National Super League Kandy, Jaffna record first inning wins

By M. Shamil Amit

Kandy and Jaffna recorded first-inning wins over Galle and Colombo in the four-day National Super League cricket tournament encounters concluded at the Sooriyawewa Stadium and SSC ground yesterday.

Kandy, having already taken a first-inning lead on day three, resuming their second innings from their overnight score of 15/0, went on to make a score of 190/5 declared and Galle, set a target of 351 runs for victory, ended the day on 201/7. Meanwhile, Jaffna, trailing by 164 runs on day three, fought back thanks to half tons made by Lahiru Madusanka and Jeffrey Vandersay, which helped them, resuming from their overnight score of 184/6, to make 359 runs in reply to Colombo’s score of 348 runs to secure a first-inning win.

Results:

At Sooriyawewa – First inning win for Kandy

Kandy 365 and (15/0 overnight) 190/5 decl. (Lahiru Udara 72, Kasun Vidura 34, Lasitha Lakshan 25, Kamil Mishara 19, Chamika Karunaratne 15, Sahan Arachchige 17 n.o.; Ramesh Mendis 3/74)
Galle 205 (Dinesh Chandimal 69, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 67, Praveen Jayawickrama 18; Chamika Gunasekera 3/31, Ashian Daniel 3/64, Lasith Embuldeniya 3/71) and 201/7 (Oshada Fernando 75, Sangeeth Cooray 18, Sohan de Livera 18, Lakshan Edirisinghe 36 n.o., Kavishka Anjula 30 n.o.; Ashian Daniel 5/59)

At SSC – First inning win for Jaffna

Colombo 348 and 142/5 (Nuwanidu Fernando 32, Himasha Liyanage 51 n.o.; Ravindu Fernando 3/67, Shashika Dulshan 2/47)
Jaffna (184/6 overnight) 359 (Nishan Madushka 60, Lahiru Madushanka 58, Jeffrey Vandersay 53, Hasitha Boyagoda 42, Ravindu Fernando 40, Nipun Karunanayake 31, Santhush Gunatileke 24, Shashika Dulshan 22; Isitha Wijesundara 3/49, Tharaka 3/79, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 2/34)