Ashan Priyanjan and Roshen Silva tons light up opening day

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Kanishka Sanjeewa
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The Super Provincial four day cricket tournament 2018 organized by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) commenced today with two matches being played at Katunayake and Hambanthota.

Colombo vs Galle

Galle skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first on batting friendly surface at Hambanthota. Madawa Warnapura and Lahiru Milantha opened the batting for the Galle team but they could not get off to a good start as the latter ran himself out for no score. The Southern lads continued to lose wickets and at one stage were struggling at 22 for 4.

However, the experienced Roshen Silva and skipper Shanaka put on a massive 202 run partnership for the fifth wicket to put the Galle team well in control. Dasun Shanaka missed out on a well-deserved century as he was bowled by Dilruwan Perera for 95 runs. Shanaka’s knock came  at a strike rate of 60.50 and included 8 boundaries.

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Then left handed batsman Chathuranga De Silva joined Roshen Silva at the crease and built another valuable partnership of 97 runs for the sixth wicket. Chaturanga De Silva played aggressively and stroked 47 runs off 63 balls including 3 sixes and 2 fours.

When bad light stopped play for day one, the Galle team was 321 for 6. Roshen Silva remained unbeaten on 146 runs which came off 249 balls including 10 boundaries. Right arm seamer Kaveesha Anjula and off spinner Dilruwan Perera picked up 2 wickets each for Colombo.









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Full Scorecard

Team Galle's 2nd Inning

Team Colombo

333/10 & 0/0

(0 overs)

Result

Team Galle

476/10 & 177/3

(56 overs)

Match Drawn

Team Colombo’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Kaushal Silva b Mohomed Dilshad 13 26
Shehan Jayasuriya c Oshada Fernando b Nisala Tharaka 8 17
D.De.Silva lbw by Mohomed Dilshad 66 59
Lahiru Thirimanne not out 125 258
LD Chandimal c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Akila Dananjaya 18 30
Chamara Silva b Akila Dananjaya 10 25
Dilruwan Perera c Madawa Warnapura b Akila Dananjaya 0 1
Kavishka Anjula c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Dasun Shanaka 46 57
L. Embuldeniya lbw by Chathuranga de Silva 24 95
V. Fernando c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Chathuranga de Silva 0 10
Extras
23
Total
333/10 (95.5 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-21, 2-25, 3-117, 4-149, 5-171, 6-171, 7-250, 8-331, 9-333
Bowling O M R W E
Nisala Tharaka 17 2 66 1 3.88
Mohomed Dilshad 15 4 49 2 3.27
MD Shanaka 15 2 62 1 4.13
M. Pushpakumara 18 1 55 0 3.06
A Dananjaya 22 2 61 3 2.77
PC de Silva 8.5 1 22 2 2.59

Team Galle’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
M.Warnapura b Lasith Embuldeniya 18 39
L.Milantha (runout) Kaushal Silva 0 0
Oshada Fernando c Dushmantha Chameera b Kavishka Anjula 0 7
S.Samarawickrama c Lasith Embuldeniya b Kavishka Anjula 1 10
R. Silva not out 231 392
MD Shanaka b Dilruwan Perera 95 157
PC de Silva c Vishwa Fernando b Dilruwan Perera 47 63
Nisala Tharaka b Lasith Embuldeniya 20 36
A Dananjaya (runout) Lahiru Thirimanne 24 84
M. Pushpakumara b Vishwa Fernando 19 47
Mohomed Dilshad c Kaushal Silva b Dilruwan Perera 4 16
Extras
17
Total
476/10 (141 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-10, 4-22, 5-224, 6-321, 7-370, 8-431, 9-461, 10-476
Bowling O M R W E
V. Fernando 23 2 88 1 3.83
Kavishka Anjula 17 5 52 2 3.06
Dushmantha Chameera 11 1 31 0 2.82
L. Embuldeniya 37 1 147 2 3.97
Dilruwan Perera 34 5 106 3 3.12
D.De.Silva 8 2 13 0 1.63
Shehan Jayasuriya 11 0 31 0 2.82







Dambulla vs Kandy

Dambulla Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and decided to bat first at Katunayake. Sri Lankan Test representatives Dimuth Karunarathna and Kusal Mendis opened the batting for Dambulla but Mendis was dismissed by Kasun Rajitha for just 8 runs.

