Ton-up Thirimanne makes strong case for selection

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Kanishka Sanjeewa
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Two games of the Super Provincial four day cricket tournament, organized by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) continued for the 3rd day at Katunayake and Hambanthota.

Colombo vs Galle

Galle team managed to take major honours against the strong Colombo team on day three. The Colombo team resumed day three on 104 runs for 2 wickets but right-handed stroke maker Dananjaya de Silva was dismissed early for 66 runs finishing a brilliant 93-run partnership with Lahiru Thirimanne.

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Sri Lanka’s test skipper Dinesh Chandimal could not stay long at the crease as he was dismissed for 18 runs by off spinner Akila Dananjaya. The lads from Colombo continued to lose wickets and at one stage were 171 runs for 6 wickets. However, experienced left hander Lahiru Thirimanne anchored the innings with the tail-enders building some valuable partnerships.

He built a 79-run partnership with Kavishka Anjula for the seventh wicket and another 81-run partnership with Lasith Ambuldeniya for the eighth wicket. Lahiru Thirimanne remained unbeaten on 125 runs which came off 258 balls and included 8 boundaries.

Off spinner Akila Dananjaya was the pick of the bowlers as he took 3 wickets for 61 runs while left arm seamer Mohomed Dilshad and left arm spinner Chathuranga de Silva picked up 2 wickets each for Galle as they began their second innings 143 runs ahead but only one over was bowled as the umpires stopped play for day three due to bad light at 4.30 pm.









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Full Scorecard

Team Galle's 2nd Inning

Team Colombo

333/10 & 0/0

(0 overs)

Result

Team Galle

476/10 & 177/3

(56 overs)

Match Drawn

Team Colombo’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Kaushal Silva b Mohomed Dilshad 13 26
Shehan Jayasuriya c Oshada Fernando b Nisala Tharaka 8 17
D.De.Silva lbw by Mohomed Dilshad 66 59
Lahiru Thirimanne not out 125 258
LD Chandimal c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Akila Dananjaya 18 30
Chamara Silva b Akila Dananjaya 10 25
Dilruwan Perera c Madawa Warnapura b Akila Dananjaya 0 1
Kavishka Anjula c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Dasun Shanaka 46 57
L. Embuldeniya lbw by Chathuranga de Silva 24 95
V. Fernando c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Chathuranga de Silva 0 10
Extras
23
Total
333/10 (95.5 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-21, 2-25, 3-117, 4-149, 5-171, 6-171, 7-250, 8-331, 9-333
Bowling O M R W E
Nisala Tharaka 17 2 66 1 3.88
Mohomed Dilshad 15 4 49 2 3.27
MD Shanaka 15 2 62 1 4.13
M. Pushpakumara 18 1 55 0 3.06
A Dananjaya 22 2 61 3 2.77
PC de Silva 8.5 1 22 2 2.59

Team Galle’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
M.Warnapura b Lasith Embuldeniya 18 39
L.Milantha (runout) Kaushal Silva 0 0
Oshada Fernando c Dushmantha Chameera b Kavishka Anjula 0 7
S.Samarawickrama c Lasith Embuldeniya b Kavishka Anjula 1 10
R. Silva not out 231 392
MD Shanaka b Dilruwan Perera 95 157
PC de Silva c Vishwa Fernando b Dilruwan Perera 47 63
Nisala Tharaka b Lasith Embuldeniya 20 36
A Dananjaya (runout) Lahiru Thirimanne 24 84
M. Pushpakumara b Vishwa Fernando 19 47
Mohomed Dilshad c Kaushal Silva b Dilruwan Perera 4 16
Extras
17
Total
476/10 (141 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-10, 4-22, 5-224, 6-321, 7-370, 8-431, 9-461, 10-476
Bowling O M R W E
V. Fernando 23 2 88 1 3.83
Kavishka Anjula 17 5 52 2 3.06
Dushmantha Chameera 11 1 31 0 2.82
L. Embuldeniya 37 1 147 2 3.97
Dilruwan Perera 34 5 106 3 3.12
D.De.Silva 8 2 13 0 1.63
Shehan Jayasuriya 11 0 31 0 2.82







Dambulla vs Kandy

The Kandy team resumed day three on 232 runs for 3 wickets with Niroshan Dickwella and Priyamal Perera continuing from where they left off yesterday. Skipper Dickwella stroked a magnificent century but was dismissed by Lahiru Gamage for 112 runs. His innings came off 154 balls at a strike rate of 72.72 and included 10 fours.

