Uva Next v Basnahira Cricket Dundee – Sri Lanka Premier League – Uva Next win by 8 wickets – Match Update
A 5-wicket haul by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Premier League, on August 12 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Having won the toss and elected to bat first, the Dundee appeared to have gotten off to a weak start, with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 (2) in the 7th.
A 70-run 4th-wicket partnership between Dilshan and Jeevan Mendis (34) offered the team some respite after the steady fall of wickets, but Player of the Match Fernando (3-0-17-5) launched a merciless attack which made it impossible for Basnahira to recover completely. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 chipped in with the vital wicket of Dilshan, but from there onwards, it was the Fernando show.
Mendis was dismissed by Fernando in the 16th over and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cameron-Borgas-c1212 (19), and Lahiru Jayaratne (0) all back to the pavilion, restricting the team to 136 by the end of 20 overs.
Uva, on the other hand, breezed through the 137-run chase, courtesy the immovable http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802, who opened for his side, and saw the innings through till the end, scoring a solid unbeaten 65 off 53. His first two partnerships – a 31-run stand with Dilshan Munaweera (21), followed by a 29-run partnership with Bhanuka Rajapaksa (19) – got the team up to 60 by the 9th over.
Munaweera was dismissed by Herath, while Rajapaksa was sent packing by Dilshan – however, the losses barely had any effect on the team. The remainder of the runs were easily accumulated via Tharanga’s partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088 (31*) – an unbeaten 79-run stand which powered Uva Next to an 8-wicket win at the expense of just 2 wickets, with 10 deliveries remaining.
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