Thushara (6/27) bowls Colts to victory

Chris DHAMBARAGE

CRICKET: Opening bowler Thilana Thushara returned magnificent figures of six wickets for 27 runs to help Colts CC register a superb five wicket victory over SSC in their Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at Havelock Park yesterday.

SSC: 54 in 17 overs (T. Thushara 6 for 27, J. Kulatunga 4 for 10)

Colts CC: 55 for 5 in 12 overs (J. Kulatunga 18 n.o, D. Pathirana 17, N. Zoysa 2 for 20).

Sajith top-scores for TU

Opener Sajith Fernando hit a top score of 58 to help Tamil Union register a four wicket victory over BRC in their SLC Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

BRC: 164 for 9 in 50 overs (V. Waragoda 32, J. de Soysa 33, R. Dias 4 for 18, K. Peiris 3 for 31).

Tamil Union: 167 for 6 in 47.3 overs (S. Fernando 58, R. Dias 33, P. de Silva 3 for 30).

Ishan helps NCC win

Ishan Muthaliph stroked an unbeaten half century to steer NCC to a convincing seven wicket victory over Chilaw Marians SC in their Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match worked off at Maitland Place yesterday.

Chilaw Marians SC: 115 in 38.2 overs (C. Aravinda 29, C. Atukorale 4 for 24, K. Kulasekera 4 for 27).

NCC: 117 for 3 (I. Muthaliph 51 n.o, D. Hettiarachchi 2 for 26).

A thrilling win

Bloomfield registered a thrilling three wicket victory over CCC with just one ball to spare in their SLC Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

CCC: 181 for 7 in 41 overs (M. van Dort 51, P. Ranaweera 40, E. Abeysinghe 29, A. Solomons 20, T. Gunaratne 3 for 23, O. Wijesiriwardena 3 for 20).

Bloomfield: 182 for 7 in 40.5 overs (S. Jayantha 37, C. Jayasinghe 33, T. Gunaratne 29 n.o, N. Perera 3 for 32).

Lanka CC beat Singha SC

Sanahasa Fernando returned excellent figures of five wickets for 14 runs as Lankan CC edged out Singha SC Ambalangoda by three wickets in their SLC Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at Katunayake yesterday.

Singha SC: 106 in 36 overs (R. Silva 31, P. Gunawardena 20, S. Fernando 5 for 14).

Lankan CC: 107 for 7 in 28.4 overs (N. Shiroman 48, T. Dasun 26, M. Pushpakumara 3 for 37, S. Vithana 3 for 16).

Air Force down Police

Mevan Porage hit a fluent half century as Sri Lanka Air Force SC defeated Sri Lanka Police SC on the Duckworth Lewis scoring method in their rain hit SLC Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at the Police Park yesterday.

Police SC: 191 in 49.1 overs (N. Soysa 77, R. Jinan 32, R. Lasantha 3 for 33, M. Sanjaya 2 for 18).

Air Force SC: 188 for 9 in 47.3 overs (M. Dissanayake 22, M. Porage 51, S. Madanayake 20, R. Mapatuna 45 n.o, A. Ramanayake 3 for 21, S. Soysa 3 for 39, M. Jayawardena 2 for 21).

Welagedera 5/16

Left arm paceman Chanaka Welagedera captured five wickets for 16 runs as Moors SC cruised to an easy 100 run victory over Saracens SC in their SLC Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Moors SC: 216 for 9 in 45 overs (B. Perera 51, A. Rideegammanagedera 45, R. Silva 38, H. Alles 3 for 36, C. Perera 3 for 38, K. Bodisha 2 for 40).

Saracens SC: 116 for 9 in 45 overs (C. Ediriweerage 21, S. Dushantha 25, C. Welagedera 5 for 16, A. Rideegammanagedera 3 for 27).

Sebs by two wkts

Sebastianites SC edged out Panadura SC by two wickets on the Duckworth and Lewis scoring method in their SLC Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at Moratuwa yesterday.

Panadura SC: 142 for 9 in 47 overs (L. Fernando 18 n.o, H. Silva 2 for 23).

Sebastianites SC: 86 for 8 in 21 overs (C. Buddhika 16 n.o, L. Hemappriya 2 for 18).