Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Dambulla Sixers vs Kandy Royals, Lanka Premier League 2026, 6th Match

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20 | 1 Run | DAT: 151/8 (44 runs required, RR: 7.55)

Dushmantha Chameera2 (11b)
Maheesh Theekshana1 (1b)

Asitha Fernando2-0-16-0
Nuwan Thushara4-0-29-4

11:26pm That will be all from us for tonight. We will be back with more cricketing action soon. Until then, from all of us here at Cricinfo, it is goodbye!

Wanindu Hasaranga, Player of the Match: (On the score) We could have scored 10-15 runs more, but 194 is a defendable score. (Bowling on these pitches) When they bowled, we knew wicket is better than SSC. Wanted to bowl good areas and turn the ball.

Angelo Mathews, Kandy Royals captain: (On coming back after the last game) We had a pretty hard conversation. Sometimes, you need a reality check and need to be upfront. The boys responded. It was a collective effort (with the bat). It was a slower track. Udara, Hasaranga, everyone batted well. It was a fantastic effort. They were cruising in the first ten overs and then the two leg-spinners pulled us back, and put pressure on the opposition. Towards the end, it was a fantastic close by the three pacers. I was worried. They were going at ten per over (in the first 10), so we had to take wickets, contain and do both. Thushara, what a performance. He has been very consistent (for us and SL). Shaheen was fantastic. A bit of a blunder by all of us in the last game. Asitha was also fantastic.

11:11pm A convincing win in the end. The Royals put up a big total on the board, and their bowlers kept taking wickets to ensure the Sixers did not generate an adequate head of steam. Thushara was brilliant, snaring four, but it was the spin-squeeze through the middle overs that stopped Dambulla in their tracks.

Speaking of Dambulla, they will rue the fact that none of their batters got going for long enough, and that is something they will look to rectify when they play next. Especially now that they have lost two on the bounce.

19.6

Fernando to Chameera, 1 run, no maiden over in the 20th, but the Royals coast to their first win of the season! Full outside off. Chameera clinks it out to long on. Just a single to finish proceedings, and the Royals win by 43 runs!

19.5

Fernando to Chameera, no run, leg-cutter on a back of a length just outside off. Chameera tries to defend this time but still has no clue about it

19.4

Fernando to Chameera, no run, full outside off. Chaeemra shuffles across this time but still cannot make contact with his swing

19.3

Fernando to Chameera, no run, full outside off. Chameera backs away and throws the lot at it, only to miss again

19.2

Fernando to Chameera, no run, slower ball on a length wide outside off. Another fresh-air swish for Chameera

19.1

Fernando to Chameera, no run, hidden on a length wide outside off. Chameera swings for the hills and misses

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19 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 150/8 (45 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.89, RRR: 45.00)

Dushmantha Chameera1 (5b)
Maheesh Theekshana1 (1b)

Nuwan Thushara4-0-29-4
Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-32-1

18.6

Thushara to Chameera, 1 run, hung up on a length outside off. Pushed into the off side and Chameera keeps strike

18.5

Thushara to Chameera, no run, full outside off. Chameera throws his hands at it and slices it. Just short of Moeen at short third, though

18.4

Thushara to Chameera, no run, fullish outside off. Chameera prods it back to the bowler

18.3

Thushara to Chameera, no run, another top yorker, tailing in and sneaking just past leg stump as Chameera swings and misses

18.2

Thushara to Theekshana, 1 run, very full outside off. Theekshana squeezes it out to sweeper cover

18.1

Thushara to Mohammad Wasim, OUT, timber again! Another excellent yorker and this seems of the slower variant again. Zoning into off stump and Wasim flays at it without really picking it. Swats away a few flies and then hears the rattling of his off stump. Thushara has four, and the Royals are almost there now!

Mohammad Wasim (1) b Thushara 1 (8m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

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18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 148/7 (47 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.22, RRR: 23.50)

Dushmantha Chameera0 (1b)
Mohammad Wasim1 (1b)

Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-32-1
Nuwan Thushara3-0-27-3

17.6

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Chameera, no run, length ball that pitches just outside leg and skids through. Chameera, late on the flick, gets rapped on the back leg. A bit of an lbw shout by Shaheen but nothing more than that

Chameera in at 9

17.5

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hendricks, OUT, nicked and gone! And that might be the game too! Pushed across the batter on a length outside off. Hendricks has an ungainly swipe at it and only feathers it through to the keeper. Shaheen celebrates, and that might just be that for this Dambulla run-chase!

