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LPL 2023 (Source: Twitter)
Hasan Ali's spirited display helped Dambulla Aura register a nine-run victory over Jaffna Kings in Match 11 of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023 at Pallekelle on Monday (August 7). Shoaib Malik nearly pulled off a miraculous chase for Kings, but he was denied enough support at the other end. Kings have now lost three games, while Aura has won three and risen to the top of the standings.
Thisara Perera and Co. needed only 135 to get over the line, but they faltered early on, losing four wickets inside the powerplay. The star of the night, Hasan, dismissed both openers - Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Charith Asalanka - while Binura Fernando removed Towhid Hridoy to demolish the top order. Hayden Kerr then sent back South African hitterย David Miller, putting Kings in even greater jeopardy.
Malik and Dunith Wellalage stitched a decent partnership to help the team recover, but it wasn't enough as Pakistan speedster Hasan took his third wicket of the night by dismissing the Lankan all-rounder in the 13th over. Kings suffered another collapse, but Malik never worried about it, all guns blazing at one end.
Malik's all-round heroics went in vain
The veteran Pakistani all-rounder was the lone warrior for Kings as he made 74* off 53 balls including 5 fours & 6 sixes. With a little more support from any of the other batters, the Kings would have crossed the finish line with ease. Hasan was adjudged Player of the Match for his figures of 4-0-20-3. Fernando's 4-over spell was also impressive where he conceded just 8 runs and picked a wicket.
Earlier, Aura, who was asked to bat first, also had a disastrous start as they lost both their openers in the very first over. However, Sadeera Samarawickrama and Kusal Perera put on a 50-plus partnership to get the team back on track. Malik also excelled with the ball, taking two wickets of dangerous Perera and Dhananjaya de Silva. Aura then lost a couple of more wickets, but Hayden Kerr's 25 off 20 balls helped them reach 134-8 in 20 overs.
Here's how fans reacted to Dambulla Aura's 9-run win against Jaffna Kings:ย
Babar Azam for Colombo Strikers ๐
โ Shaheen Fan Club ยฎ (@ShaheenFC_) August 8, 2023
Hassan Ali for Dambulla Aura โก
Usama Mir for Manchester Originals โญ
Three Player of the Match awards on the same day โ Good Day for Pakistani Boys at Work pic.twitter.com/rEKnboF7ue
Man of the Match ๐๐๐ฅ - what a spell ๐@dambullaAura #LPL2023 pic.twitter.com/YmjGkz6Km8
โ Prad Navaratnam (@prad_nava) August 7, 2023
4 overs
โ Grassroots Cricket (@grassrootscric) August 7, 2023
16 dots
20 runs
3 wickets
A brilliant bowling display by Hassan Ali led Dambulla Aura to a 9-run victory! ๐๐ฝ#LPL2023 | #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/0HQu5RtTio
Brilliant batting by Shaoib Malik. He scored 74* off 53 balls against Dambulla Aura.
โ Sohera (@SoheraAslam) August 7, 2023
Shoaib Malik has still got it! He comes from Canada and returns excellent figures of 2/13 in his 4 overs in his first match in Sri Lanka. He removed Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Perera ๐ฅ
โ Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) August 7, 2023
He loves playing for Jaffna and loves the LPL โค๏ธ #LPL2023 #LPLT20 pic.twitter.com/qRoDgc3SDS
Shoaib Malik almost pulled off a miraculous chase for Jaffna, he scored 74* off 53 balls. Also picked up 2/13 from 4 overs with ball ๐ฅ
โ Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) August 7, 2023
He came in to bat when his team was restricted to 10/3 from 4 overs. The next best score in his team's innings was only 16. #LPL2023 #LPLT20 pic.twitter.com/nhomWWXdzQ
Hasan Ali was back to his best, picked up 3 wickets for 20 runs in his 4 overs tonight ๐ฅ
โ Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) August 7, 2023
Hasan returned figures of 2/7 from his first two overs and then got another wicket in his second spell. He also won Player of the Match award as his team won by 9 runs โค๏ธ #LPL2023 #LPLT20 pic.twitter.com/eCqE2Mw8am
4 overs | 3 wickets | 20 runs
โ Shahzaib Ali ๐ต๐ฐ (@DSBcricket) August 7, 2023
Man of the match performance by Hassan Ali for Dambula Aura against Jafna Stallions in LPL 2023 โจ#LPL2023 #DambulaAura pic.twitter.com/6gtibdJTlG