Jaffna registered their first win of the National Super League 2023 as they defeated Kandy by 4 wickets today (11th February), at SSC Grounds, Colombo.
Jaffna vs Kandy
Team Kandy resumed their 2nd innings on day three at 172/6 with the overnight batter Ahan Wickramasinghe remaining unbeaten on 51 at the crease. They managed to add 50 more runs to the total for the remaining 4 wickets, being bowled out for 222.
Wickramasinghe was the top scorer for Kandy as he made 77 runs off 101 balls with 8 fours and a six, while the two left-arm spinners Shashika Dulshan and Navod Paranavithana starred with the ball for Jaffna, sharing 7 wickets between them.
Jaffna were set a target of 243 runs to win, which they chased down with 4 wickets in hand. The Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva was the standout performer with the bat for Jaffna as he made an unbeaten 82 runs, carrying his side over the line.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanuka Dabare | c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Binura Fernando | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kasun Vidura Adikari | c Avishka Tharindu b Binura Fernando | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 46.43 |
| Oshada Fernando | c Eshan Malinga b Lahiru Madushanka | 33 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 61.11 |
| Sandun Weerakkody | c Navod Paranavithana b Shashika Dulshan | 36 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 73.47 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Shashika Dulshan | 21 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 105.00 |
| Ahan Wickramasinghe | c Ron Chandraguptha b Ravindu Fernando | 101 | 108 | 13 | 1 | 93.52 |
| Wanuja Sahan | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Shashika Dulshan | 22 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 48.89 |
| Amshi De Silva | c Navod Paranavithana b Ravindu Fernando | 17 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 42.50 |
| Ashian Daniel | lbw b Binura Fernando | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Lahiru Kumara | c Lahiru Madushanka b Shashika Dulshan | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 13.64 |
| Nimsara Atharagalla | not out | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Extras | 6 (b 4 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 265/10 (66.1 Overs, RR: 4.01) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binura Fernando | 14 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 2.43 | |
| Kavindu Pathiratne | 8 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| Janith Liyanage | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | |
| Lahiru Madushanka | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3.82 | |
| Ravindu Fernando | 11 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 5.00 | |
| Shashika Dulshan | 15.1 | 3 | 70 | 4 | 4.64 | |
| Navod Paranavithana | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navod Paranavithana | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Gamage | 45 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Ron Chandraguptha | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | b Amshi De Silva | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Janith Liyanage | c Thanuka Dabare b Wanuja Sahan | 129 | 150 | 16 | 1 | 86.00 |
| Shashika Dulshan | c Nimsara Atharagalla b Amshi De Silva | 15 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 31.91 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | lbw b Nimsara Atharagalla | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 63.16 |
| Avishka Tharindu | c Ahan Wickramasinghe b Wanuja Sahan | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Lahiru Madushanka | lbw b Lahiru Kumara | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.43 |
| Ravindu Fernando | c Sandun Weerakkody b Wanuja Sahan | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 |
| Kavindu Pathiratne | not out | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 22.86 |
| Binura Fernando | run out (Ashian Daniel) | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 46.67 |
| Extras | 8 (b 5 , lb 0 , nb 2, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 245/10 (65.1 Overs, RR: 3.76) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahiru Kumara | 17.1 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 3.04 | |
| Amshi De Silva | 10 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 6.00 | |
| Nimsara Atharagalla | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 6.50 | |
| Ashian Daniel | 11 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3.55 | |
| Wanuja Sahan | 21 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 2.38 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasun Vidura Adikari | lbw b Shashika Dulshan | 29 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 63.04 |
| Thanuka Dabare | c Ravindu Fernando b Shashika Dulshan | 21 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 72.41 |
| Oshada Fernando | st b Shashika Dulshan | 27 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 67.50 |
| Sandun Weerakkody | lbw b Shashika Dulshan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | st b Dhananjaya de Silva | 25 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 104.17 |
| Ahan Wickramasinghe | st Sadeera Samarawickrama b Navod Paranavithana | 77 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 76.24 |
| Wanuja Sahan | c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Binura Fernando | 12 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Amshi De Silva | c Ravindu Fernando b Binura Fernando | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 13.89 |
| Ashian Daniel | lbw b Navod Paranavithana | 12 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 29.27 |
| Lahiru Kumara | not out | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Nimsara Atharagalla | lbw b Navod Paranavithana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 9 (b 0 , lb 6 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 222/10 (60.3 Overs, RR: 3.67) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binura Fernando | 11 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1.82 | |
| Ravindu Fernando | 13 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4.33 | |
| Shashika Dulshan | 23 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 3.17 | |
| Navod Paranavithana | 3.3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4.85 | |
| Lahiru Madushanka | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Chandraguptha | c Niroshan Dickwella b Wanuja Sahan | 20 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 68.97 |
| Navod Paranavithana | c Niroshan Dickwella b Ashian Daniel | 37 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 82.22 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | b Lahiru Kumara | 41 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 71.93 |
| Janith Liyanage | c Ahan Wickramasinghe b Sandun Weerakkody | 20 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | not out | 82 | 110 | 10 | 0 | 74.55 |
| Avishka Tharindu | b Amshi De Silva | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 19.35 |
| Kavindu Pathiratne | c Niroshan Dickwella b Wanuja Sahan | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Lahiru Madushanka | not out | 28 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 56.00 |
| Extras | 8 (b 2 , lb 4 , nb 0, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 243/6 (59.2 Overs, RR: 4.1) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahiru Kumara | 11 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 2.91 | |
| Ashian Daniel | 12 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 4.83 | |
| Wanuja Sahan | 26 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 3.65 | |
| Sandun Weerakkody | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Amshi De Silva | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4.00 | |
| Nimsara Atharagalla | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 12.00 | |
| Thanuka Dabare | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Oshada Fernando | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | |
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Colombo vs Galle
In the other encounter, Galle managed to go past Colombo’s first innings total as they put up a brilliant batting effort today at Hambantota.
