Sri Lankan team won a close match against English T20 champions Leicestershire. But, their win by just 4 runs leaves them in the hand of Somerset and Kolkata Knight Riders, as one of these teams must lose with bigger than 13 runs margin to let Ruhuna celebrate.
Qualifier Scorecard and Statistics
2011 Qualifier Schedule
2011 Team Squads
Match Statistics
English Champion return home without a win in qualifier.
Razzaq completed 100 wickets in Twenty20.
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Toss: Leicestershire
Captains: Udawatte (Ruhuna), McDonald (Leicestershire)
Man of the Match: Chandimal (Ruhuna)
Best Batsmen: Chandimal 62* (Ruhuna), Razzaq 68(Leicestershire)
6s: 10 (Ruhuna 6, Leicestershire 4)
4s: 23 (Ruhuna 12, Leicestershire 11)
Most economic Bowlers (4 overs): 23/1 Siriwardana (Ruhuna)
Highest Wicket-taker Bowlers: Gunaratne & 3/29 Silva (Ruhuna), 3/33 Gurney (Leicestershire)
Match Changer: Silva’s Googlies
6 overs score: 40/2 (Ruhuna), 64/1 (Leicestershire)
10 overs score: 68/4 (Ruhuna), 89/3 (Leicestershire)
50 runs: 8.1 ov (Ruhuna), 4.4 ov (Leicestershire)
100 runs: 14.3 ov (Ruhuna), 11.2 ov (Leicestershire)
150 runs: 19.1 ov (Ruhuna), 18.4 ov (Leicestershire)
1st Wicket for Teams: 1.4 ov (Ruhuna), 2.3 ov (Leicestershire)
Ruhuna innings (20 overs maximum)
- Jayasuriya b Gurney 6 runs 9 balls 1 four
Udawatte c & b Gurney 2 runs 3 balls
Chandimal not out 62 runs 51 balls 6 4s 2 6s
Perera c Naik b Abdul Razzaq 19 runs 15 balls 2 4s 1 six
Gunaratne c Nixon b Abdul Razzaq 1 run 3 balls
Siriwardana c White b Henderson 17 runs 21 balls 1 four
Karunanayake c Abdul Razzaq b Gurney 28 runs 15 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Sampath not out 6 runs 3 balls 1 four
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 16) 19
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs; 90 mins) 160 (8.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets
- 1-7 (Jayasuriya, 1.4 ov), 2-17 (Udawatte, 3.1 ov), 3-47 (MDKJ Perera, 7.3 ov), 4-67 (Gunaratne, 9.4 ov), 5-111 (Siriwardana, 15.4 ov), 6-152 (Karunanayake, 19.2 ov)
Bowling
- Naik 3 ov 22/0
Gurney 4 ov 33/3
Abdul Razzaq 4 ov 30/2
Henderson 4 ov 29/1
W White 4 ov 34/0
McDonald 1 ov 9/0
Leicestershire innings (target: 161 runs from 20 overs)
- Cobb c Sampath b Janoda 15 runs 6 balls
Abdul Razzaq c Chandimal b Gunaratne 68 runs 46 balls 6 4s 2 6s
McDonald st Chandimal b Silva 24 runs 15 balls 3 4s
Jefferson lbw b Silva 3 runs 4 balls
Taylor c Chandimal b Siriwardana 11 runs 11 balls 1 four
Nixon b Gunaratne 3 runs 4 balls
W White c M Perera b Silva 3 runs 7 balls
du Toit c Karunanayake b Gunaratne 13 runs 13 balls 1 four
Henderson not out 8 runs 11 balls
Naik not out 2 runs 3 balls
Extras (lb 3, w 3) 6
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs; 87 mins) 156
Fall of wickets
- 1-31 (Cobb, 2.3 ov), 2-73 (McDonald, 7.3 ov), 3-81 (Jefferson, 9.1 ov), 4-109 (Taylor, 12.2 ov), 5-128 (Abdul Razzaq, 14.1 ov), 6-130 (Nixon, 14.4 ov), 7-134 (White, 15.6 ov), 8-150 (du Toit, 18.5 ov)
Bowling
- Gunaratne 4 ov 27/3
Jayasuriya 4 ov 37/0
Janoda 2 ov 22/1
G Perera 2 ov 15/0
Siriwardana 4 ov 23/1
Silva 4 ov 29/3
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