Karunarathna and Ashan Priyanjan put on a 70 run partnership for the third wicket but speedster Kasun Rajitha struck again to dismiss the former for 71 runs. The Skipper’s knock included 8 boundaries and came with a strike rate of 65.74.

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A middle order collapse saw the Dambulla team struggling at 145 run for 5 wickets but Ashan Priyanjan and wicket keeper batsman Manoj Sarathchandra put on a 98 run partnership to resurrect the innings. Manoj Sarathchandra stroked 57 runs which came off 72 balls including 9 fours.

Ashan Priyanjan remained unbeaten on 151 runs which came off 231 balls including 17 fours. The Dambulla team was 382 runs for 7 wickets at stumps on day one. Right arm fast bowler Kasun Rajitha was the pick of the bowlers for the Kandy team as he picked up 3 wickets for 59 runs.









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Full Scorecard

Team Dambulla's 1 st Inning

Team Dambulla

480/10 & 256/10

(65.5 overs)

Result

Team Kandy

364/10 & 221/2

(56.2 overs)

Match Drawn

Team Dambulla’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
D. Karunaratne lbw by Kasun Rajitha 71 108
BKG Mendis b Kasun Rajitha 8 10
Nipun Karunanayake c Kasun Rajitha b Chamika Karunaratne 6 26
A. Priyanjan c Charith Asalanka b Lahiru Kumara 156 239
Sachithra Serasinghe c Niroshan Dickwella b Kasun Rajitha 0 1
M. Siriwardana b Lahiru Kumara 6 10
M. Sarathchandra lbw by Prabath Jayasuriya 57 72
Ishan Jayaratne c Charith Asalanka b Jeewan Mendis 35 28
S. Senanayake c Minod Bhanuka b Chamika Karunaratne 105 109
J.Vandersay not out 9 39
L. Gamage c Charith Asalanka b Lahiru Kumara 5 21
Extras
22
Total
480/10 (109.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-16, 2-59, 3-129, 4-137, 5-145, 6-243, 7-298, 8-389, 9-474, 10-480
Bowling O M R W E
L. Kumara 22.4 1 105 3 4.69
Kasun Rajitha 22 4 89 3 4.05
C. Karunaratne 12 0 80 2 6.67
P. Jayasuriya 32 1 94 1 2.94
C. Asalanka 9 1 39 0 4.33
J. Mendis 12 1 59 1 4.92

Team Kandy’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
T. Paranawithana c Dimuth Karunaratne b Lahiru Gamage 6 40
M Udawatte c Manoj Sarathchandra b Sachithra Serasinghe 97 169
C. Asalanka (runout) Sachithra Senanayake 30 71
N. Dickwella c Manoj Sarathchandra b Lahiru Gamage 112 154
Priyamal Perera b Lahiru Gamage 62 118
J. Mendis c Sachithra Serasinghe b Sachithra Senanayake 6 19
C. Karunaratne lbw by Lahiru Gamage 0 5
P. Jayasuriya c Dimuth Karunaratne b Lahiru Gamage 0 10
L. Kumara c Lahiru Gamage b Sachithra Serasinghe 6 24
Kasun Rajitha not out 5 18
Extras
40
Total
364/10 (104.2 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-35, 2-110, 3-186, 4-318, 5-340, 6-340, 7-340, 8-345, 9-364, 10-364
Bowling O M R W E
L. Gamage 26 6 71 5 2.73
Ishan Jayaratne 14 0 55 0 3.93
S. Senanayake 32 10 91 1 2.84
D. Karunaratne 3 0 7 0 2.33
Sachithra Serasinghe 16.2 0 39 2 2.41
A. Priyanjan 2 0 18 0 9.00
M. Siriwardana 3 0 14 0 4.67
J.Vandersay 8 1 35 0 4.38







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