Chanul helps DSS recover in 19th Battle of the Golds
A top knock of 73, inclusive of nine boundaries and three sixes by Chanul Athale helped D.S. Senanayake College recover against traditional rivals Mahanama College on day two of the 19th Battle of the Golds big match at the SSC ground yesterday.
Chanul Athale played an anchor role to help D.S. Senanayake College stage a grand recovery on the second day - Pic by Priyanka Samaraweera
DSS, in reply to Mahanama’s score of 235, resumed from their overnight score of 13-0 and fell into deep trouble after openers Bihan Gamage and Janidu Ranasinghe put on a stand of 53. The separation of the pair saw DSS losing wickets at regular intervals and was struggling on 87-6 before Chanul, along with Daham Nirmal saved them with a valuable 61-run stand for the seventh wicket. Chanul shared another brief stand of 30 runs for the eighth wicket with Dilash Karunanayke. This followed with Dilash putting on a 65-run stand for the ninth wicket which helped DSS end their innings with a respectable score of 249 runs, 14 runs ahead.
Mahanama, batting the second time, ended the day on 93-0 in 14 overs with Dulnith Sigera making an unbeaten half ton in 41 balls inclusive of three fours and three sixes. The match will continue today.
| SCORECARD | |
| Mahanama 1st innings 235 all out (78) (Thaviru Perera 77, Gimantha Dissanayake 56, Venura Kaveethra 22; Shanal Binushka 5/65, Dilash Kumaranayake 2/21, Daham Nirmal 2/27) DSS 1st innings (13-0 overnight) Bihan Gamage lbw b Vihanga 29 Janidu Ranasinghe c Kaveethra b Vihanga 15 Shanal Binushka c Sigera b Vihanga 00 Malitha Perera c Withanage b Wijewardena 02 Randisha Bandaranayake c Weeraratne b Wijewardena 02 Chanul Athale lbw b Heenatigala 73 Sahan Yapa c Withanage b Sandaruwan 11 Daham Nirmal lbw b Sigera 20 Dilash Kumaranayake run out 29 Chitun Baddage c Dissanayake b Vihanga 48 Yojith Hettiarachchi not out 00 Extras (b8, lb5, nb6, w1) 20 Total (all out; 72.2 overs) 249 Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Gamage, 20.3ov), 2-53 (Binuksha, 20.4ov), 3-54 (Ranasinghe, 22.6ov), 4-58 (Perera, 25.1ov), 5-67 (Bandaranayaka, 29.6ov), 6-87 (Yapa, 35.5ov), 7-148 (Nirmal, 52.2ov), 8-178 (Athale, 61.1ov), 9-245 (Kumaranayake, 71.5ov), 10-249 (Baddage, 72.2ov) Bowling: Geeth Sandruwan 9-1-35-1, Dulnith Sigera 11-2-32-1, Chamika Henatigala 14-5-38-1, Sithum Vihanga 23.2-5-67-4, Anuk Wijewardena 14-2-60-2, Gimantha Dissanayake 1-0-4-0 Mahanama 2nd innings |