Udawatte makes ton; Milantha and Samarawickrama star on final day

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Kanishka Sanjeewa
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Two games of the Super Provincial four day cricket tournament, organized by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) concluded today at Katunayake and Hambanthota.

Colombo vs Galle

The clash between Colombo and Galle ended in a draw today at Hambanthota with first innings points won by the Galle team. The lads from Galle resumed day four on 4 for no wicket but opening batsman Madawa Warnapura was trapped lbw by left arm seamer Vishwa Fernando for 8 runs.

Number three batsman Oshada Fernando could not stay at the crease for long as he was also trapped lbw by Vishwa Fernando for just 3 runs. However, left handed Lahiru Milantha and right handed Sadeera Samarawickrama rescued the innings with a 147-run partnership for the third wicket.

Samarawickrama showed his elegant stroke-play again with a 77-run knock which included 8 boundaries. Milantha remained unbeaten on 74 runs stroking 7 boundaries. Left arm seamer Vishwa Fernando was impressive with the ball for Colombo as he picked up 2 wickets for 24 runs. The Umpires decided to call off play for day four around 3.30 pm due to bad light.









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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

The other clash played between Dambulla and Kandy also ended in a draw today at Katunayake with Dambulla winning first innings points. The Dambulla team resumed day four on 163 runs for 7 wickets and overnight batsmen Sachithra Senanayake and Milinda Siriwardana continued to pile runs on the board building a very valuable 119-run partnership for the eighth wicket.

Sachithra Senanayake was dismissed for 60 runs by leg spinner Jeewan Mendis; his innings included 4 fours and 2 massive sixes. Siriwardana stroked an elegant 71 runs off 118 balls that included 7 boundaries. Speedsters Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara picked up 3 wickets each for Kandy.

Chasing 373 runs to win, the experienced Tharanga Paranavithana and Mahela Udawatte opened the innings but they could not get a strong start to their innings as the former was dismissed for just 9 runs. Number three batsman Charith Asalanka and  Udawatte joined together and put on a solid 68-run partnership for the second wicket.

After the departure of Charith Asalanka for 30 runs, skipper Niroshan Dickwella and Udawatte guided the innings with an unbeaten 127-run partnership for the fourth wicket as both captains agreed to call off the game around 4.30 pm. Udawatte showed his class with the bat, scoring 103 runs off 137 balls which included 11 fours. The skipper  Dickwella supported him well at the other end stroking 56 runs off 88 balls which included 3 fours.









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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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