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Wayamba United 147/9 (20/20 ov) v Uva Next 127 (18.1/20 ov) - Wayamba United won by 20 runs
On Friday, in the Sri Lanka Premier League, Wayamba United beat Uva Next by 20 runs, at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, successfully defending a total of 147 runs.
Uva Next chose to field on winning the toss, as they wanted their bowlers to inflict maximum damage on the opposition.
Wayamba United had a devastating start as they lost their ace opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640, on the third delivery of the first over with nothing on the board.
Then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, who came at number-three, departed after scoring only a run, leaving his side standing on a tally of three.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, was next to follow, as he perished after scoring nine runs, at a time when his side had managed to post only 18 runs.
It was then a fantastic collaboration between the Akmal brothers, as Kamran and Umar forged a staggering partnership by hammering away the bowlers all across the park.
The brothers took the score to 44, before PBB Rajapaksa spoiled the party by nabbing the wicket of Umar, who departed after smacking a knock of 13 runs off 11 balls.
Kamran was then joined in the middle by, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831, and the two forged another stinging partnership, as they belted the bowlers in a bid to collect maximum runs.
With 82 on the board, Akmal became the fifth wicket of the day by falling to Senanayake on a knock of 36 off 32 deliveries.
Chandimal then followed Akmal, after losing his wicket on a knock of 17 runs. At the time of this wicket, the batting side had clobbered a total of 90 runs.
Later, TAM Siriwardana and K Weeraratne jabbed impressive knocks of 28 and 24 to help their side amass a respectable tally.
From Uva Next, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JDP-Oram-c1681, was the best bowler with three wickets to his name.
Uva had an impressive start to their run chase, with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 and EMGDY Munaweera smacking a stand of 30 runs.
However, the side suffered a terrible batting collapse and were reduced to a tally of 127 in 18.1 overs, as they lost the match.
SAC Kumara, from Wayamba United was named as the Player of the Match for taking three wickets in four overs.
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