Tamil Union beat Galle CC in International Galle Cricket Stadium
Tamil Union won the toss and chose to field. Galle CC scored 137 in first inning with P Gajasinghe scoring 38 and M Withana 30. The national pair turning up for Tamil Union ran riot.
Suranga Lakmal took 5 wickets for 21 and Shaminda Eranga took 3 wicket for 29. Supporting them M Ekanayake and Rangana Herath took one wicket each. The visitor in their essay were dismissed for 226 runs; opening batsman M Silva scored 59, J Mendis 55 , C Serasinghe 40 to give impetus to their team.
Galle CC commenced their 2nd inning and were dismissed a mere 131 runs. I Udayanga 55, P Gajasinghe 32 were the only successful batsman in the side while Sri Lanka’s star spinner Rangana Herath joined the demolishing on a wearing Galle CC pitch taking 5 for 20 reaching his 800 wickets in first class cricket Eranga took 4 wickets for 41 runs and Lakmal 1 for 15 leaving Tamil Union chasing after just 43 runs for an outright win. They reached the target easily losing 2 wickets along the way
Scores in brief :
Galle CC 1st Innings 137 – M Withanage 30 (91) , P Gajasinghe 38 (84), S Lakmal 21/5, S Eranga 29/3
Tamil Union 1st Innings 226 – M Silva 59 (148), J Mendis 55 (74), C Serasinghe 40 (73) P Gajasinghe 53/3, A Rideegammanagadera 69/3, R Priyan 23/2
Galle CC 2nd Inning of 131 – I Udayanga 55 (136), P Gajasinghe 32 (94) S Eranga 41/4, R Herath 20/5
Tamil Union 2nd Inning of 43-2- N Sampath 25 (20), M Rajakaruna 13 (17) P Gajasinghe 19/1, IUdayanga 12/1
Result – Tamil Union Won By 8 Wicket
