The 10th match of LPL T20 is scheduled to play between Colombo Stars and Jaffna Kings on Monday, 12th December 2022 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele.

Colombo Stars performed well in the previous match and beat Dambulla Aura in their previous match. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their batting order was good and they scored 165 runs in 20 overs. Niroshan Dickwella was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side scoring 62 runs on 41 balls with the help of eight boundaries and two huge sixes. Dinesh Chandimal was the other batsman who put some runs on the board. He remained not out after scoring 29 runs. He faced 23 balls and smashed two boundaries and one huge six.

Ravi Bopara scored 28 runs while Dominic Drakes scored 18 runs. The bowling unit of Colombo Stars did not perform well but defended the target of 166 runs and leaked 156 runs in 20 overs. They used eight bowlers in the previous match and Suranga Lakmal was the most successful bowler with two wickets to his name in four overs against 29 runs. Dominic Drakes and Karim Janat also picked two wickets each while Naveen-ul-Haq could manage to pick one wicket. Charith Asalanka, Jeffrey Vandersay, Ravi Bopara, and the skipper, Angelo Mathews were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match.

The performance of Jaffna Kings was good in the previous match against Kandy Falcons where they lost the match after an interesting competition. They lost the toss and were asked to bat first. The performance of their batting order was not good. They could manage to score just 147 runs in 20 overs. Almost all batsmen from their side put some runs on the board. Avishka Fernando was the most successful and highest run-scorer with 31 runs to his name on 26 balls with the help of four boundaries. Shoaib Malik scored 28 runs while D Wellalage had 20 runs to his name.

Gurbaz scored 16 runs while Samarawickrama could manage to score 14 runs. The bowling unit of Jaffna Kings performed well but failed to defend the target of 148 and leaked this target in 20 overs. Dunith Wellalage was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with two wickets to his name in four overs against just 17 runs. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth also had an outstanding performance with the ball and picked one wicket in four overs while he was charged with 19 runs. James Fuller, Zaman Khan, and Maheesh Theekshana also picked one wicket each while the skipper, Thisara Perera was the only bowler who could not manage to pick any wicket.

At least on paper, Jaffna Kings is a strong team compared to the Colombo Stars. According to our match prediction, Jaffna Kings are the favorite team who will win this match. Many factors make Jaffna Kings a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Jaffna Kings had won two out of three matches till now
• Colombo Stars was not much impressive in the previous match
• Jaffna Kings had been good in some earlier matches
• Colombo Stars had not been amazing in the previous matches
• Jaffna Kings is overall a strong and experienced team

Jaffna Kings is full of experienced and young players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Jaffna Kings have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Jaffna Kings have a 56% chance to win this match
Colombo Stars has a 44% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of every match of LPL T20 as we had observed in the previous matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to bat first as chasing had been difficult in the most recent matches of LPL.

The 10th Match of the Lanka Premier League is going to be held at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 185 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast for Pallekele is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

It will be updated shortly

Date: Monday, 12th December 2022
Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
• Location: Pallekele, Sri Lanka
• Capacity: 35000
• Dimensions: 80m long, 75m wide
• Ends: Hunnasgiriya End, Rikillagaskada End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Kandurata
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Asitha Wijesinghe

• Total matches: 23
• Matches won batting first: 12
• Matches won bowling first: 8
• Average 1st Inns scores: 168
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 149
• Highest total recorded: 263/3 (20 Ov) by AUS vs SL
• The lowest total recorded: 88/10 (16 Ov) by NZ vs SL
• The highest score chased: 178/2 (18.4 Ov) by PAK vs BAN
• The lowest score defended: 125/8 (20 Ov) by SL vs NZ

Angelo Mathews (c), Seekkuge Prasanna, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeffrey Vandersay, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella, Dwaine Pretorius, Asif Ali, Naveen-ul-Haq, Dominic Drakes, Karim Janat, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Muditha Lakshan, Lakshitha Manasinghe, Kevin Koththigoda, Chathuranga Kumara, Navod Paranavithana.