Kandy Royals v Colombo Kaps, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 9, Lanka Premier League, 2026

Lanka Premier League Match 9: Kandy Royals v Colombo Kaps at Dambulla, July 23, 2026

Kandy Royals

169/8 (20)

Colombo Kaps

192/9 (20)

Finished

CK won by 23 runs

Colombo Kaps InningCK Inning192/9 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rubin Hermann	c L Udara b D Hemantha	53	36	7	1	147.22
c L Udara b D Hemantha
Ben McDermott	c L Udara b V Shankar	4	3	1	0	133.33
c L Udara b V Shankar
Kamindu Mendis(C)	b S Afridi	1	4	0	0	25.00
b S Afridi
Sadeera Samarawickrama	st L Udara b M Ali	1	3	0	0	33.33
st L Udara b M Ali
Sharujan Shanmuganathan(WK)	c W Hasaranga b M Ali	14	6	0	2	233.33
c W Hasaranga b M Ali
Janith Liyanage	Not out	52	33	3	2	157.58
Not out
Jimmy Neesham	c V Shankar b D Hemantha	24	10	2	2	240.00
c V Shankar b D Hemantha
Wanuja Sahan	c (sub M Lakshan) b S Afridi	7	7	1	0	100.00
c (sub M Lakshan) b S Afridi
Malsha Tharupathi	lbw b N Thushara	2	5	0	0	40.00
lbw b N Thushara
Binura Fernando	runout (N Thushara / L Udara)	21	13	2	1	161.54
runout (N Thushara / L Udara)
Shahnawaz Dahani	Not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	13 (b 4, w 8, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	192/9 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Angelo Mathews	0.3	5	0	10.00
Vijay Shankar	0.3	0	1	0.00
Shaheen Afridi	4	34	2	8.50
Nuwan Thushara	4	31	1	7.75
Moeen Ali	3	31	2	10.33
Asitha Fernando	2	33	0	16.50
Wanindu Hasaranga	4	33	0	8.25
Dushan Hemantha	2	20	2	10.00

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (BR McDermott - 0.5 ov), 2-8 (K Mendis - 1.5 ov), 3-30 (S Samarawickrama - 4.2 ov), 4-67 (S Shanmuganathan - 6.4 ov), 5-102 (RA Herman - 11.2 ov), 6-137 (J Neesham - 13.5 ov), 7-151 (W Sahan - 15.4 ov), 8-158 (M Tharupathi - 16.5 ov), 9-188 (B Fernando - 19.5 ov)

Kandy Royals InningKR Inning169/8 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Kusal Perera	lbw b MU Rahman	19	14	4	0	135.71
lbw b MU Rahman
Lahiru Udara(WK)	c K Mendis b Shahnawaz Dahani	4	4	1	0	100.00
c K Mendis b Shahnawaz Dahani
Dale Phillips	c S Shanmuganathan b J Neesham	38	27	6	1	140.74
c S Shanmuganathan b J Neesham
Pawan Sandesh	b MU Rahman	8	6	1	0	133.33
b MU Rahman
Moeen Ali	runout (S Samarawickrama / K Mendis)	1	4	0	0	25.00
runout (S Samarawickrama / K Mendis)
Wanindu Hasaranga	c S Shanmuganathan b MU Rahman	8	5	1	0	160.00
c S Shanmuganathan b MU Rahman
Vijay Shankar	c W Sahan b M Tharupathi	30	23	1	2	130.43
c W Sahan b M Tharupathi
Shaheen Afridi	c M Tharupathi b W Sahan	5	7	0	0	71.43
c M Tharupathi b W Sahan
Angelo Mathews(C)	Not out	39	24	5	1	162.50
Not out
Dushan Hemantha	Not out	11	6	0	1	183.33
Not out
Extra	6 (b 1, w 5, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	169/8 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Binura Fernando	2.1	19	0	8.77
Shahnawaz Dahani	4	35	1	8.75
Wanuja Sahan	4	24	1	6.00
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	34	3	8.50
Malsha Tharupathi	3	29	1	9.67
Jimmy Neesham	2	7	1	3.50
Janith Liyanage	0.5	20	0	24.00

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (L Udara - 1.4 ov), 2-38 (K Perera - 5.1 ov), 3-55 (P de Silva - 7.1 ov), 4-57 (M Ali - 8.1 ov), 5-77 (W Hasaranga - 9.3 ov), 6-88 (DN Phillips - 11.2 ov), 7-95 (S Afridi - 12.5 ov), 8-144 (V Shankar - 17.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Janith Liyanage

Date

2026-07-23 15:00 PM

Venue

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla

Toss

Kandy Royals elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee