Perera followed up his 97 not out against Dambulla Viiking the previous day with an equally impressive 68 off just 28 balls inclusive of five fours and five hits over the rope, taking him past Dasun Shanaka as the leading run-scorer of the tournament so far. To cap off his evening, he came back to claim two wickets and three catches to derail the Tuskers’ pursuit of 186.
“They have made a major part of the due payment (for the LPL), and while we can offset the payments against future production costs for inbound tour next year, we have given them time to make the rest of the payment before that,” de Silva added.
Born in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Dinesh moved constantly as his father, an Engineer by profession was stationed in various places in the island. At the age of ten the family migrated to Brisbane, Australia and he grew into a young man who was destined for greatness in the prime of his youth, navigating between his interests in law and dealing with a period of uncertainty about his life.
’’Apparently it is a soft tissue injury. Hard tissue injury can affect the bone. To ascertain the player has not ATFL (Anterior Talo-Fibular Ligament) damage, an MRI scan has been performed and we are awaiting the reports,” the source close to the Dambulla team management said.
Russell brought up his half-century in just 14 balls, the fastest T20 fifty ever scored in Sri Lanka and was instrumental in taking Colombo Kings up to 96 for 1 after inclement weather had resulted in the match being reduced to five overs per side. Incidentally, the total broke the overall record for the highest team score in a 5-over innings.
Kandy Tuskers fell victim to their second close defeat of the tournament as they were adjudged 4 runs short of the DLS par-score when rain came down with the Tuskers on 84 for 3 in 9.4 overs in their reply to the total of 195 posted by Dambulla Viiking.
That Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and its partner for the LPL, Dubai-based Innovation Production Group (IPG), have managed to overcome numerous obstacles to conduct the tournament is credit-worthy. But the real test starts now, in how the tournament is executed and how it sets itself up for the future -- a future, SLC hopes, in which the LPL becomes a staple T20 tournament and an attraction for world class international talent.
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