Sadeera Samarawickrama century drowns Colombo

SLC Super Provincial Limited Overs Tournament 2018

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Kandy vs Dambulla

Team Dambulla had a dream start after they won the toss and elected to field first as the much fancied Team Kandy were bowled out inside of 30 overs for a paltry 127.

It could have been worse for Kandy at 53/6 but a couple of useful knocks late in the innings from Sachith Pathirana(38) and  Chamara Kapugedara(40) guided them to a bit of respectability.

It was Lahiru Gamage and the returning quick (from injury) Shehan Madushanka who made the early inroads, sharing four wickets among them, before Jeffrey Vandersay drove home the advantage with mesmerizing figures of 4/07 in 4.1 overs.

All-round Jayasuriya makes it two out of two for Colombo

The second set of matches in the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)..

Kusal Perera and Ruvindu Gunasekara were brilliant at the top of the order for Dambulla with scores of 41 & 38 respectively during the run chase, before TM Sampath and Lahiru Madushanka remained unbeaten to guide them home inside 19 overs. Sachith Pathirana captured three wickets for Team Kandy.









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Full Scorecard

Team Dambulla

130/5

(18.5 overs)

Result

Team Kandy

127/10

(29.1 overs)

Dambulla won by 5 wickets

Team Dambulla’s Innings

Batting R B
Kusal Janith c Priyamal Perera b Isuru Udana 41 24
Ruvindu Gunasekara st Niroshan Dickwella b Sachith Pathirana 38 44
Nishan Madushka c Niroshan Dickwella b Isuru Udana 17 15
Sachithra Serasinghe c Isuru Udana b Sachith Pathirana 3 8
M. Siriwardana c Jeewan Mendis b Sachith Pathirana 0 2
TN Sampath not out 16 16
L. Madushanka not out 10 4
Extras
Total
130/5 (18.5 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
Bowling O M R W E
Kasun Rajitha 7 0 46 0 6.57
Pramod Madushan 3 0 29 0 9.67
D. Gunathilaka 2 0 12 0 6.00
I Udana 4 0 21 2 5.25
S. Pathirana 2.5 0 21 3 8.40

Team Kandy’s Innings

Batting R B
N. Dickwella c Milinda Siriwardana b Lahiru Gamage 6 10
D. Gunathilaka lbw by Asitha Fernando 6 6
M Udawatte (runout) Jeffery Vandersay 0 8
A Mathews c Sachithra Serasinghe b Lahiru Gamage 2 8
C. Kapugedara b Jeffery Vandersay 40 52
Priyamal Perera c Nishan Madushka b Shehan Madushanka 12 13
J. Mendis b Shehan Madushanka 2 9
S. Pathirana c Asitha Fernando b Jeffery Vandersay 38 41
I Udana c Milinda Siriwardana b Jeffery Vandersay 4 14
Pramod Madushan not out 4 9
Kasun Rajitha lbw by Jeffery Vandersay 0 5
Extras
13 (B 4, WD 9)
Total
127/10 (29.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-12 (N Dickwella, 2.3 ov), 2-12 (D Gunathilaka, 3.1 ov), 3-14 (M Udawatte, 4.4 ov), 4-16 (A Mathews, 6.2 ov), 5-34 (P Perera, 10.2 ov), 6-53 (J Mendis, 14.1 ov), 7-92 (C Kapugedera, 21.4 ov), 8-111 (I Udana, 25.5 ov), 9-117 (S Pathirana, 27.2 ov), 10-127 (K Rajitha, 29.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
L. Gamage 8 0 29 2 3.63
A.Fernando 6 0 27 1 4.50
L. Madushanka 5 0 25 0 5.00
DSK Madushanka 6 0 35 2 5.83
J.Vandersay 4.1 1 7 4 1.71








Galle vs Colombo 

It seems like forever since the elegant Sadeera Samarawickrama played all three formats for Sri Lanka, but he showed his class after a lean run of form in the recent past, when he smashed a swashbuckling 130 runs off just 118 balls against Team Colombo.

The stylish Samarawickrama was well in control right throughout his innings stroking 11 fours and a rather surprising 4 sixes, as he put on 129 for the second wicket with the more explosive Rakith Rambukwella. Rambuwella went on his merry way to make 87 off just 79 balls inclusive of 6 fours and 6 sixes.

