The third day of the two 4-day pink ball matches of the Super Provincial four day cricket tournament were conducted today at Dambulla and Hambanthota.

Dambulla vs Galle

The encounter between Dambulla and Kandy conduced today at Dambulla International Cricket Stadium for day three. The match was scheduled to commence at 2.00 pm but umpires decided to start 15 minutes earlier to recover the time lost due to heavy rain yesterday.

Galle batsmen Madawa Warnapura and Upul Tharanga resumed day three on 50 for 2, but the former could not stay longer at the crease as right arm seamer Lahiru Gamage struck in the very first over of the day removing him for 21 runs. Stylish right hander Sadeera Samarawickrama then joined Upul Tharanga and built a 27-run partnership for the fourth wicket before being dismissed by off spinner Sachithra Senanayake for 25 runs.

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Galle batsmen struggled to build big partnerships in the middle and at one stage were 90 for 5. However, skipper Dasun Shanaka and in-form batsman Roshen Silva who put on a massive 202-run partnership in the last game, built another valuable 76 run partnership for the sixth wicket.

Lahiru Gamage clean bowled both the batsmen with his unplayable in-swinging deliveries. Roshen Silva who scored a double ton last week stroked 44 runs off 82 balls and skipper Dasun Shanaka who scored 95 in the last game against Colombo stroked 32 runs off 71 balls.

After their dismissals, left hander Chaturanga de Silva and right hander Nisala Tharaka showed some resistance with the bat scoring 74 runs for the eighth wicket. Chathuranga de Silva who missed a half-ton in the last game made 54 runs off 45 balls at a strike rate of 120.

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Seamer Lahiru Gamage was very impressive with the ball and picked up 5 wickets for 78 runs while experienced campaigner Rangana Herath grabbed 2 wickets for 42 runs for Dambulla team. Lads form Galle resumed their second innings 11 runs behind and in the very second over they lost the skipper Karunarathne for 0.

However, opener Kusal Mendis and number three batsman Ashan Priyanjan put on a 62-run partnership for the second wicket as the former was dismissed for 26 runs.  Sachithra Serasinghe (29) then joined Priyanjan (67) at the crease and built an unbeaten 76-run partnership for the third wicket as umpires called stumps on day three at 138 for 2.









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Full Scorecard

Team Galle

255/10 & 66/2

(27 overs)

Result

Team Dambulla

244/10 & 325/7

(89 overs)

Match Drawn

Team Galle’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
M.Warnapura c Manoj Sarathchandra b Lahiru Gamage 21 29
L.Milantha c Sachithra Senanayake b Lahiru Gamage 9 21
M. Pushpakumara c Sachithra Senanayake b Vimukthi Perera 12 9
WU Tharanga c Ashan Priyanjan b Sachithra Senanayake 25 44
S.Samarawickrama c Lahiru Gamage b Rangana Herath 10 46
R. Silva b Lahiru Gamage 44 82
MD Shanaka b Lahiru Gamage 32 71
PC de Silva c Manoj Sarathchandra b Lahiru Gamage 54 45
Nisala Tharaka lbw by Lahiru Madushanka 19 35
Dammika Prasad b Rangana Herath 2 4
Nishan Peiris not out 1 10
Extras
26
Total
255/10 (65.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-18, 2-38, 3-52, 4-79, 5-90, 6-166, 7-169, 8-243, 9-252, 10-255
Bowling O M R W E
L. Gamage 20.1 4 78 5 3.88
Vimukthi Perera 13 0 67 1 5.15
S. Senanayake 10 4 27 1 2.70
R. Herath 14 1 42 2 3.00
L. Madushanka 8 0 30 1 3.75

Team Dambulla’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
BKG Mendis c Malinda Pushpakumara b Nisala Tharaka 89 163
D. Karunaratne c Malinda Pushpakumara b Dammika Prasad 0 10
A. Priyanjan c Dasun Shanaka b Nishan Peiris 24 40
Sachithra Serasinghe (runout) Dasun Shanaka 0 4
M. Siriwardana c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Nisala Tharaka 24 38
M. Sarathchandra c Malinda Pushpakumara b Chathuranga de Silva 19 30
S. Senanayake c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Malinda Pushpakumara 14 31
L. Madushanka c & b Chathuranga de Silva 26 57
R. Herath lbw by Malinda Pushpakumara 25 55
Vimukthi Perera lbw by Chathuranga de Silva 0 1
L. Gamage not out 1 7
Extras
22
Total
244/10 (73.3 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-9, 2-67, 3-67, 4-106, 5-152, 6-182, 7-184, 8-234, 9-238, 10-244
Bowling O M R W E
Dammika Prasad 15 5 36 1 2.40
Nisala Tharaka 13 3 54 2 4.15
MD Shanaka 11 1 44 0 4.00
M. Pushpakumara 14.3 3 30 2 2.10
Nishan Peiris 10 2 35 1 3.50
PC de Silva 10 0 31 3 3.10







