NSL: Galle downs Kandy ’coolly’

Sport

After the Galle batters dealt the damage with the batters, their bowlers combined to skittle Kandy out to 189 and thereby registering a 79-run win over the latter on Saturday in the National Super League One-Dayer.

Team Galle taking the first lease of the wicket, at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo, made the most with the national cap Dinesh Chandimal stroking an unfinished century (111) and Pasindu Sooriyabandara, though, unlucky to get out in the nervous-nineties (98).

That did anyway, set the tone for them to post 268, with Ramesh Mendis also chipping in with an unbeaten 42.

The 189-run stand for the third-wicket between Chandimal and Sooriyabandara, mainly laid the foundation, after losing early wickets.

Kandy chasing 269 for victory, were constantly bothered by their regular fall of wickets.

Though a 50-run partnership for the fifth-wicket, pause the wickets, by then half the side was back in the pavilion.

Opener Oshada Fernando scored a quick-fire 60, their team’s top-scorer for the match.

From the bowling department, Asanka Manoj took four wickets and Akila Dananjaya accounted for three victims.

Chief scores:

Team Galle: 268 for five (50) (Dinesh Chandimal 111 not out, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 98, Ramesh Mendis 42 not out, Wanuja Kumara 2/49, Nipun Ransika 1/56) beaten by

Team Kandy: 189 all out (35.4) (Oshada Fernando 60, Niroshan Dickwella 36, Asanka Manoj 4/28, Akila Dananjaya 3/27)

Comments

Still No Comments Posted.

Leave Comments

Most Reviews

May 31, 2025

- 481 - 0

Flt Lt Kasun Cumaratunga , more than a pilot, a guardian remembered on his 37th death anniversary

Kasun, was born in 28th Sept 1964, the grandson of the legendary author and linguist Munidasa Cumaratunga and son of SSP Bindu Kumaratunga and Winifred

June 2, 2025

- 448 - 0

National Tax week launched

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.

June 2, 2025

- 351 - 0

SriLankan Airlines’ new A330 Fleet to perform low fly past over Colombo on Wed.

May 29, 2025

- 261 - 0

Mahindananda and Nalin Fernando Jailed

Former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando have sentenced to 20 and 25 years respectively after they were found guilty in a case of fraud.

May 30, 2025

- 259 - 0

In Pix: Weather situation in Colombo

June 3, 2025

- 187 - 0

Krishanthi Kumaraswami convicts FR dismissed by SC

The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.