Easy victory for Bloomfield

Chris DHAMBARAGE

A fine knock of 74 from Chamara Silva and a five wicket haul by right arm fast bowler Chinthaka Jayasinghe helped Bloomfield to record a comfortable 136 run win over Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in their Premier Tier ‘A’ limited over encounter played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Bloomfield: 290 for 9 in 50 overs (Chamara Silva 74, Anoj Katapeaarachchi 45, Saman Jayantha 36, Tharanga Lakshitha 28 n.o.: Indika Karunatileke 3 for 54, Seekuge Prasanna 2 for 61)

Army SC: 154 in 36.2 overs (Sulan Jayawardena 35, Nalaka Kaluarachchi 32, Dilan Soysa 21, Ravindra Palliyaguru 20: Chinthaka Jayasinghe 5 for 44, Shanuka Dissanayake 2 for 35, Ranga Dias 2 for 40)

Easy win for Ragama CC

NCC recorded an easy five wicket win over Ragama CC in their SLC Premier limited over tournament Tier A match played at the NCC grounds Maitland Place yesterday.

Ragama CC: 166 in 33.5 overs (Lahiru Thirimanne 30, Indika de Saram 26, Malinga Bandara 20, Dinesh Daminda 28 n.o.: Akalanka Ganegama 3 for 39, Lasith Malinga 3 for 46, Kosala Kulasekera 2 for 26, Upul Chandana 2 for 29)

NCC: 170 for 5 in 41.5 overs (Upul Chandana 29, Kosala Kulasekera 23, Malintha Gajanayake 22, Kanchana Gunawardena 74 n.o.)

Warnapura 102 n.o.

An unbeaten 102 off 128 balls which included seven boundaries and three sixes by skipper Malinda Warnapura helped Colts CC defeat Badureliya CC by seven wickets in their SLC Premier limited overs Tier A match played at the Colts grounds Havelock Park yesterday.

Badureliya CC: 211 in 38.5 overs (T.M. Sampath 71, Duncan Arnolda 62, Ranesh Perera 24 n.o.: Ruchira Perera 3 for 16, Thisara Perera 3 for 45, Kanishka Elvitigala 2 for 41, Sajeewa Weerakoon 2 for 60)

Colts CC: 213 for 3 in 45.2 overs (Dhanuka Pathirana 58, Malinda Warnapura 102 n.o., Roshane Silva 27 n.o.)