The rain continued to hamper the proceedings of the third week’s matches of National Super League 2023 at Kandy and Dambulla.
Read : Chandraguptha and Rathnayake star in rain-hit day one
Colombo vs Jaffna
There were only 11.4 overs of play possible on day two of the encounter between Colombo and Jaffna at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium as the rain washed out the rest of the play for the day.
During the short passage of play, Jaffna who were in a spot of bother at the close of play on day one at 136/5, lost 2 more wickets for 35 runs including the big scalp of the skipper Dhananjaya de Silva.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navod Paranavithana | c Tharindu Rathnayake b Nuwan Pradeep | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Ron Chandraguptha | st Manoj Sarathchandra b Tharindu Rathnayake | 68 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 71.58 |
| Kasun Abeyratne | run out (Manoj Sarathchandra) | 36 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Madawa Warnapura | b Tharindu Rathnayake | 13 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 24.07 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | c Avisha Fernando b Prabath Jayasuriya | 19 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 45.24 |
| Avishka Tharindu | b Tharindu Rathnayake | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Lahiru Madushanka | c Manoj Sarathchandra b Kasun Rajitha | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ravindu Fernando | b Nuwan Pradeep | 24 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 68.57 |
| Kavindu Pathiratne | b Tharindu Ratnayaka | 16 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 24.62 |
| Dilum Sudeera | c Ashen Bandara b Nuwan Pradeep | 6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Nipun Malinga | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 13 (b 5 , lb 4 , nb 2, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 199/10 (70.1 Overs, RR: 2.84) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasun Rajitha | 18 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 3.11 | |
| Nuwan Pradeep | 15.1 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 3.31 | |
| Nisala Tharaka | 12 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 3.17 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 13 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 1.69 | |
| Tharindu Rathnayake | 12 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 2.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heshan Fernando | c Kasun Abeyratne b Lahiru Madushanka | 35 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 42.17 |
| Avisha Fernando | c Lahiru Madushanka b Dhananjaya de Silva | 62 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 73.81 |
| Nipun Ransika | c Kasun Abeyratne b Pramod Madushan | 13 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 30.23 |
| Roshane Silva | run out (Dilum Sudeera ) | 32 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 35.96 |
| Ashen Bandara | c Avishka Tharindu b Navod Paranavithana | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Manoj Sarathchandra | c Lahiru Madushanka b Kavindu Pathiratne | 57 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 47.50 |
| Nisala Tharaka | c Kavindu Pathiratne b Lahiru Madushanka | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | c Navod Paranavithana b Kavindu Pathiratne | 44 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 58.67 |
| Tharindu Rathnayake | b Lahiru Madushanka | 11 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Kasun Rajitha | c Kasun Abeyratne b Kavindu Pathiratne | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 20.59 |
| Nuwan Pradeep | not out | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 14 (b 10 , lb 2 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 289/10 (97.1 Overs, RR: 2.97) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramod Madushan | 16 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 4.88 | |
| Kavindu Pathiratne | 16.1 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 2.98 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 10 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2.50 | |
| Ravindu Fernando | 19 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 2.16 | |
| Dilum Sudeera | 14 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 3.21 | |
| Lahiru Madushanka | 16 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 2.00 | |
| Navod Paranavithana | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1.33 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navod Paranavithana | c Manoj Sarathchandra b Nuwan Pradeep | 26 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 72.22 |
| Ron Chandraguptha | b Kasun Rajitha | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Kasun Abeyratne | c Manoj Sarathchandra b Nuwan Pradeep | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Madawa Warnapura | c Pramod Maduwantha b Nuwan Pradeep | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 63.64 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | c Roshane Silva b Kasun Rajitha | 23 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 88.46 |
| Avishka Tharindu | lbw b Tharindu Ratnayaka | 50 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 62.50 |
| Lahiru Madushanka | b Tharindu Ratnayaka | 43 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 63.24 |
| Ravindu Fernando | c Avisha Fernando b Prabath Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kavindu Pathiratne | not out | 27 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 65.85 |
| Dilum Sudeera | not out | 17 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 28.81 |
| Extras | 14 (b 4 , lb 5 , nb 1, w 4, pen 0) |
| Total | 229/8 (61 Overs, RR: 3.75) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasun Rajitha | 8.3 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 3.13 | |
| Nisala Tharaka | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3.86 | |
| Tharindu Ratnayaka | 21 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 3.71 | |
| Nuwan Pradeep | 5.3 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 6.04 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 19 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 3.00 | |
Read More : Sanoj Darshika helps Dambulla complete run chase over Jaffna
Dambulla vs Kandy
The other encounter between Dambulla and Kandy completely washed out for the second consecutive day at Dambulla International Cricket Stadium due to inclement weather conditions.
Result
