Upul Tharanga special dismantles Kandy

Super Provincial Limited-Over Cricket Tournament

By
Roscoe Thattil
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Tharanga slammed 16 fours and 1 six during his match-winning century at P. Sara Oval Grounds on 11th May, 2018

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

Team Colombo skipper Thisara Perera won the toss and elected to bat first before they got off to a horrific start when Dilshan Munaweera fell for a duck in the first over. Colombo soon found themselves at 51/4 before Angelo Perera and Lasith Abeyratne seemed to get them back on track with a partnership of 62 runs for the fifth wicket. The dismissal of Perera though opened the flood gates as they were soon bowled out for 162 in the 40th over.

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.









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Full Scorecard

Team Colombo

162/10

(39.4 overs)

Result

Team Dambulla

166/4

(36.3 overs)

Dambulla won by 6 wickets

Team Colombo’s Innings

Batting R B
D.Munaweera c Nishan Madushka b Binura Fernando 0 3
Shehan Jayasuriya c Lahiru Madushanka b TN Sampath 3 8
K Mendis st Nishan Madushka b Sachithra Serasinghe 33 45
L. Abeyrathne c Binura Fernando b Ashan Priyanjan 49 80
Chamara Silva c Nishan Madushka b Sachithra Serasinghe 1 2
Angelo Perera c Thisaru Rasmika b Amila Aponso 33 43
NLTC Perera c weerakody b Ashan Priyanjan 23 30
W. Hasaranga (runout) Nishan Madushka 1 2
SN Peiris c TN Sampath b Ashan Priyanjan 3 12
T.De.Silva c Nishan Madushka b TN Sampath 10 12
Dilesh Gunaratne not out 0 0
Extras
6 (LB 1 , WD 5)
Total
162/10 (39.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0 (D Munaweera, 0.3 ov), 2-14 (S Jayasuriya, 3.5 ov), 3-49 (K Mendis, 13.3 ov), 4-51 (C Silva, 13.6 ov), 5-113 (A Perera, 27.3 ov), 6-135 (L Abeyratne, 31.4 ov), 7-136 (W de Silva, 32.1 ov), 8-145 (S Peiris, 35.2 ov), 9-162 (T de Silva, 38.5 ov), 10-162 (T Perera, 39.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
B.Fernando 6 0 12 1 2.00
Thisaru Rasmika 5 0 33 0 6.60
TN Sampath 10 0 42 2 4.20
L. Madushanka 4 0 18 0 4.50
Sachithra Serasinghe 4 0 20 2 5.00
MA Aponso 6 0 25 1 4.17
A. Priyanjan 4.4 0 11 3 2.50

Team Dambulla’s Innings

Batting R B
Ruvindu Gunasekara lbw by Sachintha Peiris 0 7
Sandun Weerakody c Kamindu Mendis b Sachintha Peiris 96 83
Nipun Karunanayake b Shehan Jayasuriya 11 25
A. Priyanjan c Lasith Abeyrathne b Kamindu Mendis 17 44
Sachithra Serasinghe not out 29 59
TN Sampath not out 4 2
Extras
9 (LB 2, NB 1, WD 6)
Total
166/4 (36.3 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0 (R Gunasekera, 2.1 ov), 2-33 (N Karunanayake, 9.1 ov), 3-87 (A Priyanjan, 20.6 ov), 4-162 (S Weerakkody, 36.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
SN Peiris 7.3 2 31 2 4.25
NLTC Perera 2 1 11 0 5.50
Shehan Jayasuriya 10 2 46 1 4.60
D.Munaweera 2 0 15 0 7.50
Angelo Perera 4 0 12 0 3.00
K Mendis 7 1 32 1 4.57
W. Hasaranga 4 1 17 0 4.25







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.









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Full Scorecard

Team Kandy

272/9

(50 overs)

Result

Team Galle

276/7

(47.4 overs)

GALLE WON BY 3 WICKETS

Team Kandy’s Innings

Batting R B
D. Gunathilaka c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Dhananjaya Lakshan 5 4
Avishka Fernando c Nishan Peiris b Dammika Prasad 6 11
C. Asalanka c Ramith Rambukwella b Nishan Peiris 55 58
C. Kapugedara b Malinda Pushpakumara 18 25
Priyamal Perera st Sadeera Samarawickrama b Malinda Pushpakumara 7 21
M. Bhanuka c Ramith Rambukwella b Dammika Prasad 82 83
J. Mendis c Ashen Bandara b Sammu Ashan 43 63
S. Pathirana c Ashen Bandara b Malinda Pushpakumara 25 20
AJC.Silva c Ashen Bandara b Malinda Pushpakumara 12 10
I Udana not out 9 6
P. Jayasuriya not out 0 0
Extras
10 (LB 2 , NB 1 , WD 7)
Total
272/9 (50 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-13 (D Gunathilaka, 1.3 ov), 2-17 (A Fernando, 2.6 ov), 3-80 (C Kapugedera, 12.4 ov), 4-94 (P Perera, 18.5 ov), 5-100 (C Asalanka, 21.3 ov), 6-223 (J Mendis, 43.3 ov), 7-226 (M Bhanuka, 44.3 ov), 8-251 (AJC Silva, 47.5 ov), 9-265 (S Pathirana, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Dammika Prasad 10 1 71 2 7.10
Dhananjaya Lakshan 6 0 48 1 8.00
M. Pushpakumara 10 0 41 4 4.10
R. Rambukwella 3 0 26 0 8.67
Nishan Peiris 10 0 34 1 3.40
Sammu Ashan 10 0 40 1 4.00
L.Milantha 1 0 10 0 10.00

Team Galle’s Innings

Batting R B
R. Rambukwella b Charith Asalanka 34 39
WU Tharanga c Minod Bhanuka b Danushka Gunathilaka 127 121
S.Samarawickrama b Prabath Jayasuriya 2 4
L.Milantha c Jeewan Mendis b Charith Asalanka 5 9
Sammu Ashan lbw by Prabath Jayasuriya 51 67
A.Bandara b Sachith Pathirana 7 18
Dhananjaya Lakshan c Isuru Udana b Sachith Pathirana 1 6
S. Prasanna not out 34 16
M. Pushpakumara not out 5 7
Extras
10 (LB 6 , NB 1 , WD 3)
Total
276/7 (47.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-81 (R Rambukwella, 12.3 ov), 2-90 (S Samarawickrama, 13.4 ov), 3-107 (L Milantha, 16.5 ov), 4-220 (S Ashan, 39.2 ov), 5-226 (U Tharanga, 40.2 ov), 6-229 (D Lakshan, 41.6 ov), 7-250 (A Bandara, 45.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
D. Gunathilaka 8 1 47 1 5.88
I Udana 8 0 55 0 6.88
C. Asalanka 10 0 46 2 4.60
AJC.Silva 2 0 14 0 7.00
P. Jayasuriya 10 0 42 2 4.20
S. Pathirana 7.4 0 41 2 5.54
J. Mendis 2 0 25 0 12.50







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