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Hasaranga career-best floors UAE
A collective performance with the bat and Wanindu Hasaranga’s maiden five-wicket haul in ODI’s helped Sri Lanka make a statement as they began their World Cup Qualifiers campaign with a massive 175-run victory over the UAE. Having posted 355/6, with half-centuries from their top four, Sri Lanka bowled the UAE out for 180. Hasaranga finished with career-best figures of 6-24 with the UAE batters failing to pick the Sri Lankan spinner.
Having been asked to bat, Sri Lanka got off to a good start with Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne adding 95 for the opening wicket. Karunaratne was the quicker of the two as he struck seven fours before getting out to Aayan Khan for a 54-ball 52. Nissanka took 66 balls for his fifty before being bowled by Basil Hameed. Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama then put on 105 for the third wicket, taking only 79 deliveries for their partnership to provide a good platform for Sri Lanka.
Mendis’s outing, which included 10 fours, was ended by Ali Naseer on 78 while Samarawickrama was also run out in the 70s. Sri Lanka lost quick wickets in the death overs but Charith Asalanka’s blitz – 48 not out off 23, with five fours and two sixes – and Wanindu Hasaranga’s entertaining cameo of 23* off 12, powered Sri Lanka past the 350 mark.
UAE started off in a steady fashion in the chase before Rohan Mustafa was out caught and bowled off Lahiru Kumara. Wanindu Hasaranga then ended a promising stand between Muhammad Waseem and Vriitya Aravind, getting rid of the former, and followed it up with the wicket of Basil Hameed in the same over. Hasaranga bagged another, sending Asif Khan back, to leave the UAE at 99/4, which became 119/5 when Aravind fell to Dhananjaya de Silva. Ali Naseer tried to fight for the UAE but Hasaranga kept chipping away as he bagged a five-wicket haul for the first time in ODIs and finished it off with one more to bowl Sri Lanka to a huge victory.
Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 255/6 in 50 overs (Kusal Mendis 78, Sadeera Samarawickrama 73; Ali Naseer 2-44) beat UAE 180 in 39 overs (Muhammad Waseem 39, Vriitya Aravind 39; Wanindu Hasaranga 6-24) by 175 runs
(Cricbuzz)
Typhoon Noul has hit southern China, including Hong Kong, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the region and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in Guangdong province.
China’s national weather centre said Noul made landfall on the coast of Huidong county in Huizhou, southern Guangdong province, at approximately 3:50am local time on Sunday (19:50 GMT on Saturday).
China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Noul was the strongest typhoon to make landfall in China so far this year.
Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul, with maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometres per hour (68 miles per hour) near its centre, was moving Sunday into inland Guangdong and weakening progressively, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the region.
More than 715,000 people had been relocated for safety by early Sunday in Guangdong province, according to state-owned China National Radio. On Saturday, authorities said some 340,000 people were evacuated.
China’s National Meteorological Centre expected parts of southern Guangdong and southeastern Fujian provinces to experience heavy rain and strong winds over the weekend.
Many trees were seen uprooted in Huilai county, located on the coast of Guangdong province, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Hong Kong’s airport authority said about 350 flights were cancelled on Sunday. At least nine people were injured across the city during the typhoon period, according to Hong Kong authorities.
As Noul approached Hong Kong, parts of a large scaffolding on a high-rise building collapsed on Saturday afternoon, local police said, although initial reports indicated there were no injuries.
[Aljazeera]
Colombo Kaps defended 197 runs to win the 12th match of the Lanka Premier League by restricting Dambulla Sixers to 176/8 at the Dambulla International Cricket Stadium on Saturday [25] night.
SCORES:
Colombo Kaps 197/5 in 20 overs [Rubin Hermann 39, Sadeera Samarawickrema 16, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 12, Kamindu Mendis 88*, Ben McDermott 14, Janith Liyanage 17; Fazalhaq Farooki 1-41, Dushmantha Chameera 1-41, Ramesh Mendis 1-05, Gulabdin Naib 1-15]
Dambulla Sixers 176/8 in 20 overs [Pavan Rathnayake 50, Marques Ackerman 40, Gulabdin Naib 28, Maheesh Thhekshana 13; Shahnawaz Dahani 2-20, Wanuja Sahan 1-34, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2-33, Malsha Tharupathi 1-26, Milan Rathnayake 1-26]
Kandy Royals’ bowlers led by Nuwan Thushara were able to defend their score of 165 to win the 11th match of the Lanka Premier League by defeating Galle Gallants by 11 runs at Dambulla on Saturday.
SCORES:
Kandy Royals 165/6 in 20 overs [Lahiru Udara 16, Dale Phillips 34, Wanidu Hasaranga 16, Moeen Ali 41, Angelo Mathews 28, Vijay Shankar 15; Pramod Madushan 2-41, Akif Javed 2-26, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2-36]
Galle Gallants 154/8 in 20 overs [Sam Harper 14, Charith Asalanka 14, Chamika Karunarathne 52, Dasun Shanaka 57*; Nuwan Thushara 3-33, Asitha Fernando 2-33, Moeen Ali 1-11, Wanidu Hasaranga 1-26]
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