National Super League Skippers Kamindu, Dhananjaya crack tons

By M. Shamil Amit
The two skippers Kamindu Mendis of Dambulla and Dhananjaya de Silva of Jaffna cracked tons to put their sides on top against Colombo and Kandy respectively on day one of the four day National Super League cricket tournament matches played at Pallekele and Sooriyawewa.
Kamindu made 115 inclusive of 15 boundaries and shared a massive stand of 194 runs for the second wicket with Leo Francisco who hit 87 for Dambulla taking first lease of the wicket to make a formidable score of 287 for 3.
Dhananjaya cracked 113 with 13 boundaries and supported by Janith Liyanage helped Jaffna taking first lease of the wicket to end day one on 309 for 7.
Results
At Pallekele 
Dambulla: 287 for 3 (Kamindu Mendis 115, Leo Francisco 87, Angelo Mathews 47 n.o., Pawan Rathnayaka 31 n.o.: Isitha Dew Wijesundara 1/43, Lakshitha Manasinghe 1/58, Kasun Rajitha 1/72) vs Colombo 
At Sooriyawewa 
Jaffna: 309 for 7 (Dhananjaya de Silva 113, Janaka Liyanage 63, Nishan Madushka 38, Lahiru Madusanka 58 n.o.: Chamika Gunasekara 2/34, Ashian Daniel 2/64, Lasith Embuldeniya  2/94, Sithum Dissanayake 1/36) vs Kandy