Priyamal Perera stroked 62 runs off 118 balls including 7 fours as they put on a 132-run partnership for the fourth wicket. However, after their dismissals, Kandy collapsed from 340 for 5 to 364 runs all out. Right-arm seamer Lahiru Gamage was the main destroyer with the ball, picking up 5 important wickets for 71 runs.

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In addition, off spinner Sachithra Serasinghe picked up 2 wickets for 39 runs for the Dambulla team. They began their second innings 116 runs ahead but could not get a good start as Kusal Mendis was dismissed again by Kasun Rajitha for 13 runs.

Fast bowler Kasun Rajitha continued to trouble the batsmen as number three batsman Nipun Karunanayake and first innings hero with the bat Ashan Priyanjan were both dismissed by him cheaply. Skipper Dimuth Karunarathne (40) and Sachithra Serasinghe (37) tried to rescue the innings with 63 run partnership for the fourth wicket.

At once stage, they were 121 runs for 7 wickets but an unbeaten 42-run partnership between Sachithra Senanayake (23) and Milinda Siriwardene (30) saw them finish day three on 163 runs for 7 wickets. Right arm speedsters Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara picked up 3 wickets each for Kandy team.









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Full Scorecard

Team Dambulla's 1 st Inning

Team Dambulla

480/10 & 256/10

(65.5 overs)

Result

Team Kandy

364/10 & 221/2

(56.2 overs)

Match Drawn

Team Dambulla’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
D. Karunaratne lbw by Kasun Rajitha 71 108
BKG Mendis b Kasun Rajitha 8 10
Nipun Karunanayake c Kasun Rajitha b Chamika Karunaratne 6 26
A. Priyanjan c Charith Asalanka b Lahiru Kumara 156 239
Sachithra Serasinghe c Niroshan Dickwella b Kasun Rajitha 0 1
M. Siriwardana b Lahiru Kumara 6 10
M. Sarathchandra lbw by Prabath Jayasuriya 57 72
Ishan Jayaratne c Charith Asalanka b Jeewan Mendis 35 28
S. Senanayake c Minod Bhanuka b Chamika Karunaratne 105 109
J.Vandersay not out 9 39
L. Gamage c Charith Asalanka b Lahiru Kumara 5 21
Extras
22
Total
480/10 (109.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-16, 2-59, 3-129, 4-137, 5-145, 6-243, 7-298, 8-389, 9-474, 10-480
Bowling O M R W E
L. Kumara 22.4 1 105 3 4.69
Kasun Rajitha 22 4 89 3 4.05
C. Karunaratne 12 0 80 2 6.67
P. Jayasuriya 32 1 94 1 2.94
C. Asalanka 9 1 39 0 4.33
J. Mendis 12 1 59 1 4.92

Team Kandy’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
T. Paranawithana c Dimuth Karunaratne b Lahiru Gamage 6 40
M Udawatte c Manoj Sarathchandra b Sachithra Serasinghe 97 169
C. Asalanka (runout) Sachithra Senanayake 30 71
N. Dickwella c Manoj Sarathchandra b Lahiru Gamage 112 154
Priyamal Perera b Lahiru Gamage 62 118
J. Mendis c Sachithra Serasinghe b Sachithra Senanayake 6 19
C. Karunaratne lbw by Lahiru Gamage 0 5
P. Jayasuriya c Dimuth Karunaratne b Lahiru Gamage 0 10
L. Kumara c Lahiru Gamage b Sachithra Serasinghe 6 24
Kasun Rajitha not out 5 18
Extras
40
Total
364/10 (104.2 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-35, 2-110, 3-186, 4-318, 5-340, 6-340, 7-340, 8-345, 9-364, 10-364
Bowling O M R W E
L. Gamage 26 6 71 5 2.73
Ishan Jayaratne 14 0 55 0 3.93
S. Senanayake 32 10 91 1 2.84
D. Karunaratne 3 0 7 0 2.33
Sachithra Serasinghe 16.2 0 39 2 2.41
A. Priyanjan 2 0 18 0 9.00
M. Siriwardana 3 0 14 0 4.67
J.Vandersay 8 1 35 0 4.38







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