Ruhuna Royals v Uthura Rudras - Sri Lanka Premier League – Royals secure their first win – Live Score and Update
Ruhuna Royals 145/3 (16/16 ov) v Uthura Rudras 118 (15.5/16 ov, target 154) - Ruhuna Royals won by 35 runs (D/L method)
On Tuesday, August 14, Ruhuna Royals secured their first win of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Premier League, after beating Uthura Rudras by 35 runs in a rain infested contest played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
After being put into bat, Ruhuna Royals openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Charles-Lennox-James-c44309 Finch and RJMGM Rupasinghe jabbed a remarkable stand of 97 runs, as they shredded the opposition’s bowling attack, leaving it in ruins.
Uthura Rudras were certainly not expecting this batting onslaught from their rivals and needed to come back in the match before it was too late for them.
Finally on the penultimate delivery of the 11th over, the fielding side made inroads by nabbing the wicket of Rupasinghe, who was dismissed on a score of 50 runs off 35 deliveries.
Finch was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LPC-Silva-c1848, as the two batsmen steered the side to a tally of 137, before Silva lost his wicket on a run out after jabbing 19 runs off 14 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 was then sent in, but before he could open his account, the match was stopped due to rain, with Royals on a tally of 145 and Finch as their best batsman for hammering a knock of 65 runs off 48 deliveries.
Needing a target of 154 to win in 16 overs, Uthura Rudras had a disappointing start to their innings, as they lost their hard-hitting opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Farhat-c64218 on nil.
ML Udawatte and wicketkeeper/batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 met his demise after scoring 12 runs off nine deliveries.
With only 22 runs on the board, the batting side lost their third wicket when Udawatte fell after scoring a knock of eight runs.
While Malinga bowled exceptionally well, making the lives of the batsmen extremely difficult, J Mubarak and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MF-Maharoof-c1944 stood their ground, as they were the highest scoring batsmen from their team, while the rest of the batting squad failed to prosper.
Both batsmen smacked 28 and 32 runs to help their squad come close to the required target.
However, Rudras could bolster only 118 runs before getting bowled out by their opponents, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 as the ace bowler from Royals for taking four wickets.
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