Jeewantha Kulatunga after his success in T20 tournament continued his prolific form with another fine batting performance when he slammed a 101 ball knock of 100 to guide Wayamba to a seven wicket win over Basnahira South in their four day Bank of Ceylon Inter-Provincial cricket match played at the Pallekelle Stadium.
Jeevantha Kulatunga who guided Wayamba in action at Braybrooke Place yesterday. (Pic Ranjith Perera) |
Jeewantha’s unbeaten knock included ten boundaries and three sixes as Wayamba chasing 224 for victory reached the target in just 38.5 overs and also with a day to spare. Wayamba’s run chase underwent a setback when they lost two quick wickets with just eight runs on the board. It was from here that Jeewantha took over when he put on two valuable partnerships.
In the first instance he put on 108 runs for the third wicket with skipper Jehan Mubarak before they were separated with Jehan’s dismissal. Jehan contributed 61 which had ten boundaries.
Following that Jeewantha was associated in an unbroken 110 runs stand for the fourth wicket with Damitha Hunukumbura who made an unbeaten 55 off just 49 balls which included ten boundaries.
Basnahira South 120 in 34 overs (Yohan de Silva 26, Prasanna Jayawardena 21, Janaka Gunaratne 15: Chanaka Welagedera 4 for 37, Rangana Herath 3 for 12) and (276/4 o’night) 352 in 93.2 overs (Lahiru Thirimanne 84, Malinda Warnapura 56, Chamara Silva 44, Gihan Rupasinghe 40, Yohan de Silva 36, Prasanna Jayawardena 27, Janaka Gunaratne 22: Rangama Herath 5 for 129, Jehan Mubarak 3 for 49)
Wayamba 249 in 55.3 overs (Michael Vandort 63, Shalika Karunanayake 36, Rangana Herath 21, Damitha Hunukumbura 18, Mahela Udawatte 16, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 16, Isuru Udana 61 n.o.: Chinthaka Perera 4 for 52, Malinga Bandara 3 for 42, Janaka Gunaratne 2 for 53) and 226 for 3 in 38.5 overs (Jehan Mubarak 61, Jeewantha Kulatunga 100 n.o., Damitha Hunukumbura 55 n.o.)
Kandurata propped by three centuries.
MAS Holdings Kandurata made a bold reply of 495 for 4 in reply to Basnahira North’s score of 530 at the end of the third day’s play in their Bank of Ceylon Inter-Provincial four day encounter played at Braybrooke Place.
Kandurata’s reply came on the back of three tons by opener Nadeera Nawela, Thilan Samaraweera and Jeewan Mendis. Nadeera made 113 with Thilan and Jeewan making unbeaten knocks of 160 and 136.
Thilan and Jeewan were involved in an unbroken partnership of 247 runs for the fifth wicket. The match will be continued at 10.00 a.m. today. Basnahira North 530 in 125.5 overs (Gayan Wijekoon 89, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 85, Dilshan Munaweera 83, Nuwan Kulasekera 58, Dimuth Karunaratne 34, Dhammika Prasad 30, Kaushal Silva 19, Shanuka Dissanayake 96 n.o.: Suraj Randiv 4 for 177, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3 for 77)
MAS Holdings Kandurata (165/2 o’night) 495 for 4 in 139 overs (Nadeera Nawela 113, Kanchana Gunawardena 64, Thilan Samaraweera 160 n.o., Jeewan Mendis 136 n.o.: Daminda Dharshanapriya 2 for 64) |
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