Ahan Wickramasinghe carried on his run-scoring form with another century for Kandy in their National Super League match against Jaffna at the SSC. 

Wickramasinghe’s century and a few cameos from Sandun Weerakkody and Oshadha Fernando helped Kandy post 265 after they were asked to bat first. Binura Fernando and Shashika Dulshan picked up 3 wickets each. 

In response, Jaffna was 93 for three at stumps on Day 1. 

Brief scores

Kandy 265 in 66 overs

(Ahan Wickremasinghe 101, Sandun Weerakody 36, Oshada Fernando 33, Niroshan Dickwella 21; Binura Fernando 3 for 34, Shashika Dukshan 3 for 70)

Jaffna 93 for 3 in 21 overs

(Navod Paranavitharana 45, janith Liyanage 41*; Lahiru Kumara 2 for 17)