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| Angelo cracks career best knock of 270 Inter-Provincial Tournament |
| By M. Shamil Amit |
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| Angelo cracked a career best 270 yesterday. Pic by Ranjith Perera |
Angelo Mathews cracked a career best knock of 270 helping Basnahira North to amass a mammoth score of 563 for 8 declared on day three of their Inter-Provincial cricket tournament encounter against Kandurata played at the SSC ground yesterday.
Angelo’s swashbuckling knock took him 472 balls which comprised 23 boundaries and three sixes. His previous best innings was a 168 for Colts in a Premier Tier ‘A’ encounter in December last year.
Kandurata 262 (Jeewan Mendis 44, Daminda Ranaweera 40, Sajith Fernando 24, Suraj Mohamed 17, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 17, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 101 n.o.: Shanuka Dissanayake 4 for 45, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 2 for 26, Nuwan Fernando 2 for 33, Daminda Dharshanapriya 2 for 69) and 80 for 2 (Kanchana Gunawardena 22, Daminda Ranaweera 15, Suraj Mohamed 20 n.o.)
Basnahira North (345/4 o’night) 563 for 8 declared (Angelo Mathews 270, Ian Daniel 116, Kaushal Silva 91, Daminda Dharshanapriya 32, Bhatiya Perera 17: Chinthaka Jayasinghe 2 for 44, Suraj Mohamed 2 for 70, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2 for 97) Wayamba make bold reply
Wayamba made a bold reply of 440 in reply to Basnahira South’s score of 402 at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.
Basnahira South 402 (Nuwan Zoysa 114, Janaka Gunaratne 78, Chamara Silva 71, Gihan Rupasinghe 53, Hasantha Fernando 32, Charith Sylvester 24: Jehan Mubarak 3 for 59, Chanaka Welagedera 2 for 75, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2 for 94) and 136 for 1 (Dilruwan Perera 51, Yohan de Silva 72 n.o.)
Wayamba (277/6 o’night) 440 (Jehan Mubarak 94, Shalika Karunanayake 92, Damitha Hunukumbura 69, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 63, Jeewantha Kulatunga 35, Michael Vandort 20: Janaka Gunaratne 3 for 36, Ruchira Perera 3 for 96) |
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