Galle crush Kandy inside three days
Galle recorded a crushing 10-wicket win over Kandy with a day and a half to spare in the 4-day National Super League tournament encounter concluded at the Sooriyawewa Stadium yesterday.
Entering the field on to the third day with a commanding lead from the first innings, Galle aimed for their third outright win, a feat they accomplished effortlessly. Despite Kandy’s efforts to revive their second innings, with only the overnight pair of Kamil Mishara and Ahan Wickramasinghe showing resilience, the rest of the batting lineup crumbled, managing a mere 144 runs before being dismissed in just 21 overs.
Facing a target of 107 runs for victory, Galle’s openers, Sangeeth Cooray and Oshada Fernando, both notched identical unbeaten scores of 51, steering their team to yet another outright win.
This clash marked a showdown between the top two teams in the points table, with Galle now solidifying their position at the summit with 68.455 points, leaving Kandy trailing at 52.965.
Meanwhile, at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Jaffna and Colombo engaged in a fiercely contested high-scoring battle against Jaffna. In response to Jaffna’s imposing total of 491, Colombo, starting from an overnight score of 103 for 1, mounted a strong response, reaching 440 for 4 by the end of day three.
This remarkable performance was fueled by an unbeaten career-best knock of 172 by Nuwanidu Fernando, who faced 272 balls, smashing 13 boundaries and two sixes. Supportive half-centuries from Nipun Dhananjaya and Dasun Shanaka further bolstered Colombo’s innings. This match ends today.
| results | |
Kandy 210 all out (63.5) (Pawantha Weerasinghe 56, Wanuja Sahan 56, Kamil Mishara 21, Ashian Daniel 20n.o.; Nimesh Vimukthi 3/21, Dhananjaya Lakshan 3/26) and (78/4 o’night) 144 all out (47.2) (Kamil Mishara 38, Ahan Wickramasinghe 28, Lahiru Udara 22; Nishan Peiris 3/18, Udith Madushan 3/49, Ramesh Mendis 2/13) Galle 248 all out (78.4) (Vishad Randika 80, Dhananjaya Lakshan 68, Nishan Peiris 29n.o.; Wanuja Sahan 3/52, Nimsara Atharagalla 3/72, Lahiru Udara 2/25) and 107 for 0 (17.2) at close (Sangeeth Cooray 51n.o., Oshada Fernando 51n.o.)
Jaffna 491 all out (143.5) (Ron Chandragupta 128, Nipun Karunanayake 119, Sandun Weerakkody 58, Nishan Madushka 53, Santhush Gunatileke 50, Jeffrey Vandersay 25; Ashen Bandara 2/22, Nisala Tharaka 2/91, Chamikara Edirisinghe 2/97, Nalin Priyadharshana 2/117) Colombo (103/1 o’night) 440 for 4 (107.1) at stumps (Nuwanidu Fernando 172n.o., Nipun Dhananjaya 73, Dasun Shanaka 50 n.o., Ashen Bandara 44, Heshan Dhanushka 41, Dimuth Karunaratne 37; Shashika Dulshan 2/99) |