Eight wickets for Malinga

Chris DHAMBARAGE

CRICKET: Sri Lanka's opening bowler Lasith Malinga took a match bag of eight wickets as NCC trounced Ragama CC outright by 123 runs in their rain hit SLC Premier inter club league cricket tournament match concluded at the FTZ ground, Katunayake yesterday.

Chasing a victory target of 315 runs, Ragama CC collapsed to 192 with Lasith Malinga and Chanaka Komasaru sharing eight wickets between them. NCC: 221 and 208 for 8 decl (U. Tharanga 76, I. Muthaliph 25, S. Wijeratne 18, K. Sangakkara 22, D. Dissanayake 4 for 61, U. Indrasiri 3 for 58)

Ragama CC: 114 and 192 (A. Perera 54, A. Sandaruwan 37, M. Thotuwilage 31, K. Weeraratne 26, L. Malinga 4 for 37, T. Kottahewa 2 for 48, C. Komasaru 4 for 83)

Rain hit game

Duncan Arnolda captured four wickets for 19 runs but BRC had to be satisfied with a no decision in their rain hit SLC Premier inter club league cricket tournament match against Panadura SC concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.

BRC: 302 for 9 decl

Panadura SC 130 for 5 (M. Fernando 40 n.o, K. Gangodawila 31 n.o, D. Arnolda 4 for 19)

Amila 90 n.o.

Amila Ratnayake hit a superb unbeaten 90 to help Galle CC force a no decision to their rain hit SLC Premier inter club league cricket tournament match against Sri Lanka Air Force SC concluded at Rifle Green yesterday.

Air Force SC 264: (A. Rizan 39, M. Dissasnaake 23, R. Mapatuna 56, A. Kumara 42, S. Madanayake 23, M. Abdeen 4 for 60, M. Perera 4 for 58)

Galle CC: 210 for 9 (M. Sumanasekera 34, A. Ratnayake 90 n.o, R. Gallapathy 32, D. de Silva 4 for 39)

Fernando a ton

Upul Fernando hit an unbeaten 102 to help Lankan CC register an easy first innings win over Sri Lanka Army SC in their rain hit SLC Premier inter club league cricket tournament match concluded at Welisara yesterday. Lankan CC: 177 and 309 for 9 decl (U. Fernando 102 n.o, B. Ediriweera 93, N. Ratnayake 6 for 75)

Army SC: 166 and 202 for 8 (A. Mendis 20, N. Ratnayake 45, R. Priyadarshana 2 for 30, G. Sirisoma 2 for 40, D. de Saram 2 for 20)

Washed out

The SLC Premier inter club league cricket tournament matches between CCC v Chilaw Marians SC at Braybrooke Place, Bloomfield v NCC at Reid Avenue, Colts CC v Moors SC at Havelock Park and Tamil Union v Baduraliya CC at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium ended in a no decision after heavy overnight rain washed out the third and final days play yesterday.

No play was possible in all these matches during the first two days too due to a wet outfield.