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| Sunday, 28 December 2003 |
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by RANJAN ANANDAPPA Bloomfield are their way to clinch the Premier League cricket title. They already have a first innings win and are on course of a probable outright win on the third day of the final against Colts at the SSC grounds today. At the close of the second day yesterday, Shanuka Dissanayake (83) and Kaushalya Weeraratne added 88 invaluable runs for the 8th wicket in 89 balls to ensure Bloomfield get a first innings lead. Dissanayake strode to the wicket when Bloomfield were badly placed with 100 for 5. He batted with authority to swing the game in Bloomfield's favour aided by Weeraratne who rendered an invaluable support thumping 25. Dissanayaka faced 110 balls and hit 11 fours while adding 88 with Kaushalya Weeraratne. From 100 for 5, the last five Bloomfield batsmen added 139 runs, spearheaded by Dissanayaka's responsible inning. In reply to Colts meagre 175 runs, Bloomfield were all out for 239 runs giving them a 64 run lead. Colts in their second innings were 158 for 8 at close with a slender 96 run overall lead with two wickets in hand. Left-arm spinner Sanath Jayasuriya was the main wrecker in the Colts second innings, taking four quick wickets. He claimed the wicket of Romesh Kaluwitharana in the last ball of the day. Kaluwitharana who was out for a 'duck' in the first innings and was striking the ball well when he was judged leg before wicket in the second innings after scoring a fine 72 which included 8 fours and a six facing 118 balls. COLTS - 1ST INNINGS 175 (M. Pushpakumara 37, Dulip Liyanage 76 n.o., D. Gamage 4 for 54, Udara Varuna 3 for 53) BLOOMFIELD - 1ST INNINGS (overnight 100 for 5 wkts) Ian Daniel c Vaas b Liyanage 10 Sanath Jayasuriya c Upashantha b Liyanage 36 T. c Kaluwitharana b Amarasinghe 9 Indika de Saram run out 28 T. M. Dilshan c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 2 Kumara Dharmasena c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 4 Kaushal Lokuarachchi lbw b Vaas 2 S. Dissanayake c Amarasinghe b Upashantha 83 Kaushal Weeraratne c Bandaratilaka b Sajith Fernando 25 Udara Varuna not out 18 D. Gamage c Fernando b Amarasinghe 4 Extras 18 TOTAL (all out in 73.1 overs) 239 FALL OF WICKETS: 51, 57, 79, 83, 96, 100, 103, 191, 223. BOWLING: Chaminda Vaas 21-6-60-3, Dulip Liyanage 9-1-30-2, Niroshan Bandaratilaka 14-3-50-0, Ishara Amarasinghe 15.1-4-51-2, M. Pushpakumara 2-1-7-0, Sajith Fernando 9-0-24-1, Eric Upashantha 3-0-10-1. COLTS - 2ND INNINGS Dulip Samaraweera lbw b Lokuarachchi 31 Chaminda Mendis b Lokuarachchi 3 Sajith Fernando st Dilshan b Dharmasena 29 Romesh Kaluwitharana lbw b Jayasuriya 72 Jeevantha Kulatunga c Lokuarachchib Jayasuriya 16 Dulip Liyanage c Weeraratne b Jayasuriya 0 M. Pushpakumara b Jayasuriya 1 Chaminda Vaas c and b Dharmasena 0 Eric Upashantha not out 0 Extras 6 TOTAL (for 8 wkts in 56 overs) 158 FALL OF WICKETS: 26, 53, 91, 130, 130, 139, 158, 158. BOWLING: Dharshana Gamage 3-0-17-0, Udara Varuna 2-0-9-0, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 19-2-62-2, Kumara Dharmasena 18-5-39-2, Sanath Jayasuriya 14-4-25-4. |
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