Dulnith, Kavindu rescue Mahanama in drawn game
Mahanama College openers Dulnith Sigera and Kavindu Amameth came to the rescue of the side against D.S. Senanayake College as the 18th Battle of the Golds big match ended in a draw at the SSC grounds yesterday.
On the second day, Mahanama, in response to DSS’s 370 for 4, resumed from their overnight 94 for 2 and could only score 239 runs, with Inuka Karannagoda scoring an unbeaten 61. They were forced to follow on but Dulnith and Kavindu cracked unbeaten centuries — 100 and 106 respectively, to end the day with a record unbroken partnership of 207 runs.
The day one proceedings belonged to DSS skipper Gaviru Senhas, who slammed an unbeaten double ton which earned him the best batsman award while Akmal Fazly also of DSS was adjudged the best bowler. Mahanama’s Eshan Withanage was the best fielder.
Dulnith Sigera and Kavindu Amameth saved the day - Pix by Eshan Fernando
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| D.S. Senanayake 1st innings Gaviru Senhas not out 200 Pesandu Weerasinghe c Amameth b Ranatunga 12 Malitha Perera c Perera b Heenitigala 118 Chenul Pinsara c Withanage b Ranatunga 11 Dehem Nirmal c Withanage b Heenitigala 17 Akmal Fazly not out 03 Extras (b4, lb5) 09 Total (4 wickets declared; 69.2 overs) 370 Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-303, 3-320, 4-359 Bowling: Duvindu Ranatunga 12-0-80-2, Inuka Karannagoda 17.2-1-70-0, Dulnith Sigera 3-0-23-0, Tharusha Amarasinghe 2-0-31-0, Koojana Perera 5-0-28-0, Rashmika Perera 8-1-29-0, Chamika Heenitigala 16-0-69-2, A.nuka Wijewardena 5-0-23-0, Gimantha Dissanayake 1-0-8-0Mahanama 1st innings (94/2 o’night) Dulnith Sigera c Nirmal b Kumaranayake 63 Kavindu Amameth c Binuksha b Fazly 14 Koojana Perera b Fazly 12 Chamika Heenitigala c Pinsara b Fazly 13 Rashmika Perera c Pinsara b Bandaranayake 41 Inuka Karannagoda not out 61 Gimantha Dissanayake c Senhas b Bandaranayake 00 Eshan Withanage c Pinsara b Binksha 11 Duvindu Ranatunga c Senhas b Fazly 00 Anuka Wijewardena c Pinsara b Fazly 04 Tharusha Amarasinghe c Binushka b Peiris 02 Extras (lb8, nb3, w7) 18 Total (all out; 70.1 overs) 239 Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-57, 3-109, 4-124, 5-190, 6-190, 7-210, 8-210, 9-215, 10-239 Bowling: A.kmal Fazly 24-2-77-5, Randisha Bandaranayake 15-2-45-2, Dilash Kumaranayake 11-4-29-1, Chenuka Peiris 5.1-2-17-1, Dehem Nirmal 6-0-30-0, Gaviru Senhas 4-1-18-0, Shanal Binushka 5-0-15-1Mahanama 2nd innings Dulnith Sigera not out 199 Kavindu Amameth not out 106 Total (0 wicket; 32.3 overs) 207 Bowling: Akmal Fazly 5-0-40-0, Dehem Nirmal 4-0-27-0, Gaviru Senhas 2-0-10-0, Randisha Bandaranayake 6-0-48-0, Chenuka Peiris 8.3-0-44-0, Dilash Kumaranayake 2-1-12-0, Shanal Binushka 4-0-20-0, Chanul Athale 1-0-5-0 |