Colombo Vs Kandy
When the match was stopped for tea yesterday (20th), which was the second day of the match between the Kandy team and the Colombo team in the National Super League four-day cricket tournament, the Kandy team was 155 runs ahead of the Colombo team with 6 wickets in hand.
Oshadha Fernando and Sandun Weerakkody who played two remarkable innings for the Kandy team managed to score centuries.
Oshadha Fernando, who was batting unbeaten even when the match was stopped for tea, had collected 137 runs and Sandun Weerakkody’s century ended on 144 runs.
At that time, a 246-run partnership was recorded between Sandun and Oshadha for the third wicket.
Sandun had faced only 154 balls for his 144 runs and included 18 fours and 4 sixes.
Oshadha, who scored slightly slower than Sandun, faced 210 balls for his 137 runs and hit 15 fours with one six.
Batting first in the match, the Colombo team were all out for 214 runs.
Out of the 4 wickets lost by the Kandy team, 2 wickets were shared between Nisala Tharak and the remaining 2 wickets were shared between Lakshita Manasinghe and Kalana Perera.
Galle Vs Dambulla
The Galle team who played the first innings of the National Super League four-day cricket tournament between Dambulla and Galle yesterday (20th) scored 339 runs against the Dambulla team.
Thus, the Galle team managed to be 184 points ahead of the Dambulla team.
All the batsmen of the Dambulla team were dismissed for 155 runs yesterday and the Galle team had collected 90 runs by losing 3 wickets at the end of the previous day. Senior player Angelo Mathews scored 82 runs for the Galle team yesterday. Mathews’ innings included 8 fours and he remained at the wicket for 144 balls. Captain Ramesh Mendis and Kavishka Anjula also scored two fifties for Galle. Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando, who bowled brilliantly for the Dambulla team, took 3 wickets each. Chalana de Silva took 2 wickets and Lakshan Sandakan and Nimesh Gunasinghe took one wicket each. (Divaina)
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