RR Hendricks c †Igalagamage b Shaheen Shah Afridi 27 (38m 21b 2x4 1x6) SR: 128.57

17.4

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hendricks, 2 runs, low full toss outside off. Hendricks clinks it down to long off and helps himself to another brace

17.3

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hendricks, 2 runs, slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Hendricks slams it to long off's left. Hemantha flies through the air and with his left palm, hauls it into play

17.2

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hendricks, no run, nails the wide yorker, and manufactures a dot. Hendricks swishes in vain and the umpire reckons the ball is on the right side of the tramlines

17.1

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Hendricks, FOUR, full ball on the pads, and Hendricks capitalizes. A flick of the wrists and he shovels it behind square. That flew off the bat!

55 off 18 now. Shaheen to bowl

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17 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | DAT: 140/6 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.23, RRR: 18.33)

Reeza Hendricks19 (16b)
Mohammad Wasim1 (1b)

Nuwan Thushara3-0-27-3
Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-24-0

16.6

Thushara to Hendricks, 1 run, full outside off. Hendricks plants his front foot and drills it to extra cover, who misfields and gives up a single

16.5

Thushara to Mohammad Wasim, 1 run, length outside off. Wasim nibbles at it and edges it down to short third. Hendricks alert enough to sneak in a single

Wasim on strike

16.4

Thushara to Gulbadin Naib, OUT, Naib the latest batter dismissed! Easy as you like from Thushara. Speared in full on middle and off. Naib indulges in a cross-batted attempt to dig out this yorker and comes up second-best, quite comfortably. Off stump rattled, and Thushara on a hat-trick now!

Gulbadin Naib b Thushara 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Naib the new batter in

16.3

Thushara to Rathnayake, OUT, skied a mile up, and snared! Thushara leaning on his slower ball again. On a length on middle and off. Rathnayake does not quite pick it and swings way too early. Gets under it and Phillips gobbles up the chance at deep mid wicket. Sixers in a real spot of bother now!

P Rathnayake c Phillips b Thushara 3 (15m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85

16.2

Thushara to Hendricks, 1 run, slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Hendricks gets up on his toes and punches it to long off

Sixers INNINGS		R	B
Sahibzada Farhan	caught	74	45
LD Chandimal	caught	12	7
N Dickwella	lbw	26	23
RR Hendricks	caught wk	27	21
D Lakshan	caught	1	2
P Rathnayake	caught	3	7
Gulbadin Naib	bowled	0	1
Mohammad Wasim (1)	bowled	1	2
PVD Chameera	not out	2	11
M Theekshana	not out	1	1
V Lahiru
EXTRAS	(w 4)
TOTAL	151 (8 wkts; 20 ovs)

Royals BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
AD Mathews	1.0	9	0	9
Shaheen Shah Afridi	4.0	32	1	8	(2w)
N Thushara	4.0	29	4	7.25	(1w)
AM Fernando	2.0	16	0	8
MM Ali	1.0	12	0	12
PW Hasaranga	4.0	19	1	4.75
MADI Hemantha	3.0	23	2	7.66
V Shankar	1.0	11	0	11

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	57	LD Chandimal	Sahibzada Farhan
2nd	51	N Dickwella	Sahibzada Farhan
3rd	9	RR Hendricks	N Dickwella
4th	9	RR Hendricks	D Lakshan
5th	12	RR Hendricks	P Rathnayake
6th	0	RR Hendricks	Gulbadin Naib
7th	10	RR Hendricks	Mohammad Wasim (1)
8th	0	PVD Chameera	Mohammad Wasim (1)
9th	3	PVD Chameera	M Theekshana

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
GAG	6	4	2	8	0.848
CLK	5	3	2	6	0.371
JK	5	3	2	6	0.133
DAT	6	2	4	4	-0.556
KAR	6	2	4	4	-0.717

END OF OVER:20 | 1 Run | DAT: 151/8 (44 runs required, RR: 7.55)

END OF OVER:19 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 150/8 (45 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.89, RRR: 45.00)

END OF OVER:18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 148/7 (47 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.22, RRR: 23.50)

END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | DAT: 140/6 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.23, RRR: 18.33)

END OF OVER:
20 | 1 Run | DAT: 151/8 (44 runs required, RR: 7.55)

END OF OVER:
19 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 150/8 (45 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.89, RRR: 45.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | DAT: 148/7 (47 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.22, RRR: 23.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | DAT: 140/6 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.23, RRR: 18.33)