Sangakkara (96) pilots MAS Kandurata to victory
By Chris Dhambarage
CRICKET: Sri Lanka's vice captain Kumar Sangakkara hit a brilliant 96
to spearhead MAS Kandurata Eleven to an emphatic 192 run victory over
the E Wis Basnahira North Eleven in their 'Five Elevens' Inter
Provincial limited overs cricket tournament match played at the R.
Premadasa Stadium under lights yesterday.
Left hander Sangakkara followed up his century in the previous game
with another tremendous batting performance to help his side post a
formidable 296 runs after having won the toss and elected to bat first.
E. Wis Basnahira North in reply never looked like making a match of it
as they folded up for just 104 runs from 26.3 overs.
Man of the match Sangakkara played the sheet anchor role while
collecting his runs from just 84 deliveries with the help of two sixes
and half a dozen of boundaries. Together with opener Tharanga
Paranavithana they really took the game away from E Wis Basnahira North
by posting a third wicket partnership of 118 runs.
Paranavithana hit a fluent 75 from 114 deliveries with the aid of
five boundaries. Chamara Kapugedera joined Sangakkara and the pair
further consolidated their position with a fourth wicket stand of 80
runs from just ten overs. Kapugedera really went after the E Wis
Basnahira North bowling by hoisting one six and four boundaries during
his 47 ball knock.
E. Wis Basnahira North in their run chase lost wickets at regular
intervals against some good hostile bowling from Akalanka Ganegama,
Kaushalya Weeraratne and Thilina Thushara Mirando. In fact they were
virtually out of the game by the tenth over of the innings having lost
half of their side for a mere 40 runs.
Dhanuka Pathirana (20) and Gayan Wijekoon (19) made useful
contributions to add some respectability to the E Wis Basnahira North
total but the extras was the highest scorer with 21. Mirando snapped up
three wickets while Ganegama and Weeraratne had two wickets each. MAS KANDURATA
T. Paranavithana run out 75
S. Fernando run out 18
T. Mirando c Kulasekera b Prasad 11
K. Sangakkara c Dissanayake b Kulasekera 96
C. Kapugedera not out 60
C. Jayasinghe run out 7
K. Weeraratne not out 13
Extras (lb6, w9, nb1) 16
TOTAL (for 5 wickets in 50 overs) 296
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-39, 2-53, 3-171, 4-251, 5-263.
BOWLING: C. Vaas 8-3-34-0, N. Kulasekera 9-2-45-1,
G. Wijekoon 7-0-40-0, D. Prasad 6-0-52-1, M. Pushpakumara 9-0-54-0,
S. Dissanayake 9-0-58-0, R. Peiris 2-0-7-0.
E WIS BASNAHIRA NORTH
A. Gunawardena c Sangakkara b Ganegama 8
K. Silva lbw b Weeraratne 1
R. Peiris b Ganegama 0
T. Kandamby run out 8
D. Pathirana c Sangakkara b Mirando 20
S. Dissanayake c Mohamed b Weeraratne 0
G. Wijekoon c Muralitharan b Mirando 19
M. Pushpakumara c Sangakkara b Mirando 5
C. Vaas c Ganegama b Mhamed 9
N. Kulasekera not out 6
D. Prasad St Sangakkara b Muralitharan 4
Extras (lb4, w17) 21
TOTAL (All out in 26.3 overs) 104
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-12, 2-18, 3-27, 4-40, 5-40, 6-67, 7-70, 8-82, 9-92
BOWLING: A. Ganegama 6-1-35-2, K. Weeraratne 5-0-19-2,
C. Jayasinghe 5-0-16-0, T. Mirando 6-0-18-3,
S. Mohamed 3-1-10-1, M. Muralitharan 1.3-0-2-1. |
