f63581	Dambulla District v Kandy District
	National Super League 4-Day Competition 2025/26
Venue	Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th April 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dambulla District won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dambulla District 9.275 (Batting 1.275, Bowling 2); Kandy District 2.215 (Batting 0.915, Bowling 1.3)
Umpires	JWHD Boteju, SWC Sanjeewa
Referee	WMJK de Silva
Reserve Umpire	NASM de Silva
Close of play day 1	Dambulla District (1) 293/5 (MGAK Bandara 77*, Pathiratne 14*; 84 overs)
Close of play day 2	Dambulla District (1) 424/9 (Abeyratne 0*, Jayathilake 1*; 127 overs)
Close of play day 3	Kandy District (1) 224/6 (Bandara 11*, Kumara 13*; 77 overs)

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Dambulla District first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DLS Croospulle	c Rubasinghe b Kalupahana	22	22	37	4	-
PTM Dabare	c Fernando b Rodrigo	4	4	10	1	-
WMK Bandara	c Rubasinghe b Kalupahana	8	22	37	1	-
*DM de Silva	c Arachchige b Vandersay	53	107	151	6	-
PVR de Silva	c Kumara b Fernando	104	177	264	10	-
+MGAK Bandara	c Rodrigo b Fernando	128	225	404	8	-
PMKR Pathiratne	c Weerasinghe b Vandersay	78	187	253	8	-
MKPAD Perera	c Paranavithana b Fernando	0	3	7	-	-
MVT Fernando	lbw b Vandersay	4	11	11	1	-
MGGNB Abeyratne	c Paranavithana b Kumara	8	29	42	1	-
KBSU Jayathilake	not out	15	25	36	2	-
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 9 nb, 6 w)	27
Total	(all out, 629 minutes, 133.5 overs)	451
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Dabare, 1.4 ov), 2-31 (Croospulle, 6.5 ov), 3-36 (WMK Bandara, 8.4 ov), 4-155 (DM de Silva, 39.5 ov), 5-252 (PVR de Silva, 68.1 ov), 6-413 (Pathiratne, 120.4 ov), 7-414 (Perera, 121.4 ov), 8-423 (Fernando, 124.3 ov), 9-423 (MGAK Bandara, 125.3 ov), 10-451 (Abeyratne, 133.5 ov)

Kandy District bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kalupahana	18	0	86	2	2	4
Rodrigo	15	2	40	1	4	-
Kumara	23.5	3	71	1	-	-
Gunasekara	22	3	81	0	-	2
Fernando	23	2	76	3	-	3
Arachchige	12	1	32	0	-	-
Vandersay	20	3	53	3	-	-

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Kandy District first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Paranavithana	lbw b Fernando	1	8	12	-	-
MPM Weerasinghe	c MGAK Bandara b Pathiratne	60	57	90	9	-
+VR Rubasinghe	c Dabare b Perera	70	139	258	6	1
DE Kalupahana	c WMK Bandara b Pathiratne	1	14	12	-	-
*SSD Arachchige	b Abeyratne	58	124	176	5	-
KNA Bandara	c PVR de Silva b Abeyratne	94	244	340	9	-
RS Fernando	b Abeyratne	1	4	7	-	-
WS Kumara	c Croospulle b Abeyratne	25	90	123	1	-
YH Rodrigo	c PVR de Silva b Abeyratne	19	69	92	3	-
CD Gunasekara	not out	7	61	106	-	-
JDF Vandersay	c PVR de Silva b Jayathilake	11	11	8	1	1
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 621 minutes, 136 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Paranavithana, 2.1 ov), 2-81 (Weerasinghe, 15.6 ov), 3-85 (Kalupahana, 19.2 ov), 4-196 (Rubasinghe, 55.5 ov), 5-198 (Arachchige, 56.4 ov), 6-202 (Fernando, 58.2 ov), 7-249 (Kumara, 88.5 ov), 8-305 (Rodrigo, 112.4 ov), 9-355 (Bandara, 134.1 ov), 10-366 (Vandersay, 135.6 ov)

Dambulla District bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fernando	12	3	30	1	-	-
Pathiratne	21	1	65	2	-	2
Abeyratne	26	5	106	5	2	3
Perera	48	10	76	1	-	-
Jayathilake	26	1	72	1	-	-
DM de Silva	3	0	5	0	-	-

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Dambulla District second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PTM Dabare	lbw b Fernando	7	6	10	-	1
+MGAK Bandara	c Kumara b Fernando	1	3	6	-	-
DLS Croospulle	not out	50	58	85	5	-
WMK Bandara	lbw b Vandersay	26	48	64	3	-
*DM de Silva	not out	17	20	16	3	-
PVR de Silva	did not bat
PMKR Pathiratne	did not bat
KBSU Jayathilake	did not bat
MKPAD Perera	did not bat
MVT Fernando	did not bat
MGGNB Abeyratne	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 92 minutes, 22 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (MGAK Bandara, 1.1 ov), 2-10 (Dabare, 1.5 ov), 3-73 (WMK Bandara, 15.3 ov)

Kandy District bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kalupahana	2	0	13	0	1	-
Fernando	7	1	22	2	-	3
Rodrigo	3	0	23	0	-	-
Kumara	6	0	21	0	-	-
Vandersay	4	0	26	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PMKR Pathiratne (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> KBSU Jayathilake (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> MPM Weerasinghe (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> KNA Bandara (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 38
--> KBSU Jayathilake reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JDF Vandersay, his 1st wicket in the Kandy District first innings
--> KBSU Jayathilake reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed JDF Vandersay, his 1st wicket in the Kandy District first innings
--> MGGNB Abeyratne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WS Kumara in the Kandy District first innings (previous best was 2-72)
--> MGGNB Abeyratne achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Kandy District first innings

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