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Inter-Provincial T-20 tournament
Lexmark Basnahira South remain unbeaten |
| By M. Shamil Amit |
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| Wayamba batsman Farveez Maharoof is being congratulated by a Ruhuna fielder after he had hit the winning run for them. (Pic by Ranjith Perera) |
The Inter-Provincial T20 cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket and sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom has reached the last stages of the preliminary round matches.
Of the three matches played yesterday Lexmark Basnahira South succeeded in keeping their unbeaten tag in tack defeating Ewis Basnahira North by 15 runs in the match played in the evening at SSC ground.
Hirdaramani Ruhuna who was the other unbeaten team in the tournament tasted their first defeat when they were beaten by Lanka Bell Wayamba in the match in the morning at the SSC ground while MAS Holdings Kandurata coasted to an easy win over Schools Invitation XI at Police Park.
Lexmark Basnahira South 158 for 8 in 20 overs (Lahiru Thirimanne 70, Chamara Silva 19, Milinda Siriwardena 17: Angelo Mathews 3 for 32, Daminda Dharshanapriya 2 for 23)
Ewis Basnahira North 145 for 8 in 20 overs (Amal Athulathmudali 35, Thilina Kandamby 20, Angelo Mathews 20, Ishan Muthaliph 15, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 24 n.o.: Malinga Bandara 3 for 18, T.M. Dilshan 2 for 14)
Mahelas sew up Ruhuna
Hirdaramani Ruhuna one of the two unbeaten teams met their waterloo when they were defeated by five wickets by Lanka Bell Wayamba at the SSC grounds yesterday.
Hirdaramani Ruhuna taking first lease of the wicket made 127. Lanka Bell Wayamba chasing the target reached home in the 18th over. In the process they recorded their second win of the tournament.
Being invited to bat first by Wayamba skipper Jehan Mubarak, the Ruhuna side was given a flying start by experience openers Upul Tharanga and veteran Sanath Jayasuriya who added 64 runs in just 36 balls before they were separated. It was Jayasuriya who was out first making a 23 ball knock of 45.
It became a double blow when Tharanga was the next victim with the addition of only two runs. Apart from a 25 runs stand for the third wicket between T.N. Sampath and Indika de Saram they lost three wickets for 19 runs and slid to 110 for 5 in 13th over.They never recovered from that setback as they lost wickets at regular intervals with the remaining five wickets falling for the addition of only 17 runs. They were bowled out for 127 with eight balls remaining.
Hirdaramani Ruhuna 127 in 18.4 overs (Sanath Jayasuriya 45, Indika de Saram 22, Upul Tharanga 15: Ajantha Mendis 3 for 14, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2 for 16)
Lanka Bell Wayamba 130 for 5 in 17.1 overs (Mahela Udawatte 51, Mahela Jayawardena 37)
Easy win for MAS Holdings Kandurata
MAS Holdings Kandurata coasted to an easy six wicket win over the Schools Invitation XI in their Inter-Provincial T20 encounter at Police Park yesterday.
This was the second win for the winners with the losers crashing to their third successive defeat.
The experience of the MAS Holdings Kandurata was too much for the young Schools Invitation XI who was invited to take first lease of the wicket.
They lost their first wicket in the fourth ball of the first over and found it difficult to come into terms due to some accurate bowling. Just approaching the 15th over, they were struggling on 79 for 6. A stubborn innings of 26 by Chaturanga de Silva ony succeeded a delay, ultimately being able to muster only 101.
Schools Invitation XI 101 for 8 in 20 overs (Chaturanga de Silva 26, Kusal Perera 19, Dinesh Chandimal 18, Bhanuka Rajapakse 17)
MAS Holdings Kandurata 102 for 4 in 12.5 overs (Tharanga Paranavithana 36, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 35 n.o.: Imesh Udayanga 2 for 15) |
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