da premier bet： Tamil Nadu beat Colombo District Cricket Association by 57 runs in thethird and the final one-day FC de Saram trophy match to level thethree-match series
Staff Reporter17-Oct-2001Tamil Nadu beat Colombo District Cricket Association by 57 runs in thethird and the final one-day FC de Saram trophy match to level thethree-match series.CDCA brought in regular wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene allowing TMDilshan to concentrate on his batting at the expense of MichaelVandort while Kaushalya Weeraratne came in for Rangana Herath.Tamil Nadu, who won the toss and elected to bat first, were bowled outfor a modest 227. J Madanagopal top scored with a 67 in 95 balls. SSaravanan made 51 in 72 balls. The pair added 85 runs for the fourthwicket, which was the highest partnership of the match.Gayan Wijekoon bowled well for the visitors picking up six Tamilwickets for 33 runs. Dinusha Fernando and Muttumudaligge Pushpakumarapicked up two apiece.The Sri Lankan openers Jehan Mubarak (8) and Gayan Wijekoon (19)failed to deliver the goods and the visitors never recovered from theearly set back as the home side picked up wickets at regularintervals.In fact, they paid dearly for picking up just three specialist batsmenand packing the side with all-rounders.From the top order batsmen, only first match century maker, TMDilshan, contributed, scoring 28. Skipper Thilan Samaraweera made aface saving 26 while Upul Chandana, batting down the order made thehighest score of 37 off 53 balls. CDCA ended up making 170 in 43.3overs.In the bowling department R Ramkumar picked up three wickets for 33and was named the man of the match.CDCA won the first game on Sunday by one wicket while the second matchon Monday was washed out without a ball being bowled. The four-daymatch for the Gopalan trophy will start October 19.