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Chilaw Marians in dramatic win

Chilaw Marians Sports Club bounced back into recognition with a tremendous performance during the second week of matches in the SLC Premier League Tier A tournament.

Last week at Katunayake they brought down a fighting Sri Lanka Army SC outfit by one wicket in a most thrilling encounter. Their success of course was in the balance at one stage after they had conceded a first innings lead of 12 runs to their opponents.


Sri Lanka Cricket donated over Rs. 3.5 million for the Premier League Tier A and Tier B clubs participating in the current tournament. Pictured here is the Chairman SLC Interim Committee Arjuna Ranatunga presenting the cheques at the SLC headquarters. (From left): Karunaratne Wickremasinghe (President Seeduwa Raddoluwa CC), Leo Wijesinghe (Manager NCC), Mrs. Indrani Ariyaratne (Moratuwa SC). Also in the picture are Ashley de Silva (Head of Operations SLC) and Chandima Mapatuna (Manager Tournaments SLC). Pictures by Herbert Perera

Their hopes further disappeared when they collapsed to 50 for 9 while chasing a target of 70 runs. However the Chilaw Marians SC last pair of Chinthaka Perera and Ishan Silva rose to the big occasion and put their heads down to play more intelligently and steer their side towards a memorable victory.

This was no doubt a real morale booster for Chilaw Marians SC who had lost their opening encounter to the defending champions SSC on the first innings at Maitland Place.

But this time they looked more determined on the field and also had the satisfaction bowling out Army SC for just 58 runs in their second innings. This was mainly due to some splendid bowling from Gayan Wijekoon and Dinuk Hettiarachchi.

Chilaw Marians SC then had the opportunity of wrapping up the game by a more convincing margin as they had plenty of time and overs to reach their target. But instead they made a complete mess of the situation and almost paid the penalty for some careless batting.

Army SC could look back with a great amount of satisfaction having stretched their opponents to the maximum in their very first appearance in the Tier A tournament. They certainly had an outside chance but sheer bad luck prevented them from pulling off what would have been a historic triumph.

Ragama CC v Baduraliya CC

Ragama CC produced a fine all round performance to beat the giant killers Baduraliya CC outright by and innings and 37 runs in their SLC Premier League Tier A match worked off at Barybrooke Place last week.

Ragama CC of course went into this game under tremendous pressure after Baduraliya CC had made a spectacular start to the season by outplaying the more fancied NCC team in their opening encounter at Maitland Place.

But Ragama CC overcame all obstacles and collected the maximum points by emerging victorious by a convincing margin at the end. In the process they had the satisfaction of bundling out their opponents for a mere 53 runs in the second innings which is in fact the lowest total so far in the competition.

This was mainly due to some penetrative bowling from Saliya Saman and Dharshana Gamage who played havoc with the Baduraliya CC batting. All rounder Kaushalya Weeraratne then added the finishing touches by claiming a six wicket haul in the second innings.

Baduraliya CC of course put up an improved batting performance in their second attempt with R. Perera, P. Jayaprakash and U. Fernando making a desperate attempt to save the game. However Weeraratne was in devastating form as he ripped through the Baduraliya CC top order with a real hostile spell of bowling.

The Ragama CC batting revolved around Duminda Perera, Sameera Soysa and all rounder Malinga Bandara with all making significant contributions towards their first innings total of 285 runs.

SSC v Colts CC

The defending champions SSC had to be satisfied with first innings points as bad weather interfered their key match against Colts CC at Maitland Place during the weekend.

SSC of course had set the stage for an outright victory by piling up a formidable 378 in their first innings and then by bundling out their opponents for a modest 164 runs. However bad weather coupled with some stubborn batting from the Colts CC top order spoiled all their chances of taking a firm grip of the match.

Colts CC really made amends for their first innings batting debacle with Ishan Muthalip and Dhanuka Pathirana leading from the front. The experienced pair made certain that they would not make the same mistake twice with a solid performance that helped them to maintain their reputation.

The match turned out to be a significant one for former Sri Lanka paceman Nuwan Zoysa who was in excellent form with both bat and ball. The left arm seamer ran through the Colts CC batting with a superb five wicket haul after he had earlier plundered a swashbuckling half century.

This was after Navin Perera had missed out a fine century by just four runs as SSC took the initiative by dominating the opening days play following another good half century by Dimuth Karunaratne.

Bloomfield v Tamil Union

Bloomfield rattled up the highest total for the season but they had to be content with a first innings victory over Tamil Union in their SLC Premier League Tier A tournament match worked off at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium last week.

Bloomfield piled up a massive 573 in their first innings with the help of a fine century from Sri Lanka discard Tillekeratne Dilshan. The manner in which the rest of the batsmen handled the situation was quite outstanding as they completely outclassed their opponents on the field.

Shanuka Dissanayake also came closer of reaching the three figure mark while Chamara Silva and wicket keeper Prasanna Jayawardena also joined in the fun with useful contributions. However Bloomfield's hopes of an outright victory vanished quickly following heavy rain during the final session.

Earlier Tamil Union did well to reach 299 in their first innings with the bulk of the runs coming from the bat of Gihan Rupasinghe. The dynamic all rounder rescued Tamil Union with a magnificent 154 not out after their top order had crumbled against the pace of Tharanga Lakshitha.

NCC v CCC

NCC took first innings points over their arch rivals CCC in a low scoring Premier League Tier A tournament match worked off at Maitland Crescent last week.

NCC were under some kind of pressure after they had managed to score just over 250 runs in their first innings.

However their bowlers really stuck to their task with a pleasing performance where Tharaka Kottahewea, Kosala Kulasekera and Chanaka Komasaru had an outstanding game.

As a result CCC were shot for 158 runs and were in danger of losing the game outright. However they came back strongly in the second innings with Nisal Randhika and Bathiya Perera scoring fighting half centuries.

NCC too were in trouble at one stage but their late order batsmen put up a great performance to take them towards a winning position with Kosala Kulasekera and Tharaka Kottahewa making half centuries.

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