McDermott and bowlers propel Dambulla Aura to fifty run win

An unbeaten half ton by Ben McDermott followed up by Binura Fernando, Hasan Ali and Noor Ahmad sharing seven wickets between them helped Dambulla Aura overcome Colombo Strikers by 50 runs in the 16th match of LPL 2023 played at the R Premadasa International Cricket stadium on Saturday (12) night. Ben McDermott was named player of the match for his unbeaten 69 off 46 balls.

Scores:

Dambulla Aura 166/5 in 20 overs (Ben McDermott 69*, Alex Ross 52; Naseem Shah 1-38, Chamika Karunaratne 1-35, Matheesh Pathirana 2-36, Jeffrey Vandersay 1-21) beat Colombo Strikers 116 in 19.4 overs (Nuwanidu Fernando 21, Mohammad Nawaz 20; Binura Fernando 2-18, Hasan Ali 3-16, Janith Liyanage 1-26, Noor Ahmad 2-14, Dushan Hemantha 2-16) by 50 runs