Colombo and Dambulla evenly matched
Colombo holds a lead of 121 with three wickets in hand, but Dambulla remains in the driver’s seat following their dominant first-innings batting display at the end of day three in the National Super League 4-day cricket match played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
Resuming from their overnight total of 342-4, centuries from Pavan Ratnayake and skipper Dhananjaya de Silva powered Dambulla to a commanding 400 runs in response to Colombo’s first-innings total of 300. In their second innings, Colombo battled to reach 221-6, keeping their hopes alive with a narrow lead.
Meanwhile, Niroshan Dickwella and Ravintha Rasantha’s centuries fuelled Jaffna’s resurgence against Kandy in the match played at R. Premadasa Stadium. Jaffna are currently leading Kandy by 247 runs as the game heads to an exciting final day today. Both matches will end today.
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Colombo 300 all out (76.2) and 221 for 7 (61) at stumps (Kusal Mendis 86n.o., Kavin Bandara 44, Navod Paranavithana 32, Dhananjaya Lakshan 25, Asitha Wanninayake 20; Akila Dhananjaya 5/99, Mohamed Shiraz 2/36) Dambulla (342/4 o’night) 400 all out (96.1) (Pavan Ratnayake 168, Dhananjaya de Silva 142, Akila Dhananjaya 20, Sonal Dinusha 19; Dhananjaya Lakshan 4/9, Pramod Madushan 4/108, Kasun Rajitha 2/07)
Jaffna 201 all out (68.1) and 378 for 6 (90) at stumps (Ravindu Rasantha 135n.o., Niroshan Dickwella 113, Angelo Mathews 51, Shevon Daniel 23; Lahiru Kumara 2/29) Kandy 332 all out (85) (Janishka Perera 97, Sahan Arachchige 45, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 44, Shiran Fernando 38, Kamil Mishara 27, Nuwanidu Fernando 16; Tharindu Ratnayake 5/99, Asanka Manoj 3/64, Janith Liyanage 2/27)
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