Dushan spins Army SC to stunning win
Right arm spinner Dushan Vimukthi’s nine wicket haul helped lowly placed Army SC to record an outright win by six wickets over fancied NCC who underwent their second outright defeat in the Premier League Tier A inter-club cricket tournament in the match concluded at Panagoda yesterday.
In fact Army SC who suffered an outright defeat to Chilaw Marians in their previous match dominated proceedings right from the beginning when they restricted the strong NCC batting to a score of 224 and replied with a formidable 369.
Dushan rattled the opponent’s who were restricted to a score of 235 runs in the second essay. Army SC left with a simple run chase of 91 runs for victory though undergoing some anxious moments reached the target to record their first outright win of the tournament.
Tamil Union clawed their way after having conceded a first innings lead to SLPA CC to record an outright win by 126 runs in the match which ended at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday. The architect of their win was Manoj Sarathchandra who reached the three figure mark for a third time in the tournament.
SLPA CC having being set a target of 272 runs for victory succumbed to Dinuk Wickramanayake and Jeevan Mendis who together shared eight wickets between them. Tamil Union too recorded their first outright win of the tournament.
In the other match between CCC and Ragama CC played at the CCC ground Ragama CC registered a first innings win.
RESULTS:
At Panagoda – Army SC won by six wickets
NCC 224 (Angelo Perera 80, Chamika Karunaratne 39, Tharindu Kaushal 30, Bhanuka Rajapakse 29, Sachin Peiris 15: Nuwan Liyanapathirana 3 for 40, Janith Silva 2 for 27) and (35/1 overnight) 235 (Mahela Udawatte 52, Lahiru Udara 40, Tharindu Kaushal 39, Sachin Peiris 33, Sandun Weerakkody 17: Dushan Vimukthi 9 for 108)
Army SC 369 (Janaka Sampath 79. Lakshitha Madushan 71, Navod Ilukwatte 34, Dilshan de Soysa 97 n.o.: Lasith Embuldeniya 3 for 105, Nuwan Karunaratne 2 for 31) and 94 for 4 (Janaka Sampath 50 n.o.: Lasith Embuldeniya 2 for 36) At P. Sara Stadium – Tamil Union won by 126 runs
Tamil Union 120 (Jeevan Mendis 32, Shalika Karunanayke 25: Akalanka Ganegama 5 for 35, Chaminda Bandara 2 for 34, Chanaka Komasaru 2 for 37) and (257/4 overnight) 384 for 6 declared (Tharanga Paranavithana 78, Jeevan Mendis 72, Ramith Rambukwella 41, Dinuk Wickramanayake 30, Sithara Gimhan 23, Manoj Sarathchandra 102 n.o.: Maduka Liyanapathiranage 3 for 86, Chanaka Komasaru 2 for 97)
SLPA CC 233 (Gihan Rupasinghe 89, Nick Compton 56, Gayan Maneeshan 43: Dinuk Wickramanayake 6 for 42) and 145 (Prashan Wickramasinghe 53, Gihan Rupasinghe 33: Dinuk Wickramanayake 4 for 22, Jeevan Mendis 4 for 38)
At CCC – First innings win for Ragama CC
CCC 273 (Lasith Abeyratne 96, Ashan Priyanjan 70, Lahiru Madusanka 33, Manleker de Silva 26, Ron Chandragupta 24: Nishan Peiris 3 for 55, Sahan Nanayakkara 3 for 78, Ishan Jayaratne 2 for 55) and (43/1 overnight) 237 (Lahiru Madusanka 57, Malindu Maduranga 51, Manelker de Silva 37, Dilshan Munaweera 34: Sahan Nanayakkara 6 for 102, Ishan Jayaratne 2 for 51))
Ragama CC 345 (Shehan Fernando 79, Sameera de Zoysa 38, Ishan Jayaratne 17, Lahiru Thirimanne 166 n.o.: Lahiru Madusanka 4 for 73, Ashan Priyanjan 3 for 49) and 76 for 3 (Udara Jayasundara 38: Sachith Pathirana 2 for 27)