Kandurata Warriors v Nagenahira Nagas - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Premier League - Warriors bolster 159 – Live Score and Update
Kandurata Warriors 159/7 (20/20 ov) - Kandurata Warriors chose to bat
On Monday, August 13, Kandurata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 chose to bat first after winning the toss and hammered a total of 159 for the loss of seven wickets against Nagenahira Nagas, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
In a match that saw little interest by the locals, the Warriors had a disappointing start, losing their first wicket with only a run on the board.
With skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712 (1) out of action, it was time for JK Silva and KDK Vithanage to take charge and help their side post a total good enough to chase.
The batting duo took the score to 26, before Silva was stumped by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 off SS Pathirana on a knock of 16.
Vithanage was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, as the two batsmen initiated a calm partnership, taking the score to 58.
Nonetheless, before the batting duo could pose a series threat to their rivals, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BAW-Mendis-c1127 stepped in and nabbed the wicket of Vithanage, who perished after clobbering a knock of 24 runs.
This brought the hard-hitting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SB-Styris-c2463 in the middle, but before he could go ballistic, he was removed by SS Pathirana on a score of one run. At the time of his wicket, the Warriors were standing on a total of 61 runs.
With a tally of 92, the Warriors saw their fifth wicket go down, when Haq was caught behind after jabbing a 24-run knock.
It was then upon Perera to post a daunting total on the board by standing against a very aggressive bowling attack that was gaining momentum.
While LHD Dilhara held his end, Perera launched a batting onslaught to rattle the bowling attack.
The batting side raced to 149 runs due to some hardcore hitting by Perera, who smacked six fours and four sixes to bolster an innings of 72 runs before losing his wicket to B Laughlin.
With Dilhara unbeaten on 11 and CKB Kulasekara on seven runs, the Warriors finally posted a total good enough for their bowlers to defend.
From Nagenahira Nagas, SS Pathirana, BAW Mendis and B Laughlin all shared two wickets each.
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