Upul and Sanath steer Ruhuna to a thrilling four run win
Chris Dhambarage
Dashing opener Upul Tharanga hit a top score of 93 and veteran Sanath
Jayasuriya snapped up four wickets to help Ruhuna Province pull off a
thrilling four runs victory over the unbeaten Kandurata team in a key
SLC Inter Provincial limited overs cricket tournament match worked off
at the Galle Stadium yesterday.
Kandurata chasing a modest 213 runs recovered well after a bad start
before falling short by just four runs with two balls to spare. All
rounder Jeewan Mendis was the last man out for a fighting 59 which
included one six and two boundaries.
Jayasuriya who opened the bowling along with Sachithra Senanayake,
caused most of the damage with the best figures of four wickets for 26
runs. Earlier Upul Tharanga hammered a magnificent 93 from 135 balls
with seven boundaries to steer Ruhuna to 213 runs after they had won the
toss and elected to bat first.
Ruhuna: 213 in 50 overs (U.Tharanga 93, S. Jayasuriya 25, D.
Chandimal 25, K. Kulasekera 21, S. Senanayake 22, M. Muralitharan 3 for
47, S. Randiv 3 for 29, D. Fernando 2 for 29).
Kandurata: 209 in 49.4 overs (T. Samaraweera 55, K. Sangakkara 18, C.
Kapugedera 32, J. Mendis 59, C. Jayasinghe 20, S. Senanayake 2 for 29,
S. Jayasuriya 4 for 26, L. Malinga 2 for 55).
SLC Combined XI stun Basnahira South
The SLC Combined XI put up a tremendous performance to register a
stunning 131 run victory over the more fancied Basnahira South team in
their Inter Provincial limited overs cricket tournament match worked off
at the P. Saravanamuttu oval yesterday.
The SLC Combined XI comprising mostly of Sri Lanka Under 19 players
hit up a formidable 288 runs from their 50 overs after electing to bat
first and then bundled out their opponents for 157 runs in 36.4 overs.
Skipper Chatura Peiris, Arosh Janoda and Ranesh Perera shared the
wickets for the SLC Combined XI who went on to register their maiden
victory of the tournament in their fourth outing.
However the match winner for the SLC Combined XI was undoubtedly the
schoolboy from Mahinda College Galle and middle order batsman Rumesh
Buddhika who slammed a run a ball 94 with the help of one six and eleven
boundaries.
SLC Combined XI: 288 in 50 overs (C. Jayampathy 39, H. Fernando 44,
R. Buddhika 94, K. Vithanage 18, D. Dahanayake 36, D. Hettiarachchi 2
for 40, J. Gunaratne 3 for 30, M. Bandara 2 for 61).
Basnahira South: 157 in 36.4 overs (L. Thirimanna 46, J. Gunaratne
43, A. Janoda 2 for 32, C. Peiris 3 for 49, R. Perera 2 for 18).
Angelo, Sachithra pilot Basnahira North to victory
Sri Lanka all rounder Angelo Mathews and Sachithra Serasinghe
completed unbeaten half centuries and shared an unfinished fifth wicket
stand of 98 runs to inspire Basnahira North to an upset six wicket
victory over Wayamba in their SLC Inter Provincial limited overs cricket
tournament match worked off at the SSC ground in Maitland Place
yesterday.
Mathews hoisted one six and struck three boundaries while Serasinghe
had three sixes and two boundaries as Basnahira North overtook their
opponents total of 196 runs in the 38th over.
Earlier middle order batsman Kusal Janith Perera and former Sri Lanka
all rounder Farveez Maharoof struck two fighting half centuries to lift
Wayamba to 196 runs from 42.4 overs.
However the pace spin combination of Nuwan Kulasekera and Shanuka
Dissanayake did most of the damage with four wickets each.
Wayamba: 196 in 42.4 overs (K. Perera 63, J. Mubarak 23, F. Maharoof
53, N. Kulasekera 4 for 39, S. Dissanayake 4 for 34)
Basnahira North: 199 for 4 in 38 overs (D. Munaweera 32, K. Silva 28,
A. Mathews 51 n.o, S. Serasinghe 52 n.o.). |
