Home Cricket Domestic Cricket Shehan Jayasuriya century leads Colombo to thrilling win

Shehan Jayasuriya century leads Colombo to thrilling win

SLC Super Provincial Tournament 2019

1494

A stunning century from discarded Sri Lanka all-rounder Shehan Jayasuriya led Colombo to a thrilling 3 run win (D/L) over Kandy in their SLC Super Provincial Tournament 2019 game on Saturday at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium.

Dhananjaya De Silva excels in the second win for Galle

Colombo led by Dinesh Chandimal posted a competitive 289/6 in their allotted 50 overs, with Angelo Perera also chipping in with 84 runs. 

Jayasuriya, the stylish left-hander hailing from Moratuwa, hit the ball to all corners of the ground before he was eventually dismissed for 115. 

Skipper Chandimal also made a useful 35 runs while Kasun Rajitha picked up two wickets for Kandy conceding 74 runs. 

Kandy was in the hunt with skipper Dimuth Karunaratne giving them a solid start making 44 runs at the top of the order, as they kept up with the required rate during most parts of their innings.

Young left-hander Sangeeth Cooray held the innings together making an unbeaten 82*, as Kandy needed 85 off 11 overs when play was stopped due to bad light. 

Photos: Kandy vs Colombo | Super Provincial One Day 2019

Cooray got good support from Pathum Nissanka and Sachithra Senanayake who made 36 and 23 respectively, but it wasn’t enough for Kandy as a few late wickets meant they fell short by 3 runs on the D/L method. 

Seekuge Prasanna bowled best for the winners as he went on to capture two wickets for 55 runs. With this win, Galle secured their place in the Final with a game to spare.

>>> VISIT THE HUB <<<

Result


Team Colombo
289/6 (50)

Team Kandy
205/5 (39)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Avisha Fernando not out 5 7 1 0 71.43
Upul Tharanga lbw b Kasun Rajitha 1 4 0 0 25.00
Dinesh Chamdimal c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Sachithra Senanayake 35 34 7 0 102.94
Shehan Jayasuriya run out (Thisara Perera) 115 133 9 2 86.47
Kamindu Mendis c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Sangeeth Cooray 13 26 0 0 50.00
Angelo Perera run out (Dimuth Karunaratne) 84 82 9 1 102.44
Seekkuge Prasanna c Pathum Nissanka b Kasun Rajitha 17 11 1 1 154.55
Chamika Karunaratne not out 5 3 0 0 166.67
Chamara Silva not out 0 1 0 0 0.00


Extras 14 (b 1 , lb 8 , nb 1, w 4, pen 0)
Total 289/6 (50 Overs, RR: 5.78)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Nuwan Pradeep 10 1 66 0 6.60
Kasun Rajitha 9 1 74 2 8.22
Thisara Perera 8 0 47 0 5.88
Sachithra Senanayake 10 0 28 1 2.80
Sangeeth Cooray 4 0 17 1 4.25
Jeffrey Vandersay 6 0 34 0 5.67
Chathuranga de Sliva 3 0 14 0 4.67


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Sadeera Samarawickrama b Suranga Lakmal 4 9 1 0 44.44
Dimuth Karunaratne c Chamika Karunaratne b Kamindu Mendis 44 58 5 0 75.86
Sangeeth Cooray run out (Chamika Karunaratne) 82 100 0 0 82.00
Pathum Nissanka lbw b Seekkuge Prasanna 36 35 2 0 102.86
Sachithra Senanayake b Seekkuge Prasanna 23 26 1 1 88.46
Priyamal Perera not out 2 2 0 0 100.00
Thisara Perera not out 9 4 2 0 225.00


Extras 5 (b 1 , lb 1 , nb 0, w 3, pen 0)
Total 205/5 (39 Overs, RR: 5.26)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Suranga Lakmal 6 2 24 1 4.00
Asitha Fernando 6 0 29 0 4.83
Shehan Jayasuriya 7 0 36 0 5.14
Chamika Karunaratne 4 1 18 0 4.50
Seekkuge Prasanna 9 0 55 2 6.11
Kamindu Mendis 7 0 41 1 5.86