Dinuka surpass 50 wickets in the season

Sajeewa JAYAKODY

Colombo Cricket Club's Dinuka Hettiarachchi picked up a match-bag of 11 wickets to defeat Galle Cricket Club by an innings and 56 runs in their Premier League match, concluded at CCC yesterday.

The left arm spinner took seven wickets for 58 runs when Galle CC were forced to follow on after they were bowled out for 188 in reply for CCC's 367 runs. Thirty-six-year-old Sri Lanka Test player, who played a solitary Test in 2001 against England at SSC, topped the bowling list in the current domestic season having captured 51 wickets after seven matches. Hettiarachchi became the first bowler to have 50 scalps in the current domestic tournament with five five-wicket hauls and two match-bag of 10s.

CCC: 367 in 112.3 overs (Gayan Wijekoon 104, Amal Athulathmudali 77, Anil Rideegammanagedara 4/51, Umega Chathuranga 4/132)

Galle CC: 188 in 63.4 overs (Dinuka Hettiarachchi 4/83, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 2/25, Chinthaka Perera 2/31) and 123 in 38.4 overs (Dinuka Hettiarachchi 7/58, Malith Gunatilleke 2/14)

Kusal's triple ton earns top spot

Dashing left hander of Colts Cricket Club, Kusal Janith Perera became the leading run getter in the tournament after he powered Colts to beat Saracens by innings and 87 runs at Colts yesterday.

Perera scored 336 runs in Colts’ 611/8 declared innings and the hard hitter topped the batting list for his 695 runs with two centuries (triple and double ton) and a fifty. Saracens were bowled out twice for 184 and 140.

Colts: 611/8 dec in 106.1 overs (Kusal Janith Perera 336, Nidal Randika 93, Thisara Perera 63, Rajkumar Rathika 2/49, Shashrika Pussegolla 2/171)

Saracens: 184 in 42.2 overs (Rajkumar Rathika 51, Akila Dhananjaya 4/49, Sajeewa Weerasinghe 3/31, Thisara Perera 2/53) and 140 in 43.3 overs (Lasith Abeyratne 63, Ishan Jayaratne 5/53, Sajeewa Weerakoon 3/43)

SSC win at Welagedara

Kurunegala Youth: 164 in 37.4 overs (Sachithra Senanayake 6/41, Dhammika Prasad 2/46) and 178 in 49.2 overs (Kaushalya Lokuarachchi 4/24, Sachithra Senanayake 3/83)

SSC: 412/8 dec in 97.5 overs (Kaushal Silva 148, Kaushalya Lokuarachchi 85, Prasad Kellepotha 3/107, Chamikara Edirisinghe 2/88)

Innings win for BRC at Katunayake

Lankan CC: 197 in 64.3 overs (Suwanji Madanayake 4/24, Andy Solomons 3/60) and 134 in 39.5 overs (Suwanji Madanayake 3/16, Andy Solomons 2/52)

BRC: 344 in 91.4 overs (Roscoe Thattil 87, Rajeeva Weerasinghe 6/62).

Bloomfield bloom at home

Bloomfield: 366 in 92.5 overs (Nadeera Nawala 72, Daminda Ranaweera 55, Extras 52, Sanjaya Gongodawila 50, Dhananjaya de Silva 3/96, Kaushalya Weeraratne 2/44, Lahiru Jayaratne 2/50)

Ragama CC: 172 in 63.4 overs (Upul Indrasiri 5/41, Imran Khan 3/35, Suraj Randiv 2/59) and 153 in 48.3 overs (Upul Indrasiri 5/23, Suraj Randiv 2/31)

Panadura SC wins at Riffle Green

Panadura SC: 309 in 75.1 overs (Chandana Aravinda 77, Chamara Silva 61, Akila Isanka 3/56, T Nadeera 2/40, Pishan Hewage 2/65) and 303/9 dec in 50.2 overs (Dilruwan Perera 93, Chamara Silva 65, Raju Gayashan 2/18, Tharanga Ravin 2/54, Pishan Hewage 2/76).

Air Force: 173 in 48.2 overs (Gayan Sirisoma 5/72, Dilruwan Perera 2/47) and 194 in 44.5 overs (Gayan Sirisoma 5/64, Dilruwan Perera 4/60)

Army make hay at Panagoda

SL Army: 365 in 97.2 overs (Manjula de Zoysa 142, Seekkuge Prasanna 72, Vimukthi Perera 3/63, Dilhara Lokuhettige 3/66, Anoj Katipiarachchi 2/45) and 158 in 38.4 overs (Malinda Pushpakumara 5/60, Janaka Gunaratne 3/57)

Moors: 259 in 60.3 overs (Shehan Jayasuriya 153, Ajantha Mendis 3/62, Seekkuge Prasanna 3/121, Roshan Jayatissa 2/25) and 111 in 31.5 overs (Roshan Jayatissa 6/41, Ajantha Mendis 3/17)

Sailors win at Welisara

SL Navy: 180 in 53.5 overs (Ramith Rambukwella 3/23, Charith Vidanapathirana 3/24, Sohan Boralessa 2/19) and 278 in 75.2 overs (Duleeka Tissakuttige 100 n.o, Yoshan Kumara 57, Sohan Boralessa 7/96)

NCC: 354 in 69.1 overs (Farveez Maharoof 116, Angelo Perera 73, Niroshan Dickwella 64, Dulanjana Mendis 5/117, Lakmal Keerthiratne 3/85, Anura Wegodapola 2/45) and 105 in 19.3 overs (Dulanjana Mendis 5/42)

Match drawn at NCC

Badureliya: 233 in 68.5 overs (Omesh Wijesiriwardena 3/29, Isuru Udana 2/58, Chaminda Bandara 2/66) and 270 in 63 overs (Saliya Saman 91, Mapa Bandara 91, Isuru Udana 3/70, Omesh Wijesiriwardena 2/38)

SLPA: 413 in 109.2 overs (Shanuka Dissanayake 140, Lahiru Gamage 4/107, Saliya Saman 3/92) and 57/3 in 9 overs (Saliya Saman 2/20)