Kandy and Jaffna held commanding positions against Galle and Colombo in their respective encounters of the four-day competition of the inaugural National Super League, which continued for the second day at the Galle and Hambantota International Cricket stadiums.
Read More : Saminda Fernando ton lights up opening day of NSL four-day tournament
Kandy vs Galle
Kandy resumed day two on 373/4, but lost the remaining six wickets for 109 runs as they bowled out for 482 for their first innings. The Skipper Kamindu Mendis, who remained unbeaten on 90 runs at stumps, went on to score his century as he made 111 runs off 166 balls with 14 fours.
The seamer Heshan Hettiarachchi and left arm spinner Nimesh Vimukthi shared 7 wickets between them for Galle team.
In reply, Galle posted 185/3 before the umpires called stumps on day two. The opening batter Pabasara Waduge impressed with the bat, scoring an unbeaten century.
Brief Scores
Kandy 482 (120.1) K Mendis 111, L Croospulle 93, L Udara 92, K Vidura 58, S Arachchige 52, H Hettiarachchi 4/64, N Vimukthi 3/120, C Ruwansiri 2/96
Galle 185/3 (58) P Waduge 100*, S Cooray 36
Stumps – Day 2
Read : Squads announced for NSL four day tournament
Jaffna vs Colombo
After being 311/4 at stumps on day one, Jaffna continued their domination with the bat, adding 244 more runs to the overnight total finishing with 555 runs in 173.4 overs. Saminda Fernando top scored with a brilliant century while Navod Paranavithana, Dunith Wellalage, Geeth Kumara, Santhush Gunathilake and Sadeera Samarawickrama contributed with useful half centuries.
The Colombo left arm spinner was impressive with the ball as he snared 6 scalps for 169 runs, while off spinner Sammu Ashan and Lahiru Madushanka picked up 2 wickets each.
In reply, Colombo got off to a terrible start, losing 2 quick wickets for just 3 runs before the close of play on day one.
Jaffna 555 (173.4) S Fernando 141, N Paranavithana 77, D Wellalage 74, G Kumara 63*, S Gunathilake 61, S Samarawickrama 58, P Jayasuriya 6/169, S Ashan 2/62, L Madushanka 2/69
Colombo 3/2 (4)
Stumps – Day 2
