Pavan, Dhananjaya help Dambulla make bold reply

By M. Shamil Amit

Centuries by Pavan Ratnayake and Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva helped Dambulla make a bold reply of 342 for four against Colombo on day two of their four-day National Super League Cricket Tournament encounter played at the Dambulla Stadium yesterday.

Chief scores:
At Dambulla:
Colombo (300/9 overnight): 300 (Kusal Mendis 119, Charith Asalanka 43, Lahiru Madusanka 43, Asitha Wanninayake 38, Dulaj Samuditha 3/70, Akila Dhananjaya 3/91, Mohamed Shiraz 2/48)
Dambulla: 342/4 (Dhananjaya de Silva 134 rtd, Pavan Ratnayake 151 n.o, Pramod Madushan 2/75).

At R. Premadasa Stadium:
Jaffna: 201 and 31/1 (Shevon Daniel 23)
Kandy (67/1 overnight): 382 (Janishka Perera 97, Sahan Arachchige 45, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 44, Shiran Fernando 38, Kamil Mishara 27, Tharindu Ratnayake 5/99, Asanka Manoj 3/64, Janith Liyanage 2/27).