Colombo on first innings

By M. Shamil Amit

Colombo recorded a comfortable first-innings win over Jaffna in the National Super League tournament cricket encounter that concluded at the Pallekele Stadium yesterday.

Colombo in reply to Jaffna’s score of 199 resuming from their overnight score of 210 for 6 helped by useful knocks from Manoj Sarathchandra and Prabath Jayasuriya went on to make a score of 289. Jaffna batting the second ended the day on 229 for 8 with Avishka Tharindu making a top score of 50.

The match between Kandy and Dambulla ended with no result as it was abandoned for the fourth successive day without a ball being bowled.

scores

Jaffna: 199 (Ron Chandraguptha 68, Kasun Abeyratne 36: Tharindu Ratnayake 4 for 24, Nuwan Pradeep 3 for 50) and 229 for 8 (Avishka Tharindu 50, Lahiru Madusanka 43, Dhananjaya de Silva 23, Kavindu Pathiratne 27 n.o., Dilum Sudeera 17 n.o.: Nuwan Pradeep 3 for 32, Kasun Rajitha 2 for 26, Tharindu Ratnayake 2 for 78)

Colombo: (210/6 overnight) 289 (Avishka Fernando 62, Manoj Sarathchandra 57, Prabath Jayasuriya 44, Heshan Fernando 35, Roshane Silva 32: Lahiru Madusanka 3 for 32, Kavindu Pathiratne 3 for 48)