Galle trounced Dambulla by 145 runs yesterday in their Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League fixture on the fourth and final day with Sri Lankan cap Dunith Wellalage returning an impeccable haul of 6 wickets for 26 runs and Dilum Sudeera 4 for 48 at the Galle International Cricket Stadium.
Dambulla just managed to take their pathetic overnight 26 for 6 across the 100 mark, thanks to a dogged 28 by Akila Dananjaya who was a game loser to go with his 6-wicket haul.
Wellalage added two more to his overnight 4 wickets for 3 with Dilum Sudeera playing a superb supporting role with the other two scalps.
Meanwhile, Colombo wriggled out of the first innings 106 holocaust to force a draw against Kandy ending on 313 for 7 chasing an imposing 599 target, thanks to half centuries by Avishka Fernando 74 off 141 balls with 6 boundaries and Charith Asalanka 65 off 93 hitting 9 boundaries a six followed by an the eighth-wicket unfinished 55-run pairing between Shehan Fernando 39 off 112 with 2 fours and Kasun Rajitha a game 16 off 67 with a boundary to taking Colombo out of the woods when Kandy threatened to go through.
Kandy followed up their 460 declaring the second innings on 244 for 3 declared with Nuwanidu Fernando getting into his aggressive element with an unbeaten 100 and Janishka Perera 93.
CHIEF SCORES:
Galle vs Dambulla
Galle 267 and 244
Dambulla 261 and 105
(Akila Dananjaya 28, Sahan Korala 25, Dunith Wellalage 6/26, Dilum Sudeera 4/48)
Kandy vs Colombo
Kandy 460 And 2443 decl.
(Nuwanidu Fernando n.o. 100, Janishka Perera 93, Sahan Arachchige n.o. 29, Pathum Nissanka 18,
Lahiru Madushanka 1/19, Nishan Peiris 1/41, Navod Paranavithana 1/73)
Colombo 106 And 313/7
(Avishka Fernando 74, Charith Asalanka 65, Lahiru Madushanka 39, Shehan Fernando n.o. 39, Kasun Rajitha n.o. 16, Sahan Nanayakkara 3/76, Shiran Fernando 2/59, Mohamed Dilshad 1/40, Ravindu Fernando 1/85)
