Third outright win for Sebastanites

Dilwin Mendis - Moratuwa Sports Correspondent

A match bag of 10 for 59 (5 for 13 and 4 for 46) by Danusha Indunil helped Sebastanite Cricket Club to defeat Matale Cricket Club by nine wickets in their inter-club division one tournament cricket match for the Sara Trophy conducted by Sri Lankan Cricket and played at Police Park, Colombo.

Incidently this is their third outright victory in five outings with one first innings win and one loss.

Taking the first lease visitors were all out for 190 runs with an unbeaten 65 by Roshan Wijenayake and Buddhika de Silva scored 60 runs and Pubudu Ranaweera claimed 3 for 77.

In reply Sebs made 276 runs with Chamara de Soysa making the top score of 62 runs and Sadun Bandara captured 5 for 89. In their second essay Matale lads were bowled out for 147 runs with Amila Kagarachchi and Roshan Wijenayake scoring 50 runs each. Set to make 62 for an outright win Sebs notched up the required score for the loss of one wicket.

Matale CC - 190 (Amila Kagarachchi 23, Sehan Wijetunga 23, Roshan Wijenayake 65 n/o, Buddhika de Silva 60, Pubudu Ranaweera 3/77, Chamara de Soysa 2/35, Danusha Indunil 5/13) and 147 (Amila Kagarachchi 50, Roshan Wijenayake 50, Danusha Indunil 5/46, P. Ranaweera 2/35).

Sebastanite Cricket Club - 276 (Dinesh Panditharathne 48, Chanaka Colombage 37, Kasun Ranasinghe 38, Chamara de Soysa 62, Malin Silva 46, Sachin Bandara 5/89, Roshan Wijenayake 3/75) and 64/1 (Dinesh Panditharathne 28 n/o).