http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament: Wayamba v Combined Provinces – Match Recap
Combined Provinces secured its impressive first and only win after defeating Wayamba with 7 wickets on the Sri Lanka Cricket Inter Provincial Twenty20 Tournament. The fixture came as the 10th game of the competition and was staged at the R Premadasa
Stadium, Colombo, on Wednesday, July 27, 2011.
Batting first, Wayamba openers took to the field as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Wijayakumara-Vidanapathirana-c49563.
The bout took off with an early loss for the batting side as Vandort made his way to the pavilion in the inning’s second over. However, alongside the skipper, one down batsman Rumesh Buddika took on an aggressive stance, scoring some swift numbers for the
side.
The partnership was finally called to an end in the 7th over with the skipper making the exit this time. With an impressive run at the crease, Kandamby scored 28 runs coming primarily from his 4 boundaries.
However, with the second wicket already gone, Wayamba was offered another blow from the Combined Provinces bowlers after two successive wickets came in the following 8th and 9th overs.
By now, the batting side had lost 4 players in 8.4 overs after posting a total of 69 runs.
With the middle order now left to wrap up the remaining innings, the bowling side went on earning three more wickets, bringing an end to Wayamba’s batting session after the team managed to post a fair total of 155 runs after losing 7 wickets.
As for the Combined Provinces batting response, the side kicked in with a swift start as opening batsmen Rishan Kavinga and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mashtayage-Dhanushka-Gunathilleke-c75001 took to the chase.
The duo went on with the session adding some quick runs to the total but failed to continue after suffering their first loss in the 4th over, owned by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muthukumarana-Landage-Rumesh-Buddika-c78139. It was Kavinga who was forced to leave the crease after a successful Leg before
Wicket appeal from the bowler.
However, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Subasinghe-Mudiyanselage-Ashan-Priyanjan-c91540 stepping on the field to join Gunathilleke, the pair managed to come out with some impressive batting leading the team into second half of the innings.
After a notable 43 runs partnership, the pair was finally parted with the start of the 12th over. Combined Provinces’ batsman made his exit after being caught out by Buddika off Kaushal Lokuarachchi’s delivery. The player offered an impressive
run at the crease through a fair contribution of 33 runs including a boundary and a single out of the park.
A few more overs into the session, more trouble came for the batting side as the game came near to a close. In the 15th over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohan-de-Silva-Boralessa-c90669 managed to secure Priyanjan’s stumps after the batsman made his return on a decent half century.
The remaining chase was then taken over by the middle order, leading Combined Provinces into a 7 wickets win.
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