Dambulla beat Colombo, Galle beat Kandy on first innings

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - srilankacricket.lk

SLC U-23 WOMEN’S SUPER PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT

The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Under-23 Women’s Super-Provincial Tournament 2018 aimed at further fine tuning young domestic talent to meet international requirements, took off yesterday.

The fixtures covering two innings in a day’s duration yielded results on the first innings. In the first match, Dambulla registered a first innings win against Colombo while Galle too chalked up a first innings win against Kandy.

At the Aarons grounds in Horana, Colombo batting first were all out for 81. Dambulla replied with 102 for 5 when stumps were drawn.

When Colombo batted Jinanjali Wijenayake was spot on with the ball for Dambulla running through the opposition batting finishing with superb figures of 5 wickets for 13. She found good support from Poornima Sewwandi who claimed 2 for 13.

Colombo had the consolation of seeing Hasini Perera impress with the bat scoring 41 accounting for half of the total.

Dambulla was piloted by a fine unbeaten 51 by Harshitha Madavi and Anjali Janitha who was unbeaten on 21. Sadani Thiwanka collected 3 for 40 for Colombo.

In the second game, Galle batting first posted a healthy 183 against Kandy at the Bandaragama Cricket Grounds. Sathya Sandeepani led the way with a polished knock of 60. Nilakshana Sandamini was equal to the task making 49. However, Malsha Shehani reaped a rich haul of 6 for 33 while Sayani Oshadi picked up 4 for 44.

Kandy totaled 112 with Malsha Shehani top scoring with 44 followed by Sayani Oshadi making 28. Kaveesha Dilhari claimed 3 for 26 and Sathya Sandeepani 2 for 14.

Chief Scores:

At the Aarons grounds, Horana – Dambulla beat Colombo on the first innings.

Colombo 81

(H. Perera 41, J. Wijenayake 5/13, P. Sewwandi 2/13.

Dambulla 102/5

(H. Madavi n.o. 51, A. Janitha n.o. 21 . S. Thiwanka 3/40)

At the Bandaragama Cricket Grounds – Galle beat Kandy on the first innings

Galle 183

(S. Sandeepani 60. N. Sandamini 49, M. Shehani 6/33, S. Oshadi 4/44).

And 90/6

(Sandeepani 26, I. Dayananda 2/16).

Kandy 112