Pulina Tharanga’s maiden five-for takes Kandy to the top

Leg-spinner Pulina Tharanga recorded his first-ever five-for in any form of cricket when he took six wickets for 29 to bowl Kandy to a 96-run win over Galle at the P Sara Oval. Tharanga’s exceptional bowling outshone Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya’s 5 for 61 for Galle, and it took Kandy to the top of the table with 15 points.