Two matches of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Super Provincial Limited Over Tournament concluded on Friday at P. Sara Oval and CCC grounds.
Colombo vs Dambulla
Sadeera Samarawickrama century drowns Colombo
Kandy vs Dambulla Team Dambulla had a dream start after they won the toss and elected to field first…
Lasith Abeyratne top scored with 49 for Colombo while both Angelo Perera and Kamindu Mendis made 33 a piece. It was a good outing for the off-spinners of Dambulla as Ashan Priyanjan captured three wickets while Sachithra Serasinghe and T M Sampath picked up two a piece.
Dambulla had no trouble reaching their target with Sri Lanka cap Sandun Weerakkody blasting his way to 96, before being dismissed with the scores level. His knock included 9 fours and 4 sixes and came off just 83 balls.
Sachithra Serasinghe capped off a decent all-round performance as he remained unbeaten on 29* with Dambulla reaching the target in the 37th over. Sachintha Pieris who was impressive for NCC with the white ball in the domestic tournament captured 2/31 for Team Colombo.
Kandy vs Galle
Minod Bhanuka’s late heroics lifted Team Kandy to 272/9 after they won the toss and elected to bat first. While Charith Asalanka made a patient half century at the top of the order, it was Bhanuka who added much needed impetus to the Kandy innings with an almost run-a-ball 82.
Left arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara bowled best for Team Galle with outstanding figures of 4/41 off his 10 overs. Dhammika Prasad also captured two useful wickets though he conceded 71 runs in his quota of 10 overs.
ජයසූරිය කොළඹ පෙරමුණින් තබයි; ගාල්ලට පළමු ජය
අන්තර් පළාත් සුපිරි එක්දින ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියේ තරග ද්විත්වයක් සෙනසුරාදා (05) පැවැත්වූයේ කොළඹ, නුවර කණ්ඩායම්…
It was a tricky run chase for Team Galle but their skipper and Sri Lanka limited overs opener Upul Tharanga seemed to be at his fluent best, stroking the ball to all parts of the ground. He came up with some delightful stroke-play though he only found support from middle order bat Sammu Ashan who chipped in with a half century. Tharanga eventually reached the three figure mark as he continued to march on his merry way before his wicket and a cluster of wickets thereafter placed them in a precarious situation.
Tharanga’s 127 which came off 121 balls included 16 hits to the rope and 1 over it as the game continued to head towards a thrilling finish after his dismissal. From 220/3 they slid to 250/7 but Seekuge Prasanna did what he does best and took the bowlers to the cleaners with an explosive unbeaten 34* off just 16 balls as Galle recorded a much deserved three wicket victory.
Charith Asalanka, Prabath Jayasuriya and Sachith Pathirana captured three wickets a piece for Team Kandy.
 Super Provincial Limited Over Tournament concluded today (11). ){kind=link}