Dimuth (113) deprives STC Matara from forcing a win

Text and pictures by P.D. De Silva

A determined 113 off 153 balls (20 boundaries) by Dimuth Sandaruwan saw Karandeniya Central avert an outright loss at the hands of St. Thomas’ College Matara at the Uyanwatta stadium last evening.

The Karandeniya batsmen 277 runs behind batted out 75 overs to end the day on 186/6.

STC Matara batting first declared their innings at 370/5 in 90.1 overs with Raminda Pravinath smashing his second double ton of the season and Tharusha Kavindya notching up an unbeaten 118. The pair shared a 295 run partnership for the 4th wicket. Raminda scored 201 off 216 balls with 22 boundaries and a six while Tharusha’s 118 came off 142 balls with 14 boundaries.

Karandeniya Central continuing from their overnight score of 24/3 were bundled out for 93 runs by Praveen Madushan 5/25 and Akila Thiwanka 4/25. Ishara Maduwantha scored 18 runs. On being asked to follow on the Karandeniya batsmen did well to end the day at 186/6 and only concede first innings points

Scores: STC Matara 370/5 in 90.1 overs

Raminda Pravinath 201, Tharusha Kavindya 118 not out, Ishan Jayawardena 28

Chamara Prabath 3/68

Karandeniya Central 93 in 45.4 overs (24/3 overnight)

Ishara Madhuwantha 18

Praveen Madushan 5/25, Akila thiwanka 4/25

And 186/6 in 75 overs

Dimuth Sandaruwan 113, Sasindu Kaveesha 37, Dilum Sudeera 26 not out

Praveen Madushan 4/42