Tamil Union by three wickets
Chris DHAMBARAGE
Former Sri Lanka under 19 captain Ashan Priyanjan and Gihan de Silva
stroked splendid half centuries to help Tamil Union pull off a thrilling
three wicket victory over NCC in their SLC Premier limited overs Tier A
tournament match worked off at Maitlad Place yesterday.
NCC: 197 for 9 in 50 overs (C. Wijesinghe 66, T. Kottahewa 36 n.o, S.
Lakmal 5 for 31, S. Fernando 2 for 23)
Tamil Union: 200 for 7 in 44.5 overs (A. Priyanjan 87, G. de Silva 60
n.o, M. Perera 18 n.o, A. Ganegama 2 for 46, C. Komasaru 2 for 50, T.
Kottahewa 2 for 48)
Shanuka 110 help Bloomfield
Middle order batsman Shanuka Dissanayake hit a magnificent 110 to
help Bloomfield cruise to an easy 156 run victory over Moors SC in their
SLC Premier limited overs Tier A tournament match worked off at Reid
Avenue yesterday.
Bloomfield: 335 for 7 in 50 overs (S. Jayantha 78, S. Dissanayake
110, C. Jayasinghe 86 n.o, H. Fernando 2 for 50, N. Ranjith 2 for 72)
Moors SC: 179 in 36 overs (D. Lokuhettige 56, S. Perera 31, W.
Fernando 27, S. Gangodawila 5 for 25)
Chilaw Marians by 7 wkts
Dashing opener Nimesh Perera hammered a sparkling half century to
steer Chilaw Marians SC to a rousing seven wicket victory over
Baduraliya CC in their SLC Premier limited overs Tier A tournament match
worked off at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday.
Baduraliya CC: 117 in 35.2 overs (A. Ratnayake 29, D. Vitharana 25,
H. Silva 3 for 42, G. Wijekoon 2 for 40, S. Eranga 2 for 19)
Chilaw Marians SC: 118 for 3 in 22.2 overs (N. Perera 54, A.
Athulathmudali 27, T. . Sampath 3 for 34)
SSC beat Ragama CC
Opener Tharanga Paranavithana hit a captain›s knock of 77 not out to
help the defending champions SSC beat Ragama CC by eight wickets in
their SLC Premier limited overs Tier A tournament match worked off at
Maitland Place yesterday.
Ragama CC: 167 for 8 in 36 overs (I. Senaratne 31, S. Soysa 34, H.
Wickremaratne 42, S. Saman 30 n.o, K. Lokuarachchi 3 for 37)
SSC: 169 for 2 in 24.5 overs (T. Paranavithana 77 n.o, H. Fernando
52, K. Silva 20)
Ranil's hat-trick in vain
Ranil Cooray snapped up four wickets including a hat-trick but could
not prevent Panadura SC from going down to Sebastiantes SC by 12 runs in
their SLC Premier limited overs Tier B tournament match worked off at
the Panadura Esplanade yesterday.
Sebastianites SC: 203 in 48 overs (D. Munaweera 20, H. Boteju 63, P.
Jayasundera 39, D. Perera 21 n.o, D. Fernando 2 for 23, P. Wanasinghe 2
for 30, R. Cooray 4 for 29)
Panadura SC: 191 in 46.3 overs (S. Ruwan 43, S. Kumara 34, C.
Mapatuna 65, D. Perera 3 for 48, G. Sirisoma 3 for 25, P. Jayasundera 3
for 9)
Singha SC win
A fine all round performance from S. Vithana helped Singha SC
Ambalangoda beat Seeduwa Raddoluwa SC by four wickets in their SLC
Premier limited overs Tier B tournament match worked off at the Thurstan
College grounds yesterday.
Seeduwa RSC: 122 in 41.5 overs (T. Waduge 21, C. Silva 21, S. Vithana
5 for 16, S. Silva 2 or 15, N. Pujitha 2 for 20)
Singha SC: 124 for 6 in 27 overs (A. Wewelwela 30, T. Madanayake 26
n.o, S. Vithana 35 n.o, N. Priyantha 2 for 32, R. Dhammika 2 for 44)
BRC in a close win
Tharindu Madushanka snapped up four wickets for 32 to help BRC pull
off a close eleven runs victory over Sri Lanka Air Force SC in their SLC
Premier limited overs Tier B tournament match worked off at Havelock
Park yesterday.
BRC: 187 in 45.1 overs (M. Fernando 28, P. Seneviratne 41, M.
Liyanage 5 for 31, S. Madanayake 2 for 26, Y. de Silva 2 for 15)
Air Force SC: 176 in 36.4 overs (M. Fernando 49, A. Eranga 43, A.
Kumara 43, R. Perera 3 for 41, T. Madushanka 4 for 32, J. Nishantha 2
for 25)
Easy for CCC
Off spinner Nuwan Perera grabbed four wickets for 40 to help CCC beat
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club by 76 runs in their SLC Premier limited overs
Tier A tournament match worked off at Maitland Crescent yesterday.
CCC: 216 in 49.2 overs (M. van Dort 57, B. Perera 67, N. Randhika 32,
N. Ratnayake 4 for 40, R. Palliyaguruge 4 for 39)
Army SC: 140 in 42.2 overs (M. de Soysa 44, D. Balasuriya 27, C.
Prabath 20, S. de Silva 3 for 13, N. Perera 4 for 40, S. Pathirana 2 for
9)
Nirmal 103
Middle order batsman Ravin Nirmal struck an elegant century with four
sixes and eight boundaries to help Sri Lanka Police Sports Club beat
Saracens SC by 102 runs in their SLC Premier limited overs Tier B
tournament match worked off at the Police Park yesterday.
Police SC: 246 for 9 in 50 overs (R. Nirmal 103, D. Rajapaksa 29, M.
Priyankara 27, A. Janoda 6 for 42)
Saracens SC: 142 in 40.5 overs (K. Bodhisha 33, S. Nishantha 32, K.
Silva 25, A. Mendis 3 for 29, N. Soysa 2 for 21, R. Jinan 2 for 25)
Hewage 3 - 8
Spinner Pishan Hewage returned excellent figures of three wickets for
just eight runs to help Lankan CC beat Moratuwa SC by 43 runs in their
SLC Premier limited overs Tier B tournament match worked off at the De
Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday.
Lankan CC: 156 in 45.3 overs (D. de Saram 26, G. Malinga 22, S.
Perera 26, S. Fernando 3 for 16, S. de Soysa 3 for 13)
Moratuwa SC: 113 in 42.4 overs (S. Perera 41, S. Wijemanna 23, S.
Perera 3 for 23, P. Hewage 3 for 8, R. Gayashan 2 for 16) |
