Roshen Silva’s 231 puts Galle on top

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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) continued for day two today at Katunayake and Hambanthota.

Colombo vs Galle

The Galle team resumed day two on 321 for 6 with Roshen Silva and Nisala Tharaka at the crease. They started day two pretty well and built a valuable 49-run partnership for the 7th wicket but Tharaka was dismissed by left arm spinner Lasith Ambuldeniya for 20 runs.

Akila Dananjaya joined Roshen Silva and continued to pile on valuable runs as putting on a 61-run partnership for the 8th wicket before Dananjaya ran himself out for 24 runs. Even though Roshen Silva continued to lose partners at the other end, he managed to score his highest score in first class cricket, 231 not out.

Off spinner Dilruwan Perera was the pick of the bowlers for Galle, picking up 3 wickets while Lasith Ambuldeniya and Kavishka Anjula grabbed 2 wickets each. In reply, the lads from Colombo lost both their openers Shehan Jayasuriya and Kaushal Silva for 25 runs.

However, the experienced Lahiru Thirimanne and Dananjaya de Silva built an unbeaten 79 run partnership for the 3rd wicket as Colombo finished day two on 104 runs for 2 wickets. Dananjaya de Silva batted aggressively as his innings of 53 runs off 43 balls came at a strike rate of 123.25.

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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 team resumed day two on 382 for 7 and lost overnight batsman Ashan Priyanjan for 156 runs. His knock came off 239 balls and included 18 boundaries. Even though they lost their premier batsman early in the day, Sachithra Senanayaka who is renowned for his off spin showed his batting credentials with a brilliant century.

His blistering innings came off just 109 balls including 11 fours and 4 massive sixes. The Dambulla team was eventually bowled out after scoring a mammoth 480 runs. Two speedsters of the Kandy team, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara picked up 3 wickets each.

In reply, left handed Tharanga Paranavithana and Mahela Udawatte built a 35 run partnership for the first wicket within 10.4 overs. Then another left handed batsman Charith Asalanka joined Mahela Udawatte and put on a decent 75 run partnership for the second wicket.  

Skipper Niroshan Dickwella came to the crease at 110 for 2 and piled on another impressive 76 run partnership with Mahela Udawatte but the latter was unfortunately dismissed for 97 runs. Udawatte’s knock included 11 fours and 1 six.

Niroshan Dickwella played a captain’s knock and remained unbeaten on 55 runs when umpires called stumps on day two. Seamer Lahiru Gamage and off spinner Sachithra Serasinghe picked up one wicket each for Dambulla team.

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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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