(12-22-2021, 08:13 AM)pj57 Wrote:(12-22-2021, 02:36 AM)Pram Wrote: Match was gone when Chamika started firing. He had a very poor start. He was probably 7 off 15 or something. His inability to read Wanindu and rotate the strike pressured newer batsmen to play risky and lose wickets. He started whacking it when there was no pressure at the end (because the game was already over).
Match was already gone when Chamika arrived at the crease. What was left was the late middle order and the tail, there was no proper batsmen left. Chamika took his time at the start and then started to whack it around. The bottom line is he ended up with a SR of nearly 160 batting with the tail.
END OF OVER 86 runs • 2 wickets
DG: 79/5CRR: 9.87 • RRR: 11.00 • Need 132 runs from 72b
This was the match situation when Chamika walked in. It obviously was a tough ask. But what does he do thereafter?
END OF OVER 9 3 runs DG: 82/5CRR: 9.11 • RRR: 11.72 • Need 129 runs from 66b
Chamika Karunaratne 2 (5)
Najibullah Zadran 20 (12)
END OF OVER 10 3 runs
DG: 85/5CRR: 8.50 • RRR: 12.60 • Need 126 runs from 60b
Chamika Karunaratne 2 (9)
Najibullah Zadran 21 (14)
Zadran gets out
END OF OVER 11 10 runs • 1 wicket
DG: 95/6CRR: 8.63 • RRR: 12.88 • Need 116 runs from 54b
Lahiru Samarakoon 8 (3)
Chamika Karunaratne 4 (11)
Next over Samarakoon gets out. Chamika was 7(15) at that point.
He had 2 proper batsmen and Marchant de Lange (all rounder) to work with. But he went for a blockathon rather than at least rotating the strike. He starts going berserk when the RRR is 25.