Galle demolish Kandy
Galle recorded their second successive win of the ongoing National Super League four-day cricket tournament after demolishing Kandy by 10 wickets with a day to spare at P. Sara Stadium yesterday. This was another ending in the third day following the first two matches played last week where incidentally Kandy was one of the winners.
Dambulla was in line to record an outright win against Jaffna in another match of the same tournament at the SSC ground. Dambulla, chasing a target of 199 runs for victory, was well placed on 154-4 when play ended yesterday. Dambulla need another 45 runs to gain their first win.
| Chief Scores: | |
Kandy 290 and (21-1 o’night) 198 all out (Sandun Weerakkody 71, Wanuja Sahan 33, Kasun Vidura 28, Movin Subasinghe 27: Praveen Jayawickrama 3/20, Mohamed Shiraz 3/26) Galle 365 and 129 for no loss (Sangeeth Cooray 75n.o., HashanDumindu 54n.o.)
Jaffna 62 all out and (208/4 overnight) 349 all out (Ron Chandragupta 67, Navod Paranavithana 64. Ravindu Fernando 64, Madawa Warnapura 46, Nipun Malinga 38: Asitha Fernando 4/63, Duvindu Tilekeratne 3/72, Ashan Priyanjan 2/76) Dambulla 213 all out and 154 for 4 at stumps (Minod Bhanuka 55, Dilan Jayalath 34, Sanoj Dharshika 34n.o.) |