Rukmalgama CC win

Rukmalgama Cricket Club beat Professional Cricket Club by five wickets in their season opener of the ongoing Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III 50 Over League Tournament match played at the Supremo Sands Grounds, Padukka.

PCC, who won the toss and batted was restricted to 171 runs in 41 overs by RCC spin trio Waruna Bandara, Shameegan Sridharan and Ranjan Ranatunga, bagging two wickets a piece. RCC in reply, got off to a shaky, start, losing both their openers for 28 runs, but got back on track with a solid 104 run stand for the third wicket between Kaushal Perera (81 in 66 balls, inclusive of six sixes and eight fours) and Manoj Jayaweera (27 in 48 balls ).

After the departure of Perera and Jayaweera, former skipper, Shyamal Perera put the finishing touches with a brisk 26 not out in 18 balls, as RCC romped home in 28.2 overs with five wickets in hand.

(N. Shashika 38, R. Madushanka 21, S. Sridharan 2/28, W. Bandara 2/29, R. Ranatunga 2/48)

(Kaushal Perera 81, Manoj Jayaweera 27, Shyamal Perera 26 not out, H. Madushanka 3/14)