Piliyandala Central triumph over Taxila
View(s):Piliyandala Central beat Taxila Central by 53 runs in the 20th Battle of the Raigam Salpiti cricket encounter played at Army ground in Dombagoda. The low-scoring match saw, the winner scoring 128 and 111 in their two innings with Rashan Nuwanjana claiming a match bag of 11 wickets 57 runs.
Thineth Salinga then produced a stunning spell claiming 6 for 26 as Taxila Central were bowled out for 66 in the first innings and then 120 in the second innings. Once again it was Salinga who starred with the ball claiming 5 for 32 to finish with a match bag of 11 for 58 runs.
Piliyandala Central 128 all out (55) (Sonath Enuka 32, Ashen Rodrigo 30, Rashan Nawanjana 5/20, Chirantha Dewruwan 3/6) and 111 all out (37.1) (Sethika Dilmith 49, Rashan Nawanjana 6/37, Chirantha Dewruwan 2/27)
Taxila Horana 66 all out (36.2) (Deshan Dilmith 24, Thineth Salinga 6/26, Ashen Rodrigo 2/19) and 120 all out (55.5) at close (Randev Senavirathna 41, Thineth Salinga 5/32, Ashen Rodrigo 3/56 Hasitha Niroshan 2/13)