Photo Album – Dambulla vs Galle | SLC Super Provincial One Day Tournament

While Samarawickrama batted deep into the innings with his 130, it was Chathuranga De Silva who added impetus to the innings with a flamboyant 57 off just 35 balls as Galle posted a mammoth 347/7 in their allotted 50 overs.

It was always going to be an uphill battle for Colombo but the second wicket  pair of Shehan Jayasuriya and Lahiru Thirimanne kept them in the match for a brief period before eventually folding up for just 200 runs. While Jayasuriya made a better than run a ball 70, Thirimanne was unfortunate to be dismissed two runs short of a deserving half century as the rest of the batting crumbled against a rising required rate.

Malinda Pushpakumara was the chief tormentor with the ball capturing 4/24 in his quota of ten overs, as he had a firm grip on the Colombo middle order. Suranga Lakmal, Dasun Shanaka and Seekuge Prasanna also picked up two wickets apiece as Galle secured vital points in a bid to rise to the top of the table.









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Full Scorecard

Team Galle

347/7

(50 overs)

Result

Team Colombo

200/10

(42.5 overs)

galle won by 147 runs

Team Galle’s Innings

Batting R B
R. Rambukwella c Dananjaya De Silva b Lakshan Sandakan 87 79
WU Tharanga c Dananjaya De Silva b Vishwa Fernando 2 14
S.Samarawickrama st Dinesh Chandimal b Lakshan Sandakan 130 118
MD Shanaka c Dinesh Chandimal b Lakshan Sandakan 4 7
R. Silva c Lahiru Thirimanne b Thiksila De Silva 23 32
PC de Silva b Thisara Perera 57 35
Sammu Ashan not out 7 10
S. Prasanna c Dilshan Munaweera b Vishwa Fernando 19 6
Extras
18 (LB 7, NB 1, WD 10)
Total
347/7 (50 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-7 (U Tharanga, 3.5 ov), 2-136 (R Rambukwella, 24.3 ov), 3-148 (D Shanaka, 26.2 ov), 4-213 (R Silva, 37.3 ov), 5-284 (S Samarawickrama, 44.5 ov), 6-325 (C de Silva, 48.4 ov), 7-347 (S Prasanna, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
NLTC Perera 7 0 49 1 7.00
V. Fernando 9 0 80 2 8.89
T.De.Silva 5 0 32 1 6.40
Shehan Jayasuriya 10 0 59 0 5.90
D.De.Silva 2 0 14 0 7.00
D.Munaweera 4 0 15 0 3.75
L. Sandakan 10 0 66 3 6.60
L. Embuldeniya 3 0 25 0 8.33

Team Colombo’s Innings

Batting R B
D.Munaweera c Ramith Rambukwella b Suranga Lakmal 1 5
Shehan Jayasuriya lbw by Malinda Pushpakumara 70 65
Lahiru Thirimanne c Chathuranga de Silva b Dasun Shanaka 48 53
D.De.Silva b Dasun Shanaka 4 14
LD Chandimal st Sadeera Samarawickrama b Malinda Pushpakumara 1 7
NLTC Perera b Suranga Lakmal 8 7
Chamara Silva c Dammika Prasad b Malinda Pushpakumara 14 15
T.De.Silva c Ashen Bandara b Malinda Pushpakumara 21 21
L. Sandakan c Ashen Bandara b Seekuge Prasanna 9 41
L. Embuldeniya not out 7 16
V. Fernando c Suranga Lakmal b Seekuge Prasanna 5 13
Extras
12 (LB 1, WD 11)
Total
200/10 (42.5 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
Bowling O M R W E
Suranga Lakmal 7 0 40 2 5.71
Dammika Prasad 5 0 34 0 6.80
Sammu Ashan 2 0 20 0 10.00
R. Rambukwella 6 0 32 0 5.33
MD Shanaka 5 0 25 1 5.00
M. Pushpakumara 10 3 24 4 2.40
S. Prasanna 6.4 2 21 2 3.28
R. Silva 1 0 3 0 3.00