Sangakkara a quickfire 93

KUMAR Sangakkara hit a blistering 93 and put on 174 runs for the second wicket with Kosala Kulasekera (98) as NCC defeated Air Force SC by a massive 142 runs in their inter club Twenty20 cricket tournament match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

NCC: 245 for 4 in 20 overs (Kumar Sangakkara 93, Kosala Kulasekera 98, R. Lasantha 2 for 39).

Air Force SC: 103 for 9 in 20 overs (A. Rizan 21, A. Ganegama 2 for 30, U. Chandana 3 for 18).

Tharanga scores unbeaten 67

Tharanga Paranavithana hit an unbeaten 67 to help SSC beat CCC by nine wickets in their inter club Twenty20 cricket tournament match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

CCC: 117 in 19.2 overs (M. van Dort 26, M. Jayawardena 2 for 22, D. Abeydeera 3 for 19, T. Samaraweera 3 for 17).

SSC: 118 for 1 in 13 overs (T. Paranavithana 67 n.o, T. Samaraweera 32 n.o.).

Ranga, Chandika shines for Tamils

Two unbeaten half centuries from Ranga Dias (50 n.o) and Chandika Hathurusinghe (57 n.o) helped Tamil Union cruised to an easy seven wicket victory over Sebastianites SC in their inter club Twenty20 cricket tournament match played at Maitland Crescent yesterday.

Sebastianites SC: 133 for 9 in 20 overs (C. Silva 41, D. Fernando 34, L. Dias 2 for 21, N. Ranjith 2 for 25, N. Perera 2 for 26).

Tamil Union: 136 for 3 in 17.3 overs (R. Dias 50 n.o, C. Hathurusinghe 57 n.o, G. Silva 2 for 25).

Close win for Moors

Moors SC registered a close 14 run victory over Galle CC in their inter club Twenty20 cricket tournament match played at Maitland Crescent yesterday.

Moors SC: 140 for 9 in 20 overs (R. Peiris 26, B. Perera 39, N. Weeraman 3 for 22, A. Ranasinghe 2 for 14, A. Ratnayake 2 for 24).

Galle CC: 126 for 2 in 20 overs (H. Wijesinghe 22, N. Weeraman 21 n.o, R. Herath 2 for 31).

Colts by 33 runs

Colts CC edged out BRC by 33 runs in their SLC division three limited overs cricket tournament match played at the BRC grounds, Havelock Park yesterday.

Colts CC: 251 for 8 in 50 overs (A. Godapitiya 27, T. Pathirathne 28, L. de Silva 76 n.o, R. Padmika 28, S. Peiris 22 n.o, C. Edirimanna 2 for 29, S. de Silva 2 for 41, N. Devarajan 3 for 28)

BRC: 218 in 46.3 overs (M. Mendis 24, N. Devarajan 57, C. Edirimanna 57, T. Indika 2 for 24, A. Godapitiya 2 for 30, L. Prasad 2 for 41).