Galle beat Jaffna & Dambulla beat Kandy
Galle beat Jaffna outright by 235 runs
04th Round – Sooriyawewa, Hambanthota, Southern Province
Galle electing to bat, 265 / 9 dec – ( 89.5 Overs ) Oshada Fernando 58, Vishad Randika 46, Dhananjaya Lakshan 33, Mohammed Shamaaz 31, Nimesh Vimukthi 25, Milan Rathnayake 25 – Oshada Fernando / Mohammed Shamaaz 67 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 75 runs – Vishad Randika / Dhananjaya Lakshan 53 runs for the 06th wicket, Vishad Randika / Nimesh Vimukthi 43 runs for the 07th wicket, Milan Rathnayake / Nishan Peiris 44 runs for the 09th wicket, Santhush Gunatilake 3 / 21, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 2 / 26, Ravindu Fernando 2 / 41, Kamesh Nirmal 02 victims & 361 / 4 dec – ( 83.1 Overs ) Skipper Sangeeth Cooray 193( 6×6, 18×4, 271 balls ), Oshada Fernando 81, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 50 – Sangeeth Cooray / Oshada Fernando 186 run opening stand, Sangeeth Cooray / Pasindu Sooriyabandara 112 runs for the 03rd wicket – Santhush Gunatilake 2 / 53, Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 02 catches.
Jaffna in reply, 185 all out – ( 76.4 Overs ) Nishan Madushka 49, Nipun Karunanayake 39, Ron Chandraguptha 34, Extras 10 – Nishan Madushka / Ron Chandraguptha 69 run opening stand – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 41 runs – Nipun Karunanayake / Santhush Gunatilake 41 runs for the 05th wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 34 runs – Nimesh Vimukthi 4 / 41, Milan Rathnayake 3 / 43, Nishan Peiris 2 / 22, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 02 catches & 206 all out – ( 65 Overs ) Skipper Dhananjaya De Silva 86, Nipun Karunanayake 42, Santhush Gunatilake 36 – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 56 runs – Nipun Karunanayake / Dhananjaya De Silva 40 runs for the 05th wicket – Dhananjaya De Silva / Santhush Gunatilake 87 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 18 runs – Nimesh Vimukthi 4 / 57, Udith Madushan 3 / 54, Nishan Peiris 2 / 48, Vishad Randika 02 victims.
Dambulla beat Kandy by 58 runs on the first innings
04th Round – Dambulla, Central Province
Dambulla electing to bat, 311 all out – ( 83 Overs ) Sonal Dinusha 82, Skipper Kamindu Mendis 73, Chamindu Wijesinghe 39, Ranesh Silva 32, Dushan Hemantha 30, Extras 13 – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 48 runs – Kamindu Mendis / Sonal Dinusha 76 runs for the 05th wicket, Sonal / Dushan Hemantha 74 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 69 runs – Wanuja Sahan 6 / 70, Lasith Embuldeniya 2 / 67, Sithara Gimhan 04 victims & 388 all out – ( 102.3 Overs )Skipper Kamindu Mendis 172 ( 23×4, 276 balls ), Sonal Dinusha 64 – 149 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the first04 wickets for the addition of 90 runs – Chamindu Wijesinghe 61no,Kamindu Mendis / Chamindu Wijesinghe 69 runs for the 07th wicket – Extras 34 – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 44 runs – Wanuja Sahan 4 / 82, Ashian Daniel 3 / 88, Sithara Gimhan 03 victims, Kamil Mishara 02 catches.
Kandy in reply, 369 all out – ( 94.4 Overs ) Sithara Gimhan 94, Skipper Ahan Wickramasinghe 75, Pawantha Weerasinghe 60, Kasun Vidura 34, Sahan Kosala 29, Wanuja Sahan 29, Extras 18 – Kasun Vidura / Pawantha Weerasinghe 72 runs for the 02nd wicket, Pawantha Weerasinghe / Sahan Kosala 53 runs for the 03rd wicket, Sithara Gimhan / Ahan Wickramasinghe 158 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the last 06 wickets for the addition of 44 runs – Murvin Abinash 3 / 77, Skipper Kamindu Mendis 2 / 35, Dushan Hemantha 2 / 53, Pavan Rathnayake 03 catches & 209 / 9 – ( 77.4 Overs ) Kasun Vidura 63,Lahiru Kumara 44no ( 2×6, 7×4, 80 balls ), Sahan Kosala 25, Sithara Gimhan 23, Ashian Daniel 22, Extras 10 – Kasun Vidura / Sithara Gimhan 49 runs for the 04th wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 90 runs – Kasun Vidura / Ahan Wickramasinghe 40 runs for the 06th wicket – the next 03 wickets fell for the addition of 10 runs – Ashian Daniel / Lahiru Kumara 63 runs for the 09th wicket – 03 batters dismissed runout – Dushan Hemantha 2 / 35, Murvin Abinash 2 / 74 & 02 run outs,
Minod Bhanuka 02 victims, Pavan Rathnayake 02 catches.
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