifting on the pads, Kusal Mendis clips it towards mid-wicket with a closed bat face
0.3
Mathews to Kusal Mendis, no run,
0.2
Mathews to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, Kusal Mendis opens his account with a boundary! Short of a length outside off, Kusal plays a lovely square cut to get going
0.1
Mathews to Nissanka, 1 run, pitched up by the bowler on off, Nissanka squeezes it towards cover and takes a quick single
Nissanka and Kusal Mendis are at the crease. Nissanka is on strike. Mathews will open the attack
The players are out in the middle and we are ready for live action..
Pitch report: Looks like a decent pitch, there was a day off yesterday so the groundsmen might have put some water, get the roller in to get the hardness back. The ball tends to skid on here. The wrist spinners will also get some turn, reckons Farveez Maharoof. The finger spinners need to slow it down in order to get some purchase. Can expect a high scoring game, Maharoof further adds.
Teams:
Jaffna Kings (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Rilee Rossouw, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka(c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Azmatullah Omarzai, Fabian Allen, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jason Behrendorff, Asitha Fernando
Kandy Falcons (Playing XI): Dinesh Chandimal(w), Andre Fletcher, Mohammad Haris, Kamindu Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Pawan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Chaturanga de Silva, Ramesh Mendis, Mohammad Hasnain
Charith Asalanka: I would like to do the same thing. We have do well in all three departments. We need proper fielding and disciplined bowling. There are two changes.
Wanindu Hasaranga: We are going to bowl first, we just want to do what we did in the last game. We want to restrict them to a chaseable score. To be honest credit goes to our batters, they batted well in the last two games. We just need to play a good game. One change for us.
Kandy Falcons have won the toss and have opted to field
It's toss time...
18:30 Local Time, 13:00 GMT, 18:30 IST: Hello and welcome to Qualifier 2 of Lanka Premier League 2024 as Jaffna Kings will lock horns with Kandy Falcons tonight! Jaffna Kings were beaten by Galle Marvels in Qualifier 1, while Kandy Falcons beat Colombo Strikers in the Eliminator just a couple of days back. The Kings were much better than the Falcons in the league stage and they will be looking forward to getting back to winning ways today. Both the teams have some entertaining and explosive players in their respective teams, let’s hope we have a cracking contest. The weather and conditions are clear, so we should be able to have a complete contest. Stay around for the toss and teams..
Squads:
Kandy Falcons Squad: Dinesh Chandimal(w), Andre Fletcher, Mohammad Haris, Kamindu Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Chaturanga de Silva, Ramesh Mendis, Chamath Gomez, Mohammad Hasnain, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Agha Salman, Kasun Rajitha, Shammu Ashan, Lakshan Sandakan, Ashen Bandara, Shoriful Islam, Pawan Rathnayake, Mohammad Ali, Kavindu Pathiratne