SADEERA HITS
BACK-TO-BACK CENTURIES
Sadeera Samarawickrama of LB Finance hit back-toback centuries in the opening weekend of the 26th Singermca Premier League 2019, which took place on September 15 and 16. Samarawickrama hammered 121 runs against Sampath Bank on Saturday and followed up with an equally punishing 118 against Kanrich Finance on Sunday.
At FTZ Katunayake (John Keells Group beat Kanrich Finance by 186 runs)
John Keells: 402/7 in 50 overs (Lahiru Milantha 114, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 71, Ishan Jayaratne 62, M. Sarathchandra 46)
Kanrich: 216/6 in 50 overs (P. Nissanka 62, Sahan Wijeratne 49, Osanda Fernando 36, V. Deemantha 40 n. o).
Samarawickrama hammered 121 runs against Sampath Bank on Saturday and followed up with an equally punishing 118 against Kanrich Finance on Sunday
At Maggona: (LB Finance beat Sampath Bank by 155 runs)
LB Finance: 375/3 in 50 overs (Sadeera Samarawickrama 121, Charith Asalanka 50, Angelo Perera 105 n. o, Isuru Udana 82 n. o).
Sampath Bank: 220/9 in 50 overs (Hasatha Fernando 65, Rumesh Buddhika 41, Tharindu Kaushal 39, Chathuranga Kumara 3/24, Charith Sudaraka 3/25).
At Moratuwa (Commercial Credit beat MAS Silueta by eight wickets)
MAS Silueta: 131 in 31.1 overs (Asitha Fernando 3/26)
Commercial Credit 134/2 in 15.5
overs (Dilshan Munaweera 31, Sandun Weerakkody 60 n. o).
At P. Sara Oval (Commercial Credit beat John Keells by six wickets)
John Keells: 271/9 in 50 overs (Lahiru Milantha 38, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 60, Dimuth Karunaratne 84)
Commercial Credit: 272/4 in 44.3 overs (Chathuranga de Silva 92, Chamara Kapugedera 91 n. o, Sandun Weerakkody 30).
At Maggona (Hayleys Group beat Teejay Lanka by 71 runs)
Hayleys: 316/4 in 50 overs (Lahiru Thirimanne 109 n. o, Andy Solomons 69, Ron Chandraguptha 65 rtd, Avishka Fernando 30)
Teejay Lanka: 245 in 42.4 overs (Ravindu Gunasekera 71, Sachith Pathirana 52, Minod Bhanuka 34, Lasith Embuldeniya 4/78).
At Colts (MAS Silueta beat Sampath Bank by four wickets)
Sampath Bank: 203 in 47.1 overs (Sameen Kandnarachchi 74, Charitha Buddhika 36, B. Sanjeewa 3/39)
MAS Silueta: 206/6 in 39 overs (Shehan Fernando 51, Nimanda Subasinghe 57 n. o).
At Moratuwa (LB Finance beat Kanrich Finance by 189 runs)
LBF: 342/9 in 50 overs (Sadeera Samarawickrama 118, Charith Asalanka 83, U. Madushan 3/61)
Kanrich Finance: 153 in 38.4 overs (Alankara Asanka 45, Kavindu Kulasekera 45, Sahan Wijeratne 32, Isuru Udana 3/27, Rajeeve Weerasinghe 5/37).