After being 131/2 at stumps on day two, Galle posted 439 runs for 5 wickets at the close of play on day three, in reply to Colombo’s first innings total of 405.
Lakshan Edirisinghe and Angelo Mathews were brilliant with the bat for Galle, as both of them scored fighting centuries for their side. The pair associated in a massive 210-run partnership for the 3rd wicket.
The experienced campaigner Dinesh Chandimal and wicket-keeper batter Pathum Kumara also chipped in with valuable knocks of 63 & 71* respectively.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avisha Fernando | lbw b Sangeeth Cooray | 150 | 205 | 21 | 1 | 73.17 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | lbw b Kavishka Anjula | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Heshan Fernando | b Kavishka Anjula | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Roshane Silva | c Angelo Mathews b Mohammad Shiraz | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Dushan Vimukthi | c Pathum Kumara b Asanka Manoj | 40 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Manoj Sarathchandra | c Pathum Kumara b Ramesh Mendis | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21.43 |
| Nisala Tharaka | lbw b Kavishka Anjula | 82 | 166 | 7 | 0 | 49.40 |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | c Dinesh Chandimal b Kavishka Anjula | 15 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 31.91 |
| Tharindu Ratnayaka | c Lakshan Edirisinghe b Ramesh Mendis | 28 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 73.68 |
| Kasun Rajitha | not out | 34 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 48.57 |
| Udith Madushan | lbw b Ramesh Mendis | 18 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 25.71 |
| Extras | 19 (b 8 , lb 8 , nb 2, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 405/10 (129.5 Overs, RR: 3.12) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavishka Anjula | 24 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 2.79 | |
| Mohammad Shiraz | 25 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 3.04 | |
| Asanka Manoj | 19 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 4.21 | |
| Nimesh Vimukthi | 30 | 7 | 76 | 0 | 2.53 | |
| Ramesh Mendis | 28.5 | 2 | 81 | 3 | 2.84 | |
| Sangeeth Cooray | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hashan Dumindu | b Udith Madushan | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Sangeeth Cooray | c Roshane Silva b Tharindu Ratnayaka | 33 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 103.12 |
| Lakshan Edirisinghe | lbw b Dushan Vimukthi | 129 | 236 | 16 | 1 | 54.66 |
| Angelo Mathews | lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya | 105 | 202 | 11 | 0 | 51.98 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | b Nisala Tharaka | 63 | 99 | 4 | 2 | 63.64 |
| Pathum Kumara | c Manoj Sarathchandra b Udith Madushan | 151 | 262 | 12 | 0 | 57.63 |
| Ramesh Mendis | b Tharindu Ratnayaka | 149 | 256 | 13 | 1 | 58.20 |
| Kavishka Anjula | lbw b Dushan Vimukthi | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 73.91 |
| Nimesh Vimukthi | lbw b Dushan Vimukthi | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12.82 |
| Mohammad Shiraz | not out | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Asanka Manoj | not out | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Extras | 29 (b 10 , lb 7 , nb 2, w 10, pen 0) |
| Total | 703/9 (201 Overs, RR: 3.5) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasun Rajitha | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4.88 | |
| Udith Madushan | 22.3 | 3 | 93 | 2 | 4.17 | |
| Tharindu Ratnayaka | 43 | 2 | 201 | 1 | 4.67 | |
| Nisala Tharaka | 24.3 | 2 | 82 | 1 | 3.37 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 53 | 8 | 142 | 1 | 2.68 | |
| Dushan Vimukthi | 49 | 9 | 122 | 3 | 2.49 | |
| Heshan Fernando | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | |
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