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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Little fireworks from Fletcher, Allen as both taste defeat

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Sport Desk
385 days ago
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West Indies batsman Andre Fletcher.

West Indies batsman Andre Fletcher.

PALLEKELE – Nei­ther An­dre Fletch­er nor Fabi­an Allen had much of an im­pact as their re­spec­tive sides suf­fered de­feats in the Lan­ka Pre­mier League in Sri Lan­ka on Tues­day (Ju­ly 2).

The 36-year-old Fletch­er made 24 as Kandy Fal­cons crashed to a 51-run de­feat af­ter fail­ing to chase down 199 against Colom­bo Strik­ers at the Pallekele In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Sta­di­um.

In the first match at the same venue, the 29-year-old Allen suf­fered the em­bar­rass­ment of a first-ball ‘duck’, while pick­ing up two wick­ets as his Jaffna Kings tast­ed a five wick­et de­feat off the last ball to Galle Mar­vels.

Fletch­er, who was al­so dis­missed for a first-ball ‘duck’ in Mon­day’s open­ing win against Dambul­la Six­ers, made a bright start with four fours and a six in a 12-ball cameo, as he in­spired a 37-run, open­ing stand with Di­nesh Chandi­mal (38).

He was find­ing his stride when he charged leg-spin­ner Dunith Wellalage (4-20) and was stumped in the fifth over.

Two part­ner­ships kept Fal­cons in the hunt, Chandi­mal post­ing 33 for the third wick­et with Ka­min­du Mendis (7) and cap­tain Wanin­du Hasaranga (25) putting on a fur­ther 60 for the fifth wick­et with vet­er­an An­ge­lo Math­ews (25), be­fore the chase fell apart.

Sent in ear­li­er, Strik­ers gath­ered 198 for sev­en from their 20 overs, Sadeera Sama­rawick­ra­ma top-scor­ing with 48 from 26 de­liv­er­ies.

Allen was a non-fac­tor with the bat as Kings rat­tled up 177 for sev­en off their 20 overs, Avish­ka Fer­nan­do (59) and open­er Pathum Nis­san­ka (51) scor­ing half-cen­turies in an 81-run, sec­ond wick­et stand.

Allen re­turned with his left-arm spin to grab two for 33 from four overs but open­er Alex Hales carved out 65 off 47 de­liv­er­ies, to lead Mar­vels over the line.

CMC


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