DG vs JF Highlights: Samarawickrama, Fernando smash 50s as Jaffna Kings win by 9 wickets

DG vs JF Highlights: Lanka Premier League 2022 – Jaffna Kings win by 9 wickets – Sadeera Samarawickrama and Avishka Fernando scored fifties as Jaffna Kings made light work of the Dambulla Aura. Chasing 122, the openers put on a 118-run partnership. Earlier, the Aura were restricted to 121/9. Jordan Cox scored a quickfire 43, but Maheesh Theekshana put the breaks on with a fine spell of bowling. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth also got three wickets. Follow DG vs JF & LPL 2022 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.

Defending champions Jaffna Kings continued their winning momentum as they registered their second straight win in the Lanka Premier League over Dambulla Aura by 9 wickets.

Batting second, they reached the target with 4 overs to spare. Riding on opening partnership of Sadeera Samarawickrama’s 62 from 44 balls and Avishka Fernando’s 51 from 49 balls, helped the Jaffna Kings secure an easy win. Sadeera innings included 7 boundaries and 1 six, while Fernando’s innings was laced with 4 boundaries and 1 six. For Dambulla Aura, Noor Ahmad took 1 wicket.

Earlier, after winning the toss, Dambulla Aura decided to bat first. Jordan Cox and Shevon Daniel set the platform for the Dambulla Aura. Jordan was highest scorer for Dambulla Aura with 43 runs from 22 balls, laced with 3 boundaries and 4 sixes.

However, Aura couldn’t build on the momentum as wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Towards the end of the innings, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Ramesh Mendis scored 18 and 10 respectively to help the team reach 121 for the loss of 9 wickets. For Jaffna Kings, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (3/24) and Maheesh Theekshana (3/20) were the pick of the bowlers. James Fuller also contributed as he took 2/16.

Jaffna Kings (Playing XI): Avishka Fernando, Ashan Randika, Sadeera Samarawickrama(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Shoaib Malik, Thisara Perera(c), Dunith Wellalage, James Fuller, Maheesh Theekshana, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Zaman Khan

Dambulla Giants (Playing XI): Shevon Daniel, Jordan Cox(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Ramesh Mendis, Lahiru Madushanka, Sikandar Raza, Lahiru Kumara, Chaturanga de Silva, Noor Ahmad, Paul van Meekeren

Dambulla Giants scorecard

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Jordan Cox (WK)	c T Perera b Vijayakanth Viyaskanth	43	22	3	4	195.45
Shevon Daniel	c JK Fuller b Zaman Khan	19	26	1	1	73.08
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	c JK Fuller b Vijayakanth Viyaskanth	18	17	2	0	105.88
Sikandar Raza	c Dunith Wellalage b JK Fuller	5	14	0	0	35.71
Dasun Shanaka (C)	c Dunith Wellalage b M Theekshana	6	4	1	0	150.00
Ramesh Mendis	c Zaman Khan b JK Fuller	10	14	0	0	71.43
Chaturanga de Silva	c D de Silva b M Theekshana	1	2	0	0	50.00
Lahiru Madushanka	c Zaman Khan b M Theekshana	1	3	0	0	33.33
Noor Ahmad	c S Malik b Vijayakanth Viyaskanth	2	5	0	0	40.00
Paul van Meekeren	Not out	11	11	2	0	100.00
Lahiru Kumara	Not out	1	2	0	0	50.00
Extra	4 (b 1, w 3, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	121/9 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Thisara Perera	2	10	0	5.00
Maheesh Theekshana	4	20	3	5.00
Dhananjaya de Silva	2	22	0	11.00
James Fuller	4	16	2	4.00
Zaman Khan	4	28	1	7.00
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth	4	24	3	6.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Jordan Cox	1-63	7.4
Shevon Daniel	2-65	8.1
Sikandar Raza	3-75	10.6
D Shanaka	4-90	13.2
B Rajapaksa	5-96	14.2
PC de Silva	6-97	15.1
LD Madushanka	7-99	15.5
Noor Ahmad	8-102	16.6
Ramesh Mendis	9-110	18.1

Jaffna Kings Scorecard

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sadeera Samarawickrama (WK)	Not out	62	44	7	1	140.91
Avishka Fernando	st Jordan Cox b Noor Ahmad	51	49	4	1	104.08
Ashan Randika	Not out	4	1	1	0	400.00
Extra	5 (b 1, w 4, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	122/1 (15.4)
Yet To Bat	D de Silva, S Malik, T Perera, Dunith Wellalage, JK Fuller, M Theekshana, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Zaman Khan