Jaffna romped to a handsome 4-wicket win over Kandy inside of three days fronted by Shashrika Dulshan’s 4–wicket haul for 73 in dismissing their opponents for 222 in the second innings which was optimised by Dhananjaya de Silva’s unbeaten 82 off 110 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries reaching the target of 243 for the loss of 6 wickets at the SSC Grounds on Saturday.

Kandy, resuming their second innings on an overnight 172 for 6, was dismissed for 222 with Ahan Wickremesinghe, who was on 51, going on to make 77 off 101 inclusive of 8 boundaries and a six in once again top scoring for his side in the wake of his first innings 101. But the virtual lone effort by the 21-year old couldn’t pull Kandy out of the woods.

CHIEF SCORES: Kandy 265 & 222 (60.3 Overs).(Ahan Wickremesinghe 77, Kasun Vidura 29, Thanuka Dabare 21, Oshada Fernando 27, Niroshan Dickwella 25, Wanuja Sahan 12, Ashian Daniel 12, Shashika Dulshan 4/73, Navod Paranavithana 3/16, Dhananjaya de Silva 1/26) Jaffna 245 & 243/6 (59.2 Overs) (Dhananjaya de Silva n.o. 82, Sadeera Samarawickrama 41, Lahiru Madushanka n.o. 28, Sahan Wanuja 2/95, Lahiru Kumara 1/32, Ashian Daniel 1/58. Sandun Weerakkody 1/7, Amshi De Silva 1/20)