Sri Lankan domestic: Basnahira set decent total for Wayamba
Basnahira gave a target of 218 to Wayamba in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Inter-Provisional Limited over tournament on 11 January 2011. The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to some overnight rain which left the outfield wet.
Wayamba won the toss and elected to bowl first. The conditions were overcast and this allowed the Wayamba bowlers to cause some problems in the initial overs. Basnahira opener Jeevantha Kulatunga was dismissed on the very first ball of the match.
The star Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan and Malinda Warnapura took the team out of trouble with a solid fifty-run partnership. Warnapura was the second man to be dismissed after he had scored 26 runs.
Angelo Matthews joined Dilshan at the crease and the team hoped that the star Sri Lankan players could help them reach a massive total. However, Matthews was disappointing as he got out for just 18 runs. Dilshan got out soon after he reached his half century.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Vaas-c1223 was the next batsman for Basnahira and he played a good innings of 29 runs to help his team avoid a disaster.
All the middle order batsmen for Basnahira took starts but did not capitalise on them. It was Roshen Silva’s innings of 40 runs off 42 balls towards the end of the innings which helped the team post a decent total.
The pick of the bowlers for Wayamba was Sachithra Senanayake. He took three important wickets in the match including the wicket of Dilshan. Senanayake was supported by Chanaka Welegedara who also took three.
The Wayamba team will be hoping that their star batsmen score most of the runs for them. They will heavily rely on Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera. The team will also be expecting some runs from their promising youngster, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dinesh-c54134 Chandimal.
Basnahira also has a very strong bowling line-up led by Lasith Malinga. The team will be confident of restricting the Wayamba batsmen from chasing down the target of 218. Vaas and Matthews are the other two bowlers who can cause problems for the batsmen.
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