Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
RR Hendricks
87(50) 11x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 14 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
18/07Result
2nd Match (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Colombo, Jul 18 2026
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![Dambulla Sixers]( "Dambulla Sixers")
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![Kandy Royals]( "Kandy Royals")
187/6 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
18/07Result
2nd Match (D/N), Lanka Premier League at Colombo, Jul 18 2026
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![Dambulla Sixers]( "Dambulla Sixers")
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![Kandy Royals]( "Kandy Royals")
187/6 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Dambulla Sixers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20
Match days
18 July 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Dambulla Sixers 2, Kandy Royals 0
Scorecard Summary
DAMBULLA SIXERS 205/6 (20 OVERS)
- Reeza Hendricks*87 (50)
- Gulbadin Naib*46 (23)
- Dushan Hemantha2/26 (4)
- Nuwan Thushara2/35 (4)
KANDY ROYALS 187/6 (20 OVERS)
- Lahiru Udara44 (28)
- Dale Phillips52 (39)
- Gulbadin Naib2/19 (2)
- Mohammad Wasim2/39 (4)
Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: @himanshu_a30
END OF OVER:20 | 13 Runs | KAR: 187/6 (19 runs required, RR: 9.35)
- Vijay Shankar41 (18b)
- Dushan Hemantha7 (7b)
- Mohammad Wasim4-0-39-2
- Dushmantha Chameera4-0-39-1
That's wrap from the first of the double-header games today. But hang around for the second fixture, Colombo Kaps vs Galle Gallants, which begins soon. Until next time, goodnight and goodbye!
Reeza Hendricks is the Player of the Match
Angelo Mathews: "They outplayed us - especially with the bat. They got off to a good start, but we pulled it off well...Overall, it was a good effort by the Kandy boys. It's all about execution. We did well in patches. But I have confidence in the boys that they'll turn up tomorrow."
Time for the presentations
6.37pm Eventually, Kandy get much closer to the target than what most wondered they would. Their required run rate after 11 overs was 13.67 runs an over, and Dambulla looked set for an NRR-boosting win. But although Phillips and Shankar fought back, it wasn't enough for Kandy. Dambulla's last four overs, during which they crashed 67 runs through Hendricks and Naib, turns out to be the difference.
19.6
1
Mohammad Wasim to Shankar, 1 run, short of a length outside off, and swatted to mid-off. Dambulla win by 18 runs to start their campaign with a win
19.5
6
Mohammad Wasim to Shankar, SIX, another six for Shankar on the leg side. He sends the ball to the Dambulla dugout beyond midwicket. A fullish ball swinging into middle and leg, and Shankar rams at it
19.4
1
Mohammad Wasim to Hemantha, 1 run, full and floated on middle and off. Driven to long-on
19.3
4
Mohammad Wasim to Hemantha, FOUR, inside edge, and four. Hemantha looked to swipe at this length ball outside off, but was lucky to not get bowled, as the ball just beat the leg stump
19.2
0
Mohammad Wasim to Hemantha, no run, a slower short ball. Wasim bangs it around fifth stump, and the ball jumps off the pitch as Hemantha lets it go
19.1
1
Mohammad Wasim to Shankar, 1 run, fullish ball, and wide of off. Shankar has a forceful hoick, but gets it off the bottom of the bat towards midwicket