Heavens open up as Colombo joins Galle for final showdown

Super Provincial Limited Over Tournament

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Colombo's Captain Thisara Perera (L) Appeals for a LBW in his teams encounter with Galle in the ongoing Provintial tournament. Match was called off due to rains.
The final round of league stage matches of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Super Four Provincial Limited Over Tournament, ended in no result due to severe rain in Colombo on Thursday.

The washouts also meant that Team Colombo made it through to the final scheduled for the 20th of May and will meet Team Galle who had already booked their place ahead of today’s game. The final will be played at the R. Premadasa International Stadium and will be a day/night encounter.

Dambulla vs Kandy

Ashan Priyanjan’s hot run of form continued when he struck a fluent 73 runs off 77 balls to guide Dambulla to a competitive 257/7 in their allotted 50 overs at the P. Sara Oval. His knock included 6 fours and 2 sixes while more remarkably his innings helped him top the batting run charts at the end of the league stage with 279 runs. Shehan Jayasuriya came second with 275 runs while Upul Tharanga made 272 runs.
 
TM Sampath and Sachithra Serasinghe also made useful 40’s while Lahiru Madushanka provided some late fireworks with a better than run-a-ball 34*. Charith Asalanka and Jeevan Mendis captured two wickets apiece for Team Kandy.
Only 1.1 overs of play were possible in Kandy’s run chase as the rain came down to bring a premature end to the game and ending Dambulla’s hopes of qualifying for the day night encounter.
 








Title





Full Scorecard

Team Dambulla

257/7

(49 overs)

Result

Team Kandy

17/0

(1.1 overs)

No result

Team Dambulla’s Innings

Batting R B
Nishan Madushka c M.Bhanuka b I.Udana 15 23
Sandun Weerakody lbw by J.Silva 7 6
Sachithra Serasinghe c D.Gunathilaka b J.Mendis 41 66
Ashan Priyanjan c P.Nissanka b C.Asalanka 73 77
Milinda Siriwardane b C.Asalanka 9 16
TN.Sampath c I.Udana b P.Jayasuriya 42 52
Sachithra Senanayake c R.Mendis b J.Mendis 17 15
Lahiru Madushanka not out 34 33
Shehan Madushanka not out 9 6
Extras
10 (LB 2 , WD 8)
Total
257/7 (49 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-8 (S Weerakkody, 1.4 ov), 2-44 (N.Madushka, 8.1 ov), 3-99 (S Serasinghe, 22.5 ov), 4-141 (M Siriwardana, 30.1 ov), 5-152 (A Priyanjan, 32.4 ov), 6-179 (S Senanayake, 37.5 ov), 7-226 (TN Sampath, 46.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Isuru Udana 8 0 59 1 7.38
Janith Silva 5 2 17 1 3.40
Prabath Jayasuriya 10 0 50 1 5.00
Jeewan Mendis 10 0 34 2 3.40
Danushka Gunathilaka 8 0 52 0 6.50
Ramesh Mendis 1 0 11 0 11.00
Charith Asalanka 7 1 32 2 4.57

Team Kandy’s Innings

Batting R B
Danushka Gunathilake not out 13 5
Pathum Nissanka not out 4 2
Extras
0
Total
17/0 (1.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
Bowling O M R W E
Binura Fernando 1 0 13 0 13.00
Lahiru Madushanka 0.1 0 4 0 40.00








Colombo vs Galle

Not even one innings was completed in the game between Colombo and Galle at the R. Premadasa International Stadium, but it was good enough for both teams to qualify for the final.
Ramith Rambukwella fell early on after Galle won the toss and batted first, but it was initially the Bhanuka Rajapakse show, before the ever promising Sadeera Samarawickrama took over.

Video – Ashan Priyanjan – 50 off 51 balls

Dambulla middle order batsman Ashan Priyanjan stroked a 51-ball 50 against Colombo in their SLC…

Rajapakse fell for an entertaining 59 but Samarawickrama who has gathered momentum as the tournament progressed, remained unbeaten on 72* when the heavens opened up and Team Galle on 155/2 in 30 overs. The elegant Samarawickrama’s knock also helped him burst into the top five run scorers of the tournament with 234 runs while no further play was possible as the rain continued to pour down.








Title





Full Scorecard

Team Galle

155/2

(30 overs)

Result

Team Colombo

0/0

(0 overs)

No result

Team Galle’s Innings

Batting R B
Banuka Rajapakshe lbw by S.Jayasuriya 59 56
Ramith Rambukwella c K.Mendis b T.Perera 0 2
Sadeera Samarawickrama not out 72 94
Sammu Ashan not out 16 28
Extras
8 (LB 2 , WD 6)
Total
155/2 (30 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-1 (R Rambukwella, 0.3 ov), 2-124 (B Rajapaksa, 21.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Thisara Perera 5 0 33 1 6.60
Kavishka Anjula 4 1 12 0 3.00
Lakshan Sandakan 4 0 18 0 4.50
Thikshila De Silva 5 0 38 0 7.60
Wannindu Hasaranga 3 0 18 0 6.00
Shehan Jayasuriya 5 0 22 1 4.40
Kamindu Mendis 4 0 12 0 3.00

Team Colombo’s Innings

Batting R B
Extras
Total
0/0 (0 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
Bowling O M R W E