Mahela (53) guides Chilaw Marians

Chris Dhambarage

Dashing opener Mahela Udawatte hit a run a ball 53 inclusive of eight boundaries to steer Chilaw Marians CC to a convincing six wicket victory over the defending champions Tamil Union in their SLC Premier Tier ‘A’ limited overs cricket tournament match worked off at the P. Saravanamuttu Oval yesterday.

Tamil Union: 169 in 44 overs (S. Serasinghe 62, M. Pushpakumara 28, T. Dilshan 18, G. Wijekoon 2 for 28, S. Eranga 2 for 16, J. Gunaratne 2 for 39, G. Kumara 2 for 22)

Chilaw Marians CC: 174 for 4 in 37.5 overs (A. Athulathmudali 20, M. Udawatte 53, G. Wijekoon 39 n.o, J. Gunaratne 43 n.o, C. Welagedera 2 for 26)

NCC by 5 wickets

Two sparkling half centuries from Chamara Kapugedera (61) and Jehan Mubarak (67) helped NCC pull off an exciting five wicket victory over CCC in their SLC Premier limited overs cricket tournament Tier ‘A’ match worked off at Maitland Place yesterday.

CCC: 218 for 9 in 50 overs (S. Dias 28, D. Ranaweera 20, M. Gajanayake 18, N. Randhika 39, T. Mendis 19, C. Buddhika 38 n.o, L. Malinga 2 for 50, F. Maharoof 2 for 28, J. Mubarak 2 for 4)

NCC: 224 for 5 in 47.1 overs (C. Kapugedera 61, J. Mubarak 67, F. Maharoof 32 n.o, K. Kulasekera 30 n.o, C. Buddhika 2 for 33, S. Bowala 2 for 30)

Thisara double helps Colts

A fine all round performance from Thisara Perera (4 for 48 and 59) guided Colts CC to a close two wicket victory over SSC in their SLC Premier limited overs cricket tournament Tier ‘A’ match worked off at Havelock Park yesterday.

SSC: 210 in 48.2 overs (T. Samaraweera 70, T. Kandamby 42, K. Silva 19, T. Perera 4 for 48, D. Perera 2 for 24)

Colts CC: 212 for 8 in 42 overs (C. Vaas 36, R. Silva 57, T. Perera 59, C. Jayampathy 2 for 24, T. Kandamby 2 for 26)

Sahan (91) shines for Baduraliya

Elegant middle order batsman Sahan Wijeratne hit a top score of 91 and Ranesh Perera snapped up four wickets for 19 as Baduraliya CC defeated Lankan CC by a huge margin of 132 runs in their SLC Premier limited overs cricket tournament Tier ‘A’ match worked off at Moratuwa yesterday.

Baduraliya CC: 272 for 9 in 50 overs (R. Gunasekera 43, T. Sampath 65, S. Wijeratne 91, O. Wijesiriwardena 39 n.o, S. Gamage 2 for 72, R. Laksiri 3 for 56)

Lankan CC: 140 in 38.1 overs (A. Silva 43, A. Prasad 2 for 24, R. Perera 4 for 19)

Eranga - unbeaten ton

Opener Akila Eranga hammered an unbeaten century and shared an unfinished second wicket stand of 158 runs with Angelo Emmanule as Sri Lanka Air Force SC defeated Sri Lanka Navy SC by nine wickets in their SLC Premier limited overs cricket tournament Tier ‘B’ match worked off at Welisara yesterday.

Navy SC: 171 in 49 overs (U. Jayasundera 42, A. Wekadapola 39 n.o, A. Emmanuel 2 for 34, A. Issanka 2 for 37)

Air Force SC: 172 for 1 in 34.5 overs (A. Eranga 100 n.o, A. Emmanule 56 n.o)

BRC edge out SRCC

Spinner Ravindra Karunaratne snapped up four wickets for 39 as BRC edged out Seeduwa Raddoluwa CC by 17 runs in their SLC Premier limited overs cricket tournament Tier ‘B’ match worked off at Havelock Park yesterday.

Seeduwa RCC: 231 in 49.2 overs (D. Gunatilleke 68, C. Soysa 24, R. Dhammika 39, D. Perera 2 for 51, N. Liyanage 2 for 58, A. Solomons 2 for 41, N. Perera 2 for 31)

BRC: 214 in 47.2 overs (N. Perera 77, B. Samarawickrema 43, A. Solomons 26, R. Dhammika 4 for 36, R. Karunaratne 4 for 39)

Police in easy win

Two good half centuries from opener Ravin Nirmal (58) and Dhammika Rajapaksa (58) helped Sri Lanka Police SC beat Panadura CC by 70 runs in their SLC Premier limited overs cricket tournament Tier ‘B’ match worked off at the Police Park yesterday.

Police SC: 246 in 49 overs (R. Nirmal 58, D. Rajapaksa 58, T. Indika 34, C. Bandara 26, M. Chaturanga 2 for 44, R. Cooray 4 for 43, N. Cooray 2 for 31)

Panadura CC: 176 for 8 in 50 overs (R. Cooray 33, T. de Silva 47, M. Chaturanga 34, M. de Silva 2 for 31)