By M. Shamil Amit

Mar. 18 (Daily Mirror) - Nuwanidu Fernando and Dasun Shanaka shone in Colombo’s first innings win over Jaffna in a high scoring match of the National Super League four day tournament encounter concluded at R. Premadasa Stadium.

Fernando slammed a career best knock of 180 which had 14 boundaries and two sixes and shared two big partnerships of 158 runs for the third wicket with Nipun Dhananjaya and 189 runs stand for the fifth wicket with Shanaka who made 118 with 13 boundaries and two sixes to help Colombo in reply to Jaffna’s score of 491 to make a formidable score of 592 for 8 declared.

Result:

At R. Premadasa Stadium – First inning win for Colombo

Jaffna 491 (Ron Chandragupta 128, Nipun Karunanayake 119, Sandun Weerakkody 58, Nishan Madushka 53, Santhush Gunatileke 50, Jeffrey Vandersay 25:: Ashen Bandara 2/22, Nisala Tharaka 2/91, Chamikara Edirisinghe 2/97, Nalin Priyadharshana 2/117) and 146 for 2 (Nishan Madushka 44, Ron Chandragupta 40, Hasitha Boyagoda 50 n.o.)

Colombo 592 for 8 declared (Nuwanidu Fernando 180, Dasun Shanaka 118, Nipun Dhananjaya 73, Ashen Bandara 44, Heshan Dhanushka 41, Dimuth Karunaratne 37, Pathum Kumara 35, Nisala Tharaka 20:Santhush Gunatileke 2/66, Shashika Dulshan 2/113, Jeffrey Vandersay 2/175)