Randiv bowls Bloomfield to victory

Chris DHAMBARAGE

Sri Lanka discard spinner Suraj Randiv took a match bag of ten wickets to spearhead Bloomfield to a stunning three wicket outright victory over the defending champions Chilaw Marians CC in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament match which concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Bloomfield: 399 and 146 for 7 (N. Karunanayake 26, P. Jayawardena 47, C. Jayasinghe 21, S. Randiv 21 n.o, D. Hettiarachchi 2 for 61, M. Pushpakumara 3 for 40, J. Gunaratne 2 for 18).

Chilaw Marians CC: 219 and 322 (A. Athulathmudali 49, H. Cooray 104, M. Siriwardena 40, S. Eranga 36, C. Perera 41, S. Randiv 7 for 168, S. Lakmal 2 for 48).

Easy for Ragama CC

Left arm seamer Nilanka Premaratne captured six wickets for 61 to help Ragama CC beat Baduraliya CC outright by an innings and 33 runs in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament match which concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Baduraliya CC: 190 and 196 (C. Withanage 32, S. Wijeratne 57, D. Indika 26, A. Prasad 33, N. Premaratne 6 for 61, U. Indrasiri 4 for 72).

Ragama CC: 419.

Colts triumph

Colts CC pulled off a convincing five wicket outright victory over Saracens CC in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament match which concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.

Saracens CC: 237 and 187 (S. Kamileen 32, D. Dahanayake 72, D. Randhika 22, E. Gangoda 41 n.o, D.Perera 2 for 55, S. Weerakoon 3 for 63).

Colts CC: 257 and 170 for 5 (J. Perera 26, D. Perera 26, M. Warnapura 29, R. Silva 40 n.o, C. Vaas 31, E. Gangoda 3 for 41, G. Alwis 2 for 55).

NCC take honours

NCC had to be content with a first innings victory following a stubborn batting performance from Lankan CC in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘C’ cricket tournament match which concluded at Maitland Place yesterday.

Lankan CC: 236 and 338 for 7 (A. Silva 33, C. Wijesinghe 60, H. Fernando 43, N. Perera 77, S. Saman 54 n.o, R. Weerasinghe 40 n.o, S. Pussegolla 2 for 58, A. Perera 4 for 77).

NCC: 452.