Another full round of Sri Lankan domestic cricket was played
out today with a number of eye-catching results.
The most eye-catching game took place at Moratuwa where 6th
placed Ragama absolutely destroyed second to bottom placed Nugegoda – largely thanks
to the tournament’s largest individual total scored by Nishan Madushka. The
ex-Sri Lanka Under 19 player scored 165 of Ragama’s 339-6 before the bowlers
got to work and first strangled Nugegoda before knocking them all out with 8
overs left and a deficit of 156 runs. Madushka’s innings broke the Kasun Vidura
stranglehold at the top of the highest totals; however, he still thunders on in
terms of total runs scored thanks to another half-century today against Panadura.
He now has 446 runs @ 89.20 – 120 more than anyone else.
12 miles up the coast, Sinhalese won a narrow one against
Moors despite having only scored 120 in the first knock. Sinhalese have a lot
to thank Sasika Dilshan for as his figures of 7-2-28-2 were influential in
getting Moors out for just over a hundred runs. It is the tournament’s second
7-fer – and both have been by Sinhalese bowlers.
The tournament’s highest wicket-taker Duvindu Tillakaratne
continued to impress as he got 3-42 in Burgher's victory over Colombo. On only 2 occasions has he failed to get fewer
than three wickets in this competition so far.
There is an anomalous single game tomorrow with the next
large round of fixtures on Sunday
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