Kandy vs Colombo

The encounter between Kandy and Colombo conduced today at Hambanthota International Cricket Stadium for day three. Colombo openers Shehan Jayasuriya and Kaushal Silva resumed their innings and built valuable 62-run partnership for the first wicket. Dashing left hander Jayasuriya was the first to be dismissed on day three for 26 runs.

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Dananjaya de Silva who scored 66 runs in the last game against Galle, joined Kaushal Silva but they could not bat longer as the latter was caught by Jeewan Mendis off the bowling of left arm seamer Isuru Udana for 26 runs. De Silva was trapped in front by left arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya for just 2 runs.

Lahiru Thirimanne, the centurion of the last game against Galle and skipper Dinesh Chandimal joined at 75 for 3 and built 18-run partnership for the fourth wicket before heavy rain stopped play. The match resumed at 7.50 pm and straight after the break Thirimanne was clean bowled by Kasun Rajitha for 21 runs.

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Kasun Rajitha and Isuru Udana continued to trouble the batsmen as Colombo team collapsed from 93 for 3 for 138 for 9 before they strangely declared the innings. Kasun Rajitha and Isuru Udana picked up 4 wickets each for Kandy team.

The lads from Kandy began their second innings with a 132-run lead but lost two quick wickets for 18 runs. However, opening batsman Mahela Udawatthe and skipper Niroshan Dickwella steadied the innings and finished day three at 55 for 2.









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Full Scorecard

Team Kandy

270/10 & 65/3

(16 overs)

Result

Team Colombo

138/9 & 0/0

(0 overs)

Match Drawn

Team Kandy’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
T. Paranawithana lbw by Dilesh Gunaratne 1 19
M Udawatte c Shehan Jayasuriya b Pramod Makalanda 0 1
C. Asalanka c Dananjaya De Silva b Wanindu Hasaranga 57 117
N. Dickwella (runout) Dilesh Gunaratne 38 39
Priyamal Perera b Wanindu Hasaranga 79 146
J. Mendis lbw by Shehan Jayasuriya 21 45
S. Pathirana b Dilruwan Perera 12 28
I Udana (runout) Shehan Jayasuriya 9 11
P. Jayasuriya not out 23 39
L. Kumara lbw by Wanindu Hasaranga 2 8
Kasun Rajitha lbw by Wanindu Hasaranga 4 19
Extras
24
Total
270/10 (77.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-79, 4-141, 5-189, 6-221, 7-235, 8-239, 9-241, 10-270
Bowling O M R W E
Dilesh Gunaratne 14 2 50 1 3.57
Pramod Makalanda 6 0 32 1 5.33
Kavishka Anjula 7 0 32 0 4.57
Dilruwan Perera 20 5 46 1 2.30
D.De.Silva 11 0 38 0 3.45
W. Hasaranga 9.1 1 40 4 4.40
Shehan Jayasuriya 10 2 23 1 2.30

Team Colombo’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Kaushal Silva c Jeewan Mendis b Isuru Udana 26 58
Shehan Jayasuriya c Niroshan Dickwella b Kasun Rajitha 25 54
D.De.Silva lbw by Prabath Jayasuriya 2 7
Lahiru Thirimanne b Kasun Rajitha 21 38
LD Chandimal b Isuru Udana 10 40
W. Hasaranga c Niroshan Dickwella b Kasun Rajitha 0 2
Dilruwan Perera c Tharanga Paranawithana b Isuru Udana 5 14
T.De.Silva c Niroshan Dickwella b Isuru Udana 16 18
Kavishka Anjula b Kasun Rajitha 14 15
Pramod Makalanda not out 3 8
Dilesh Gunaratne not out 3 6
Extras
13
Total
138/9 (43 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-62, 2-64, 3-75, 4-93, 5-93, 6-97, 7-108, 8-127, 9-133
Bowling O M R W E
Kasun Rajitha 17 3 67 4 3.94
I Udana 14 3 35 4 2.50
L. Kumara 7 1 16 0 2.29
P. Jayasuriya 5 2 11 1 2.20







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