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| Kandurata rout Basnahira South by ten wickets -
Inter-Provincial Cricket |
| By M. Shamil Amit |
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| Basnahira North batsman Kaushal Silva on his way to a half century. Pic by Ranjith Perera |
Kandurata routed Basnahira South by ten wickets with over one day to spare in the Inter-Provincial cricket tournament match concluded at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
Basnahira South put in a pathetic batting display after being sent into bat again. Resuming from their overnight score of 110 for 2 they reached a score of 246 for 5 and managed to erase the deficit.
But the late order batting faltered as none of them were able to make any progress. From a healthy position of 246 for 5 they lost their remaining five wickets for the addition of just 21 runs being bowled out for 267.
Earlier Kandurata put themselves in a strong position by posting a formidable score of 370 and then bundling out Basnahira South for 123.
Kandurata 370 (Nadeera Nawela 106, Sajith Fernando 72, Daminda Ranaweera 42, Akalanka Ganegama 15, Kaushalya Weeraratne 90 n.o.: Malinga Bandara 4 for 61, Gihan Rupasinghe 2 for 61, Tharaka Kottehewa 2 for 88) and 21 for no loss
Basnahira South 123 (Gihan Rupasinghe 55, Lahiru Thirimanne 19, Janaka Gunaratne 17: Seekuge Prasanna 3 for 29, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2 for 27, Kaushalya Weeraratne 2 for 30) and (110/2 o’night) 267 (Gihan Rupasinghe 54, Lahiru Thirimanne 45, Hasantha Fernando 43, Yohan de Silva 41, Chamara Silva 21,: Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3 for 54, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 2 for 21, Kaushalya Weeraratne 2 for 33)
Kaushal and Pushpakumara put Basnahira North on top
Unbeaten tons by Kaushal Silva and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara has put Basnahira North on top against Ruhuna at the end of the third days play in their match played at the SSC ground.
Kaushal cracked 111 in 195 balls inclusive of 14 boundaries while Pushpakumara hit a 186 ball 103 with 11 boundaries with the pair being associated in an unbroken 199 runs stand for the sixth wicket as Basnahira North ended the day making 342 for 5.
Basnahira North 301 (Angelo Mathews 72, Navin Perera 58, Thilina Kandamby 44, Bhatiya Perera 37, Ian Daniel 34, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 26: Sujeewa de Silva 3 for 62, Tharanga Lakshitha 3 for 76, Sachitra Senanayake 2 for 59) and (9/0 o’night) 342 for 5 (Ian Daniel 48, Thilina Kandamby 32, Navin Perera 19, Kaushal Silva 111 n.o., Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 103 n.o.: Kosala Kulasekera 2 for 64, Sajeewa Weerakoon 2 for 79)
Ruhuna 221 (Ashan Priyanjana 99, Anil Ridigammanagedera 56, Upul Tharanga 32, Kosala Kulasekera 17: Ian Daniel 3 for 1, Daminda Dharshanapriya 3 for 45, Lasantha Manoj 2 for 34) |
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