TAMIL UNION CRUSH BADURELIYA
Tamil Union were home for lunch as they needed just 17.3 overs in the morning session of play on the final day yesterday to record a comfor table innings and 70 r un over Badureliya CC in their Premier Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter played at the P. Sara Stadium.
Badureliya with four of their top batsmen back in the pavilion with the score on 53 and needing a fur ther 150 r uns to avoid an innings defeat continued to falter losing the remaining six wickets for the addition of 80 r uns.
Tamil Union 420 (Sachithra Serasinghe 154, Kithr uwan Withanage 53, Gayashan Weerasekera 33, Denuwan Rajakar una 20, Isur u Udana 109 n.o.: Alankara Asanka 4 for 84, Shalika Karunanayake 2 for 55)
Badureliya CC 217 (Shalika Kar unanayake 89, T.N. Sampath 33, Amila Wettasinghe 26,
Roshan Laksiri 26, Sahan Wijeratne 15: Chathura Randunu 5 for 61, Isur u Udana 2 for 58) and (53/4 overnight) 133 (Hans Fernando 22, Amila Wettasinghe 17, Sahan Wijeratne 15, Shammika Perera 18 n.o.: Sachithra Serasinghe 3 for 32, Chathura Randunu 2 for 27) Lokuarachchi and Samaraweera guide SSC
An unbroken 157 r un stand for the fif th wicket between Kaushal Lokuarachchi and Thilan Samaraweera helped SSC to record a seven wicket win over Lankan CC at the SSC grounds yesterday.
Earlier in the day Lankan CC resuming from their overnight score of 202 for 2 went on a make a challenging 340 for 6 declared which came on the back of unbeaten 113 by opener Ashen Silva.
SSC chasing 260 r uns for victor y needed just 48 overs to reach the target thanks to a knock of 108 in 100 balls inclusive of 11 boundaries and two sixes by Kaushal Lokuarachchi and a solid 69 by Samaraweera.
Lankan CC 118 (Ashen Silva 39, Sujeewa de Silva 15, Sachithra Perera 19 n.o.: Amil Prasad 4 for 32, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 3 for 15, Chaminda Bandara 2 for 24) and (202/3 overnight) 340 for 6 declared (Shashrika Pussegolla 66, Saliya Saman 63, Damitha Hunukumbura 41, Dhanuka Pathirana 16, Ashen Silva 113 n.o.: Chaminda Bandara 2 for 65, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2 for 67)
SSC 199 (Kaushal Silva 100, Thilan Samaraweera 24, Upul Bandara 23: Saliya Saman 4 for 53, Sujeewa de Silva 3 for 39, Sachithra Perera 2 for 36) and 260 for 3 (Geeth Alwis 40, Kaushal Silva 21, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 108 n.o., Thilan Samaraweera 69 n.o.)
First innings win for Colts
Colts had to be satisfied with a first innings
win over NCC in their match concluded at the Colts ground yesterday. The highlight of the third day’s play was a knock of 78 by Angelo Perera which was his second half ton of the match which saved NCC from an imminent defeat.
Colts 406 for 9 (Roshen Silva 110, Nisal Randika 91, Harsha Vithana 90, Akshu Fernando 32, Sajeewa Weerakoon 15 n.o.: Akalanka Ganegama 3 for 74, Nishan Dilip 3 for 82, Sohan Boralessa 2 for 109)
NCC (181/7 overnight) 221 (Angelo Perera 65, Jehan Mubarak 44, Gayan de Silva 22, Yohan de Silva 15, Buddi Samarawickrama 43 n.o.: Sajeewa Weerakoon 4 for 63, Dilr uwan Perera 3 for 61, Chathuranga Kumara 2 for 28) and 216 for 8 (Angelo Perera 78, Yohan de Silva 50, Jehan Mubarak 33, Muditha Fernando 18: Dilr uwan Perera 3 for 61, Sajeewa Weerakoon 3 for 80)