Wanuja, Roshan steer Kandy to third win

CRICKET

BY M. SHAMIL AMIT

Left and right arm spin pair Wanuja Sahan and Roshan Jayatissa shared eight wickets, paving the way for Kandy to record an outright win by 140 runs over Dambulla in the four-day National Super League tournament encounter concluded at Dambulla Stadium yesterday.

Dambulla, chasing 385 runs for victory, resuming from their overnight score of 128/3 and needing another 257 runs, succumbed to the spin pair of Wanuja and Roshan and was able to muster a score of only 244 runs for Kandy to record their third outright win.

RESULTS

At Dambulla – Kandy won by 140 runs

Kandy 276 (Ahan Wickramasinghe 64, Roshan Jayatissa 50, Kamil Mishara 34, Wanuja Sahan 31, Nimsara Atharagalla 31; Lakshan Gamage 3/19, Murvin Abinash 2/40, Mohamed Shiraz 2/49) and

315 (Raveen Yasas 83, Sithara Gimhan 58, Kamil Mishara 46,Ahan Wickramasinghe 45; Sonal Dinusha 4/50, Mohamed Shiraz 2/50, Murvin Abinash 2/90)

Dambulla 207 (Risira Weerasuriya 42, Pawan Ratnayake 39, Sonal Dinusha 33; Sithum Dissanayake 3/43, Nimsara Atharagalla 3/53, Roshan Jayatissa 2/36) and (128/3 overnight) 244 (Sanoj Dharshika 53, Naveen Fernando 35, Sonal Dinusha 32, Risira Weerasuriya 30, Dushan Hemantha 29; Wanuja Sahan 4/47, Roshan Jayatissa 4/64, Lasith Embuldeniya 2/77) At R. Premadasa Stadium - First inning win for Galle

Galle 711/9 declared (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 242, Lakshan Edirisinghe 122, Vishad Randika

66, Shehan Fernando 54, Sangeeth Cooray 49, Nimesh Vimukthi 40, Dhananjaya Lakshan 26, Milan Ratnayake 26 n.o.; Janith Liyanage 2/86, Kalhara Senaratne 2/145) and 143/1 (Oshada Fernando 52 n.o., Pasindu Sooriyabandara 51 n.o.)

Jaffna (316/4 overnight) 480 (Lahiru Madusanka 83, Ron Chandragupta 66, Santhush Gunatileke 65, Janith Liyanage 62, Ravindu Fernando 48, Haditha Boyagoda 25, Nipun Karunanayake 76 n.o.; Sangeeth Cooray 4/71, Sumindu Lakshan 4/103)