Geeth (6 for 36) bowls Saracens to a 44-run win

Chris Dhambarage

Twenty-one-year-old left arm spinner Geeth Alwis returned outstanding figures of six wickets for 36 to hand Saracens SC a morale boosting 44 run outright victory over Sri Lanka Army SC in their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match concluded at Panagoda yesterday.

Saracens SC: 172 and 185 (S. Dushantha 58, S. Fernando 58, A. Mendis 6 for 64, S. Prasanna 3 for 54)

Army SC: 161 and 153 (D. Indika 25, D. Soysa 20, S. Prasanna 20, R. Wimaladharma 2 for 80, G. Alwis 6 for 36).

Vain effort by Angelo

Dynamic all rounder Angelo Mathews hit a top score of 97 but could not prevent Colts CC from conceding first innings points to Tamil Union in their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match concluded at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

Tamil Union: 320 and 116 for 3 (K. Gunawardena 62, K. de Silva 35).

Colts CC: 283 (M. Warnapura 38, D. Perera 47, R. Silva 23, A. Mathews 97, S. Lakmal 3 for 75, M. Pushpakumara 4 for 57).

Chanaka excels for NCC

Spinner Chanaka Komasaru captured five wickets for 90 to give NCC a huge first innings victory over CCC in their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match concluded at Maitland Place yesterday. NCC: 551 for 9 decl and 100 for no loss (C. Wijesinghe 50 n.o, K. Kulasekera 50 n.o).

CCC: 398 (C. Kapugedera 5, N. Randhika 21, T. Mendis 39, B. Perera 123, S. Pathirana 41, A. Wettasinghe 67, S. Boralessa 20, P. Gamage 2 for 57, C. Komasaru 5 for 90)

SSC - shock defeat

Chilaw Marians SC settled for a first innings victory over SSC in their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match concluded at Maitland Place yesterday.

SSC: 171 and 283 for 7 decl (D. Karunaratne 37, T. Paranavithana 35, H. Fernando 40, M. Jayawardena 38, K. Silva 72 n.o S. Karunanayake 37, D. Hettiarachchi 3 for 77, J. Gunaratne 4 for 93).

Chilaw Marians SC: 210 and 122 for 4 (M. Siriwardena 30, M. Udawatte 60 n.o, S. Senanayake 3 for 37).

Badurailya triumph

Baduraliya CC had to be content with first innings points over Moors SC in their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match concluded at Braybroke Place yesterday.

Moors SC: 178 and 204 for 5 decl (N. Nawala 53, D. Hunukumbura 32, A. Rideegammanagedera 61, P. de Silva 25 n.o, A. Prasad 2 for 53, H. Silva 2 for 54)

Baduraliya CC: 202 and 61 for 6 (D. Vitharana 23, I. Udayanga 3 for 11, R. Herath 3 for 35).

No decision

Bloomfield and Ragama CC figured in a no decision in their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Bloomfield: 336

Ragama CC: 62 for no loss.