Chilaw Marians record outright victory

Chris Dhabarage

Dinuka Hettiarachchi snapped up four wickets for 29 to help Chilaw Marians SC beat Bloomfield outright by a massive 285 runs in their SLC Premier Trophy inter club four day Tier A league tournament match concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Chilaw Marians SC: 319 and 354 for 9 decl

Bloomfield: 206 and 182 (M. Gunaratne 41, A. Ketepearachchi 34, S. Dissanayake 41, G. Wijekoon 2 for 32, D. Hettiarachchi 4 for 29, S. Eranga 3 for 36)

Pushpakumara shines in Tamils win

A fine all round effort from Muthumudalige Pushpakumara helped Tamil Union snatch a thrilling nine run outright victory over Colts CC in their SLC Premier Trophy inter club four day Tier A league tournament match concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.

Tamil Union: 198 and 213

Colts CC: 165 and 247 (M. Warnapura 54, D. Pathirana 55, A. Mathews 59 n.o, M. Maduwantha 2 for 41, M. Pushpakumara 3 for 41, P. Jayaprakashdaran 2 for 34)

Kanchana 185 saves NCC from defeat

Opener Kanchana Gunawardena hammered a splendid 185 with three sixes and eighteen boundaries as NCC fought back well to force a draw when they met their traditional rivals SSC at Maitland Place.

NCC: 273 and 393 (K. Gunawardena 185, I. Muthaliph 36, C. Wijesinghe 36, M. Gajanayake 22, D. Indika 54, K. Kulasekera 19, D. Bandara 32, T. Thushara 2 for 48, S. Senanayake 4 for 90, K. Lokuarachchi 2 for 94, D. Prasad 2 for 62)

SSC: 444.