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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Fletcher fifty in vain as Falcons lose

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Sport Desk
374 days ago
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Andre Fletcher...scored 50 off 36 balls.

Andre Fletcher...scored 50 off 36 balls.

DAMBUL­LA, Sri Lan­ka – An­dre Fletch­er’s 38th half-cen­tu­ry in Twen­ty20s went in vain as Galle Mar­vels com­fort­ably beat his Kandy Fal­cons by sev­en wick­ets in the Lan­ka Pre­mier League on Sun­day.

The 36-year-old made ex­act­ly 50 off 36 balls with four fours and two six­es at the top of the or­der as Fal­cons, sent in to bat at the Ran­giri Dambul­la In­ter­na­tion­al Sta­di­um, ral­lied to 175 for sev­en off their 20 overs.

With Fal­cons slump­ing at 32 for four in the sixth over, Fletch­er com­bined with An­ge­lo Math­ews (25) in a 45-run, fifth wick­et stand to lead the first re­cov­ery.

When Fletch­er per­ished in the 12th over, cap­tain Wanin­du Hasaranga launched a counter-at­tack, belt­ing a top score of 65 off 32 de­liv­er­ies with sev­en fours and three six­es, as he post­ed a cru­cial 58 for the sixth wick­et with Math­ews.

In re­ply, Mar­vels were guid­ed by Tim Seifert, the New Zealan­der stroking an un­beat­en 82 off 49 balls to put his side over the line with 17 balls to spare.

Niroshan Dick­wella fell cheap­ly for 12 in the first over with as many on the board but Seifert con­trolled the chase there­after, putting on 79 for the sec­ond wick­et with Alex Hales (38), 38 for the third wick­et with Bhanu­ka Ra­japak­sa (16) and 29 in an un­bro­ken fifth wick­et part­ner­ship with Sa­han Arachchige (nine not out)

All told, Seifert struck 11 fours and two six­es in notch­ing his 24th T20 fifty.

CMC


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