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SLC Premier cricket tournament:
Sanath back to cracking form Mahela hits unbeaten 163
Chris DHAMBARAGE
Veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya returned to form with an elegant
half century but his knock was overshadowed by a majestic unbeaten 163
by Mahela Jayawardena as SSC cruised to a convincing eight wicket
victory over Bloomfield in their Tier ‘A’ match worked off at Maitland
Place yesterday.
Bloomfield: 285 for 6 in 50 overs (D Munaweera 44, S
Jayasuriya 64, S Jayantha 30, P Jayawardena 26, C Silva 44, C Jayasinghe
19, S Gangodawila 25 n.o, D Fernando 2 for 52, K Lokuarachchi 2 for 47)
SSC: 288 for 2 in 46.4 overs (M Jayawardena 163 n.o, D
Karunaratne 38, T Samaraweera 55 n.o)
Tharanga hits 118
Dynamic opening batsman Upul Tharanga smashed a superb 118 with 13
boundaries as NCC overcame Baduraliya CC by a convincing margin of 106
runs at Maitland Place yesterday.
NCC: 242 in 50 overs (U Tharanga 118, K Sangakkara 27, F
Maharoof 28, S Wijeratne 2 for 33)
Baduraliya CC: 136 in 39 overs (R Gunasekera 34, S
Karunanayake 42, T Kottahewa 2 for 12, F Maharoof 2 for 32, C Komasaru 2
for 13)
Chinthaka takes 5 for 15
Right arm fast bowler Chinthaka Perera captured five wickets for 15
to spearhead Chilaw Marians CC to a morale boosting six wicket victory
over Lankan CC in their Tier ‘A’ match worked off at Katunayake
yesterday.
Lankan CC: 149 in 44.2 overs (D Hunukumbura 59, S Saman 44, D
Hettiarachchi 3 for 24, C Perera 5 for 15)
Chilaw Marians CC: 152 for 4 in 36.3 overs (M Udawatte 55, L
Weragala 35, M Siriwardena 33 n.o, S Saman 2 for 27)
Tamil Union edge out CCC
Defending champions Tamil Union edged out CCC by six runs on the
Duckworth and Lewis scoring system in a low scoring Tier ‘A’ match
worked off at Maitland Crescent yesterday.
Tamil Union: 176 for 8 in 28 overs (A. Priyanjana 31, J.
Mendis 34, M. Pushpakumara 24, I Udana 32 n.o, C Buddhika 3 for 30, S
Pathirana 3 for 39)
CCC: 144 for 4 in 25 overs (S Dias 21, D Ranaweera 37, M
Gajanayake 30, S Pathirana 29 n.o, C Welagedera 2 for 17)
Warnapura a ton
Skipper Malinda Warnapura hit a splendid 111 and all rounder Thisara
Perera snapped up four wickets as Colts CC defeated Saracens SC by 30
runs at Havelock Park yesterday.
Colts CC: 242 in 49.5 overs (J Kulatunga 34, M Warnapura 111,
R Silva 43, I Ratnayake 2 for 35, L Dias 4 for 43, G Alwis 2 for 19)
Saracens SC: 212 for 9 in 50 overs (G Alwis 51, D Dahanayake
49, S Dushantha 32, D Randhika 34, T Perera 4 for 29, D Perera 2 for 27)
Dasun, Hashan hit half tons
Two sparkling half centuries from openers Hashan Gunatilleke (64) and
Dasun Ariyasinghe (82) helped Seeduwa Raddoluwa CC beat Singha SC
Ambalangoda by eight wickets in their Tier ‘B’ match worked off at
Thurstan College ground yesterday.
Singha SC: 165 in 48.1 overs (T Rajakaruna 20, S Sanjeewa 48,
S Vithana 26, S Nanayakkara 21, R Karunaratne 4 for 31, M Fernando 2 for
5)
Seeduwa RCC: 166 for 2 in 33.2 overs (H Gunatilleke 64, D
Ariyasinghe 82)
BRC win
BRC defeated Sri Lanka Army SC by three wickets in a close Tier ‘B’
match worked off at Havelock Park yesterday.
Army SC: 172 in 41.1 overs (A Karunatilleke 33, M de Zoysa 23,
D Zoysa 33, N. Liyanage 3 for 38, M. Madushanka 3 for 31)
BRC: 176 for 7 in 38.5 overs (B Samarawickrema 38, A Solomons
22, C Thirimanna 35, N Liyanapathirana 3 for 34, A Mendis 2 for 49)
Police SC beat Moors
Spinner Amila Mendis snapped up four wickets for 25 to steer Sri
Lanka Police SC to a 35 run victory over Moors SC in their Tier ‘B’
match worked off at Braybrooke Place yesterday.
Police SC: 248 in 49.5 overs (D Rajapaksa 81, T Weerasinghe
31, S Nirmala 30, A Priyantha 25, A Mendis 27, K Madushanka 3 for 24, A
Rideegammanagedera 3 for 45)
Moors SC: 213 in 46.2 overs (K Bodhisha 55, S Kandanarachchi
89, M de Silva 3 for 60, A Mendis 4 for 25)
All round performances by Nilantha
A fine all round performance from Nilantha Cooray helped Panadura SC
beat Sri Lanka Air Force SC by 24 runs in their Tier ‘B’ match worked
off at Panadura yesterday.
Panadura SC: 177 in 38 overs (S Umayanga 49, N Cooray 54, P
Hewage 4 for 19, T Nadeera 3 for 41)
Air Force SC: 153 in 37.3 overs (A Eranga 34, A Emmanuel 62, A
Perera 3 for 27, N Cooray 3 for 27)
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