Barring one game, Lanka Premier League 2022 has not produced an exciting encounter. However, the scene now will shift to a different city from Saturday. Fans will hope for better entertainment in Pallekele. On that note, here, we look at the pitch report of Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and the weather conditions in Pallekele for LPL 2022.
It is the usual suspects that are dominating in the first leg of the tournament. While Andre Fletches is the leading run-scorer, his West Indian counterpart Carlos Brathwaite is the leading wicket-taker with five wickets. Wanindu Hasaranga has already impressed with a hattrick and the Kandy Falcons skipper will hope for more to come.
Sri Lanka will need some of its established cricketers to do well in this tournament. Angelo Mathews will be expected to perform well while the likes of Dasun Shanaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa will also look to leave an impression. From a commercial perspective, too, LPL will have to be a success for the board.
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele pitch report for LPL 2022
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It has been a good start to LPL 2022 and we can expect this to continue in the next few days. Till now, this stadium has hosted 23 T20Is, out of which, 13 games were won by the side batting first.
The average score batting first is 161. This is a good average for a fine T20 encounter. Glenn Maxwell once scored an unbeaten 145 on this track, which still remains the best batting display in a T20I till now.
Pallekele weather conditions for LPL 2022
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Until 14th December, 9 games will happen in Pallekele. Unfortunately, there would be a threat of rainfall for all these fixtures. Especially on Tuesday and Wednesday, thunderstorms are expected.
Temperatures, though, will remain under 30 degrees Celsius. During the night when the games happen, this could drop down by four or five units.
